Brian Setzer - Chord Substitutions

[richard42960]

Wow! A theory lesson from Brian Setzer is like career advice from Donald Trump. Cherish it, people!!!!

[vibratingstring]

This reminds me of George Benson's lesson DVD and the "We Want Cantor" story from his father...and the joy of mixing it up with some passing tones :-)

[guitarlessonscom]

Wow, this is great stuff. Very practical!

[gorblimey61]

Gretsches, Bassmans and Nortons, oh my!

[bille77]

gotta love Brian's ball sack.

[Jazzguts]

Brian is in essence explaining the tri-tone substitution which is found on the b5 (flat 5) of the A7, in Jazz this is referred to as an A7 Altered chord.

[stefdelaat]

"It's not that difficult. You can do it..." Yep. Sure we can...

[DJstoopnig]

I tought him that.

[rockinrodney5000]

@DJstoopnig You must be guitar badass then.

[damith214]

aw man!!!! brian mate....you are thee most awesome guitarist!!!!! love you to bits

[djbot]

I really enjoy your lessons, they're solidifying ideas that I could not seem to get since I don't have a teacher. "It's not that difficult, you can do it"

[rhb31413]

"its not that difficult you can do it" <------- this statement is only true if your first name is Brian and your last name is Setzer

[DamianDeEu]

I would pay fortune for Brian Setzer to be my guitar teacher!

[psycodelek]

I have been playing for about 40 yrs and I think he is the very best meld of rock/jazz/blues hillbilly kicker music I`ve ever heard in my life!

[ChicagoRich100]

Dony play guitar! but this guy makes me wish I did! This guy has SO much MUSICAL Ability!

[TheThepurplebird]

this really is not that complicated he is just acting like an idiot and making it confusing i understood 90% percent of that and i have only been musical for ~ four years

[MikeBsMovies]

@TheThepurplebird man shut the hell up. Yeah I know the Eb9 could also be called a trisub but no need to be a pretentious dick about it like half of the people who go to my music school

[TheThepurplebird]

@MikeBsMovies but i mean he kept going to different scales without saying what he was doing he just hummed it, he could have made 100 times easier to explain

[whitbyjet65]

What's he talking about?

[gerpir]

and thats where master class begin.

[nfrantnik]

it is soooo easy if you are Brian Setzer, but its not believe me, it needs years of studding and practice.

[BrazenHarbinger]

he's one of my favorite musicians! id love to see him live some time, that would be incredibly awesome!

[joesatriani1200rulez]

1:14 part of the solo to stray cat strut !

[UKToneKing]

Give me that amp please lol 6G6 circuits are the best man, I have a bassman 100, which is a very clean chimey amp, and it gets very compressed when cranked, but the blackface style are more harsh, and that is also awesome, is the blonde good at breaking up, bassmans are the best at natural breakup PERIOD.

[GregTheBunny100]

"It sounds really complicated...." It is Brian, it is, you underestimate yourself. You think around corners and just kick ass on guitar. Much respect for you sir.

[51actual]

God I love this guy...wish he would play Toronto.

[tai7guitar]

that is seriously a RAD guitar

[guitar789]

can someone plz explain me why Eb is a substitution??? Look rather like a chord on a passing note to slide into the IV. For my understanding, there isnt any chord being substituted. A substitution would be playing Ab Major in a II-V-I starting on Am7 follewd by D7 and solved by Gmaj7. The II (D7) could be substituted by Ab Major. Can someone explain this to me please ??

[YungShady01]

This video doesn't clearly explain chord substitution, Brian Setzer must have forgotten a part of his musical theory because he's past that level.

[guitar789]

@YungShady01 Yes, Brian is one of the Players who just play and experiment without actually knowing the theory behind it. It's obvious if you watch his Hot Licks production DVD where he plays a whole tone scale and can't name it. Same goes with other great artists like Santana or Chuck Berry.

[YungShady01]

@guitar789 "You've got to learn your instrument. Then, you practice, practice, practice. And then, when you finally get up there on the bandstand, forget all that and just wail.''-Charlie Parker, I think Brian once knew the theory but know he just plays cause he's beyond it. (I think that's actually a Tritone substitution that he's trying to show, because by trying to have Eb or C# before D, he's looking for chromatic bass line.. ;) )

[guitar789]

@YungShady01 Yes he probably just forgot it. But this is definately no tritone substitution.

[YungShady01]

@guitar789 Why not?

[guitar789]

@YungShady01 well thats part of my first question, maybe u can answer it to me. I know tritone Sub from a typical II-V-I where the V is dominant being substituted by a dominat chord with the root on the tritone of the V.

[tomthefunky]

@YungShady01: Brian is not demonstrating a tri-tone substitution. He's simply showing half-step movement before reaching the IV chord. If your IV chord is a D9, simply form the chord one fret up and slide down to the D9 or form the chord one fret down and slide up to the D9. Easiest thing in the world. There's no complicated theory involved.

[YungShady01]

@tomthefunky Probably. it's just not a chord substitution then

[tomthefunky]

@YungShady01: You know what? You were right. He is actually playing a tri-tone. The Eb9 chord he plays is the tri-tone for the A7 chord. His target chord is the D9 but technically he does play the tri-tone.

[jaypauldini]

brian setzer is the best rockabilly guitarist of his era, no other band comes near

[rbound827]

@jaypauldini Check out Danny Gatton as well

[scat1a]

One of the best guitar players there is. Should be in the hall of fame.

[RadiusX7]

this is the most obvious video ever

[1FenderGuy]

Hey Brian can you tell me why are u so rich cause i LOVE Gretsch guitars i played one and i played your version of Summertime blues on it since it was orange and had your bigsby on it and i did a rocking solo too and your the coolest rockabilly guitarist ever

[JokerJohnJoker]

He totally sounds like Keifer Sutherland (Jack Bauer) xD

[synesthesia67]

thank you brian for not taking this down ...the best lesson on passing tones/chord subs I know of.....makes something that always kinda mystified me simply explained...when I win the lotto,...I want a one on one lesson with the baddest cat...!!

[ksink74]

Very few people can pull of that haircut at his age.

[wordhog61]

He is amazing,..would love to be able to play like him.

[mmars412]

it is that difficult, and i can't do it. you're just the man!

[Dennemark]

Now I learned how to think like a jazz man. Thanks Brian !

[desperadoxl]

First heard Brian sing Runaway Boys, brilliant guitar, clean, fresh and still is. Roll on Rockabilly.

Fellow Musician

[pzolsky]

was that the theme to 'frasier'?



[EdVanMeyer93]

FIrst time I heard the Stray Cats was in 1980 or 81 - it sounded frsh and exciting, it still does now!

[voodoochili12]

"And that's a chord substitution,"

Well, not exactly, since you didn't substitute anything, you just played the passing tone. I was hoping he would have some insight for some real substitutions, like playing a half-diminished arpeggio over the 6th degree of a dominant 7th chord, but nope.

[written12]

@voodoochili12

I'm glad I saw your comment- to confirm what I thought was the case. The lesson here is excellent, but it is about passing chords. Passing chords are great; they spice things up nicely, vary the progression, but substitutions are really about substituting one chord for another. No knock here about Brian's musicality. He is a swinging player who also has a great ear for mellow and melodic leads and chords.

[standad445]

@voodoochili12 if you already know how to substitute chords why the fuck are you watching this "amateurs" video? are you policing the videos with guitar lesson in the title?? how about put up an extensive lesson on the subject?? can you not afford a video camera??? thats a shame seeing as you are a professional musician!!!!

[kevinkmny]

@voodoochili12 I guess you get what you pay for, eh?

[Frankenshoes]

God help me I couldn't stop looking at Brian Setzer's package!

[Rickenbacker4001C64]

@Frankenshoes Great, Now I cant keep my eyes off of it... Thanks, asshole.

[Frankenshoes]

@Rickenbacker4001C64 HAA HAA!

[Frankenshoes]

@Rickenbacker4001C64

HAA HAA!

[TeamFortressNoobspy]

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haha gotta love Brian xD

[gfmgma]

actually he made it sound quite easy, he's good at this too

[gldeluca]

If I could play like any guitarist in history, it would be Brian Setzer. He can play like anybody, and he can do it cleaner, better and make it swing! I have been hooked on this man since I was 9. What a freakin talent. And his demeanor is so down to earth. This kitten is smitten. Oh snap. I think I just came up with a song hook. Perhaps it will be my response song to Gina. When I was a kid, I thought he was singing to me. It's my name...and one of my favorite songs ever.

[elvisjimpa100]

@gldeluca I totally agree.He can play by ear to and can every musicstile there is.I know yngwie malmsteen,eddie van halen and many others are great too but setzer can play there music but they cant play hes because they just focus in one music stile.He is the best of the best and inspiering me to play.

[BlueTitan7]

@gldeluca He is very very good, unique, but NOBODY can play like anybody!! That's the beauty of music. Someone can be special for playing "dirty" in a way that noone else does...and so on...kisses. xx

[leeportcam]

@gldeluca Agree....Brian is so freekin good its scary..

[richardson2602]

what a guitar!

[ACfixer]

Outstanding tone, see you in Palm Springs!

[andreadakis24]

I've been playing guitar for 17 years and this makes me realize how much I don't know.

[kiwi4j]

@andreadakis24 I totally agree!!! I learned many of the songs he plays, and feel I'm doing pretty good until I go back and watch him live and I think to myself, " I ought to sell my beloved Gretsch and take up needle point or painting!:)

[blaforge1]

@andreadakis24 it happens..

[Dubaiman123]

@andreadakis24 dont worry i play it for 40 years and have the same...should work on this a bit more etc...

[TheSwilliams92]

@andreadakis24 start playing jazz. its great for virtuosity

[tungchiwahwah]

He is so musically knowledgable.

[joshuabuhler]

I'd love to see the rest of this lesson - any chance you can post it?

[Halromusic]

Thanks for the great chord sub tip!

[Herefortheguitar]

thanks

[KevinFayte]

Cool, Brian. Thanks!

[trinconi]

so Brian we'll never see you playing in Brazil? Cmon!

[psychobillybert]

I never thought of playing through a leading tone as if it were in the tunes... Going to try this right meow....

[rockabillykid17]

is there any more from this lesson? would love to see more