5 Chord Tricks that Change Everything (PERMANENTLY!)

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[@milceaperrucho7717]

Very nice lesson.

[@VGlover007]

I've been checking your content out for a while now. My playing is on another level because of it. Thanks buddy and take care

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Got it... I'm getting through my lessons. I'm not quite there yet. Love it!

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[@ianmcevoy9936]

Great lesson,you always make it fun,cheers.

[@smashingpot5737]

It was really very helpful and was able to follow logically..This lesson will definitely enhance the scope to explore more on chord progression creatively..Thank you Sir .

[@TippyI]

Very sweet playing on the fourth lick. Like you’re approach

[@chadharland7700]

great lesson, i am currently learning inversions an this was very informative. And helped make better sense of what to think about and how to incorperate this into playing more interesting chords! Thanks

[@myjames48]

That sound is amazing. Are you using pedals or sound banks?

[@thetomfair]

Great lesson, thank you...what are you basing the fills on in the fourth exercise? Scales from the key in question or individual notes from the chords? Thank you again!

[@iggydiaz7856]

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[@thepublicimage660]

This was a very deep quick lesson. Thank You.

[@foesfly3047]

Wow, this intro piece was sooo good. And several specific chops throughout were downright stellar in my opinion!

[@Salsainglesa]

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[@tr3sidential]

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[@EclecticEssentric]

I always appreciate all that you teach. Thank you very much!

[@mikew7694]

Andrew, your intros inspire me to keep at it. Thanks for all you do!!

[@cryptoskywalker6000]

A good example of this is in the rather notorious (so notorious, I almost hate to bring it up) Stairway to Heaven. Jimmy walks his bass tone (played on the D string, or 4th string) right down the neck, from the 7th fret down to the 3rd fret, while also playing a little melody on the high E. Jimmy was quite genius at taking really basic rock/blues stuff, and making it sound spectacular, just by using little tricks like these. And then of course, he absolutely lights up the solo by adding the Minor 6th. A note not generally played in blues solos. Certainly not accentuated, anyway. If ever used, it's generally as a passing note. But Jimmy nails the hell out of it, and really punches you in the brain. And then you see that F tone show up repeatedly throughout the song, giving the listener almost another Root to call home. Another interesting use of chord voicings in the song is in the bridge of the song, if you want to call it that (there are so many sections, it's difficult to really pigeonhole them) where he simply plays an ordinary open Am7, then open Am, followed by a unusual open G voicing, followed by a simple open D, followed by another open G voicing. Why does it sound so amazing? Those unusual open G voicings just trick it out. And then he plays the Em, D, C Triads on the bottom 3 strings, and the result is iconic. It's really simple as hell. But had he played the whole section straight, with ordinary open chords, it would have sounded lame as @#$&, by comparison. Just tweaking it a little though, and giving some thought to his voicings, he created the greatest Rock Anthem in human history, and arguably the greatest Rock song in human history. And we're not talking Knopfler level trickery either. Jimmy's concepts are not overly complicated. They are actually pretty basic. But just enough to really make the song sing. It's always good in my opinion to not cheat by playing the generic version of many songs, which are often notated as a series of basic open chords. If one listens to the album, that's not usually what you hear. Especially in the iconic 70's stuff. There are usually mostly 3 string chords, with maybe an additional bass or high note thrown in. With the exception of a few artists (Bob Dylan maybe) it's often different chord voicings that really make a song pop. Even if they didn't write it that way, by the time it got through studio production, it was usually not a bunch of strummed open chords. Very little strum, strum, strumming. And very few Ordinary open chords. You see a lot of guys that have been playing for decades, and they are still mediocre guitarists, because they are addicted to the strum, strum, strumming of open chords. That's fine if that's actually how the song is played. But if not, it's a nice exercise to try to learn the more complicated version. It can be frustrating at first, but it's extremely rewarding.

[@briankelly5432]

coyote mangan Yeah. So. Doesn't Malcolm young do a lot with just basic. Chords In a similar way. Or is that with just volume speed and Muting. But. No. He's prob. Lots of ordinary. With some good subtle changes Rounding it out.

[@daillman863]

Great instruction man keep it coming

[@thomcalhoun6949]

Great tutorial! Cheers! 😊

[@XLBiker13]

Really beautiful playing and great ideas. It would be so useful if you incorporated the ideas into an entire composition and provided a backing track to play along to so that we can put all of this into action. Learning your opening composition or a variation involving all of these ideas and playing along to a backing track would make all the difference. I'd pay for that because it gives these ideas context. That is why I subscribe to Active Melody. You should do something more like that channel. Your playing and ideas are beautiful.

[@accentontheoff]

Fantastic thanks, especially that last trick. Btw, do you do song tutorials, you know, harmonically tasty songs. That would be very cool, add an extra dimension.

[@benpuss]

Great content... is your guitar in tune though?

[@ParaBellum2024]

No, it isn't.

[@jacobus44]

great lessons jack 63 years old

[@izielpiton9206]

Hi mister! The solo you played at the beginning , can you make it available to learn

[@jerrysanders9101]

Iziel Piton he was likely just freestyling Jamming out.. just study his work.. but I was thinking same I’d love to see it in slow mo haha

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@@jerrysanders9101 this is the type of skill I am looking for. I will buy it.

[@lylewilliams1371]

Thank you!

[@levigoldsteinbergowitz7391]

Solid fretwork in the intro bro

[@eug_rock]

I didnt understand why Bm and Em substitute G and F#m.

[@shelisasimmonds817]

Fun!

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[@mmhutchinson]

I dislike his approach it’s more memorization not theory of intervals and cool chord progressions. I just see a slow jazzy blues sad ass guitar teacher. Hmmm if that is what you need then by all means go for it. I love blues but to much is repetitive just like heavy metal and county or any other style. Even his funky notes are bluesy. OMG teacher show us something useful or explain why it sounds bluesy Jew know