The greatest blues chord progression of all time (Stormy Monday)
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- Опубліковано 1 лип 2024
- Learn to play the chords to one of the greatest blues songs of all time: Stormy Monday by T-Bone Walker, with Vancouver guitar lessons teacher Blue Morris.
Practice the chords with this jam track, also on UA-cam:
• Stormy Monday Jam Track
View the chord shapes and the song form on my blog:
www.bluemorris.com/post/the-g...
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Guitar Lessons Live 002
0:00 Introduction
0:44 Chords demonstrated
1:35 Bars 1-4
4:30 Bars 5-8
6:26 Bars 9-12
8:49 Slide Lick
10:34 Q&A 9th Chords
14:15 Q&A Soloing
15:15 Q&A 12/8 Time
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I have Never seen a better teacher, who breaks it down casually, with a great relaxed demeanor. I wish all instructors were this personable!
Thank you! Much appreciated. Lots more guitar lessons on the channel :)
Stormy Monday is the Stairway to Heaven of the blues 😊
Yeah I'd say so
Really Great lesson!!
Explained so perfectly.!
Thank yoy SO much!!
Glad you liked it thank you!
Clear and concise and engaging. What a joy .
Thanks Bob!
This guy is a great teacher! 👍👍
Thank you Thomas!
I like the way this guy teaches blues guitar techniques, he’s too methodical to be understood by even the beginners.
You have really made a super video, wonderful explanations and demonstrations. Thank you and the best of luck to you.
Thank you! Lots more guitar lessons onbthe channel.
I'm an old guy. About 1960, when I was new to guitar, a professional guitarist taught me this progression. Way back then. That guitarist was Angel South, who went on to some notoriety.
Very cool! Thank you for sharing :)
Just BRILLIANT!
Thanks Dave!
Many years ago, Mezz Mezzrow came up with a 32-bar blues progression which he thought would supercede the 12-bar format. It didn't, but it's a wonderful progression.
Interesting. I'll check it out, though will be harder to memorize at 32 bars 😄
I agree this is an incredible progression, but one I’ve really struggled with, doubtless because there are so many interpretations. I’ve heard so many versions and attempted to follow so many different lessons I am no longer sure I even correctly remember this song.
I appreciate the clarity of this lesson and the explanation of the chords. Thank you so much for breaking it down.
You are a wonderful guitar teacher. Wish I lived closer so I could take advantage of in person lessons.
Excellent. I have fooled with this many times, but I swear I'm gonna get it this time. I love your succinct way of explaining things without a lot of extraneous bs. And I love your chord charts and the fact that you touch on the time signature. Well done!!
Glad it was helpful!
Very well explained.
You are a real teacher as you are really didactic.
Thank you so much
Thank you Patrick!
Hi
Great lesson! The explanation of the chords was so easy to follow.
Thank you 👍
Thanks for watching!
Fantastic! LOVED the Lesson, I always loved this song.. Jethro Tull did it too in the early days. Love the Blues, Thank You, Bravo!🌹
This was great! Excellent explanation!
Thanks Brian!!
Great job on breaking it down.
Glad your content from a year ago made it to my plate this stormy CA Tuesday - after the really stormy Monday
Thank You
Thanks Willy Nilly!
Stumbled onto this one Blue. Truly love it! Thanks
Great thanks Dennis!
i am a bass player and have been playing this for years. now i finally know what i have been doing. haha. thank you, sir.
Haha nice 👍 thanks for commenting
Good lesson. Great tune. Here’s a crazy thought….maybe have your tabs written out before you hit record.
Blue! Thank goodness for algorithms. Been working on this song with UA-cam tutorial help. This is by far the best lesson. Many thanks.
Cool thanks! 😀
Very well done. Thank you!
Thanks Lee!
Another great lesson. Thank you!
Thanks 🎸 😊
You are a gifted teacher and player, thanks for sharing your skills with us!
Thanks for watching 👍
Perhaps the most succinct instruction and analysis I have ever come accross, thank you, respect and Love, we all have our gifts, Namaste'
Thank you Etienne!
High quality lesson give a clear understanding of both the chords to play and the music theory
Thank you! Lots more on the channel
Very helpful indeed - thank you!
Thanks for watching 👍
Thank you 🎸. Very detailed. Slow and easily understood. Really appreciate your time and patience.
Glad it was helpful! Thanks!
Thanks a lot it's so clear
Glad it helped
Awesome!
Thanks for watching 👍
That's just what I've always thought since I heard the Allman Bros version 50 years ago. Why can't blues be harmonically rich like this masterpiece?
It can but you're right it's not common. I agree I like these more creative chord progressions
google what a bird blues is (charlie parker). You have only gotten started
It can be. Some would call it Jazz music. 🙂
Thank you.
Thanks Pete!
Another great lesson. I’ve been wanting a jazzy sounding 1-4-5 and there we have it. Thank you!🎉
Thanks Marc! I love that chord progression, so cool.
Sounds a little like guitar slim... things that I used to do 🎸🎼🎶🎵
Amezing lesson excelent I learn so
Much🎉🎉🎉🎉
Thank you Humberto!
Thank You !!
Thanks for watching 👍
Another great lesson. I have to watch your lessons a few times over months till it sinks in.
Thanks! Nothing wrong with that. Repetition is key to help things sink in and to try out the ideas.
you are a very good teacher
Thank you! Lots more coming
Very nice lesson!
Thanks Tammy!
I am inspired to say how this was so useful , so well presented and so interesting.
Please let me expand. I played bass and in covers bands for most 5 years in the late sixes and then for various reasons didn't play for 51 years and only started playing again just before covid broke out and then I stopped and then I stopped after cool food to move to France.
I first heard this song by Chris Farlow and I automatically thought it was a brilliant song. One of my many problems is that I never had a good musical and as I've got older my hearing has suffered so I really struggle even to recognise songs are 12 bars sometimes.
Playing notes is generally not a problem, as I know the fretboard well. I don't know much about music theory.but i canmove from one note to another quite well, but it's knowing the chord structure on which to base the bass.
I have played it a couple of times recently in blues jams in Bordeaux and they play the basic 12 bar version because it's a jam session and people wouldn't necessarily know this version and to be honest it sounds quite brilliant even as a basic 12 bar.
I've struggled to find out the chords sequences to this version and I would rather like the challenge of playing the Sllman Brothers version
Belief me it will be a challenge for me to remember the sequences and I don't like playing using a music stand
This video and the company chord sheet will be a GREAT help but now I have to find people who know how to I want to play this more complex version 🤣🤣🤣
Great way to teach chords, cheers 🤙🎸
Thanks for watching 👍
Nice job, I used video as a bass lesson and progression sounds really warm and round, thank you
Cool great idea!
Great job! Great channel! Sweet Epi.
Thanks John!!!
I always wanted to learn this song for the past 5 years Umbro that is the best breakdown you made it so easy like I I know how to play this song and I had to subscribe cuz I'm a blues guy and I want to see what else you got going thanks man
Great to hear, thanks Chad! Lots more to come on this channel.
I nominate "Drown in My Own Tears".
Great lesson! I really enjoy your channel.
Thank you!! Lots more coming 🎸
I've just left a very positive comment about Stormy Monday and now I'm going to look on your site because they're two songs that I'm Very keen on getting to grips with and they are jazzy blues ish in my opinion. One is St. James infirmary and the other is Work Song.
I understand these are Def not 12 bars or blues but they are great songs and fit quite well within this style of music.
I've clicked like on your video and Italy latest stage I might become a patron but at the moment I have two little time to benefit so I just look at things when I can. But thank you again very much
Cool, yeah those are great songs too. Timeless really. Maybe I'll do some videos on those one day too. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Yes. My Guitar teacher at MI taught me this.
Cool!
awesome.....
Thanks Pat!
I'm playing Jazz chords!! Thank you!
They are jazz chords! Nice work!
I used to have that same Emperor Regent. I took the pick-up off and strung it with acoustic D'Addario 10s
Yeah I've had it for ages! I still like it. It's huge though.
Great lesson and I'm not even a jazzy bluesy player. sometimes throw some of it in the mix just for the fun of it
Yeah these chords can work in lots of songs. Funk too 😀
Brilliant.. thanks man.. 👏👏
Benjiboy from Newport South Wales the UK.😊
Thank you!!
I like the written charts. George Benson in Come Back Baby, has more chords in a blues than any other I know of!
Awesome!
Dan T.
Sidney, BC.
Thanks Dan!
Someday After Awhile you'll be sorry is my favorite blues arrangement by FREDDIE KING and covered by many including EC.
Cool I'll check it out
Appreciate your complete teachings!🎸👍. You didn’t draw the Bm7 orBbm7.
T Bone's 'T Bone Blues' album is my fave.
Nice! I'll check out that album. Thanks for watching :)
Really enjoyed this and learned so much! Wowser- one of my fave songs, too. Esp Bobby Blue Bland
Cool, glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Great lesson! I can hear Doug Sahm on his T Bone style songs.
Thanks Steve!!
Looked at playing this classic many times and never really followed thru - I guess I have no excuse now for passing on this song - thanks.
Thanks 78tag, you can do it!!
@@GuitarLessonsVancouver I am enjoying your style of communication.
The early days of instruction thru the either were "play these scales and learn these chords" that came with mind numbing practice sessions. A lot of progress has been made in that area.We are really seeing some great guitar info come out of the interwebs these days and you have come to the front with a small handful. Thanks again.
@@78tag That's great to hear thank you!
Hello your lessons are great and very easy to understand, but i have a question about the 9 chords. Would it be safe to say that for example the G9 is actually an inverted Dminor chord with an added 4th on top ? and if so could i play the D minor Pentatonic as well or other scales too ?? Thank you
Grazie.
Thanks for the support!
Great lesson, thanks! I believe the Cm7 is a D# instead
The D# is a cool sub for the D7 chord. Having said that, the cm7 is just wrong.
I love this lesson as I say below but can you explain in music terms why there is no D chord (the 5 of the 1/4/5) in the song? Does the Cm7 substitute for that?
very nice - I plan to do this in a blues jam tomorrow. The Cmin7 is a weird one though - min 4 instead of diatonic maj4
Yeah a lot of debate about that chord. It seems odd I agree but it also seems to work to my ears. Thanks for watching and commenting!
@@GuitarLessonsVancouver I tried Cmin7/flat 5 for the last 2 beats of that bar - you get G-F#-F and its a gentler path to the G9. thanks again!
Ďakujeme.
Cool, thanks for the extra support!
@@GuitarLessonsVancouver this lessons are excellent !!!
This is marvelous! What are some of your eight-bar blues favorites?
Hmmmm Trouble in Mind I think is 8 bars. Keys to the Highway I think is too.
@@GuitarLessonsVancouver Yes to both. First heard "Trouble in Mind" performed by Sonny Terry and Brownie McGee. "How Long Blues" also a wonderful example.
Cool beans 😎
Thanks for watching and commenting 🙂
What model is your Epiphone, it is a beautiful instrument !!!
Thanks it's an Emperor.
Hey Blue, what are your thoughts on the Nashville number system for simplifying chord memorization and transposition? Do you recommend learning it, or is it preferable to focus on memorizing chord sequences when learning the rhythm parts of a song?
All my students learn the basics of numbering chords. At the very least I IV and V. Then VIm. I definitely think in terms of numbers as it's easier to memorize songs and change keys when needed.
@@GuitarLessonsVancouver Thank you Blue for your feedback, I truly appreciate it! Your videos are incredibly helpful, and your ability to simplify complex concepts is a gift. I’d love to see a video on this topic!
you da man im a lefty but i got it...
Cool thanks Andrew
Not guitar, (Hammond B3)
But if you really like this song Stormy Monday?
You should treat yourself and Listen to, "Lee Michaels' " Cover.
Live just 2 playing Lee & Frosty the drummer.
Lee plays the B3, Pedals the bass parts; and sings,
A lot of music for 2 people .. and it's recorded live
That is, aside from the D aug which is not in the usual 1/4/5 position
I love cream’s version
Cool, I'll have a listen
T bone played a different voicing on the 1 and sharp 1 you can also hear him hit the high E string as well as he move through the 1 and sharp 1. Changes are more Allman version which was based on Bobby Blue Blands version, not trying to be mean as this is all good info just point out the difference.
I believe T Bone didn’t p,ay it like that. This the ABB version. Which is my favorite but Stormy Monday can be played as you like. Make it your own.
This is The Allman Brothers Band arrangement, not T-Bone’s. The original recording (1947) by T-Bone Walker is a straight and simply constructed 12 bar blues, in G. He played and recorded several different arrangements. He did use the G9 (often G7)-Am7-Bm7-Bbm7 turnaround on occasion but would end with a D9(or7) to a D#9(7) and back to D9(7). Here’s his turnaround when using that climb: G9 Am7 / Bm7 Bbm7 / D9 - - - / D#9 D9 / G9 C9 / G9 Daug //. T-Bone did not use a Cm7. Most of the the time he played it as a regular 12 bar. I love the ABB version; it’s the arrangement most of us relate to. I’ve played many different arrangements of this great song, and I’m only saying this is not T-Bone’s, but the ABB’s arrangement. It’s a fabulous chord progression.
The Allman Brothers version is based upon the version Bobby Bland successfully released in 1961. The chord arrangement was by his (jazz) guitarist, Wayne Bennet. It may be that the chord progression leading back from the Am to the G and turnaround contains Ebmaj7, which gives a chromatic bass descent. I am imagining Wayne doing a 2-5-1 progression with a tritone inversion of the D7 to Eb7 and then altering it to the maj7, and the resultant chord is the same as Cm/Eb, hence the confusion. Anyway, try it and see what you think.
@@davidf9278 Duane does introduce it as “a Bobby Blue Bland song,” which hints at their arrangement. I like T-Bone’s original, with the V-#V-V turnaround, but that’s just me. We know what opinions are like, and everybody has one!
@@larrypower8659 I totally agree with you and I hope my observations were never imagined as a criticisms. I like both versions, and it is not common for a re-working of a great song to be able to stand up
@@davidf9278 No worries, mon ami!
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Like Bob Ross was teaching guitar ❤
A happy little song.
This chord progression is almost as good as SUNDOWN by Wes Montgomery🎸
Yeah love Wes Montgomery!!!
BTW, you have an excellent channel, I recommended you to my band mates and friends.
You should do a breakdown of the Sundown chords progression, it’s tons of fun. Cheers 🍻
@@j.p.7708 cool thanks J.P.!!!
Good video but gee your guitar sound is so tinny and metallic. If it were me I’d definitely be rolling off the tone knob.
Good stuff but your G9 looks like a G7sus2 to me.
ua-cam.com/video/aUyOEVECpnU/v-deo.html
I did a quickie on it. It is a fun one to play. Performed it with the house band at Janos’ Blues Bar in Cairns AU. Have to admit the solo is much easier on the Tele
1993
Cook, I like those turnaround options you showed. Thanks for posting
@@GuitarLessonsVancouver most welcome. Take the two turnarounds together you have “Sitting on Top of the World”.
How about this?
G9 C9 G9 G#7b5 G913 C#9
C9 C#dim
G9 Am 7 Bm7 Bb7b5
Am7 C9
G9 Bb9 Ebmaj7 G#7b5
Hi Blue!!! Nice T- Bone Lesson!!! Was wondering what Model of Epiphone that is?? Thank You! : )
Epiphone Emperor Regent, from early 2000s, I think :)
@@GuitarLessonsVancouver Thanks Blue.. Nice Guitar, looks kinds like modeled after an old Gibson .. EL 300 or "something" off the top of my head.. lol.. Anyway, tomorrow i get your Soloing Book from Amazon.. I bought my first Ukulele today from a store in Texas, Journey Music.. All Mahogany Tenor, has a PUP so can plug into amplifier.. I almost bought one last time on Maui.. Bu they were over priced and i could not communicate well enough with the Japanese sales guy, so I walked.. lol... This one was 50% off so only $99.. There's this guy, Sean Daniels on UA-cam that has started a Uke Channel.. So will learn how to play it.. He has Guitar Channe too.. You and he I think are some of the best, most consistent Guitar Teachers on The Tube.. Excellent Content too.. Anyway, thanks for the info!!! Please take care for now Blue!!! : )
@@Sherman1862 Cool, thanks Sherman! Let me know if you have any questions about the book when you receive it :)
ok, I must be old, those charts look like they are missing the NUT,, first line is actually the first fret and not the nut. My old chord books had a nut.
The Roman numeral tells you what fret it's on. The diagrams don't show the nut so that I can draw whatever fret I need using the Roman numerals.
Thanks 👍 ur hitting the strings too hard , but I love u
That D note is a little flat!
Nice... but not the T-Bone G9 voicing.
Oh? Are there other versions or something?
Cool chords but..no licks?
Not in this video, but lots of licks in my other videos ua-cam.com/video/R7cgcC3aMGk/v-deo.html
i disagree with chords tbone play g9th chord without the root
So what ? Intro...?
Nice try. This progression is a reasonable attempt at "Stormy Monday" by the Allman Brothers. It might be what Tbone played, but not the Allmans. Their prog is Gdom7 Cdom7 Gdom7-G#dom7 Gdom7 Cdom7 (Cdom7--C#dom7-Cdom7) Gdom7-Am7 Bm7-Bbdom7 Ddom7 Ebdom7-Ddom7 Gdom7-G#Dom7 (Gdom7--Ebdom-Ddom7) The Daug5th is acceptable, but the band won't hear it unless they're a big fan of 50s doo-wop. That Am7 & Cm7 aren't in the bag man, because it wouldn't be anything except Am7 D7.
A huge chunk of this video makes it look like you have antlers. No offense meant from an ex-amateur photog to a very good guitar teacher.
Yeah I have to be careful of that in the background 🤣👍
@@GuitarLessonsVancouver Maybe get a guitar in Blaze orange?
Loved the video by the way, thanks for making and sharing it. 🙂
@@blardosplats Cool, thanks for watching. I'll keep an eye out for that guitar :)