Chords for Simple Swing Chords - Mandolin Lesson

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G

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C

E

Cm

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Simple Swing Chords - Mandolin Lesson chords
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[G]
[Em] [C] [G]
[C#]
[E] [C#] [G] [Cm]
[G] Hey, [N]
Don Julin here and those are some simple kind of western swing chords that you can
add to some fiddle tunes.
That's in the key of G.
I was thinking of leather britches or any of those kind of tunes.
And it's all about a series of chords with a walking bass line.
The bass line is really important to this whole idea.
Now we don't play a bass instrument so we almost have to figure out a bass line first
and then play chords understanding that they're going to be in the upper register as we play them.
So a standard bass line for a tune like that, if you think of, it's [G] in G, [C#] so you build [G] tension.
G, [B] B, [C] C, [C#] C sharp so the chords then [G] would be G.
[A#]
[G] I would go, some kind of G would be
in the bass so maybe even the first G should have the open G note.
[F#] Then a G with a bass I like to go to a [B] G7.
[C] Then C, so I play a C chord.
The [C#m] bass line is C sharp, I [C#] play a C sharp diminished.
So [G] we've got G, G7, [C]
C, [C#] C sharp diminished.
[A] [G#] Then the second four, [F#] [G] which [D#m]
could be our bass line, [G#] G, G sharp, [G] A, and if I could go down
to get an F sharp I would but I can't so I'll take it [F#] here.
[Gm] So chords would be G, maybe [D#] E7 because that has a G [E] sharp in it, [C#] and then A, [G] and then
D because it has an F sharp in it.
So the second progression would be G.
[D] So we put those first [C] two together [G] and we've got that.
[C#]
[E] [D] [Fm]
And then the third time we're [G] going to go G, [B]
[C] G7, C to [Cm] C minor, [G] and then G, D, G.
So the whole progression for the fiddle tune would go something like, [C] [C#] we've got the first
four [G] G, G, G7, [C] [C#] C, C sharp [G] diminished, then G, E7, [D]
A7, [G] D7.
Third time G, [C] G7, [Cm] C, [G] C minor, G, D, G.
[E] Now there clearly are over a million ways to do that [G] but this is a start.
So, next time you're playing a fiddle tune with an adventurous soul who wants to blend
a little jazz or a little swing into it, give that a try.
This works better at slower tempos.
Sometimes people get the tempos really cranky on these things and you can't fit [G#] those chords
in but at a [G] slower tempo, it swings pretty good.
[Am] [G]
Thanks for watching.
[B] [D]
[G] [Cm] Go to Beadaholique.com for all of your beading supply needs!
[G] [Em]
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G
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C#
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C
3211
E
2311
Cm
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G
2131
C#
12341114
C
3211
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_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
[E] _ _ [C#] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ [G] _ _ Hey, _ [N] _
Don Julin here and those are some simple _ kind of western swing chords that you can
add to some fiddle tunes.
That's in the key of G.
I was thinking of leather britches or any of those kind of tunes.
_ _ And it's all about a series of chords with a walking bass line.
The bass line is really important to this whole idea.
Now we don't play a bass instrument so we almost have to figure out a bass line first
and then play chords understanding that they're going to be in the upper register _ as we play them.
So a standard bass line for a tune like that, if you think of, _ it's [G] in G, _ _ _ [C#] _ so you build [G] tension.
G, [B] B, [C] C, [C#] C sharp so the chords then [G] would be G.
_ _ _ [A#]
[G] I would go, some kind of G would be
in the bass so maybe even the first G should have the open G note.
_ _ _ [F#] Then a G with a bass I like to go to a [B] G7.
_ _ _ [C] _ Then C, so I play a C chord.
The [C#m] bass line is C sharp, I [C#] play a C sharp diminished.
So [G] we've got G, G7, [C]
C, [C#] _ C sharp diminished.
[A] _ [G#] Then the second four, [F#] _ [G] which _ _ [D#m]
could be our bass line, [G#] G, G sharp, [G] A, and if I could go down
to get an F sharp I would but I can't so I'll take it [F#] here. _ _ _
_ [Gm] So chords would be G, _ maybe [D#] E7 because that has a G [E] sharp in it, _ _ [C#] and then A, _ _ _ [G] and then
D because it has an F sharp in it.
So the second progression would be G.
[D] _ _ _ So we put those first [C] two together [G] and we've got that.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _
_ [E] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Fm] _
And then the third time we're [G] going to go G, [B] _
[C] G7, C to [Cm] C minor, _ _ _ _ _ [G] and then G, D, G.
So the whole progression for the fiddle tune would go something like, _ _ [C] _ [C#] _ _ we've got the first
four [G] G, G, _ G7, [C] _ [C#] C, C sharp [G] diminished, then G, E7, [D]
A7, [G] D7.
Third time G, _ [C] G7, [Cm] C, [G] C minor, G, D, G.
_ _ _ [E] Now there clearly are over a million ways to do that [G] but this is a start. _ _ _
So, next time you're playing a fiddle tune with an adventurous soul who wants to blend
a little jazz or a little swing into it, give that a try.
This works better at slower tempos.
Sometimes people get the tempos really cranky on these things and you can't fit [G#] those chords
in but at a [G] slower tempo, _ _ _ it swings pretty good. _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ _
Thanks for watching.
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [D] _
[G] _ [Cm] Go to Beadaholique.com for all of your beading supply needs!
_ [G] _ _ _ [Em] _

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