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Stormy Monday; Blues Rhythm Guitar lesson. Must know chords & tricks. From T-Bone to Allman Brothers


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Today, we continue on with our blues rhythm playing studies and take a good close look at T-Bone Walker’s “Stormy Monday”.
This is one of those classic progressions that’ll undoubtedly get called up at any blues jam you go to.
Still in a 12 bar format, but with some elevated chord changes and a few jazzy touches, this flavour of the blues tastefully straddles that line between dirty and sophisticated and is bound to take your chord work to the next level!

Classy chord voicings, extensions, alterations, substitutions, movements and essential chordal riffs.. this video has something for all levels!

** The lesson materials include 4 pages worth of neatly typed up examples in TAB and Notation.. guitar pro and PDF formats! **

⏱️TIMESTAMPS⏱️
00:00 – Performance
01:00 – Introduction
01:28 – Lesson materials
01:55 – The Basic Changes
03:03 – Minor 7th walk up & walk down
04:06 – The Allman Brothers option
04:31 – Playthrough with metronome
05:29 – Alternate G7 voicings & options
08:26 – Alternate C7 voicings & options
09:28 – Alternate minor 7th voicings
10:07 – Alternate D7 voicings & options
11:26 – Adding movements & riffs!
11:33 – The “Memphis Slide”
13:39 – G13 & T-Bone side-step
14:04 – Moves for the IV chord
14:45 – Function specific movements
14:56 – G9 walk up to C9
15:45 – The Otis Rush move
16:41 – Chordal side-stepping
17:12 – Jazzy altered chord movement
17:32 – with Tri-tone sub (nothing but a side step!)
17:55 – Zoom lessons
18:21 – The MANY options for Bars #9 to #11
18:48 – Eb6 instead of Cm7 (T-Bone style)
20:18 – Tritone substitution (another glorified side-step!)
21:11 – Backdoor ii-V
22:22 – D9sus instead of Am7
23:14 – Motown chops
23:42 – The turnaround
24:39 – The Quantum Turnaround 😉
25:56 – Lead work lesson teaser
26:33 – Tone talk!

Related videos to check out..
Essential Blues Grooves;

Minor Key Blues lesson, “Thrill is Gone” style;

Change is Gonna Come;

Otis Rush “I Can’t Quit You Baby”;

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Sunbear “Farran Five” tele pickups;
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Gear used in this video;
Novo Miris J
Vintage Fender 1969 Deluxe Reverb amp
Stringjoy “signatures” 10-48 strings
Dunlop H3 pick
Universal Audio OX – amp top box
Universal Audio Apollo Twin X
Logic Pro
Universal Audio plugins

Sony ZVE-10 camera
Neewer Desktop Tripod
Final Cut Pro

Thanks for watching!
Alex 🙂

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Originally posted by UCkTfxhJAJjCBITdmu2Cx1xw at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pf5IbbIRQts

47 thoughts on “Stormy Monday; Blues Rhythm Guitar lesson. Must know chords & tricks. From T-Bone to Allman Brothers

  • I never really got the blues – thought it was just 12 bars…repeat. But I really dig this fusion of chord subs and side-steps as you call them. Neat. Your left hand technique is really inspiring as is the right-hand chops. It all just fits together but more impressive to me is your head-on no BS flow. Crackin' and thanks.

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  • I really love the sound that you're making with that guitar. I'm sure I want to have to listen to this more than once… But I really like it and I subscribe. It's going to take some time.

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  • WOW just a great lesson on one of my favorite songs. Thanks! I loved the chord substitution examples. Really nice.

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  • brilliant lesson of an iconic song stuffed with garage full of bluesology. o and great sound. thankyou!

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  • I am a more advanced blues player and I simply love the techniques, your presentation and pace of it all; you make an assumption of basic chordal knowledge and understanding so the pace is perfect for me. Thank you. Your interpretation and exposure of one of my all time favorite, stormy Monday is simply stunning; reminiscent of Allman Bros, interpretation; remember they were, what, 23 years old when they did their Fillmore East performance: I was there!!!

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  • I knew this channel was right in my wheelhouse then Alex drops in a Quantum Physics Roger Penrose chord sub joke. Chapeau sir.

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  • Fantastic playing and complexity exploded into understanding, a little insomnia popped you on my screen. This is my goal sound, you got it.

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  • 1st time viewer of your channel.
    Top shelf educator.
    Never thought id catch names like carl sagan in guitar????
    Ill be back

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  • Ah! That D7#9 to D7b9 sounded very familiar – and of course it would because that's exactly what Gilmour does in Breathe! ???? "All you touch and all you see / is all your life will ever be" going from Fmaj to G to D7#9 and D7b9. Alex, I truly appreciate all the knowledge you share with us and I enjoy learning from you! It's a true pleasure picking up my Tele and improving my skills with each new lesson you post!

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  • Kudos.. great lesson , straight to the point . I started, years ago, my study of the blues… never stopped, I still suck at playing but at least I keep on trying. T bone is one of the greatest. Classy. Cheers from Italy ????????. Blues on

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  • Super job ,that cover of stormy Monday cream did on
    the reunion gig..Eric really sang out of his socks ..
    but i honestly love your take on voicing the chords
    as you have ,that`s really where it at ????????thank you.

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  • Please, please, please.. don’t EVER change anything regarding how you lay out these tutorials/lessons! I have watched thousands of videos and yours are high, high up in logical, thorough explanations and demonstrations. Keep ‘em coming, sir! Great, Great Job & Beautiful playing, as well!! Kudos!!!

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  • what chord is that right after he describes his guitar? F,B,E,A#,D…my guitar chord app comes up null set.

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  • Wonderful video and content brother ???????? just an amazing job as always, best to you and yours

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  • This is really explanatory; the infusion of jazz chords changes boredom into interest, This was well done.

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  • Well that is my study framework sorted for some time (not that I'm short of things I need to study on the guitar) thanks Alex ….a very valuable lesson for me.

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  • I've always loved this piece and you do a great job of explaining and demonstrating it in a way I can understand. Thanks.

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  • Xlnt lesson!!! Appreciated learning how to embelish my rhythm playing. Now I need to work on my spelling.

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  • "Lord have Mercy.. Lord, have mercy on me.." Dude! Thank you for this, was meant to play and sing this..

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  • I SERIOUSLY doubt you're going to fade into obscurity… between you and David Hamburger there's no longer any excuse for not knowing everything on the guitar

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  • Is that Lady Day in the background ? I just made a connection for the first time ever – Stormy Monday and Fine and Mellow
    ???? nothin better to do ????

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