My Guitar Teachers & "White Christmas"

This is a homage to Emil's favorite guitar teachers that he's had through his life so far! A lesson on chord substitution and chord embellishments for "White Christmas"!

Here's some links to my former teacher Barrett Tagliarino's channels etc:
Find his books here: http://monsterguitars.com/
His YouTube channel:    / barretttagliarino  
His Christmas playlist:    • Christmas Chord Melody  

Timestamps:
0:00 – Inspiration to make this video
0:18 – Talks about early teachers and learning guitar as a child
0:42 – Stefan Halvordsson – the teacher who made practicing fun and inspiring
1:14 – Ulf Kenfeldt encouraged him to study guitar in Hollywood
1:42 – Big leap: from Swedish countryside to Musicians Institute in LA
2:30 – Musicians Institute: exposure to different playing styles and great teachers
2:58 – Learning from jazz-rock great Allen Hinds
3:15 – Jamie Findlay – fingerstyle jazz inspiration
3:32 – Other great teachers: Carl Verheyen, Chas Grasamke, David Oakes
4:15 – Private teacher Barrett Tagliarino – still learning from his playing
5:00 – Recently saw Barrett play White Christmas – very inspiring
6:05 – Explains Cmaj7 reharmonization and a G13 chord idea from Barrett
7:00 – Simple progression (F–G–C) vs. more interesting options
8:04 – Introduces borrowing from the parallel minor – Dm7♭5 to G7
9:05 – Using circle of fifths for a chromatic descending reharm
10:14 – Demonstrates chromatic descent using E–Am–Dm–G7♯5–C
11:01 – Barrett’s idea: beautiful chromatic bassline vs. plain intervals
12:05 – Breakdown of chords in Barrett’s chromatic sequence
13:00 – Inspired by a unique turnaround Barrett used, like C→E→Gm6→Fmaj7
13:58 – Alternative to a standard progression: beautiful descending line
15:01 – Circle of fifths plus tritone substitution concept explained
16:16 – Final reharm: rich progression using advanced chords (Bb9, Ab7♯11, G13♭9)
17:02 – Explains how melody connects to reharm, avoiding boring options

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