Chords for How to Play Bolero on Guitar

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_ _ _ _ [N] Andres, what's going on buddy?
What's up brother?
We are in Andres' home studio right now.
Welcome.
Giving you the straight up about bolero.
That's right.
It's a type of music that we're going to talk about today.
Bolero.
_ Maybe a more synonymous bolero.
I believe it's Spanish for sexy slow jam. _
_ Yes.
That's not true but it kind of is.
That's what it is.
If you type it on Wikipedia, it's [E] very similar to the sexy slow jam.
So let's talk about it.
There are a couple of different types, right?
Yeah, there are [N] different types.
The most common ones are the ones from Cuba and from Mexico.
And I believe they both have different origins.
And they are slightly different too.
But they both happen to be very romantic kind of music.
Very slow, very beautiful.
You know, I'm Latin.
You know, I'm romantic.
He's a romantic man.
You got a lot of girls in your channel, right?
I think like 7% are women.
Hey, 7% I'm romantic. _
Very much so.
_ [C] _ So yeah, basically [Abm] what we're playing is a Cuban one.
It's a song called Lagrimas Negras, which means black tears.
_ [Am] God, what a romantic name.
_ _ Romance.
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[Am] So basically, that was a Cuban bolero, right?
[Em] But I can give you a little quick example of a Mexican [Ab] bolero.
So you see how it's [Bb] a little slower, [E] also beautiful.
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_ _ [Gb] _ _ [A] _ And then [N] you can come back to my channel.
I'll give you a tutorial on how to play this song called Sabor a Mi.
It's a Mexican bolero.
I'll link you below.
But basically, it's just kind of like a slower tempo chord progression,
as you can do a lot with.
Yeah.
So we're going to teach you how to play the chord progression.
Because it's kind of, you know, simple.
[Am] It's a good one to learn.
And it [G] just starts off with like an A minor chord.
And it's a beautiful chord, too.
Yeah, that progression is a beautiful progression.
_ I mean, [Am] A minor, D minor, G. _
[Em] Typical beautiful chord progression.
[Ab] Yeah, so now I'm playing it a little [Am] bit different.
I'm playing like [E] A minor 7, [A] A, [C] 7, D, [E] 5, G.
You know?
_ Sean, always making it sophisticated.
It's a [Am] simple song, but you know [Em] what?
That's the kind of thing that makes a [Am] jam fun.
[E] Change it up a little.
That's right.
Put your [Ab] spin on it.
Now, I'm [Am] doing it semi-incorrectly.
[Abm] But I'm just kind of doing it with a [E] pick.
So I'm getting like a downstroke.
[Am] _ And then for me, to kind of [G] emulate, because I don't have the fingernails.
And I don't want to [Em] forget to mention that the unique thing about this song,
it switches rhythms in the middle of the song.
It goes from bolero to another amazing rhythm called son, S-O-N.
Which is basically where the salsa came from.
Which I'm awful at.
So am I going to demonstrate that right now?
It's not easy.
And I can also do another tutorial on that.
We'll just teach you the bolero part.
Yeah, so [Am] again, A minor, you can play an open A minor, you can play barre [E] or_
I'm kind of having this big_
What about if I play it right [Am] here?
Shoot, there's so many that you can change from.
Oh my gosh!
[E] A minor is all over the place.
_ [Am] So _ that's kind of [E] my strumming pattern.
So I'm hitting the root note,
[Am] I'm raking [Em] a downstroke to [Am] kind of simulate _ [E] a fingernail thing. _
Up, up, down, up.
And that's kind of like a barre.
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ Then [D] like a D [Am] minor, minor 9, whatever. _
[G] To a G, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] C major, _ [E] E7.
_ And [Em] then you go [Am] back _ _ _ _ _ to_
So [Abm] this is just kind of like one example of a bolero.
I can't even say it right.
It's alright.
I need to work on my accents. _
_ But there's a lot of different things you can do with it.
Like you want to do it the real way?
Like the [E] authentic way?
[A] _ [B] Well, no, the bolero, [Am] you're doing it right.
I mean, you can [N] add_
If you're playing with a bass player and a bongo player,
that would be the ultimate.
Yeah, let's do that.
You pretend you're playing a bass on that guitar,
[E] and I'll do the same for you.
I don't have to pretend, I can do it.
That's too much work.
Too much [Am] work to get a [G] bass.
Two, three, [Am] four.
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[C] Very [E] cool.
Cool sounding bass.
If you're playing_
[Em] It's cool, right?
If you're playing with other people,
you can do it like that.
Or if you're playing by yourself,
[A] you can eventually [C] [Am] figure _ _ [C] _
[Am] [Dm] out a way to play the bass pattern,
while you're playing chords,
[G] which, you know, takes a little time,
but you can do it.
[C] It sounds cool.
That's how I play [E] it.
When I'm playing by _ [Am]
myself_
Aunque tú me has echado en el [D] _
_ [F] _ [Dm] abandono
[G] But if you have someone [Am] else,
that person can just strum.
[Ab] And it's actually a pretty easy bass pattern,
it's kind of the [N] same thing,
which is based around a scale.
So it's just a one, three, five.
[A] So if we're over an A minor,
it would be an A, it's [C] minor third,
C, [E] and it's fifth.
[A] E, A, [C] [E] C, [A] E, A, [C] [E] C, E,
[D] same thing with a D minor.
[F] One, [Am] three, [Dm] five, one.
[Am] You [G] can go to a G,
one major third, five.
One [Bm] major third, five.
[D] _ [C] [E] C is major third.
[G] _ [E] [Ab] Yeah.
_ [B] [A] So [B] it's really just kind of like
the [N] root note, a third major, minor,
and a fifth,
that kind of adds that authentic sound.
It's a beautiful song.
Yeah, so definitely check it out.
Make sure to hit this guy's channel over there,
because he'll, like, on his channel it's cool,
he like, pronounces all the words correctly. _ _
The information is generally more solid.
But definitely hit him up,
let us know what you kind of want to see more of,
_ and we'll get back to your comments. _ _ _