Five Chord Substitutions You Can Use Right Away

Old School Chord Substitutions On The Blues:

Three Kinds Of Chord Substitutions On The Blues:

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[GuitarguyRichard]

Im learning this now. Really fun. Thanks

[kevinpuliatch]

Much gratitude
Thanks for sharing you love of music and gifts of teaching

[AntonEmery]

What a great lesson. I've heard alot of these as part of the Fingerstyle Five membership, but its nice to have them in a concise video. I'll have to write them down and practice them in some of the common keys.

[markbrady]

Such wonderful explanations of these concepts! Thanks!

[FrederickWalser]

Coolest traditional blues guitarist ever. Miss your performances at the Kerrville Folk Festival.

[mesmogruvinski]

David, as always you make everything look so easy. One of your fingerings of the E with the G# bass i just couldnt do(you used your 1st, 2nd and 3rd fingers) but the development of things i already know with the stretch to the new is quite magical. Thankyou so much for taking the time to put this together.

[markgoodwin]

Chord substitutions are so fun to mess with if you don't let yourself get overwhelmed. You can play a little game with yourself called, what's a cool way to get to this chord. I like to start off in a key, say B minor. Maybe a simple 251. Turn that b minor into a dominant, taking me to E minor. E minor could be the 6 chord of G major, make that a 6251 haha. I don't know, its fun.

[drkmxgicsound]

that martin sounds AMAZING - what year? x

[StringRob]

Amazing as usual David. I do have a question on this:
If I'm playing with someone else, can I still use chord substitutions such as these, even if the other player does not? Will I clash with their playing (whether they're doing rhythm or soloing) ?
I'm thinking there's no clash, but want to check.

[BobEstremera]

Maybe I haven't found it on Fretboard Confidential yet but I think a workshop on playing fingerstyle blues with a lot of root movement, walking bass, etc. would be great. Have you already done walking bass lessons or a workshop?