Decoding CHORD SYMBOLS for GUITAR

[@bernal_music]

I have finally understood the difference between 9 and add9. Thanks a million! I love this channel, there's a soothing quality to these friendly and calm explanations

[@bert_b13]

I need to tab every one of these and repeat every day until I can do it from memory. How to make every chord in one video is an amazing resource.

[@frankmoore1644]

I enjoyed this and found it very useful. Thank you. I’ll look for your tutorial on chord inversions - I think you referenced it during this video. I’ve been playing around with moving from the diminished shape to the seventh chord by moving one of the four notes… and I’m guessing I can also find the minor seventh form same positions. Seeing all of these shapes and understanding they are moveable chord shapes is helping me understand the fret board and chord quality - hearing the differences between these three and four note chords. I’d love to see more videos along these lines. Thanks again!

[@EricWestphal]

This is one of the most approachable explanations I've seen for spelling out chords--thank you! For the G6/9--was your replacing the 5 with the 6 rather than adding the 6 (making it a 5-part chord) a fingering option? If you were playing G6, in other words, would you be playing G B D E, or G B E?

[@AdamLevyGuitar]

It depends on the context (style, tempo, other instruments, etc.). I often leave out the 5th of chords in a jazz combo. They sometimes make the chord feel to weighty - and it's one more finger to plant and then move.