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tom culhane
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Welcome! Want to improve your guitar playing and build a great repertoire of songs? Give me about 5 minutes a few times per week. We'll be learning many facets of guitar. The overall mission is to learn a new tune each week, for a total of 52 new songs you'll be able to play and enjoy in the coming year. If you like what we're doing, please SUBSCRIBE and don't forget to click the little bell notification so that you won't miss any new videos.
The tunes will run the gamut: lots of great jazz standards, rock classics, Beatles, bop, blues and even a little Bach and classical. Tune up, tune in and get ready to jam.
The tunes will run the gamut: lots of great jazz standards, rock classics, Beatles, bop, blues and even a little Bach and classical. Tune up, tune in and get ready to jam.
TAB: “Jingle Bell Rock”
This holiday hit from 1957 features one of the great studio guitar players, Hank Garland. On the original recording, he's the one playing the intro as well as the rock/rockabilly fills throughout. Please see the video here on my channel where I walk you through the vocal melody, chords, guitar intro and some of Hank's fills.
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Learn “Jingle Bell Rock” (Hank Garland w. Bobby Helms) [TAB below]
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Here's a TAB for the vocal melody, chords, Hank's intro and a few of his fills: ua-cam.com/video/On7tQIZydpg/v-deo.html
Learn Sonny Rollins’ Lines Over Rhythm Changes
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Here's a recording and transcription of Sonny's entire solo (at age 19!): ua-cam.com/video/3dJhRSIZ6T8/v-deo.html Here's the TAB for Sonny's solo portion: ua-cam.com/users/shortsMKq0Mfm4xqc
Learn More Sonny Rollins 2-5-1s !
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A brief video showing my TAB for Sonny's 2-5-1 phrases: ua-cam.com/users/shortsnWsrqip-RgI
Garland’s 2-5-1 Phrase: You’d Be So Nice
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Garland’s 2-5-1 Phrase: You’d Be So Nice
“You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To”: Walking Bass & Martino-esque Phrase
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The arrangement uses some walking bass lines, often making use of the left-hand thumb. If you're not able to grab the bass note with your thumb, simplify be leaving out some of the bass notes. Thanks for watching! Here's the TAB: ua-cam.com/users/shortsOup2wxFKlnw And here's the Red Garland 2-5-1 phrase: ua-cam.com/video/fMUl9WSktZ8/v-deo.html
3 Kickin’ 2-5-1 Phrases by Bud Powell & Red Garland
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3 Kickin’ 2-5-1 Phrases by Bud Powell & Red Garland
Learn “Confirmation”: chords, 2-5-1’s by Bird & Kenny Barron
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This quintessential bebop tune was published in 1946. Written by Charlie Parker. Correction: the Charlie Parker 2-5-1 is in D flat Major, not D Major. Here's the backing track I used: (you can slow it down to 50% or 75%, or custom-set it. I think I set it for 60% reduction in speed. Still stumbled on the head!) ua-cam.com/video/WR8PL1jcnQk/v-deo.html
3 Very Cool Sonny Rollins 2-5-1 Phrases
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Sonny's solo begins 50 seconds in. It's great, but check out how he plays the melody! He's swinging from the get go, and doesn't stop. Great stuff. ua-cam.com/video/l0I3F0vx76U/v-deo.html I said “F”; I meant “A flat.”
Learn “Without a Song”: Head, Chords, Chord-Melody
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Learn “Without a Song”: Head, Chords, Chord-Melody
Free Lesson: “Miles Ahead” for Solo Guitar
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Free Lesson: “Miles Ahead” for Solo Guitar
Duke Ellington’s “I’m Beginning to See the Light”
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Duke Ellington’s “I’m Beginning to See the Light”
Hinting at the 5 while soloing over the 1 chord
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Hinting at the 5 while soloing over the 1 chord
Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?
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Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?
Melodic & Harmonic Analysis with Historical Background: “Georgia on My Mind”
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Melodic & Harmonic Analysis with Historical Background: “Georgia on My Mind”
Our 400th Video! “Georgia on My Mind”
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Our 400th Video! “Georgia on My Mind”
TAB for “Georgia” Solo Guitar Arrangement
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TAB for “Georgia” Solo Guitar Arrangement
“Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?” By De Lange & Alter
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“Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?” By De Lange & Alter
Free Solo Guitar Lesson: “The Warmth of the Sun”
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Free Solo Guitar Lesson: “The Warmth of the Sun”
A Look at Brian Wilson’s Unique Approach to Chords: “Warmth of the Sun”
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A Look at Brian Wilson’s Unique Approach to Chords: “Warmth of the Sun”
Let’s Learn Jobim’s “Once I Loved” (changes, head, chord-melody)
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Let’s Learn Jobim’s “Once I Loved” (changes, head, chord-melody)
nice video keep it up!🙂
Thanks, John!
Great work!
Thank you! Cheers!
🎃 and his vocals were so strong while the guitar was being mutated into hair metal.
Wow! Really liked it!! Perfect tone and playing 😍😍🔥🔥
Many thanks! Glad you enjoyed it.
Great and lovely tone as well.👌
Thank you!
Excellent 🎉
Thanks 😊
Nice playing you two! 👏👏👏👏👏
Many thanks, Sharon
sounds great!
Thank you!
I certainly like it!
Thanks! I'm glad.
I said “F”; I meant “A flat.”
A M A Z I N G !
Many thanks, Miguel!
I’m not familiar with this version, but I liked it! ❤
Thank you, Sharon. I heard the Coltrane version, of course. And years ago, at an Allman Bros. show, their encore was this tune (they were big Coltrane fans). Tune was written by Mongo Santamaria.
Cool info Tom!
I’m digging deep here, but there is a “Renaissance” vibe going on here with both your strings. Maybe because I just watched a period piece movie (Elizabeth, Cate Blanchet), that I heard a tonal and rhythmic similarity.
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Do you think arpeggios are better than modes for improvisation? Btw thank you for the video :)
In my humble opinion, I never found modes as useful to me, personally, as arpeggios. Again, just to my own taste, playing chord tones produces a more musical sound than when I try to play modes. Of course, it's very helpful to know the underlying scales so that you can "connect" the chord tones. Many will differ with that opinion. How about you?
@@tomculhane6648 I think the same, I was just curious because I was taking a Berklee free improvisation course and they were teaching just modes and altered scales.
@@tomculhane6648 I tried to use modes and it always sounds weird haha
@@bonacera3 Even when trying to solo over a "modal" tune like "So What" or "Impressions," I tend to arpeggiate the chords in that particular key. Example: "So What": over the D minor, I'll play arpeggios for C Maj, Dm, Em, F Maj, G7, Am, etc. Thanks for watching and commenting, my friend!
Oh cool! Here it is - Thanks!
Thanks, Carlos. Glad you found it and hope it helps!
Thanks dude !
You're very welcome!
Beautiful playing!
Thank you!
Very cool!
Thanks!
I came to UA-cam to try and find a simple quiet acoustic version of this song and found you here with this excellent breakdown of what makes the tune so magical, so thank you! Do you know of any solo acoustic guitar versions I could listen to? I've been fascinated by the melody ever since I heard it as kid from a music box my mom had.
Thanks so much, Carlos! No, I'm not really aware of any acoustic guitar versions. But, of course, it's good to check out versions by people like Nat King Cole and Mel Torme. To me, the lyrics give me a better sense of the song --- even when we play it and don't sing it. :) Thanks for watching and for commenting, and good luck to you.
@@tomculhane6648 Thanks Tom, yes I have heard those great singers and many more do it - all wonderful renditions. One of the first versions I ever heard was by The Romantic Strings. My mom used to play that record, and even as a kid, hearing it wafting through the house on a summer day was just the best feeling ever. I guess maybe that's why I'm partial to the instrumental versions and sometimes walk around humming it all day. I went looking for the last part of your lesson, hoping I'd hear you play it all the way through, but didn't find it. Not long after viewing your video I found this guy - I think he does a pretty decent job. ua-cam.com/video/ecug1Xidnbs/v-deo.html
Nice!
Thank you!
Soooo pretty! ❤
Many thanks, Sharon!
Très joli jeu ! Grand bravo 👍
Merci beau coup! Appreciate you watching.
Love hearing the playing! Just wanna hear ya play an entire song without the lessons, LOL! (Since I don’t play guitar). I’m a clarinet player!
Oh that pianoooooo🎉n the back sweet
You didn’t even played the full intro. The riff continues when the rock and roll chords start and the band joins.
Lovely as always you two! 🎵❤️🎶❤️🎵
Thanks for listening, Sharon!
Damn good
Thanks!
Nice..thank you for sharing this video.
You're very welcome!
I worked out pretty much this exact arrangement from a real book about 30 years ago. Great minds think alike!?
I'll go along with that, Matt! ha-ha Yeah, gorgeous tune. Have you heard the Santana/McLaughlin version?
Please just simplify how the hinting at 5 works, leading tones, the intervals. Teach how to fish. The charts i cannot see. You have good voice and could be great but interval explaining with the chords and why.
F7 is the 5 chord of B flat. The notes in F7 are f, a, c, e flat. So the "hinting" could consist of playing two or three or four of those F7 chord tones, and then return to playing the chord tones of the B flat chord (B flat Maj 7 = b flat, d, f, a; B flat 7 = b flat, d, f, a flat). If you're not familiar with what notes are in a certain chord, there are many videos online explaining how you can learn and memorize this information. Good luck and thanks for commenting!
Another way of looking at it: If you were to play a B flat Major 7 arpeggio (the notes are B flat, D, F and A), and you were to occasionally play C and E flat, those last two notes would be hinting at the 5 chord, F7. The C and the E flat are the 5 and flat 7, respectively, of the F7 chord. You could also realize that the C and E flat are the 9 and 11 of the B flat Major chord.
Thank you for your generosity in sharing your knowledge with others !
You're welcome! Thanks for watching and commenting.
Lovely playing you two! ❤
Thanks, Sharon!
Awesome...Still beautiful and meaning in 2024👏😊
Many thanks, Mike! Yes, a gorgeous one for sure.
lovely playing, both of you! I hope to have this kind of relationship with my own pals someday, too! thanks for keeping the art alive - i think you start soloing around 1:20? it gets more expressive (love the legato & bebopish phrasing that starts [idk if it's bebopish, just sounds it to me]). it's a great contrast to the earlier part, where I think you're playing the melody straight. I'd need to check the realbook to verify, i don't know this tune('s melody) by heart (yet :) )
Thanks, Anton! We appreciate you watching and commenting.
It’s nice to have a buddy to jam with
Yes! You are so right. Thanks for watching and commenting.
É incrível como os americanos simplesmente não conseguem tocar nossa batida. Mas, tudo bem, ficamos felizes em saber que vocês gostam dela.
We do! Consider making a video of your own, and help us out. (I'm serious.) Years ago, I had a Romanian teacher who was trying to convey the pure bossa beat to me. Mustn't have stuck! Appreciate you watching.
I don't play. But I will try to get someone to do this video.
Lots of fun. We did a few standards, and later wound up playing Dylan and Buddy Holly songs with the Hilltop Dogs. A fun jam session.
Tom, the open mic was off my radar, so I’m glad you mentioned it! Hope to be there to watch you guys!
Hope you can make it, Sharon!
You’re a talented player Tom! Smart music theory too!
Thank you, Sharon! I really appreciate your comments. See you tomorrow at the open mic/jam session? Hope so!
Yay, you two are back at it! Nice playing guys! ❤
Thank you! 😃
just started watching the video. i already respect how much effort you put onto the whiteboard. this is a great lesson for me, thanks! -the history is also interesting, thanks for discussing it - i also LOVE the usage of solfege! I had some choir training & was taught some sight singing. to this day, i still find it useful to use "do re mi" for scale degrees, vs numbers which i usually reserve for chord tones (e.g. Dm7 in C would have chord tones R b3 5 b7, but the solfege/scale degrees are Re Fa La Do). I find this separation very useful, kind of like how roman numerals are reserved to represent chords on scale degrees (e.g. I, ii, ii, IV vs 1 2 3 4). using only arabic numerals becomes confusing when it's used for scale degrees, chord tones, chords based on scale degrees, etc.
Thanks, Anton! Yeah, I got a kick out of hearing Hoagy sing his tune 94 years back. And yes, I can see how solfege could be so helpful. I've been toying with snippets of popular melodies and their corresponding solfege syllables. Maybe by the time I'm 90, I'll actually be able to sight-sing! I appreciate you watching and commenting!
cut my teeth on this song, played it a 100 different ways, great tune to improvise with now and I have a few more ideas , thank you sir
Thanks! Coming soon: melodic & harmonic analysis…& soloing ideas. For this same tune.
I do i do i do love that gal...
the late Bruce Clarke said to me once , why should a select few have all the fun, I always come away with something watching you two fellas, a big thank you
Hey, thanks so much! So glad you enjoy the videos. We have a ball making them, that's for sure.
What a great lesson. And I really like your tab at 4:09! Thank you so much!
Thanks! Just recently learned how to make PDFs so they should be coming soon. Appreciate you watching and commenting.
This is genuinely so beautiful, always loved the original but there is something so special about this. Thanks for blessing my ears, Tom.
Thank you very much for your kind comment! I appreciate you watching and commenting.
Good stuff! Keep up the great work and i hope youre doing well 😊
Many thanks!
outstanding! you deserve a 1930s gibson electric. d'angelico, or stromberg.
Thank you, @paultiffany7629! Shall I send you my mailing address and color preferences? Ha-ha. Appreciate you watching and commenting, my friend!
I would love to see a chord/ melody vid for I Wish You Love. It's one of my favourite tunes, and I am struggling to play it. Great lesson!
Amazing video man, thank you!
Many thanks!