Chords for Dream Guitars Lesson - Economy of Motion (Tennessee Waltz) - Allen Shadd

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_ _ [N] Welcome to Dream Guitars.
We got a lesson coming up today.
We're going to learn how to play the Tennessee Waltz, or my version of it at least.
Before I get into that, I want to tell you a little bit about the guitar I'm playing today.
Of course, this is Dream Guitars, so it's about the guitars.
_ This is brand new.
This has strings on it for about three or four days, I guess now.
_ This is mine.
This is my Ken Hooper.
It's Red Spruce top, Smokies top at [D] that.
_ _ It's got the tree mahogany back and [E] sides.
I'll try to turn this slow so we get some of the glare off of it.
Maybe you can _ get a look at it as it goes around.
_ _ I'm going to take some of the glare off.
This is your basic mahogany guitar. _
_ _ [Abm] Ebony, maple, trim, bind and purflin.
_ _ _ _ Bone pins.
_ Mario Pru _ [G] pickguard for me.
[Gb] _ [G] _ _ _ I just picked it up a few days ago, so it's brand spanking new. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] So there you have it.
_ You can look for an article on this that will be out soon in the fretboard journal as well on this guitar and _ Ken Hooper, the builder.
_ Be looking for that. _
Tennessee Waltz.
I chose that particular song for the reason_
I know a lot of you probably play this song.
A lot of people sing that song.
The reason I chose it is I'm away here this morning.
I was trying to think of something to teach about.
I've noticed lately a lot of my students _ have the same problem.
So we've been working on this.
_ I call it the economy of motion.
I'm sure that's not an original phrase. _ _
I see them lifting their fingers too far off the fretboard and using different fingering positions and what have you that just make things difficult.
I think what I decided to do was use this song as an example of one of the ways that you can get around some of that.
_ _ To put it simply, you play within the chord shape or in the chord position.
In this case, it's the C position.
_ _ _ _ You can play the melody as well as the chords _ just _ _ using short strums.
Kind of like the Maybell style _ in a way.
Just variations.
I'm going to start all of it and walk you through it real slow. _
[C] _ _ In the C position, I'll start off with the melody.
[Dm] _ [Em] _ _
[G] Instead of hitting just that note, I'll hit a strum.
[C] So it's more _ [Dm]
[C] like_
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ I'm _ following [Bm] a bass line walk to the [C] _ 7th.
So it's _ just _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
an E minor.
[C] _ _ _ A C7.
_ _ To [Em] _ _ [F] _
an F.
_ [Am] Now when I play these chords, I may or may not [N] play every string of the chord.
I'm going to let you pick that off of the video.
You can slow it down, back it up, whatever you need to.
_ But for the sake of time, I'm just going to give you the chords.
And you can hear the melody notes within those chords, hopefully.
_ [F] So there's where you go [C] from the 7th. _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ Now you notice the whole time I [B] played that, this particular [Ab] finger, my first finger, stayed right where it never ever left that [C] place. _
_ Except for the E minor.
_ _ [Em] _ _
And then it's immediately right back down, but it's still [F] right there in [C] position.
_ _ _ _ _ Using my little finger for that note.
[E] And the next.
_ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ To an A [Am] minor. _ _ _
[Em] To a D [Dm] minor.
_ _ Now, this particular D minor that I'm using, _ it's not a true D minor.
But it's, you know_
_ [F] _ So [D] I'm just playing the F [F] chord without that.
I'm [D] playing the D root.
[F] _ _ _ To a [G] G7th.
_ [F] _
_ And that's what I'm using in place [Dm] of a G7th.
[Em] And that sets me up for the second part.
Which is [F] identical [E] to the first for the [D] most.
[C] _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
[C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ And now, you can do variations around that.
[Em] As long as you're still holding that [C] basic shape.
Which [N] is what I'm doing.
So, now what I like to do, when it goes to [A] the F, instead of hitting the straight melody.
[F] _ _ Which would [B] be_
[C] _ _ _ _ [F] _
[Ab] I do a little [F] roll into it.
[B] _ _ [C] _ _
_ Just something, a little add to.
So it _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ [C] _ brings you right back to the C.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ And that's just a little cross picking piece. _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] And the whole time I'm keeping my fingers and my hand in the position.
For the most part.
[B] You have to move a [Abm] finger out of the way occasionally.
[Am] But you try to keep it as close to the fretboard as you can.
And be aware of that.
[C] That'll help you.
_ So that's the first part.
And the bridge.
The only [N] difference really on the bridge is it sets up for an E7th.
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ There's your E7th.
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ A minor.
[Am] _ _ _
To the D minor.
[D] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[G] _ [Em] G7th.
[Am] And then it's back to the [G] first part.
[C] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [C] _ Just turn around. _
[F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ That's pretty much it.
It's pretty simple.
_ It just stays around [Ab] the chords.
The notes are right there.
So it should be pretty easy for you to get.
You can slow that down.
It's already a [C] slow song.
So you shouldn't have any problem with it, I hope. _
_ There you go.
Thanks for joining us today. _ _
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