The straight facts about chording on guitar ... 5 forms ... 35 types ... all keys. Make sure you're watching these lessons in order or you might miss some important facts.
This series is absolute gold. I'm just over four years into my DIY guitar journey but had the fortune of being introduced to Intervals fairly early on, which opened up an entire world, and made by 14 months prior seem like I was at a pre-school level. And to think, so many people go through that phase for years! It didn't take me long to realise that the typical way of learning (here are some open chords and a strumming pattern) wasn't exactly the best way to learn and wondered why basic theory wasn't be introduced from day 1... better a week spent understanding music and one's instrument, which will save you years down the road. As we say in project management: if you fail to plan, plan to fail. No wonder so many guitarists quit within the first year - it's the blind leading the blind. Thank you so much for uploading this fantastic series, Scotty. I'm a decent intermediate player by now but I will take in every single lesson 1 by 1, and definitely pick up the handbook.
As a novice guitar player (5 years of noodling and not getting very far), I'm really enjoying this series. I'm learning a lot of the reasons WHY things are the way they are in music and with the layout of the instrument. It's helping me connect the dots.
You are absolutely right. I have also been learning for last 5 years and standing nowhere..!! But Respected Sir Scotty West have opened and widened my understanding & playing Guitar..!!!
Scotty's and absolute legend for making this amazing content for free. It has been a long time dream for me to finally understand the guitar after so many years of suffering. Bought the book also. Thank you Mr. West!
@@dharmendrathacker165yeah, he hasn't been good at linking to his website in every video, even though the intro mentions it. Google "Scotty West Absolutely Understand Guitar" and it will probably show some of these videos and his site, where you can find information about the book which accompanies the video series.
I've been playing for 17 years off and on. I am REALLY good at learning songs quickly from guitar tabs, but no clue how this instrument actually works theory-wise. I've already made some major leaps in my knowledge pool just from the first 3 videos. A lot of things I never understood finally make sense. I'm excited to continue the series. When I tell you major dots have already been connected, I mean it. I had the playing experience and technical aspects covered already. I probably had 200+ songs stored in my noodle from the last 17 years from every genre you can think of lol. Why did it take my so long to get interested in theory?? Really wish i had done this years ago
Ohhhhhh Voooooowww Sir..!!! So thorough a knowledge about the very basic concepts of everything about Guitar is so thoroughly explained by you that it's directly and thoroughly stored into my Heart. You have got a very pleasing way of tuting..!!! I don't know how should I thank you but I pray 🙏🙏🙏 to my Lord Swaminarayan for your All Good 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Watched on 08/15/24. Bar is hard ngl, 1st string always sounding bad. Another problem I'm currently having is my pinky usually doesn't touch only 1 string, so whenever I'm doing the chromatic scale exercise without releasing the fingers is that the string below my pinky gets "muffled". But I keep trying, it has been only 4 days since the start. Amazing content!
The chord (eerie one), I use in my songs, and I believe is used in pale shelter by tears for fears. Also, I tried to figure out what the name of the chord would be and I am finding it difficult - could you help me
Do you mean the chord when he took an E-shape E major and moved it up one fret without a barre? I would call that an "F major 7th sharp 11th over E" or "Fmaj7#11/E", which means that it's an F major, but includes the major 7th [E], and includes the sharp 11th [B], *and* the E (or one of them) is lower than the F (since the chord is usually named after the lowest note). If you want to call it an E chord, it would be "E suspended 4th flat 6 flat 9" or "Esus b6 b9", because the lowest note is an E, the major third [G#] that should have been there got suspended and replaced with the perfect fourth [A], there's also a flat 6th in there [C], and a flat 9th [F].
My only problem with the guy is the guitar placement. Like he tells you to hold it like a classical guitarist and then starts playing from his right leg in this video. He should have been a bit more open to guitar positioning instead of saying people that play with their right leg don’t know what they are doing. The rest however is absolutely perfect. He explains theory better than anyone I’ve seen.
It says to mute the 5th string (A). Yes, if is a odd fish. That and the E form seem to be there for consistency, but playing it like that over 6 strings is not generally one of the preferred shapes. Let's take a look at the chord of Dmaj7 across the neck. Most are shown in his chart (D shape) xx0222 (C shape) x54222 (A shape) x57675 (G shape) x57779 or xx7779 to have A in the bass and play easier (E shape) 10, 12, 11, 11, 10, 10 or (F shape) 10, x, 12, 11, 10, 9 use thumb over neck for bass. Note that playing the G shape as Amaj7 is X02224 You can see that for maj7 chords, the G shape is generally modified to accommodate easier fingering. I hope this helped.
The F shape isnt a unique shape, its the E shape turned into a barre chord. I assume you play your E with your index, middle and ring fingers, try using your middle, ring and pinky instead, then rest your pointer finger on top if your guitar's nut. It's the same as the F shape.
This is one of the reasons for the system been named the “caged”, all of the chord shapes are roughly based on the c shape, a shape, g shape , e shape and d shape . This was a revalation for me , each chord shape has a scales and arpegios that fit over the top of it. Things started to click for me visually once I understood this, I also recommend checking some videos by Guthrie Trapp on the caged , he masterfully shows how the chord, arpegios, and scales all work together for improvising , it’s awesome stuff, hope this helps.
Both Beatrix Kovacs and Tatyana Ryzhkova have excellent videos on Barre chords. They're both classical guitarists and if you can play them on that wide neck, and electric or acoustic will be easy. Also make sure that you have had your guitar correctly set up to optimise playability while still having clear notes.
Just gotta stick it out and keep trying, for me it felt like it would never happen but I was patient and persistent and they are pretty damn good and consistent after a couple months. Imagine how much better they'll get if I keep on goin.
