Thanks for watching my friends! Hope you enjoy this video and be sure to comment below and let me hear your feedback about these top 5 chord progressions. Also, more videos coming soon and a new guitar giveaway. e :)
If one plays in key of G, 6m is Em, not Am, as you played around the 5:30 mark. You definitely play an Am, C, G, D progression. That would be a 2m, 4, 1, 5 progression, which also works well.
OK, i just watched this video and on the #4 progression he SAID out loud - 1,4,5,6m. but when he played in and spoke it out loud he played and said: 1,4,6m, 5. And it SOUNDED good. So, which is it?
I've been noodlin since 18 yrs old and over the years have taught myself a little music theory, but now at 64 you just flipped the switch on the lightbulb for me when you mentioned the IV under the I. I'm happy that I found you and am now a subscriber. Thank you!
Reminds me of those old web sites where the front page was 50 feet long with the "But Wait!" and "There's More!" and "Hurry, Limited time Offer!" - this guy is a waffler
Not spending too much time looking through all the comments, but Am is the minor second of G. You played Am C G D which is also quite popular but I think you meant Em C G D which is imo the most popular chord progression starting on a minor chord.
I was going to make the same comment, but decided to look around first. I'm surprised Erich didn't post a reply back when this video first came out and you commented. He is amazingly responsive when it comes to students comments and questions on the UGS website.
To save some time - the Chord Progressions: 1) 1 - 5 - 6 - 4 2) 1 - 4 - 5 3) 6 - 4 - 1 - 5 4) 1 - 4 - 5 - 6 5) 1 - 6 - 4 - 5 @YourGuitarSage says the most common keys to learn and memorize would be the C and G scales. Have fun and keep learning my friends 🚀🏆🎶
Greatest guitar lesson. All you really need is this and power chords. I started learning at 8. Quit. Restarted after 12 years. Picked up more in a week watching YourGuitarSage then a year back then. You just won another subscriber
Ah this is fantastic!!! been doing 1 4 5 forever got boring , but this is a big WOW been looking in the wrong places for learning . this is inspiring for Me to continue playing more. Thank You very very much.
Great video, helped me through a little rut I've been in! Only complaint is on number is on progression 2 you said it was the iv - IV - I - V in G but played a ii - IV - V - I instead, still a lovely chord progression!
Great lesson. Something I wish I learned even as a beginner. But maybe i just wasn't ready to conceptualize how to use it. Appreciate how well you instruct your online users.
So this what my friend was talkin about. He said every song has the same chord progression and always there's gonna be a minor chords for a reason. He didn't quite explain it well and at the time didn't get it. But now the way you said it with detail explains a lot!! Thanks Erich you're the best!
Jonathan, not every song has the same chord progression for sure. Not every song has a minor chord, for sure! However, many songs do have very similar patterns.
I liked the way this guy did chord progressions, although my favorite is a 1,5,4 in EMajor he has explained the voicing in a song . Anybody can learn chords, notes and music theory and depending on the person memorizing chords in g,c,d,e,f,a,b or thinking about it like g a minor bminor c,d we all learn differently but this guy went over chord progressions that we might hear everyday on the radio or internet.
Ok, for someone coming back to playing after 20+ years and I only learned by sitting across from my dad and following him on the neck. Needless to say I wasn't a really good player but all he played was 50's-60's stuff so it was pretty easy to follow. He never taught me really anything but chords. We still had a great time playing together and after awhile I was right with him and it sounded pretty good. So you have basically you made my head hurt and showed me how much real work I am going to have to put in to be a basic player. Thanks for the invitation to the free course. I will definitely be diving in head first.
Rich Rinehart I’m in somewhat the same boat as you, as I started playing as a teenager, self taught and with friends, just played cords. Now I want to learn a bit of theory just to make sense of it all but also it will show how you can add variety and spice to your playing.
Justin guitar is a great teacher and his website and all lessons are free. Lots of videos on RU-vid also, but on his website everything is organized. Have a great time playing!
@@glorioskiola Thanks G L O R I A Gloria Sorry I just couldn't resist. I bet you've only heard that about 1 million times. I just got my 12 string back from my guitar guy and I am basically right now just working on getting my fingers back in shape. Two of my cousins play and my goal is to be able to play with them in the near future. When I was a kid our family Christmas party for my grandparents always turned into a jam session with my dad on 12 stringer, uncle on mandolin, uncle on 6 stringer and one of my aunts on squeeze box (she was incredible). When I was a kid almost all of my family spent the summers at a campground so every other weekend was spent watching my dad lead whomever had come out to play. It was pretty incredible. Here is a small piece of history. My dad had a band in the 60's and early 70's called the Peacemakers. They played all over Michigan and even did some shows in Chicago. Del Shannon was my dads drummer and he wrote the song "Runaway" with Del and they played it in the band before Del went to Nashville with a local legend named Rem Wall and the rest is history. Rem wanted my dad to go but he disliked the music industry and quit the band because he had to learn songs he didn't like. LOL
Rich, thank you for the kind words. Yes, lots to know but just like life, one step at a time. www.yourguitarsage.com/30 is where I teach all this stuff step-by-step. That course is free. 🤗
@@yourguitarsage In hindsight I wish I would have continued to play after my father passed away. He was terminally ill for about 3 years and I spent the last 2 with him playing at least 4 nights a week. I went over on Monday night and just the two of us played from 7:00 to about 2:30 am. I put the guitars up and luckily said, "I love ya, see you later on today" and I went home to get some sleep. A family friend stopped by to see him at about 8 am and he had passed sitting at the kitchen table, just where I had left him. So I couldn't even get my 12 string that was his for years, my heirloom piece out of the case without losing it. It's been 21 years and I still get a little rush of emotion when I pick it up. The hole in my soul will never ever heal. I really miss watching him rocking back and forth with his eyes closed singing his ass off. Sometimes he would have his eyes closed and he would be searching up and down the neck trying to piece together some song that popped in his head. He would say something like "Hold on, I gotta get this out of my head or it will drive me crazy!"
Thanks Erich! Always super helpful! Lessons like these are so useful - where learning one thing (chord progession) is really learning many things (multiple songs using the same progression/s). Also really enjoyed your lesson about the minimalistic blues soloing - again, doing your thing of stripping a topic/concept down and focussing on the essentials.
Thanks to your kind soul and effort to teach ...You are very convincing with your methodical approach ... Now all is left is practicing knowingly what we are doing and progressing ...
Em, C, G, F, also used in “square hammer “ by Ghost. If you have never listened to Square Hammer “live in MEXICO “. it will change the way you view music for life, .
@yourguitarsage. I deleted a previous comment in which you corrected me in a grammar error and 100% right you were. I was very quick to judge with my comment but on reflection after watching the full video you done a great job in explaining what you were teaching. Good work man and apologies for my previous comment, it was one of those days.
Great lesson! I just used this progression in rehearsal as a rhythm so my lead guitarist could play over me. So I'm researching now to learn more so I'm even better at it. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL GUITAR! WOW!
When first learning open chords and then chord progression, I started hearing hundreds of familiar songs using those patterns. Then I thought "No can't be" but only to find later that the entire "Encyclopedia" to playing songs has just been reduced to a "Stupid-simple notebook". Elvis has left the building!
In my experience, almost all the great songs have progressions that fall into a few groups. I've been playing since 1964, when I quit the accordion and picked up an electric guitar. The progressions you demo all have thousands of examples.
Oh yeah I’m digging that catchphrase at the end about being kind to all beings I like that good video man this is the first time I’ve seen you I just subscribed
Repetition is key so have some sort of part is the song that has the same notes. Do not have the same words for any part of a song. Just adjust the words to fit into the beat of the song.
The I-V-vi-IV (or its rotated variant starting on vi) is already known as the "Axis progression" as it was popularized by comedy rock band Axis of Awesome that made a mashup of about a hundred songs in 5 minutes.
You mentioned the 1 4 5 progression, but a subtle variation on that is the 1 5 4 progression. Think Knocking on Heavens Door - G D C. Also, during the chorus, you can alternate between 1 5 4 and 1 5 2m progressions: G D C / G D Am.
This is a great help, I haven't found this chord progression on any other video, however I could do with the fingers not moving quite so fast and a close up of the fret would be useful
Thank you! I kinda had them in my first upper raw of main chords I’m learning, but you just explained, why they are so important for beginners, which I am!
How is the guitar coming along by this point? Hope you're enjoying the journey. I make videos as well from a beginners perspective. Sending good vibes your way my friend. 🎸🎶
Cheers Erich. Handy reminder lesson on chord progressions. I like to stick 10 to 15 minutes of playing 'most common chord progressions ' in my practice routine. This is good little lesson. Thanks again.
thanks much, you are the Master, we are the students, sorry i had to drop your program, but i found myself in financial difficulty. The first in a long time. Once i get it straightened out i will be back. i've been playing for years and i still learned things that i knew but didnt know what it was. And now that i am trying to go to blues your program helped me a lot. like i said i will be back thanks so very much Micheal ( dxfarmer )
Excellent.. Simple as it can be.. I know that it can be confusing [and I see the point about people thinking a 6th in a progression might mean say an Em6th but I think that's a bit picky]. Count off the ''Do re mi'' starting anywhere and then figure out what that note is based on the known strings EADGBE.. It has to be in there.. , play that chord and you're good to go.
Waw, this lesson changed the way I look at root notes a big deal because I knew the progressions & the scales but I never thought the 6th is a direct pointer to the minor root etc. In that way of thinking 😁. This makes practicing scales more interesting because you can stop half way on root notes & ring the relative progression chords & try other stuffs rather than being a burden to the neighbours just playing scales up & down like a moron. Thanks a lot 🎩🤘🎸🤙
Erich: "The number 1 most popular progression is a 1, 5, Minor 6, 4." Me: "I understand that! =D" Erich: "So in the key of G that's gonna be..." Me: "It's a G, D, E minor and a C! Woo! \^0^/" Lmao XD
Do these chord progressions work in minor scales? What would the minor scale equivalents be? Like some popular emo, metal, classic rock, EDM, and Hip-Hop chord progressions...
Sir if I am not wrong, in the progration m6-4-1-5 I think wrongly you played Aminor instead of Eminor in the key of G major....... Thank you Sir you are one of my favorite teacher
I have problems in utilizing the chords, specially the barre ones. But due to this formula I have constructed for all the seven scales and find it excellent workout for a beginner like me. But I am not sure the formula works for the other scales than G. If it includes all, It would be a two thumbs up. Bye bye chord problems! Thank you
