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I watch your videos and they are very informative. But, you never say what tuning you are using. So, It causes frustration trying to learn what you are doing,.

Excellent lesson, really well explained and terrifically paced. Great work!

So good to see my friends, Keven Williams and Stan McClure playing the genre that I cut my teeth on. Also, wonderful to get to attend the Tontitown Grape Festival from my dining room table in Bristol, Tennessee via the magic of TH-cam! - Bill Wright, Bristol, Tennessee

Sweet!! Should I start w/ a 6 string?

Do you recommend starting w/ a 6 string lap steel or straight to the 8 string?

Instant subscription!!Thanks for these tips! I want to transition to the 6th tunings but dont have clue!

Eddie Rivers is a Talented Player Bob Wills would Enjoy!

Exact the Thing, that'll improve my cord and solo playing in my 50s band! Not only Scotty moore was a former Western Swing Player. Thanx for yout Connective thinkin and explanation!

learned a lot with your Vid

There's are Kansas friends.. always glad to see them at all the festivals they travel wide.

Great band!!

Hi, I’m just starting out. I have two lap steels, both 6 string. I have one tuned to c6th and I’m trying to decide what to do with the other one. I play a variety of country styles, all old though, and my fiancees favorite music is Hank Williams (she plays the fiddle and bass). I think the c6th will get me a good ways to the swing and honky tonk. I also have a couple of palm b-benders installed, and I would like to be able to sumulate some pedal steel sounds for certain songs, so I’m wondering what will be the most versatile second tuning to add. Do you think E7th would get me closer to the pedal steel sound? My first instnct was to do a6th so it would be easier to play both and I’d have an increased chord range. Any suggestions would be so appreciated. Aren’t alot of players up here in Massachusetts to ask, so we’re kindof on our own for questions. Keep up the good work.

Hi I’m western smith here to show yall some whit swing

Thanks!!

Jon Pardi did a great cover of Right or Wrong in 2020, definitely swingin'.

Nice tips! Thank you ❤

I am a country piano player in the process of creating a series of TH-cam videos on how to play country piano by ear. While I have a level of familiarity with this style, I am still working on refining it. It is unlike any other music, but, I think it's most like swing from the "Swing Era" (like 1930's and 1940's), but not much like country music as we know it (as you mentioned). The explanation here of using the diminished chords to get you in and out of your "typical" chords is really very, very good! It's really hard to find anyone who is talking about this (I know Robert Huston is doing great work with preserving this musical style), and also really hard to locate musicians who can play and teach this style! Yet, I learned A LOT from this video. The diminished chords are really all over, and make the perfect connections you need to have! So, thank you Jimmy! I would really like to find out how to buy some of your recordings (I'm gonna look around for those!) And, just know, your guitar playing IS REALLY GOOD TOO! As a piano player, I would say that the piano work at the end of the "Deep Water" recording at the very end of the video is very nice, and I would love to sit down with whoever is playing that and get some tips on how to do that! Thanks again for doing this! Great work!

Hi Robert, My name is Dan Brown. I am in the process of creating some TH-cam videos on Western Swing Piano. I am really enjoying your videos! I just wanted to check with you to see if you and I could talk some time about this subject, as I know you have some really valuable information that would help me with getting this right. I have two videos out so far, but I think I can do a better job on them. If you are available to chat with me about this, please let me know. Thank you!

I have a 6 string lap. What 2 strings out of the 8 do I drop off?

Thanks thanks thank you

Thank you, Whit Smith, for exploding my head in the best possible way! I’ve been playing guitar for over 50 years (including Western Swing!) in an undisciplined and lazy style. But in the back of my mind I always knew there was more to what I could play, especially if I learned something about theory and the ‘mysteries’ of the fretboard. This video hit the nail on the head in explaining what I am hearing (and seeing) when I watch great Western Swing guitarists ply their trade! I am inspired to put this to use and learn more. And thanks to Robert Huston for putting this and other “Western Swing RULES” together!

Absolutely love this lesson! Thank you so much! I love using these cords and rock, pop and country!

This guy likes both kinds of music, western and swing.

Thank you for this. Just started playing console steel in April of last year.

Whit is such a great player and teacher. I love the Hot Club of Cowtown and his lessons are so full of great information. Thank you for this!!

Need more of these from Eddie Rivers

Wonderful information! Eddie is superb! Would it be possible for you to make (or provide) the specific information regarding Eddie's A6 tuning? Specifically the tuning, the gauge/diameter for each string, and whether the string is Plain or Wound. (For the Fender Deluxe 8 guitar scale length like Eddie is playing.) It would be so helpful and very much appreciated.

thanks Robert! you are so kind to take the time to do this amazing videos THANKS! best regards from Argentina!

Ha!!! Certainly younger than we’re used to!!!

Looks like a tough crowd.

great band Robert!

Great.

What a great video, very useful for a guitar player learning steel. So many teachers talk for 10 minutes before showing anything. This is all pickin', right to the point, thanks Eddie!!

Thanks Robert

Excellent - had a piano teacher who as a young man went on erllla gig with an experienced saxophone player . At the end of a song the saxophone player turns to the piano player and says , "look , when I'm playing , you don't play . whenever I don't play , then you can see play 😀

Les Paul used the sock style also and support with his own bass line!

I have played for 50 years. In that time, like most self taught musicians, I "learned" by imitation. There comes a point where one becomes conscious of their incompetence, which is a very uncomfortable place to be! So I read books about theory. I watch endless videos on theory. I struggle to find a way to utilize all these abstract constructs. And then, out of nowhere comes an 18 minute TH-cam video from a guy named Whit Smith, who honestly, I had never heard of. In 18 minutes and 8 seconds, I watched theory come alive. After studying with numerous teachers, and spending endless hours trying to actually use all this information, this presentation has somehow blown a door wide open. Here, at last is how to apply theory to the fingerboard of a guitar. Whit, I can't thank you enough. I think you will understand this when I say, "my guitar looks different today."

I immediately recognized Dr Moore from the gatherings at Sequoyah State Lodge in Hulbert, OK. Hope to see & hear you again Aug. 10 2023.

Great tone and excellent playing.

Love it!

Greg Gibbs, a sure 'nuff top hand on any bandstand!!

friend... what is the tuning of your instrument? from the thinnest string to the thickest ?

Helpful thanks 😊

What tuning ?

This guy is good!

You know, it's a very useful way to learn how to use pedals/levets on a guitar that has them . The MASTER!

With love, respect, honor and gratitude, to and for everything, AND I MEAN EVERYTHING, my teacher Eddie had to share......

Great video! What is the name of the song you played in the intro?

Just Beautiful! Loving it totally! Thank you so much!

Meanwhile...Schwing!!!