[Noodler]

Here's one of my all-time favourite youtube videos of Brian Setzer doing his thing. Over time, I've come to recognise some of it, but there are lots of jazzy chords that I don't know in this clip. Anyone want to have a crack at naming them?

YouTube - Brian Setzer Guitar Lesson!

Just about any of them would be good eg time in the video and type of chord. Any tab/ fingerings would be even better. It's mainly the first 42 seconds of the video. You see jazz players use them all the time.

Kind thanks in advance.

[carol m]

What was he doing at 1.10? The note he's picking is dropping in tone, but his fretting hand isn't moving. Also he has some nifty pick handling skills - as well as all the other skills.

[Noodler]

At 1:10 you'll notice he quickly flicks the switch up the top of the guitar which is the pickup switch, to the bridge.

Then he plays a county bend:

x-
9-
8-(bends up to 10)
x-
x-
x-

He releases the bend slowly, picking the B and G strings over and over really quickly. He does it in a song called Cat On a Hot Tin Roof. I just recognise it because it's country, and that's my thang.

Hope you're well Carol in Sydney town. I'm starting to get interested in all that fingerstyle stuff you like, like Freight Train and Cannonball Rag. It started with Setzer and ended up with Chet- bit back to front.

Hard to get that thumb to obey!

Cheers,
Dave

Edit: watch his ring finger extra closely, it is moving. Sly fellow.

[starsailor]

He mentions a couple of chords in this one Dave, don't know if you've seen it, it was good fun to watch

YouTube - Brian Setzer Guitar Lesson Fingerstyle

Cheers

Chris

[Noodler]

SPAMMMERS alert.

Chris, yeah that had a couple I knew in it and one I didn't. Mostly in that one he's playing around with the dominant 7th to 6th thing, and playing minor to major 3rd which is very rockabilly. I can do it in E, but doing it with barre chords is way hard on the index finger. I can do it, but not cleanly. Still get buzzes and dull/dead notes. Got to polish a piece and post a vid one day.

Thankfully some people on the internets have been forthcoming with some great information. I'm sure now that one chord he walks around is a 13th, and another is a first inversion chord.....

Here's a video a great player posted for me as a video response to a question! I saw him playing the same chords and asked him about them. What a great guy (and player too!)

YouTube - plectrumsoul's Channel

But actually someone sent me the tab, and I can't tell you how grateful I feel right now.