In this solo guitar tutorial, the presenter returns after a break with upgraded video equipment and walks viewers through playing Steve Lacy’s song “Moron.” The lesson is split into two parts: the main section and the bridge. The presenter first explains the song’s 3/4 time signature, then demonstrates a two‑bar chord loop consisting of Bmaj13 (the IV chord), C#13, and Bb7♭13, detailing the beat allocation (B gets three beats, C# one beat, Bb7♭13 two beats) and a optional extra strum on the third beat of the B chord. The bridge is an eight‑bar progression featuring Ebm7, Abm7, Fm11, Db major, a return to Ebm7, Cø (C half‑diminished), Abm7, and Bb7♭13, with each chord receiving three beats. The tutorial includes visual chord diagrams, slow play‑throughs, and suggestions for adding a second guitar part. The presenter also hints at future theory videos, invites comment requests, and reassures the audience of continued content.
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1, 2, 3. Bridge. Hello, it's me. I'm back from the dead. Thanks for the welcome back. I got a new camera. That's why this looks different. I was doing them all on my phone and editing through Imovie and now we're moving onward and upward in the world. Anyways, today we've got Moron by Steve Lacy. My just get right into it. Alright, so Moron by Steve Lacy has two parts and let's get into the first part now. So before we start the song, something to note is that this. The time signature of this song is 3, 4. What does that mean? It means that instead of the usual 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4,. We're only going to count three. So it's going to go 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1st, 2, 3, 1, two, three. Got it. So it's actually just a two bar loop with a total of three chords. So the first chord we're going to play is going to be this B major 13. Could call this the four chord in the key. Want to start getting more into the theory stuff. So this is the four and then we're going to go to C sharp 13, kind of keep the hand the same. It's a very similar shape, just a little bit different. And then you're going to go down to the b flat, dominant 7 flat 13. And the rhythm of it is going to be like this. So the B, the B chord, it gets three whole beats to itself. So it gets 1, 2, 3, then you switch chords. Got it. And so it's going to go. The B chord gets 3, 1, 2, 3. This one gets 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1st, 2, 3. Right, so the B chord gets three beats. It gets a whole measure for itself. The C sharp chord gets one beat and the B flat chord or the A sharp chord gets two beats. One more time. One, two, three. One, two, three. 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1. Got it. That's like the whole song. Almost all we have to do is now go to the bridge. One more thing before we move on to the bridge. In the actual song, there's actually two guitar parts. For the purpose of this video, we're just going to focus on this one for the main part. But sometimes if you want, you can add another strum to the first chord we're going to play which is. 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1st, 2, strum 1. Alright, so you just add one more strum, one more pluck on the third beat of that first chord, the B chord. Cool. Great. So now let's just get into the bridge. The bridge is going to be eight bar loop and let's show you the chords. So the first chord is going to be. It's going to be an E flat minor seven chord, also known as the sixth chord. And then it's going to go to AB minor seven two chord. And then it's going to go to. This is a really cool chord right here. It's an F minor 11. And then it's going to go to a D flat major chord, the five chord, which is going to bring us to the sixth chord again, this E flat minor chord. But it's going to be a little bit different. This is going to be the same figuring that you used for the seventh chord a little bit earlier, the F chord. Right. And then we're going to go to a. C half diminished. And then we're going to go to back to that a flat minor 7. And then to finish it off, it's going to be this b flat dominant 7 flat 13. We played this chord earlier in the song. Right. If you missed that, just go ahead and go back. I'm going to play the whole thing right now slow. And every chord gets three beats, right? So it's 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1st, 2, 3, 1, two, three, 1, 2, three, 1, two, three, one, two, three, one, 2, three. Back to the top two, three. Right. So you go through that whole cycle twice and then you're just Back to your 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1st, 2, 1, 2, 3. Got it. Cool. I hope that was clear for you guys. I know we moved a little bit faster this time, but hopefully the chord diagrams are on the screen and if you guys are confused by what I'm saying by this is the sixth chord, the four chord, the five chord. Definitely plan on expanding on that and making some videos regarding the lens that I view music through and what I would encourage you guys to start doing as well. So look out for those in the future. As always, leave requests down in the comments. I'm getting back on the horse. I have not abandoned you guys and yeah, see you later.
