Sweater Weather Electric Guitar

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Sweater Weather Chords For Beginner Guitar (the Neighbourhood)

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The Neighbourhood is an indie American rock band that was formed in Newbury Park, California in 2011. The band is made up of vocalist Jesse Rutherford, guitarists Jeremy Freedman and Zach Abels, bassist Mikey Margott, and drummer Brandon Alexander Fried.

Sweater Weather Guitar Tutorial

Here are some helpful tips to keep in mind that will help you learn the tune faster while giving you some ideas for how to approach performing it. I provided some useful links above and I’ll take you through the chords, accompaniment patterns, song form and a chord chart. Everything you need to get started playing this tune.

“Sweater Weather” is gonna force us to make some decisions as to how to approach this for an acoustic guitar. The arrangement uses a driving drumbeat and electric guitar textures. The vocals and vocal rhythm propel the song so the acoustic part that we create need to support the vocal line.

The chords are all in the first position and shouldn’t create too much of a problem. The song is in the key of Eb but we’ll be using a capo at the 3rd fret and thinking in the key of C.

Sweater Weather. The Neighbourhood. Akkorde. Guitarplayerbox

We’re also gonna approach this from a targeted-strumming standpoint while adding some pulsing to create texture. The chord progression is repetitive so we need to focus on different strumming concepts in order to keep the song moving forward. However, I do encourage to approach the song however you see fit. Use my suggestions as a starting point.

I’ve broken down my approach to this tune into three basic techniques that follow the song form. I use a strumming technique that I’ll describe below. But, the basic idea is to create different moods from section to section.

Targeted strumming can also be referred to as the boom-chick or boom-chicka technique. It uses an alternate (down and up) strumming technique. Here’s the breakdown:

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There’s a boom-chick technique that’s the basic version of the boom-chicka. And, the boom-chick only uses down strums: bass-chord, bass-chord; or, boom-chick, boom-chick.

When hitting the bass (boom), you aim for the lower part of the chord (or the bottom three strings). Then, for the chord (chick), aim for the higher three strings.

Also, you don’t need to strum too hard. Brush the strings and try to recreate that bouncy feel that is a key component of the song.

The Neighbourhood Sweater Weather Black Script Song Lyric Print

Why I refer to this as targeted strumming is because I’m only using the boom-chick as a starting point. I’ll freely interpret the rhythm that I’m going for and that’s based on the drum pattern that I hear in my head.

The pulsing technique is a left-hand technique that is used to create a more percussive feel and will help you create the bouncy groove that makes people tap their feet, bob their heads and shake their booties.

Fret the chord as you normally would. Then, after you strum, release the pressure of your frethand without letting go of the chord position. The trick is to maintain contact with the strings as you pulse. Open chords are tricky to pulse because of the open strings. But, keep at it and you’ll find that it’ll quickly become one of your go-to techniques.

Sweater Weather 2🎸 Outfit

If you don’t read music, please don’t be intimidated. This is a cheat sheet that can help you get through the tune quickly and easily. I find it indispensable for learning songs and I can also hand it to a seasoned musician and they can follow along without any problems.

Once you become familiar with chord charts, you’ll gonna never want to go back. It’s just easier to see where you’re going when you have a map. And, it’s especially helpful when you’re not familiar with the song or there’s a section of the song that you don’t remember (Bridges and Interludes are notorious for surprising players and derailing a song’s performance). So, heads up, this tune has a Bridge and not only is there a progression change but the texture of the tune and the accompaniment pattern also changes.

I hope that you’ve enjoyed learning Sweater Weather chords as much as I did in preparing this lesson for you. Thanks for hangin’ with me and I’ll see you next time.

Sweater Weather (lofi Version)

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Ed L. is a professional guitarist, instructor, producer and published author. He is a graduate of Berklee College of Music and lives in the Andes mountains. He is a general contributor to the Musika Blog.

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