Recently when I was out, I met a black girl and she was asking me with the most tender, but not shy voice, I ever heard, for a Maj7#11 in second inversion, based on a drop 2/3 voicing. Of course my breath was completely taken away - but I stayed cool (at least tried to stay cool), took my sunglasses (yes, of course I always wear them in a bar, too!) a bit down, looked deep into her golden brown eyes and told her: "No prob, every kid could play that, lady!" And I played that magical sounding, shimmering chord voicing... for a short moment, there was only silence in the room. She looked at my fingers, with a surprised face, then she looked at my face - then directly in my eyes... for seconds the time just stood still - there was only us in the whole universe... the sounds around us muted... she stepped a foot towards me... and whispered as slow as possible:"Marry me!" I was very much surprised (of course I tried not to show that), took my glasses slowly away, walked the slowest two steps of my life towards her, kissed her tenderly on that so nice light reflection on her black skin on her left cheek and finally, very slowly our lips moved towards each-other and I felt her very soft and warm lips melting into mine. 14 days later we got married - and we're talking every day about crazy chord voicings, symmetric scales and which upper structures to play over which chords.
if any one is interested the bigger chords eg the 9th 11th 13th come from adding a note to a 7th chord, so the 1st 3rd and 5th are all ready in the major or minor chord if we make the chord into a 7th chord, either major 7th, dominant 7 (using the flat 5th) or a minor 7 or even a minormaj7th (a minor chord with a major, not flat, 7th) we have used the 1st, 3rd, 5th and 7th notes from our scale, that leaves the 2nd, 4th and 6th left to add to our 7th chord, so A7th + 2nd = A9, 7+2 =9. if we use Am7 and add a 4th 7+4=11 so we would have Am11, if we use a Amaj7 and add a 6th note, 6+7=13 so we would have Amaj13. so all you have to do is basically take your 7th chord and add either a 2nd, 4th or 6th to it! that's the basics of extended chords your 9ths, 11th and 13th chords. their is more to learn but this is a good to extending your chord knowledge.
I've been playing for years and felt locked in the basic chord structure zone, unable to remember all the various combinations down the neck. This video has unshackled me! Thank you, mate
Dude........ I've been trying to memorize chord after chord for years to the point I was forgetting a chord for every new one I "learned." After watching this twice I've learned them all!!!!! I can't thank you enough. Looking forward to watching the rest of your videos.
Your videos are fun to watch. I love that you keep things light but still manage to pass on important info. Some guitarists are so earnest they make me want to throw my pick at my monitor. I would throw my guitar at my monitor but I like both too much.
This is a GREAT tutorial for someone like me who already knows music theory, as I've been playing jazz piano for a few years now, but wants to move onto guitar. Thanks so much, this is gonna save me a ton of time. Don't skip out on music theory kids
Im 30 and ive been playing guitar since i was 16 and never stopped,. this literally unlocked soooooooooooo much for me you dont even know. now im just ripping thru all these covers like a beast making them sound even better. top it off i can finally use the whole fret board and sing in my key. dude thank you so much.
hey Sean, just want to say thanks. I've been messing around with my guitars for years. I pick it up, play for a while, get bored because I suck at it and get rid of it then a few years later I get back into it, get a new guitar and same thing. but now, cause I can look you up on RU-vid, it recently just clicked. scales, cords, everything. I dream guitar. I can actually jump back and forth all over the neck playing a cord anywhere and then do a little solo action back to cord. thanks man. I really mean it. you've made all the difference. awesome.
I just didn't understand why he had to use the hardest variations of chords existing. Like just go with the first fret A major, three fingers, consecutive strings, boom.
@@bestusernameever6518 The idea is not to have the simplest shapes, but rather to have the simplest application of a shape to play a chord that you don't have memorized. If one were to use first fret A then they would be unable to modify it in the way that the video is trying to demonstrate, meaning it would not be applicable to learning new chords.
I came to this video at first and was confused. Came back again months later still confused. And then after a couple of days more i finally get it you're so freaking awesome thank you.
Basically all chords are constructed using the first, third and the fifth from the major scale (A minor for example is really C major scale played from A as a starting point, A Minor 9 would have B in it however and not D). You can embellish them by using more notes from that scale and even notes that are not in the scale like -10, -13 (so the tenth note from the scale lowered by a half step and the thirteenth note from the scale lower a half step). By doing that you can even play chord melody (so melody not in individual notes but using chords).
Hey Sean, I loved the video it was very very helpful. I was wondering if you could make a similar video but for chords with roots on the 5th(A) string. Keep up the good work, few videos have helped as much as this one!!!
Sean, I have learnt more about guitar watching the vids you've made over two nights, than I have in two years watching others! Booyah! Thank you sooooooooo much for explaining how all this stuff goes together!!! Pete
well....darn........who knew a prep could be so entertaining AND helpful! Seriously, just got back into guitar after a few years (35) and you're the most helpful I've found. No kidding.........I have trouble doing what I'm told (at 63 I never out grew it) so telling me to learn the CAGED system or just play this scale or that scale...well it just wasn't working for me. BUT I've watched three of your videos so far and I'm actually hopeful that I can actually learn HOW and WHY to do something and have fun doing it. Thanks P.S. what shoes were you wearing in the video? I started with your "learn every blues song" video
So good to hear Jeff! Keep up the good work and let me know if you have any questions. As for the shoes, those are my beloved Chambray Paseo Toms, only the finest! :)
Hi Sean. I have a question about A Minor 6 position. Second note in this chord is F sharp. You said that this is 6th note of minor scale. But 6th note of this scale is F. How this F sharp is a 6th note? And how would you name chord with F in it (it would be second finger on third fret on on D string) ? Great video btw. very helpful.
I had the exact same question when I first learned this chord. It's kind of strange but the 6 is taken from the major scale, even though it's a minor chord. I made a video that goes into depth on it, hope it helps! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Wjba_-yYAv4.html
It totally true. Women only value a few things.... Skills if you will. And various chords are one of them. My saddest day was when my old girlfriend (swimsuit model) left me for Slash. All because he knew a hundred chords and I only knew basic cowboy chords. I even learned all the G & R covers, but she said it was over. Oh how I wish I would have learned my chords....
Awesome video. You made all that soooo much easier to learn and understand in soooo little time. You've made some great videos, but for me, and what this has done for my playing and comprehending what I'm playing and why, this was the absolute best out of them all. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks, it's a Gibson 333. They made them for a little while as an alternative to the 335, the main differences being that it's not a single, solid piece of wood, and less expensive hardware and pickups. I put a classic '57 in the neck and it sounds great.
or when she asked to show her the chord, you could of just said "dont woory about chords, let me show you what else i can do with my guitar fingers, they're very flexable"....lol.... then show her to the bedroom.... saves you learning all the chords...lol.
A7 is actually an A with the seventh note from the scale but lowered by a half step. So really -7. For example if we use the scale of C the seventh would be B and if we add that we get C major 7 but if we lower that note to Bes we get C7. The naming is peculiar because C major 7 should really be called C7 and what we have come to traditionally call C7 should be called C minus 7. So the "major" connects to 7 not to C.
Great answer! The only thing I might add is just to emphasize that the 7th note from the scale means the 7th note from the A major scale, sometimes it can get confusing for people thinking of different scales. I'm right there with you though, I think Amajor7 should really be called A7, and Adominant7 should require the longer name.
There is a rarely used triangle symbol that sometimes appears between the A and the 7 for the dominant version. But I'm guessing because keyboards don't have the symbol it just became A7.
This video helped me out a lot, I've been struggling looking at all these chord charts just thinking to myself man I'll never remember all of this crap haha. Your video made it so much easier to understand! Thanks!
oh i know this info existed somewhere. thank you so much. Chord books never helped me. Tabs were helpful but most were inaccurate which i can tell by ear but not well enough to find out the chords myself. this is wayyy more helpful than anything ive used ! Shapes !
Hey Sean! The A Minor Scale goes A - B - C - D - E - F - G (no sharps or flats, like the C Major Scale), so when making the Am7 chord, it makes sense you take that 7th note, G, and add it by lifting off your pinky. However, when making the Am6 chord, you don't take 6th note of the minor scale, which would be F. Instead you take the 6th note of the MAJOR scale, which is F# and you play THAT with your index finger. *Why is that?*
GREAT question, it's almost like a glitch in the chord building matrix. I made a video that might help: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Wjba_-yYAv4.html