Every Chord You Should Learn in Order

Here's all the chords. Hope this helps. Oh, and to address the music theorists before they can challenge my greatness, yes, there are infinite chord inversions because you can just keep adding octaves. Boom! checkmate haters. Thanks for watching
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[@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.

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

[@spiderl0vr]

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[@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.

[@kkulmoon]

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]

@@kkulmoon 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!

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I do listen to those albums of course!

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[@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.

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[@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

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Your finger is the capo in bar cords

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

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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 ❤❤😂

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​@@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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[@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.

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im getting a (electric) guitar in about a week, i'll try to update my progress day one: just messing around, don't know any chords and i struggle with pressing on the strings a lil bit week one: [soon to come dw]

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I think spread and shell chords can add a unique sound as well

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11:22 pm bit hit me too hard I FELT that pain haha

[@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.

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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

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Stage 1: i think I've got it 😃 Stage 2: this lake seems like a good place to throw my guitar 😐

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I beg to differe on not being able yo move open chord shapes. You can move some of them. For example, move the C major shape up 2 frets and use it for a D. Sounds very cool and modern.

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That is not the spider walk son, that is just a finger exercise. The Spider Walk is a whole ‘nother ballgame.

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Hello, I’ve been playing guitar for 2 weeks now. I wanted to ask if u can recommend me a plan how I should practice. I have now learned the basic accords and can play a bit “Hey Joe by Hendrix” Could u give me please a tip how I can best use the 1 hour a day ?? Because sometimes it feels like iam playing around and it has no real use. Thanks 🙏🏻

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Cool video , I’m not a fan of calling 7th chords on guitar not without its drop 2 / drop 3 names . Cause it’s even more confusing when i was coming from piano to guitar but solid video 🥲 getting me to click .

[@ThomasGilmore-fi6gb]

It's actually possible to learn scale and chord theory in a few days. It's useful to know what's going on with the structures in the groups of notes. This can help to avoid the problem of looking at chords as a collection of memorized hand grips. Don't be apprehensive about learning theory separately and apart from the guitar. It's not that hard.

[@alexv426]

What’s the best way to learn it?

[@ThomasGilmore-fi6gb]

@alexv426 I believe that being systematic is important. Beginning with an understanding of the chromatic scale. Reciting A, A#, B, C, C#, D etc. as well as the descending A, Ab, G, Gb, F... until never losing track of natural 1/2 steps. Structures built from the available chromatic tones can start with major scales (any row of notes with 1/2 steps between the 3rd & 4th and 7th &8th degree) and progress to finding the basic (diatonic) chords i.e. 1,3,5 / 2,4,6, / 3,5,7 / 4,6,8. Understanding the spacing of chords tones in major, minor, diminished, augmented, and suspended triads (basic three note chords). After that 4 part chords (R,3,5,7) can have the spacing of each one measured and understood. It's not much more complicated than learning arithmetic (add, subtract, multiply, & devide). It wouldn't compare with the complexity of calculus or trigonometry!

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I still have arthritis from learning how to play Cavatina

[@teraferadis9877]

The first 7 chords are basically "House Of The Rising Sun"

[@johnhodgkins5078]

Any tips for getting your fingers into the community shaped Barre chord?

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#6 Power Chords! 🤔 🥳