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Hey how's it going it's Shawn Bradshaw from Cyberfret.com
Thanksgiving is right around the corner here in the US
And I thought I'd teach you a little Thanksgiving Song
And no it's not "Over the River"
it's the Thanksgiving Song from Adam Sandler
Adam Sandler did a little bit on Saturday Night Live probably
in the early nineties and did a little tune
The Thanksgiving Song and so I'm going to show you kind of the chords and some of
strums that he kind of used in that
so first of all let's kind of take a look at... there's only five chords in this
whole songs let's take a look
in the first section of the song we have
three different chords these all kind of jazzy chords...and the very first one
is what's called
a g major seven chords what you're going to do
is put your first finger
on the six string at the third fret that's g
unity to third finger put on the fourth string at the fourth frat
pinky
on the third string at the fourth frat
and then second finger
is going to go on the second string at the forefront
and
throughout the song uh...
we're gonna be using your fingers middle finger style thing so
what i would be doing is using my phone to play the six train
my uh... right-hand first finger
on the four string
second finger on the third string and then third finger on that second string
plucking
those nodes all at the same time
later on we'll be doing some strumming up and talk about that where you just
use your
configure nails and strumming down up but
at first when you're playing this g_ major seven quarry
you're just a me plucking
all those notes at the same time
next quarterly is what's called an a minor seven
in without when you're gonna take your
second finger
and put it on the
six train at the fifth frat
and then take your firm finger embark ross
your fourth bird
and second strings e
began on just playing
the same
combination strains with my right hand
film plays the six train
first finger on the fourth second finger on the third and third finger on the
second
and then the third court we need for the moment is a big minor seven
and for that all you got to do is take that a minor seven shape and move it up
to threats
so you've got your second finger on the b_n_l_ on the sixteen
alright now song kinda starts off with little introduction
and where you're just plain g_ major seven
thing that out
and then a m
uh... minor sent
when that happens when we get to the main accompaniment pattern
for
the first part of the song
here's what we now have
you'd only playing
urethral
on the six train
at that third frat or start with at gmail some corn
ba and then play the other three strings
and we have
westerns we have this
one team
at the basic pattern that your
you're doing and
this song uses what are referred to as
swing a melts
and so we can have this kind of bouncy feel words
it's if i was counting a totally
and four and you got it
pick up on that is um complain just kind of
uh... rather than me going into a big explanation of swinging notes
just kind of pick up on the fuel as on points and so
we have
two measures
uh... of the the whole
or court sequenced scandal like this
right now it's just going from that the g_ major seven
aimed at mitre seventeen
d minor seven
and back to be a minor senate
against on i'm gonna stop those strings
just gotta bring your fingers in your right hand fears back down on the
strings and stop them and also
we laughed and sky let the pressure off of your fingers selling
you're also stop and
and idaho first section gets which we call the
the verses are justin eight measure
uh... sequence
which is really just those two measures played four times in a row
so that is the whole first section and if you're kinda listen to uh...
adam
and uh... one to duplicate dancing what he's doing
uh... you actually goes to that sequence of
eight measures
a total of three times before going on
to the next section in this on
and so the back section in the song we have a newport kind of businesses
which you referred to is probably the bridge of the song
is going to go to any
see major seven court these jazzy chords here
what we're doing is first of all for this the
major seven
your first finger is on the fifth strain
ads
the third fret
your third finger is on the
four straight at the fifth frat
second finger is on the third string
ads
the fourth brad
your pinky he's on the second string had that frat
and that's the old just those
four
strengths but what happens is our pattern is going to change now
now we're gonna go into doing a little bit of of strong
uh... you're writing about a pick up a pep talk
into all of this with your fingers and here's
kind of a general idea of for doing uh... strong like this
is
for dallas drums
i'm going to be
doing my fingernails and i tell you this
my first second and third fingernails here
and then for the up strong
usually i'm just kind of broad street on my index finger only
so if i was struck
power
all my
three fingers here
and then for the up scott a hard up
you'll go up with three different finger seriously for the ups from
just came back
dan
so this is this storm is actually a very
common
strum pattern in which you're gonna be strumming for something to go through
the motions we've got
now
there's dan
he out
that's the overall pattern is we have this
jens
liz here
but that it didn't really know dixon
percussive sounds in this strong
and in the uh... notation as you see here
that recent acts
in a couple of different spots and more within these kinda getting up
will be opened muted sound we're doing that by
letting the pressure off of your fingers on your left hand
so
if i'm still kind of touching the court here
uh... or have my fingers on the poor but i let the pressure off still touching
the strengths
and then i start the strings i can to get that
that percussive sound and so
we had this
liam's or brands
uh... spleen bill this time
so we have this
and again the motion is yet download motion
make a motion on the way back up the don't hit the strings
click yet
on the way down
strum
all the missing gannon
doing the clicks
down
that
rights we have
two measures of the c_ major seven court
and then removing
back to the g_-eight your seven court that we've already had and do that for
two measures
and win striving
uh... this
g major seven court now we have to worry about
trying a new doubt that
this jury
alright in also the first ran as as were strumming and so one way that you can
kinda do that is with your index finger
is when i call the lazy thing that we can't where you just taking your your
first finger and being a little late don't try to get rather very very
tipping your finger
you're on the tip your figure but you're also letting this part of your first
finger touch that this training
and also letting your
first here very lightly touch that first string so it's
you know getting both the third string and the first ring
as you're struggling
right so
two measures of c mater seven
two measures of g major seven
back to two measures of c mater seven
and then we go to
our last quarter we need for this to you
and that is to be denying corridors d seven with attention nine
ways to say the same thing
denies the easiest one to say
so we have
for this one you're going to take your second finger put it on this very
straying
ads
the uh... therefore at
first there goes on the four strain
at the forthright
and your third finger bars across the first
second and third strings
and and mrs
denying quarter
in
pasteurizing coord and for this one we're just going to be going
downtown down
and an expensive
and stop it
that whole
kind of second section we have goes
it is really back to the first section
and depending on which kind of acts and we're version you're listening to what
you go back
uh... right and uh...
collecting ritual where he did not sign up by war
uh... any live versions that you might hear him do
the whole next
measures
either goes to three and four times
five times just depends on what set of lair sir being song
and a couple of different strong is
that adam has done sometimes in different versions
uh... one is you can go back to the original
or another one is
actually just going to be straight eighth notes
and that's when feel
and we had some
of those percussive hits we have this
down
uh... b
that's kind of click sur
does serve two purposes they they're nice musical sounds
and they're also ways for you to make the transition between the courts
so it's kind of
as you're moving from cord accord where you're doing those those uh...
percussive debts
got and then
so again
it's just those two measures
repeated four times that makes up the whole
measure section
so another kind of strong that i've heard adam do on this last
kind of section is
to do order and fall by two dates kind of that
down
cell
and again it's kind of that this will be choppy feels when you feel so we have
this
stop that
cut it short rather than
lettering like that so skinny
uh... you know when we can just kinda ended after you've done the whole thing
is just
and on
you make yourself and core
condone through
whatever mutations of that's out
uh...
of adam sandler lyrics that you want to sing over this
all right i hope you have the cave very nice thanksgiving now
what security and
of course the traditional thanksgiving dinner
happen that way