Put a Little Western in Your Swing, Part 1: Major Sixth and Dominant Chords

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Put a Little Western in Your Swing

Put a Little Western in Your Swing, Part 1: Major Sixth and Dominant Chords

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Put a Little Western in Your Swing, Part 2: Intros and Endings

Put a Little Western in Your Swing, Part 1: Major Sixth and Dominant Chords

Matt shows you some characteristic western swing harmonic sounds using the western swing classic “Stay All Night.” He shows you some classic major sixth voicings and how these voicings can be turned into dominant seventh (or dominant ninth) chord voicings by moving them down a whole step. Then he shows you how to use these voicings to give a two-chord song like “Stay All Night” a western swing flavor.

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