Power Chord Purgatory

[@chefmarv6499]

I like the idea of giving newbies and slightly more advanced people simple tools to add color to their playing, without having to delve for hours in music theory.

[@jameslyddall]

PC Principal if you like this there is a fantastic band I love called Left Lane Cruiser. The guy literally plays everything with a bottle neck yet his attack is so incredible. Seen that band several times and love his music theory which is “keep it simple” or some music doesn’t have to be over complicated to be great to listen to. Oh have a listen to left lane cruiser and let me know what you think. They’re blues/rock

[@lukdb]

I think it's better that you don't throw a bunch of theory when presenting these, cause the objective is to make them experiment with new sounds without minding the rules too much. Adding theory at the start might just make them fall into another purgatory that's even harder to get out of.

[@evanwalter3486]

I'm still working on smoke on water

[@daviddolnics726]

When you realize, it's not the pickup setup or the texture of the pedal, but the chord arrangement, well damn

[@varuug]

@@evanwalter3486 Smoke on Walter..

[@altarsofplague7394]

Man this guy consistently has top notch material and yet I never see his subs go up! it sucks cause his content is super educational and delivered in such a manner that anyone can understand.

[@bsc479]

Totally agree.

[@bossbluff3577]

SUBSCRIBED

[@darren9194]

SUBSCRIBED

[@counterweight320]

I subbed recently I'm sure others will too!

[@Goose21]

I’m sure if he keeps grinding like this he will take off

[@Grandmaster_Sub-Zero]

I REALLY needed this video. I've been stuck in power chord limbo for ages. Thanks!

[@metalheadblues]

The add9 power chords is such a dope one , thought it was fairly modern but it's played it in message in a bottle main riff.

[@swissarmyknight4306]

Shows up in Pink Floyd as early as the early 70's. That grip goes way back.

[@WizardOfArc]

Add9 from the stacked fifths are one of my favorite sounds

[@noahmcgaffey797]

I love Quintal voicings, Quartal voicings are also cool but they feel a little more hollow.

[@whoshotya117]

Pull me under by dream theater

[@rmk6998]

metalheadblues i think the first time i learned about it was when i wanted to learn the outro to floods by pantera. personally my favorite use of it ive ever heard

[@PONCHEEZED]

These are things I’m already extremely familiar and comfortable with after playing for ten years but I’d be lying if I said watching someone different take a similar approach wasn’t inspiring. Gorgeous guitar and fantastic content. Subbed.

[@brianmcalpine3948]

The 3rds is also how you write harmonized guitar parts for the people like me who are confused about that at first, it definitely opens up your writing!

[@moneyshot7785]

I’ve been playing for around 20 years and a lot of times I’ll just sit there and experiment with strange chords. If your good rhythmically and have a good sense of time you can come up with a lot of cool stuff

[@AchillesWrath1]

If you want to learn some interesting chords learn some Dave Matthews stuff. He plays all kind of wacky stuff. Some of them are almost impossible stretches i swear.

[@vincentmasterbassist6784]

Your tone is quite nice to listen to. It's not ear piercing like most people's

[@stinkypinkeee5085]

So you've seen my videos then...

[@vincentmasterbassist6784]

@@stinkypinkeee5085 uh huh that's right

[@stinkypinkeee5085]

@@vincentmasterbassist6784 Pinky likes it shrill and full of feedback hahahaaa...

[@jasonstallworth]

Vincent master bassist I noticed that too...super clear tone!

[@DavidMacVicar]

I would love to know what he's using for that tone / model

[@jimm8594]

Interesting and useful lesson, just subbed.

[@theczar8435]

Goddamn, that is a nice custom Kiesel.

[@MrEGuy-mi4qk]

Agreed!!

[@jery3385]

A beauty ain't it.

[@rei6nofrot]

Dang, you made it so easy to understand. Although my skills are vastly improved I always check out videos like this to see if I can rewire my brain. Sometimes just hearing players educate from their perspective just makes something click differently when you're playing. You're a natural teacher! Mad respect! Thanks for the video!

[@jokezspeedruns9679]

Greg literally teaches stuff no one is even *talking about* And serendipitously, always releases a lesson when I'm interested in that exact thing.

[@philboath8135]

Love that you always favour quality over quantity

[@anybody2501]

Killer vid. Gonna start using some of this stuff in my jams.

[@DanielMartinez0394]

Great lesson, greater tone!

[@DrumRoody]

That's a very tasteful keisel

[@Leonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn]

Its ugly

[@ClearAdventure]

@@Leonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn We are talking about the guitar, not your mom. Trust me, we all know about that situation already.

[@polpottopg]

Ugliest keisel ive ever seen

[@polpottopg]

@@ClearAdventure "no ur mum" i cant believe 9 people plus yourself thought this was funny enough to 'like'

[@MetalGuitarTimo]

why do you idiots keep saying keisel when it clearly is kiesel?

[@nick3718]

This channel, Rick Beato, and Signals Music Studio are hands down the best fucking music theory channels on this goddamn website.

[@shafinulislam562]

This video deserves so much attention man. The sheer amount of knowledge that he shared is so helpful for musicians who are starting their song writing journey

[@donl2618]

stopped back for a refresher. Thx Greg!

[@brucewayne2184]

How do I move out of soloing purgatory?

[@gavyngelinas1726]

Bruce Wayne Learn Petrucci solos

[@notsure1135]

You need to forgive the Joker

[@brucewayne2184]

@@gavyngelinas1726 I think that will bring me further into it. What I mean is I don't know how to use power chords at all. All I do is solo.

[@patrickparmer1648]

@@brucewayne2184 i branched out. Not in my listening. But taking "risks" in my note choice. So you have a pentatonic. Instead of using all of the pentatonic notes. Id do variations. I change one note at a time. Once i found a note i liked, id continue on til i found one that sounded good woth that one and so on. I took my time in picking each and every note rather than trying to speed thru with my muscle memory. Because muscle memory doesnt change, per se, if you continue to play the same thing.

[@HumanWast3]

Just learn scales and practice them over different chord progressions. A good tool to improve youre soloing is a looper pedal

[@jasonstallworth]

This is a great start. The one theme I have on most of my KZbin tutorials is don’t just play power chords, riff!!

[@MVProfits]

I've been actually surprised at how few metal band add different chords. Power chords with a metal sound do sound heavy and powerful, they certainly have their place etched in eternity for a reason, but it's so easy to add variety too, as you've shown, and as the musicians I've played with often did.

[@Simpaiii]

modern prog-metal is the exact opposite,tho. you're surprised when you hear them use classic power-chrods for once :D

[@xOPER8Rx]

Went down the rabbit hole... And I stumbled upon this. I like the inversions you described, and so I subscribed. Keep it going!

[@zexavela6918]

I used this type of powerchord to add a flavour to my riff but i didnt know much about this until you upload this vid Thanks bro, Nice Lesson as Always

[@BlackBile666]

Great video. You can really hear the colour filling the sound as you keep progressing the lesson.

[@espaciomusical121]

Completely awesome, i loved your examples 💓

[@dpraubklqos]

this is video is what i exactly needed. Thank you so much for your work

[@nihlhinz488]

Years of being more of a singer song writer then a guitar player, thank you for this vid. It really helped expand my playing and brought me alot of joy. I Even dusted off my old strat and pedals. Hats off to you good, sir.

[@MrPunkrocker247]

Great video to make simple riffs sound more full and technical. I play a variety of these but am more of trial and error player that lacks the theory as you mentioned. Should do a video showing fancy ways to transition from riffs like these to another! Love this video, subscribed 😎🤘

[@jasonpeck9100]

You've got some great tone going on there. Love that guitar too.

[@jamesmichael3607]

Great vid 👍. I had this same thing with power chords when I was learning. Being a huge Beatle fan, I was gifted a complete guitar tab song book which was definitely a game changer. So many different elegant or crunchy sounding chords

[@samuelleevallongo9752]

I'm recently experimenting with octaves and 3rs I really love the versatility of just inverting them sounds. Tyvm.

[@IMEllison]

Great video. Simple, straightforward, and plenty to chew on as a seasoned player stuck in a rut. Subbed!

[@heresjohnny6144]

very helpful lesson. just matches my knowledge and understanding! Rock on, senpai

[@L0-C01]

Youre lessons are the best man deadset. Simple, to the point and interesting. You also have great taste in music. I'd have a beer with you and listen to Opeth for sure. Cheers from Australia!

[@josephplatania5593]

This lesson is worth a million bucks. Thanks so much. Bar chords are so monotone

[@garethshaw6126]

Add 9 = Dime = Floods = one of the best outros ever written 🤘🤘🤘

[@thomasfarmer1730]

Every beginner should learn the notes on the fretboard,chord and scale theory (a must!!),basic playing techniques....and their favorite easy tunes for inspiration...and KZbin lesson vids like from this dude 👍👍

[@lenerd73]

Dude that’s a perfect riff for this video. Much appreciated

[@oziris3135]

TY dude. You've given me an actual purpuse to learn that stuff :) loved the vid.

[@LiamDarden]

I needed this.

[@misterman99]

Excellent video! Those thirds immediately brought my mind to Megadeth as well.

[@glenhuman3681]

Very generous teaching, as I feel like I have been missing this clarity... Thanks!!!

[@ChristopherS88]

You explained that very well. Ive played for a long time and still was able to take a lot away from this video. Thanks man!

[@venusinfurs7033]

3:50 sounds like Achilles Last Stand

[@xGRAMPSx]

8:25 riffs remind me of Victory Lap era Propagandhi so that was a pleasant surprise while looking for suggestions for further expression with power chords. Thank you for that.

[@divest]

The minor 3rd suggestion was awesome for some riffs that ive been working on. Thanks!!!

[@LucasSantos-wp7ji]

Thanks for that video! I was really stuck with my ideas on power chords, but these tips opens so much possibilities! :)

[@KARELIA28]

Incredible level of quality and tabs! This channel is one of the best. Thank you for your great lessons. KZbin algorithms are bad. I am constantly getting info on new channels but not for this one. I discovered it by accident through a musicradar article about Tool’s song Pneuma. Again incredible lessons, keep it up and we will spread the word!

[@anikethrajaram1366]

this how you create your own music its the start i hope for me thank you

[@desolatesoul2304]

I'm stuck in power chord purgatory!

[@KillConLeche]

Desolate Soul we all Are bud

[@hoze1235]

repent sinner 😂😂

[@sheatanner9935]

The change from 5ths to thirds you so in the first riff your demoing goes from sounding like Accept to Scorpions... love it.

[@SeedOilFitnessOfficial]

I just switched to Black Metal and had to learn new dyads like the Minor 3rd, Major 3rd, Augmented 5ths and such ontop of more Barre and Minor chords. Got me out the Thrash Power Chord Purgatory

[@axeofcreation]

Very widely used! You can think of "dyads" as chords. A minor or Major 3rd implies the harmony (the chord).

[@irti_pk]

Awesome as always. Would love a lesson dedicated to just those extended chords, they sound powerful.

[@panic_chords]

Yeah, second this ^

[@jeremiahagravante7380]

The tone is eargasm.

[@a_new_hourbandofficial9121]

That’s for all your help once again! I won’t forget you when I am a famous guitar player! I appreciate you bro!

[@Ilikecoffeeandmusic]

Great video man! I was already doing a lot of these things but didn’t really understand what I was doing, and I still learned a lot. Very helpful, thanks for sharing!

[@QUK_DDCT]

Been on your stuff since I started 3 years ago and its by far the best stuff. Keep it up man

[@chupitolepame5357]

This was very enlightening man, thank you so much!

[@buzzmantx]

This is one sweet video! Excellent nuggets!

[@pryingopenmythirdeye349]

I really needed this video. Thanks man

[@nosl33p23]

2:24 sounds bit like Orion from Metallica. I'm honestly glad my guitar playing is far away from power chord purgatory haha, but all it takes is some experimentation with power chords and playing them differently. Another great examples for that would be the intro riff to Rise Above by Black Flag.

[@redwardmoon6345]

Thanks for doing this video

[@Justcolby0000]

2:15 Metallica 2:22 Megadeath

[@satchrules101]

Great lesson bro!

[@johnmoser2689]

Very cool and helpful

[@udayalshihabi107]

I've been playing guitar for two years now. I used to watch his tool videos and a perfect circle (quality content) but then decided to start writing my own material, and funny enough I actually came to learn all the things he thought in the video with absolutely no background in music theory. It's all about just fiddling around and trying not to always sound the same. But still great video

[@paulweyer4339]

This helped me with a riff I was struggling with, thanks! Subscribed.

[@maksqwe1]

I’ve been playing some of these chords for years and I never knew they had official names! In the beginning I got really bored of learning smoke on the water from my teacher so I quit lessons and learnt everything by ear. I progressed really quickly and developed a good ear for notes and keys etc, but on the other hand I never learnt any theory so I never knew why certain things go together other than sound . Regular power chords felt thin, so I experimented and learnt to add what I just found out is a 9 because it sounds better to me. Only now I’m gonna relearn the parts I missed to be able to compose music better and this video is a start. Thank you for your knowledge!

[@Guitar157]

Same here don’t know any of that crap learn by ear and some tabs for some harder stuff

[@maksqwe1]

@@Guitar157 question is whether I should start learning or not.

[@jamiesloan5902]

There really aren't any "new" ideas in music. The theory, or the understanding of music has been around for centuries. Not in the ROCK genre, of course. But, every idea has been used somewhere in time. It blows my mind that there are actually REASONS why certain notes, and chords sound "good" to the ear. Even the sound of the Gragorian chants can be explained by someone who understands music theory. I think it's cool as hell!!!

[@JohnSeckComposer]

Music theory doesn't explain why something sounds "good" though. Music theory just gives names to certain concepts and ideas within music. Whether or not something sounds "good" is subjective. I can use music theory to explain to you for example that a certain chord in a song is a B major seven in first inversion, or that the overall key of the song is in B major, or that a rhythm is in 7/8 time, etc etc, but what I cannot explain is why any of that stuff sounds "good" to someone, at least I can't explain it using music theory.

[@rolux4853]

JOHN if you put frequencies and their ratios (how they divide, multiply and overtones) into the equation you can at least give a rudimentary explanation, since the human brain „likes“ some ratios more then others.

[@JohnSeckComposer]

@@rolux4853 I suppose, although I think it's probably more complicated than that. Someone can like a bit of music for more than just the ratios being used in the harmony, and in my own experience your ear can get used to hearing "less pleasant" sounding ratios.

[@bioburden]

Very useful stuff, many thanks for sharing!

[@Truth_Hurts_Bad]

Man, I love power chords (Hardcore Crust/D-beat fanatic)... But I also love learning! I picked up a lot of instantly transferable data from this. Thanx. Also: Nice Between The Buried And Me shirt.

[@glenhuman3681]

Excellent!

[@grabber_blu_angel]

Your tone is outstandingly good.

[@chrisw1197]

I love that guitar. It's beautiful.

[@Kessellish]

Awesome tone!

[@romansunday3083]

Thanks for the dsbm tutorial

[@Mrkupsable]

Nice lesson and nice shirt too! I picked it up on that tour too!

[@johnsimms3957]

Nice lesson. Chord diagrams would come in handy.

[@bimscutney1242]

I SO needed this! Thanks! 🤟

[@sasca854]

2:51 If someone knows enough theory to know what you're talking about here, they're not going to need your help moving out of power chords.

[@plaidsnails3755]

Awesome video!

[@gandalf9526]

Dude, thanks a lot. This was quite helpful for me since I'm a beginner.

[@eldonb402]

I play thirds but never knew what they were called until now, thanks.

[@king638]

00:43 sounds like the riff from Darkthrone - Tundra Leech

[@Goose21]

Mark Holcomb from periphery and sometimes synyster gates use their thumbs as an extra finger to get some really extended chords which isn’t too hard to do and sounds awesome when you put the right notes in

[@ericwoodard7005]

Power chords purgatory is a good way to describe my guitar skills

[@bobwright4945]

Great tips and that guitar tone sounds ace

[@iAssassins]

Once I learned power cords that all I needed but honestly I need something new to play

[@stephenbonshire5678]

Some Brilliant ideas for chords!!!🤘

[@adamtwelve]

I really like the way you explained things so that even casual players can learn something and then moved into more advanced territory. I also want your guitar :) Anyways just subscribed, happy new year!

[@adam872]

These are great. A couple of other nice tricks include the Alex Lifeson technique of adding some open strings on the B-E and they add some nice jangle. Iron Maiden also drop the root down a half step quite often and effectively make an augmented 5th chord. That sounds pretty gnarly. Having the bass player alter the root note to something else in the scale also sounds great. Not overly complicated additions, but they add some spice to rock guitar chords. John Petrucci is a master at doing this in heavy songs and it sounds awesome.

[@fallout3freak360]

The augmented 5th chord could also just be looked at as an inverted root and major 3rd. Sometimes I’ll use this in place of a regular major chord

[@co_li7300]

Great stuff here! Thanks a lot, subbed.

[@kazuma675]

This was actually helpful the way you explained it was so good ty. Been playing a long time just don't learn that much just mess around but this was very helpful. Wish you jammed at the end tho so I could hear it put together or some ideas

[@brandon8667]

Thanks. Don't forget about inversions and fourths.

[@crazeyjoe]

...also, to move past primitive first position chords as well. Another helpful tip, open strings are your friends. Even on a 6 string, we fret with 4 fingers (other than the occasional overlap of the thumb), go fretting all 6 strings without the barre tactic is unfeasible. So, for example, play a simple first position C major chord. Then move the same position that your fingers are up the neck one fret at a time. At some frets it will sound harsh and overly dissonant and in other positions, it will sound nice. That is just one example on how to get out of the basic chord rut!!!

[@pranilrai1313]

Great ...I would just love to hear more chord ideas from you man... as there are a ton of channels which focuses on solos but not much on chords

[@scienceman123451]

Aaaaah Floods ending with the add9

[@awsjthegoldcobra23]

Walt is that you?

[@patriciaco6269]

Grate lesson.

[@flesruoYkcuFoGuoY]

Awesome video, I've been goofing with chords like these for a few years now. Just never got into the names and science behind how you make this chord that chord and such. I get the concept of inverting chords to voice them differently, I just don't know exactly what makes a chord an add9 chord, until this video! Thanks a lot man, subbed and I can't wait to get off work tonight so I can binge your other stuff!!

[@xjunkxyrdxdog89]

Since it sounds like you have a rudimentary understanding, you might benefit from "chord chemistry". It's a book for intermediate and advanced players to learn the "what and why" of the chords you already know *how* to play. www.amazon.com/dp/1585604909/ref=cm_sw_r_other_apa_i_D7OaEbJN97BT7