For the major 6th, I remember it by the NBC lil tune (can you hear it?) for the Americans I guess haha. Amazing video, these concepts are so vital to be able to compose and express yourself musically! Also, the major 7th take on me is great, the classic example is somewhere over the rainbow and the Superman theme song!
This was the hardest thing for me to learn on guitar. I practiced it for a long time and got discouraged, but suddenly one day it just fell into place and now it's not hard. It was the only time my improvement didn't seem gradual. It felt like a never ending plateau and then suddenly, whoosh, I got it.
I can play very fast, for the last 25 years. Sadly I realized.. I don't alternate pick. I'm not even sure what I do. So I've been trying. It is SOOO hard.
im slightly autistic ive been reworking the same 3 chord progressions for 16 years off and on(lots of off time) i cant seem to write 2 things that sound similar without putting it into a box with the other ideas okay the c major a minor relative chord thing is a game changer
Super helpful thank you. Only thing I would say is that using distortion for ear training makes it a bit harder to discern the individual notes within the chords. Unless that was your intention
Quite remarkable fact Brian May uses his voice in head to say a poem when soloing in rhapsody so it makes sense Do anybody use nursery rhymes as a mind trick to the listener? Just use a line say London bridge is falling down in a solo bends heads due to growing up. There is always one but think about these when listening to solos Im just glad of just turning on the radio and busk along to whatever. Jango pretty good at finding new artist you ain't listened to
Not saying I have the world's best ear but as a budding guitarist in the early 80s the only way we learnt was pause,rewind,pause,rewind! All that fishing tunes your ear more than you can imagine! I believe it should be a rite of passage for all aspiring guitarists
Really? You want people to follow you on an ear training journey and you use high gain distortion on your guitar for that? Did you think "well, i probably should make this as hard and annoying as i can, just in case someone actually tries to follow along here"!? Did you ever played with a clean guitar tone? You know, a good, clean tone makes the whole thing much more accessible, you should try it for once...
blues boogie woogie rythms, 5 chord, then 6, then sometimes flat 7, coolest use of this in my opinion is aerosmith's walk this way verse riff, plays it with funky syncopation
This has been one of the most helpful videos I have ever seen on chords. Thank you _so much_ for making this available for free. I'm on a fixed income due to disability or I would have signed up for your guitar school a long time ago. I have gone through this video a dozen times just training my ear to recognize these chord sounds. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Quick tip for anyone else reading this: When I had a question, believe it or not, ChatGPT was pretty dang helpful. It has been a while since I studied this stuff and I couldn't quite remember what he meant by "building the major chord with a root, major 3rd, and a 5th" so I asked ChatGPT and it said: _Major scale intervals are W W H W W W H_ _A major chord consists of three notes, the 1st, 3rd, and 5th note in that pattern:_ _1. Root: This is the starting note of the chord, which gives the chord its name. For example, in a C major chord, C is the root._ _2. Major Third: This note is four half steps (or frets) above the root. In the C major chord, the major third is E._ _3. Perfect Fifth: This note is seven half steps (or frets) above the root. In the C major chord, the perfect fifth is G._ _So, a C major chord is made up of the notes C (root), E (major third), and G (perfect fifth). This structure applies to any major chord; just change the root note, and the other two notes will adjust accordingly._ And now I remember. It's all coming back to me. Thanks again, Bradley.
Great video, Brad. Oh! You’re welcome for those “80s” sus4 chords…they were quite popular with us back then…🙏 Also, I’m in Hawaii right now & have heard a lot of lounge music this week: the palm tree symbol is accurate.👍
