An Intermediate Guitar Lesson You NEED to Know

[@seandaniel23]

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[@chroniclesofsunshine4484]

This is the best guitar lesson ever !! It reminds me of home, just drinking with guitarists that were better than me, and learning from them. Thank you so much for this

[@seandaniel23]

Thanks so much for saying so! That's definitely the vibe.

[@andrewbell2712]

I'll go out on a limb here and say that Sean Daniel is an advanced guitarist.

[@pauligyarto3179]

Lol yup

[@dalegnodle]

Yep, he's really good, gets cute singers and interesting guests.

[@jeremyjameslv]

The limb just broke.. This guy blows

[@gibterrell]

Cooool like this really helped me make a connection. I also realized that it goes perfectly with the fretboard beadgcf Battle Ends And Down Goes Charles Father. The 2 amd 5 of the target note are always the two notes before in beadgcf. Target B, the 2 is c and the 5 is F. Target D and the 2 is e and the 5 is A. They are also in line on the fretboard beadgcf shift when going from g string to b string

[@diegooland1261]

Mind blown! This is aspiring song writer gold. Thank you.

[@DougSmith-y4o]

Wholeheartedly agree!

[@andrewwasson6153]

Wow! I’ve been striving for intermediate guitardom since I was 11 years old and this great lesson is a big stepping stone in my journey. In all seriousness, I needed this lesson to point me in the right direction. I’m forever coming up with something on guitar that I think is cool and then I struggle with what comes next. This “magic trick” is just want I needed. Thank you.

[@charlesbryant870]

This could be my favorite lesson ever.

[@seandaniel23]

Thanks for watching!

[@Jimmythepin]

It's like getting a guitar lesson from a young Steve Martin.

[@seandaniel23]

I'll take it!

[@gianttorture9640]

I thought the same - mannerisms, timing, and a good chuckle.

[@danafrelack4250]

Right

[@ukmedical4206]

3 amigos 😂

[@amosjr4]

Yes!...we want you to wear the arrow thru the head prop while teaching us

[@blackirishcream]

Man, I kind of stumbled across this video just a few minutes ago and it just so happens that I’m in the middle of a bit of a nice buzz… Most of the time this stuff, while it resonates it still kind of goes over my head when I try to put it into action. For some reason, I don’t know if you have a little buzz too but I feel connected and it’s kind of making sense like gangbusters…lol Hopefully all of this will stick and when I wake up tomorrow I can have some fun with it…🎉😊. Anyway, good tutorial 👍😎

[@stthbldt3594]

The first 7 minutes of this lesson were immeasurably helpful 🤯 It always sounded like a magic trick to me and you just exposed it like Penn & Teller

[@thekenandmisty]

Thanks for the lesson and for being so awesome fun to listen to.

[@seandaniel23]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@tomwicks8953]

I never saw the value of learning the numbers associated with the chord structure…but your video got me seeing in anew way! Thank you so much 😊

[@tsisqua]

II-V-I can also be thought of as V/V(five of five)-V-I. It can also be altered to a dominant 7th, borrowing from the V chord's key. this makes the resolution to V, and the following resolution to I, very powerful.

[@jessethetodd]

Yet another sneaky brilliant lesson. Awesome way to lock in chord progressions, triad shapes, moving around the neck, and getting some tools in place to enable voice leading. Just when I though I "got it" you kept adding gold nugget after gold nugget. I'll definitely be coming back to this one a bunch!

[@seandaniel23]

Thanks so much for the kind words!

[@lougeorge]

Hi Sean. I am new to guitar, I tried it many years ago; learnt some 1st position chords and a couple of songs and played around until i got bored of my limited understanding (those were pre youtube days) In recent years, I have learnt to play the piano and I understand music theory on the piano and a regular practice that I do is finding all the chords in each scale. Since picking up the guitar again 2 weeks ago; I am really trying to figure out where all the chords of each scale is and I'm struggling to find videos that go through this. This is the closest one that I have found to what I'm looking for. I don't want to spend months and months trawling through youtube videos as I have done with piano so the next thing I was planning on doing is drawing the fretboard out on a big sheet of paper and placing the notes on there. I can figure out where each note is based from the name of the string and how many steps there are to each note. I figure that if I do this I will then see the scale and chord patters emerging. It's only two weeks ago that I discovered that the guitar had both horizontal and vertical scales lol, anyway. I enjoy your videos, they are a little fast for me but I get what you're trying to teach and I really enjoy understanding the guitar beyond first position chords. I'm hoping that I'll grasp it all soon!!! All the best from Wales 🙂

[@tomwicks8953]

Having watched a video on Beatle chord structures after seeing this video the first time, I watched this video again. It’s a great refresher! It’s instructive for jamming and song writing gone stale ❤

[@wooggeek]

These are the topics that are less covered And skipped over making the next steps seem like they’re missing something. I picked these up from fragments of more advanced teachings which took longer to put together to make sense. Thank you.😊

[@LeLilley1]

Your brain is more than a little quicker than mine!! But this is AWESOME! I think you are probably the best instructor on KZbin! Thank you for what you're doing!

[@seandaniel23]

Oh wow thanks for the kind words!

[@davidvandunk6168]

Great video, I enjoy playing different genres, mostly jazz, but at a average level, not quite intermediate, but a little above beginner, this 2,5,1, approach is a progression I'm familiar with, but I've always restricted myself by not realizing the "movability" that was steering me in the face! Thanks!

[@calitaalessiacalvaruso6815]

Hi Sean, this lesson changed my life and gave me hope!!!!! I am obsessed with 251 and I just needed to hear what I heard tonight how you could move and change the focus or the asset or don’t remember now what you called it and when you changed and transposed a 251 to another chord in the scale. You literally made my day and if there is anything that you teach on your Udemy courses that resemble this lesson, please please reply to me …. I am a very slow learner…. however, when I find something that I really like, I find hope again🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@seandaniel23]

So great to hear! I think the Patreon has more music theory stuff than the Udemy courses if that’s what you’re into. And let me know if you have video ideas.

[@geraldtaylor1968]

I have played for almost 50 years, and have never looked at this method or had it explained like you have done! Thanks for the info 👍🏽🪶🎸

[@edwardmorton6691]

Super lesson, Sean. Hours and hours of fun and learning right here.

[@MarkHarrop]

It's like watching a magician on the guitar! 🤯

[@kaushiksenapsti6523]

Nice work!! It is nice to know that we can use A diminished chord as well as a min 7 chord during the 251

[@BrandonPedersen_prplesqrll8888]

Thank you for your video bro 🫶 love it

[@DougSmith-y4o]

This is awesome! Great mixing of chords. Been looking at your music videos for years, finally realized , I should subscribe, so I just did! Thanks again!

[@seandaniel23]

welcome to the party!

[@rzambory2938]

Thank you!!❤

[@myronthurman4097]

Rut buster. Love it great video😊

[@seandaniel23]

Happy to help!

[@matthewkear1]

Very mind expanding. Thank You!

[@starsandguitars2050]

That was great Sean. I really enjoyed your video.

[@seandaniel23]

Thanks for watching!

[@angeloimbesi8791]

Amazing lesson!!! Eye opener!

[@abatwood]

Not in some weird, creepy jazz way???? LOL This alone made the video for me :)

[@christophervincent8420]

Thanks Daniel. This helps a ton.

[@yoyoflair]

Lol I love how you so fluidly advertise the watch 😂 excellent video!

[@raymondfryar1533]

Thanks Sean, after watching this I had to grab my guitar. Great video.

[@CADMAN664]

Nice! Unlocked a few things for me. Thanks!

[@petermcgarrymusicandflying]

Always fruit to be picked in Sean's orchard

[@Wesley-pb7qk]

Gross

[@highentropy2468]

Picking up my AC5R next week and I'm SO excited.

[@alfredajamison]

Great Lesson!!!

[@JeremyKroeker]

You’ve come so far from the days on the black couch. Congratulations on levelling up to intermediate player! 😂👍

[@cryptotharg7400]

Has Sean also levelled up to an intermediate apartment?

[@Bogeyman19DidNotScareMyAss]

Must’ve bought that beato book 😂

[@nateday9328]

Very classy lesson, good sir! Quite the handsome time piece, as well!

[@seandaniel23]

Thanks for watching!

[@kevinkohler7997]

Ever since i was a young boy....i played the silver ball. But thank you Sean for sharing this sorcery 🙂

[@maxjosephson8352]

another great lesson thank you Sean

[@davidwilliams7552]

ii-v-i is part of so many old songs also the cycle of fifths

[@inscho]

That was awesome. Thank you!

[@trusarmor4957]

ive Noticed your life has been good, how do i know this .. No Salty Comments in a good long while... the internet finally Lovezzz Ya Sean Daniel.

[@blackmax222]

I love it when you play that yamaha. I play a 914ce v on stage but the guitar I play the most is my sfx5 red label

[@phredde533]

Very good lesson. I learned a lot.

[@greggriffiths9053]

Makes me think about the circle of fifths I am not sure if that's where your going but that's my thoughts.

[@Marcuzzzzzzzzzzzzzz]

True musician. Ur up 2 something and on something doing something whyle teaching something. Great video. Im inspired 2 do something on something learning some things 😂🎉❤

[@robnic52]

Great lesson, could you detail the fingering for that fffunky Gm chord? I guess you can't now but it's fine I'll work it out myself. 👍

[@yttkuar]

Looks like I'll still be a beginner for a little longer. Great aspirational video.

[@ralph0808z]

Another good lesson from SD. I know there's a name/term for jumping keys while 2-5-1-ing it. Since I consider my guitar skills to be at the lower end of the Intermediate Level, I get a pass for not knowing what to call it. What really helps me to understand this concept is having a "Nashville Number System Chord Chart" tacked to the wall in front of me. A quick look at the chart is faster than counting notes on my fingers (and I don't keep dropping my pick).

[@StefanGBucher]

Is it "Secondary Dominant" the term?

[@ralph0808z]

@@StefanGBucher Could be, not sure. If it is the correct term consider yourself well into the Intermediate zone.

[@Natethefarmer89]

Awesome lesson.

[@ftofte2008]

Good stuff, thanks

[@seandaniel23]

Thanks for watching!

[@GoodGuysCarry]

Thanks for a great video! 🍻

[@blujack100]

Very cool.

[@seandaniel23]

Thanks for watching!

[@nalamanonixservices3275]

Life is a magic trick

[@seandaniel23]

Abracadabra!

[@conartist267]

I love you Sean ❤😃

[@seandaniel23]

Thanks so much!

[@michaelsparks6084]

Good stuff Bro!

[@nicksomers356]

really good lesson, thank you,

[@ancient_living]

Hi Sean, I see you made it awesome, but I still could not understand the concept, as how you transitioned to A minor using B diminished and E7, even though G# is not part of key how can this happen? COuld you make or point to theory that does cover this? Thank you for this great lesson !!

[@roboshark8252]

Does the watch help elevate a crappy player to instant rockstar status?

[@andylundberg5097]

Almost at 500,000 subs!

[@ianmcevoy9936]

Cool mate,thanks.

[@ericmyers3561]

Do you have another job? Or is guitar on youtube your main gig? You have a pretty awesome channel

[@seandaniel23]

Thank you so much! Yeah this is the main gig. Pretty much everything now is KZbin or KZbin-adjacent

[@simonriley6832]

I don't know if you'll ever read this but i just want to ask your sir whether this technique is the same as using PASSING CHORDS in a song or is it different ??

[@kmills63]

Excellent! Love a great lesson by a buzzed teacher😂

[@seandaniel23]

Why does everyone think I’m drunk!!!

[@jethroblues]

The diminished chord on the 7th degree of the scale is pretty much the dominant 7th. So Bdim is very much G7.

[@robnic52]

Yes but a dim or half dim chord is so much more colourful, like a dominant 7 on steroids. Really useful in blues or jazz and country music, strongly pulls to resolve to the 1 chord, great ending for a big outro.

[@piotrrusk]

Bdim is a diminished substitute of G7. But Bm7b5 is not - this is just 2 in Am

[@nickmeister804]

Good content, very helpful. Sounded and looked drunk. Love it!

[@waygone6657]

Way cool. Thanks 🙂

[@harryt1402]

I love weird creepy jazz. So very interesting. 2 5 1's are the core of wcj ...😁

[@johnbunker4866]

Very helpful.

[@dalegnodle]

I subscribed initially years ago, had to re-up.

[@seandaniel23]

Welcome back!

[@NigelIncubatorJones]

Thanks for the lesson. When going to a 2-5-1, how do you decide if it should be a minor or a major?

[@seaneverett7576]

In a major key, the "guide" is 1-4-5 is major, 2-3-6 is minor and 7 is diminished. (C, Dmin, Emin, F, G, Am, Bdim) You dive a bit deeper like major7 key, now 1-4 is maj7, 5 is dom7, 2-3-6 is min7 and 7 is min7b5. (CMaj7, Dmin7, Emin7, FMaj7, G7, Amin7, Bmin7b5). The "guide" changes yet again if you're talking a minor key. I won't break that one down just to avoid a long novel for a reply lol. You gotta remember the step pattern of the major scale "w-w-h-w-w-w-h" when making these, the key of C was chosen because no #/b within C following the scale so super easy, just letters. So something like key of E Major, you have E, gotta go a whole step (two half steps, 1 half step is F, another is F#, repeat...) You wind up with E (1: start), F#min (2: whole), G#min (3: whole), A (4: half), B (5: whole), C#min (6: whole), D#Dim (7: whole) Back to E (1: half).

[@NigelIncubatorJones]

@@seaneverett7576 Thanks.

[@iforget8716]

Great video! Thanks for reminding me how almost intermedium I am, this really explains well how to use a ii-V-I without too much jazzy cork sniffing. However, because i’m feeling pedantic, when going to the Am you chose Bdim (ok that’s part of C major) but then you play a E7 (not in C major)? I get Bdim to Em(7) to Am to stay within C major or Bm to E7 to Am to keep the ii-V vibe but.. mixing it up, is that legal! Is the chord voicing choice just artistic license or i’m missing something? I loved this video i’m even shopping for a new watch now.

[@krystilynn3403]

I think he changed the tonal centre with Am. Bdim is the second degree of Am and E is the fifth degree of Am.

[@iforget8716]

@@krystilynn3403 I might just be thick but wouldn’t the V of a the natural minor chord (in this case Am) be a minor chord as well (Em)?

[@singlespeed]

You can use EM7 but it doesn't have the same pull back to the one. There is some simple theory to help understand why it work. Basically, some notes of the chords walk toward the next chord chromatically. When your ear hears the G# it really really wants to hear the A follow it. G to A won't have quite the same pull. You can also look at the movement of all the other notes between the chords that are the same or move a half step or a whole step. You can also skip the 2 and just do a V-I which is good to mix in if you are trying to change your tone center several times.

[@courtneyboyd6671]

Good lesson

[@jmoses580]

The most fun guitar instruction video on the Internet! Very enjoyable instructor! Very down to earth! You almost feel like he's in your front room jamming with you!!! Lots of great info including the watch!👍

[@dcarts5616]

I’m a moron and sold my 000-18 during the plandemic so imma pick up my trusty Yamaha fsx700sc and rock out and make a song about the looming landslide this November.

[@jadekruger9883]

Nice Yamaha

[@stavies7525]

Great to see Sean two five one-ing about on the guitar 😂

[@toddduda3605]

"love again" by Todd Duda

[@gado6438]

Watched a few of his videos, never got anything from them. He does promise the moon though.

[@seandaniel23]

Dad?

[@kenbines2199]

This guy is pretty cool 😎

[@seandaniel23]

I try REALLY Hard

[@flamecrew9atroblox958]

Cheers man

[@I-AM-IS]

Dude, you lit? Slur it durn!

[@haydenhack]

You play a C with a G under it, which gives it a different sound too

[@TheTrumanZoo]

what is this magics???

[@Ifyourreadingthisurbeautiful]

Man auch good vdeo as always cheers from Straya

[@stevehalper510]

Really good lesson! Sometimes Sean looks like he just woke up and maybe had a few pops the night before…😁 I think his lessons are entertaining and well thought out.

[@b0ngwater99]

the way you explain things is perfect for me i dont know what it is. thank you so much

[@shroommcfanta2020]

Watched it for the watch..

[@thefreese1]

The numbers system just slows me down ... because its already in my head... if I try to think of numbers its simply just an extra process it takes for my brain to compute.. bit then again, I have always played by ear .. and I know where I'm starting , where I'm going, and where it's naturally going to end ... I've studied the circle of fifths enough to know that .. and practiced enough changing keys of every song I try ... Number system to me is like learning morse code by having to look at the dots and dashes written down .. Learn it by sound and you simply skip the process of converting those dots and dashes in your head... and it breaks the speed barrier and the rythm becomes the letter.. Take the time to learn the circle of 5ths , practice it .. and you'll get better without boggling your brain... I dont think of anything music theory wise .. I forget what key I'm in sometimes because I just naturally go there ...and spend my time working out how I'm going to start my solo in my head .. the solos the same way .. no thinking about notes , chord progression, ect ... Yes , the Nashville number system is a quick way to learn a song .. but if you want to be able to burn up the fretboard without even having to think about it...don't learn the number system.. because it's so hard to unlearn something that you already have learned... Now it you just want to be an intermediate player like he said he was shooting for.. .. yes take the quick fix and learn the number system... which is ok for a person who is more interested in vocals than playing..

[@stephenwalsh2634]

As Rick Jsmes said "Cocaine's a hello helluva drug!" 🤣🤣🤣

[@BrockBarr]

Hidden barrier to a great drum sound... Having a hi hat mic in the first place. Kick, snare, OHs, maybe a Room and done. But that's just my taste, I fricken hate hi hat mic's. 😂

[@MsDenver2]

I can read music but could not recite the alphabet because of my dyslexia but I do understand the chord numbers but can’t keep them in my head .

[@TEOTD]

Why is the 7th chord a half diminished chord? My understanding of music theory is that it is a full diminished chord

[@TEOTD]

Are the diminished chords interchangeable or are there specific instances where to use each?

[@jwohlers94]

Full dim means all minor thirds stacked... half dim is root, then min 3rd, min 3rd, and then Maj 3rd.... b,d,f,a in C scale.....so half dim is often seen as B minor 7,flat 5

[@AmericanNationalist852]

I like turtles

[@kaushalsuvarna5156]

It should be full theoretically but practically half sounds better

[@schiggy182]

@@AmericanNationalist852michaelangelo is my favorite

[@trusarmor4957]

2:08 .. uh oh, who ya been talking to SeanDaniel? ?😏 😝🤪😜

[@emlyngriffith5846]

More like Jack Daniels I think….!

[@SangamGiri-hy7gm]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@wackojacko3962]

@ 19:42 Gotta rename "two five one'n it" too better verb : "Gotta Bling it!" too get where you're going. I mean ya gotta be preemptive to advance too intermediate guitar playin. Just sayin, I don't know this for sure but it's what I'm feelin. I cuss a lot, so in other words, Bling It! 🖖