Every Chord You Should Learn in Order

[@soysaucetrauma]

Your style of explaining guitar things doesn't make me want to take a bath with a toaster like theory normally does, so thank you!

[@fullcirc1e]

Yea this is perfect

[@chuckthedog6725]

Haha

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[@hakkilm]

Fr the first theory video where im not suicidal at all

[@rodlayne8527]

Shocking. Positively shocking. 😂😂😂

[@maitreyamanasvin2494]

Wasn't able to do barre chord for months. Found this random tip online that suggested I should move my thumb down and not wrap it around the neck. Instant success. It was so unbelievable that I couldn't stop smiling.

[@woroGaming]

I've had classical guitar lessons, the first thing they teach you is that you should be able to stick a pencil between your palm and the neck. Don't put your palm flat on the back of the neck (making it easy and natural to wrap your thumb around it) like a baseball bat. It frees up a lot of space.

[@dan_kay]

If you're not Jimmie Hendrix, don't wrap your thumb around the neck. It limits the range of your fingers significantly.

[@s3ptembersun]

thanks for the tip, i’ll try it :D

[@tickleman127]

i can't stop smiling at this comment. humans are so cute 👽

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😂❤😊

[@Kay-fs6vh]

This was exactly what I needed to finally grasp chords. Thank you!!

[@kevinnickens]

Thank you!

[@digitalcoin333]

Man this is the only guitar channel that has worked for me and I just started taking lessons as well cause I need the accountability and I struggle learning songs by video My favorite guitar channel hands down

[@kevinnickens]

Thanks! I appreciate it

[@mikga45]

Great teacher.

[@sirajpatel1332]

You have such a unique way of explaining high level things very simply. As i begin to get a better grasp on the fundamentals, i struggle to understand the full utility of caged/pentatonic/majmin scales despite knowing how to play all C caged scales for example. Id love to see a longer vid on bigger picture focus for scales and how they relate to other concepts on the guitar and how/why we use them. Much love Kevin, you've already helped tremendously thus far.

[@kevinnickens]

Working on it! Thanks for watching!

[@Mendelevius]

For anyone fighting barre chorrds, thinking you wont be able to do it. I required a ton of strength when practicing. After a few weeks it became more about technique, and I barely require much strength at all now to create them. Keep practicing.

[@tkalsnv]

thank you 🙏 im currently 3 weeks into learning guitar (i already knew some chords but not really theory) and barre chords hurt so bad 😢

[@Mendelevius]

@@tkalsnv Yes! Keep going! I wish more muse-tubers shared their journeys with their fans, because Id love to hear how long it took for them to be comfortable enough to teach etc. But really, barre chords are purely technique and muscle memory just like the rest of them. You'll get it.

[@SexyCatluvr]

Also, start learning barre cords in the middle of the fretboard, rather than the first few as it should be easier with less tension in the middle

[@whatifschrodingersboxwasacofin]

@@SexyCatluvrTHIS! And also the frets are closer together so fingers 3 and 4 fit more naturally with less stretch required. Way, WAY easier to get clear.

[@whatifschrodingersboxwasacofin]

@@Mendeleviusexcellent advice - took a few weeks, but now barre chords are non-issues and don’t hurt. Muscle memory is everything when moving them!

[@ShallowBayXI]

You're literally the only teacher I can watch. I've been trying to learn guitar off and on for year but keep losing track. I love how you have the levels laid out, and just appreciate the way you teach and structure the content so much.

[@naitkaet]

sax player here, playing guitar since almost 1 year now, i understand a lot of music theory, and this just got added to my guitar knowledge now! it made a lot of sense for me, thank you a lot :)

[@betterl8thannvr]

I keep rewatching your videos cause they just make so much more sense than anyone else.

[@jakebufton9930]

Just spent the morning watching a whole bunch of guitar videos as I start to get back into it. This is by far one of the best - good stuff man. 'CAGED system made easy' is also a great one.

[@PeterOeC]

Holy smokes man! 🤯 Thank you for explaining this! I found it so hard to understand how chords relate - and I just tried to learn them all... But it's impossible without a system in place. You've made the system visible for me now! Thank you! ❤ Gotta go home and practice!

[@yoyoflair]

Earned my sub with that pun for #5, absolutely LEGENDARY use of the song!

[@isaiasmunoz8993]

It’s crazy that barre chords were the first thing I learned. I saw a video that the guy explained when barring you obviously push your finger down. But he also stated to pull the neck slightly towards you with your barring finger. And that is what did it for me

[@GodsStoryteller]

"... that David played, to please the Lord." ❤ One of your videos was the first video, i clicked on, when i started out to learn, in about a month ago. And you were the first i subscribed to. I'm back today, and i very much gained from your opening intro to Barre chords (which was among my topics to learn on KZbin today. I appreciate your teaching skill. God bless you.

[@cincinnatipedalsteel4347]

The moral of the story is learn your intervals. Knowing what the 7th,9th,11th,13th, etc is so helpful to become a better musician. Btw guitar puberty… I love it. As a pedal steel player primarily we most always play broken or partial chords. When you do this the same partial chord can be used over many chords. Great video man.

[@shubham5403sr]

This is honestly the best guitar theory crash course out there. No BS. Loved it 😀👍

[@chessyhappysushi]

pause. if you listen to the albums on the wall (and i guess you do) you are truly wonderful and i feel very at ease on this channel.

[@kevinnickens]

I do listen to those albums of course!

[@mr.funnyman9765]

You going through all of the different D chord inversions just blew my damn mind dude. This is exactly what I've been looking for.

[@cambo1k826]

This may help a lot of people watching also. Bar chords “shapes” in theory, will all ways be represented by the exact string they’re on so E shapes for E strings, A shapes for A strings, D shapes for D strings… that alone is half the battle learn your strings and caged system. Thanks Kevin

[@c-fink]

I needed this video so much! I had no clue it was this easy! Now its time to put in work

[@KingShaka_daGreat]

This is exactly what I've been looking for🙌🏾

[@activflow87percentslowed]

hey Kevin. You are really incredible. You explain stuff soooooooo well. I always had a struggle with knowing in what order I should learn how to play guitar and your channel does that PERFECTLY! Thanks

[@philbrook6855]

Thanks Nick! I've seen movable chords vids but with little explanation why they're important, nor as fast as this one. Keep them coming, please!

[@CooperCriswell-p4t]

This guy deserves way more views and subscribers!

[@Derdzerk]

Thank you for providing a great level of depth, without going to deep 😂 as an intermediate im going to watch this daily, chords on guitar it’s own complete beast

[@rockhuerta]

The D major to C major smooth transition.........a rite of passage

[@KylaGrace]

Thank you for not explaining this like a geometry lesson. Now I finally feel like I'm getting somewhere.

[@frozenpigsthatfly798]

you're helping me out a ton man, ty for creating these videos for us

[@MdSteel7]

Amazing video. Thanks from Italy 🇮🇹

[@figtree.englsh]

It seems like a lot of people got a lot from this video. That’s great! Personally, I teach open 7th chords before barre chords. Also I teach dominant 7th, and m7b5 and diminished 7th chords. Even so, I think this is a great video

[@Waterbottles711]

Great work making this video. Incredibly clear yet concise. Very much appreciate you and subscribing!

[@Randomwildfacts14]

Am completely new to guitar and i almost have a girlfrien-.. i mean i improved really fast because of your videos. Just an excellent roadmap, keep up the work. ( i need stuff to impress people )

[@pedrocastro6124]

hey man great video! loved the david jk lol since this might be a start for beginners, I would have mentioned that "partial chords" are mostly triads. that concept could help beginners finding new information on the topic! cheers!

[@parkergreenwood108]

Best explanation I’ve seen laying out the pipeline for learning chords on guitar. Thank you for equipping us!!

[@corneliusmunayi780]

Thanks alot for the simplified version of learning chords.

[@alvinpaulmontealegre938]

Immediately subscribed, you are really good at teaching, I like your teaching as straight to the point and not beating around the bush, please do more of these tutorials, thanks for sharing your guitar knowledge.🙂

[@Bigboymanpro]

Great video exactly what I needed

[@CHARLESAUVET]

1:40 barre chords 4:25 seventh chords 5:47 partial chords 7:20 inversions/extensions

[@saraloking5993]

(11:22 PM on a Saturday night: you were cracking Dad jokes.) I started following your tutorials over six months ago, intending to stick with the program. Instead I started practicing the same eight chords, tried to learn songs that were often too hard for me (despite your good advice) and ended up setting the guitar aside for longer and longer periods, still only knowing eight chords and pieces of half a dozen songs. Finally, I set my guitar out on a stand, and it started calling to me. My fingers hurt while I re-establish my calluses, but this time I am going to stick the program, learn the theory, learn my scales, and become a guitarist.

[@stereoface]

Newly subscribed and you drop this absolute masterpiece for a beginner to watch. Working on level one now but I’m almost there

[@Aderonke_Ogunyemi]

Thank you! Your videos are so easy to follow and well structured.

[@loyaluwang4228]

Explained simply just what I needed

[@goodgirluwie3872]

You've explained very well. It makes me want to learn more. Thank you!

[@Slayer-ks1kk]

Man I have been watching alot of guitar tutorials trying to get a better grasp of this stuff and your video by far has been the most helpful please continue making these they're amazing and it's very helpful adding where to start and the next steps to take. Love it thanks alot

[@TheRightLeadership]

Thank you for the effort that you put to make this video. You helped me a lot

[@kevinnickens]

Glad it helped!

[@finefornow_]

This video was very well paced and explained. Great job.

[@UnitedStates_unofficial]

one thing he left out, is dominant 7 chords, that's basically where you take the major 7 but lower the 7th by a semitone (one fret) to make a jazzier and crunchier sounding chord (good for resolutions) don't wanna go too nerdy lol but that's about it.

[@cincinnatipedalsteel4347]

“There are no wrong notes… just dissonant sounding notes and pleasing sounding notes” I can’t remember who said this originally but my friend and mentor Paul Franklin told me this and it opened my eyes. I share this because of that infinite amount of chord extensions and partial chords.

[@efficacy2.089]

Wow😮I feel so much more educated. I am just learning whatever beginner songs available on KZbin at the moment.

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This is a beautiful video. We would love to learn more from your videos

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Great informative video thanks

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Your videos and explanations for each section is so damn helpful, thanks so much and the videos have been very useful.

[@brad361]

That was a truly awesome lesson.

[@kevinnickens]

Thanks Brad!

[@lucashs307]

Incrible content, man. You rock!🤙🏽

[@kevinnickens]

I appreciate that!

[@nathanaelmccooeye3204]

Also, maj7 or min7 are different from just 7 or dom7. The first two are one semitone down from the octave (the 7), while the latter are one semitone down from the 7, and are outside of the major scale. Jazzy.

[@krikrisuper8991]

Plz make new channel for didgeridoo tutorials

[@kevinnickens]

This is on my list of stuff to do

[@Jyewallace]

​@@kevinnickensif you do that start with the drone, circular breathing then move onto the sounds. If you teach a sound before the circular breathing do the dingo because that's the easiest one to transition into circular breathing when starting

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​@kevinnickens I'd also love to know how they incorporate animal noises. What the musical terminology?

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Thank you for explaining the high level career path👏👏

[@sh3blushp1nk]

This helped so much thank you😭🙏

[@Ryzasu]

Thanks this is so insightful and exactly what I needed

[@mahdiab6845]

ive been trying to find 4 barre chords for major7/mior7 chords, so that I just learn four shapes. Correct me if I'm wrong but e string major7 chords weren't barre chords. great video, thanks for all the hard work

[@suprajam3000]

Well done, nicely explained, easy to follow at a good speed

[@kevinnickens]

Thanks! I appreciate the comment about the speed of the video. I probably focus on the speed and pacing more than anything else so it’s cool to see you notice that

[@tobiaskobbernagel8728]

Thank you so much, I was kind of stuck in my journey, but this helped me! Just wish that I picked up the guitar before turning 28 😅 But.. it's never to late 🎉

[@Vexterium_R]

i love your jeff buckley reference at level 5 🙏

[@ThumperRick]

That was a good one

[@AlexArvedal]

Great video! Would love to see more about the partial chords!

[@elbertbracey7091]

Bro u explain so well u have my sub and i will be tuned in

[@jxsmin4394]

Thanks for this video! Very useful

[@Element0145]

Your finger is the capo in bar cords

[@kevinnickens]

That’s a great way to think about it

[@Falconryder]

Very cool. I just want to mention on the 6the string maj7 barre chord there's no reason to mute the 1st string, since it's just the root note, and the normal 5th can be played with pinky easily on the 5th string, so no need to mute that either if we're talking about full chords. Same thing with the min7, which is even easier since almost all notes can be played with a first finger barre across all strings. Muting those strings is fine as a personal choice in a given context, but pedagogically people should know all the notes available in a given position. My 2 cents.

[@HomeRunRealEstate-xi3rm]

God bless you Kevin

[@navyaagarwal6388]

the best video on chords

[@SAREL1963]

Barre Cords can helps a lot.But I love to use a Capo sometimes.That keep it easy and simple.I do use Barre cords in Church Worship music.Fast and easy to change the key for me.Thanks Bro ❤❤😂

[@koffiefilter]

I would love to see a followup video with your dad his progress on guitar 😊 Thanks for this video!!

[@McKenna.1230]

Another killer video!!

[@kevinnickens]

Thanks babe!

[@anitasseo]

I do things like that on Saturday nights. You are not alone.

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There's some goated knowledge in this one fr

[@MizukiTsukino-br9wu]

Bar chords are some kind of physical torture 😭

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Real

[@ADV26yt]

It was a nightmare for me 😅😅 now iam okay

[@mbrown6732]

Great video

[@Mitchell-vk4zy]

You should break your video into sections using that handy KZbin feature. Makes scanning the video wildly easier, motivating folks to watch more of your content.

[@greenwave792]

Wow, a lot of good stuff to digest here.

[@HmongMWCyclists]

Awesome lessons!!!! Level 4 is 100% true!!!

[@gnjprice]

Love watching and learning with you… Still going and hopefully one day, I x an actually play well.

[@DanielJesusreturn]

I'm at level 5 and i didn't even know it. Thank you

[@moonl1314]

This is the greatest video ever!!!

[@trevorgwelch7412]

Robin Trower uses many interesting melodic chords . Example Bluebird , Can't Wait Much Longer , Lady Love .... ✨🇫🇴🎸✨☀️

[@419]

One thing I learned was you can just move the first 7 basic chord shapes up a fret or two if you struggle with barre chords. They work similar to notes in scales in the sense that sometimes you'll move one fret, and other times two frets for it to sound good. There's a lot of chords, but there's only a few shapes to memorise. The hard part is getting the finger placement right which comes with practice. And my personal philosophy with music is it's all about rhythm. Rhythm is the only thing that matters. And another thing is "there are no bad notes", which I sort of agree with. Sometimes I like to use notes that sound completely off key just because they're weird. It's all subjective anyway and just what we've been conditioned to like, so breaking that mould slightly I think is a great way to invent something new. Really it's all just about practice though, like anything else.

[@FC-ly2zn]

Very good foundational video. Great job.

[@anthonyquinn3209]

simply put, great video.

[@kevinnickens]

Thanks!

[@josh.miller]

great video, I would highly recommend adding background music to your videos. Lofi, acoustic stuff, anything quiet.

[@kevinnickens]

Thanks! That’s a great idea, I’ve always found it trickier than it seems bc the playing portions of the video con conflict with the background music, but I definitely need to get more creative to find a way to implement background music

[@mnr146]

Well explained, thanks ❤️

[@bucketzakkdimetconn]

Great video! Where do Power Chords fit in?

[@firemonkey1015]

If you could, please do this same video style but with scales!! I’d love to see that since I’m trying to get more into lead.

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Is that picture behind you left of the red, yellow and black photo of the Brazilian singer Renato Russo?

[@SansW.D-ex9pn]

Bar codes might be hard but its still pretty easy

[@pizayyy]

😢 how to make it easy

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That was a good one man 😂😂😂 own that! 😄

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This was fun to watch

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That was a good one, keep your head up

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Music theory Goat 🎉🙌🔥

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It’s really useful!!

[@ey870]

No waffle - great lesson