Hey, what's up you guys? Marty Schwartz here, bringing you a classic lesson right now. Reminds me of like a Pirate Sea Chanty or something like that. But anyway, classic tune, nice easy chords, but you know, some kind of cool little strummy strums for you. Real quick, I really appreciate your continued support.
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So this has that, I don't know, sea chanty pirate vibe to it, I guess you could say. I remember my dad playing this all the time. It was one of his three songs that he played on guitar when I was growing up. It's all the nice easy beginner chords or the open chords and it's got this kind of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. And it's got this where you kind of rake your strings over in this like arpeggio kind of vibe where you're picking the notes out of the chords.
But let's do the chords first, and then we'll work on that rhythm. So we've got 1, 2, 3, so A minor, 2nd, 2nd, 1st, to C. And they're very similar, the index finger gets to stay. A minor, C, in, then we go D. Then F. And there's different ways to play F.
I think the way I like on acoustic is, obviously, the bar chord is always great. A lot of people have problems with that. You know, I hear from students all the time.
So, ring finger on the third of the A, pinky on the third of the D, middle on the second of the G. and then index on the first of the B. And if you can cover the high E on the first, cool. If you let the open high E ring out, that's okay. And if it's muted, that's okay as well.
But we want to avoid the low E on that. You know, it's very much just like the bar chord, but instead of worrying about the whole bar, your index comes over here to the first fret. I don't know if you noticed that.
And then we need an E major chord, which is just like A minor, but scooted up a string here. Second, second, first on the G. Those are the only chords you need, so check it out. C, then D, then F, then A minor, then C again, but it skips over to E major.
Two, two, two, one, two, three. 4, 5, 6, 1, 2, 3, 6, A minor, C, then D, then F, then A minor again, A minor, C, now E major. A minor again.
A minor, C, then D, then F again. Now, you can call this a turnaround. A minor, B major, A minor. minor, E major.
One more time. A minor, C, D, F, A minor, C to E, A minor, C, D, F, A minor. E major, A minor, E major, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, E, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, E, 2, D, F, A minor. D, as my dad would do the low tone like that, A minor.
Except my dad would be that monotone low voice for the whole song. There is a house on New Orleans. Anyway, Schwartzes aren't gifted with the vocals in the genetic pool there. Anyway, next thing we want to do is... Now when you're working on a rhythm, it's good to stare down at your right hand.
There's going to be times where you're studying like a scale or something, and you stare at your hand here. And then when you're working out a rhythm or a picking pattern, you stare there, and you can divide them up. So with the A minor, so I'm hitting the bass note.
and then I'm laying my pick in to drag it. So I'm A note, then I drag it, and then I up pick that high E. So, bass note, drag across, up pick on the high E, down pick on the B, up pick on the G.
Now, if it's easier for you to go and do all down picks, that's fine as well. If you hit the wrong string... If you pick a wrong note out of that pattern I showed you.
that's alright because all the notes from the chord are still good. Okay, so... I'm just dragging it. I'm not strumming it.
I'm letting there be a little resistance against the pick and strings. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Ah, fail. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. So with the C chord, you do the exact same thing as A minor.
And then with the D, it's the same thing, but we want to start the bass note on, big shock, the D string. C chord And then the F, you could do just like the C. Now, if you're covering that, fine.
If it's open high E, that's fine as well. And then with the E major chord, you hit the open E. You put them all together. Folks, that was the tune. Classic in the Schwartz household growing up.
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