Guitar Chord Tones - Know what you're playing!

[@derrickmickle5491]

This is gold: "Let it be hard, the harder it is for you and the slower it is for you, the more you're gaining from it... When we don't look for shortcuts; when we don't take shortcuts and look things up all the time; when we take this longer process that takes more patience and that's annoying and it's frustrating and hard to do and we wish we were better...that's when it really sticks. That's when we get long-term knowledge. That's when we get stuff that just seems obvious to us because we've done it enough and lived it."

[@mariomarcoustic7899]

What an unbelievable good teacher. After following so many other KZbin teachers I'm so glad that I found Jared. Mindblowing

[@Guitar4LifeYa]

Love love love your channel Jared, so well taught! I believe the chord is E minor 7 flat 5 Root, b3, b5 and b7 Thanks for teaching such great material!

[@jonhart-dj7fn]

i just watched the entire lesson excellent test .. if the E is the root (tonic) the perfect fifth is flattened( Bb on the A string) ..if I understand this is likely an Eb5/7 diminished triad with the (3rd flat being the root the tonic (open E string is muted) second A string first fret is the b5 ( no longer a perfect fifth hence it's a diminished asus/and the funny test is the b string is a D in terms of being diminished 7th.. if you mentioned octaves you have the open E strings and the D string second fret is an E note .. interesting test..not sure if i passed but this is fun!

[@joemama273]

This lesson is exactly what I had been looking for Thank you so much. To anyone struggling to put this together (as i did) I'd recommend putting on a backing track of just one chord and practicing on 2 different strings each time until you feel confident and then changing the chord, making it more tricky, adding 7ths and moving it up or down and then start again.

[@huntintrailmetals9343]

It has taken me days to understand this sitting in my room for literally 2weeks to comprehend what you are doing but finally got it and it feels amazing! Thanks for your help

[@BlueFritzie]

This is a great series, I've got a young guitarist in my neighborhood I'm trying to help out and this series will help me explain lots of things to him, thanks Jared.

[@soundguitar]

That's so awesome! thanks for sharing!! :) -Jared

[@joenemeth6910]

Thanks!

[@soundguitar]

Thanks so much!! :)

[@jonhart-dj7fn]

you explain/teach chord tones well.. I knew chord tones but like reviewing all your basic lessons..still a lot of take a ways now that you mentioned it here.

[@lucamura8362]

Jared , i can't thank you enough for the series. So well explained it's a pleasure to listen to you. Mille grazie from Italy!

[@soundguitar]

I'm so glad you're liking the series! Thanks for watching and for the positive feedback :) ~~ Jared

[@israel_ns]

This series is amazing. Exactly what I've looking for so long. Thank you.

[@soundguitar]

Glad to hear it!

[@glynnp42]

Started studying classical guitar over 40 years ago. Now that I'm studying jazz guitar (my Achilles heel) I realized a few months ago that understanding intervals and how to see them on the fingerboard is one of the most important things to learn. I learned as a kid how to play I-IV-V blues (because everyone jammed to it) and so knew where to find them on the 6th and 5th strings, but never took it to the next level. THIS is vital to learn. Great job Jared on putting this out there...in multiple lessons.

[@lewiswarne9127]

love the learning philosophy and growth mindset

[@soundguitar]

Glad to hear it. Thanks, Lewis!

[@argentnomad]

This series is fantastic, I'm so glad I found it. I've hit exactly that wall you were talking about, in that I can play things that I learn decently enough but I don't know *why* I'm playing, or why it sounds the way it sounds. I've been looking for just this kind of instruction.

[@barrycoulter6951]

This is excellent! Thx! Needed this series..

[@soundguitar]

I'm glad it helped!

[@danikparisien3268]

Wow your videos is exactly what I was looking for. Back at learning guitar, I decided to go to square one. But instead of playing guitar I want to play music using the guitar. With your blog I believe I have found an order of videos that will allow me to understand and practice better. Thank you for that Oh and the quiz answers although already answered I wanted to figure it out anyway. Happy I did understand even thought its taking me some time to find all of them b5, b3, b7,1.

[@soundguitar]

"instead of playing guitar I want to play music using the guitar" - I LOVE this!! Right one! This is exactly how I feel about playing guitar and I'm glad you're approaching it this way :) totally, that's the correct answer for the chord. nice! :) Cheers! -Jared

[@TruthGuitar]

Wonderful intro man! Great Lesson!

[@soundguitar]

Thank you kindly!

[@MarkNealJr]

This is an awesome lesson! I could not see how it was b7, but then I remembered that from the 3rd to 2nd string it's a different shape for a whole step. I kept thinking it was just 7. Thank you for the lesson.

[@soundguitar]

Glad it was helpful! :)

[@TimHolman]

Great video! Very essential information. 👌🎸

[@soundguitar]

Thanks so much, Tim! Great channel and vids! Very inspiring. I appreciate what you're doing. Thanks for reaching out.

[@KBorham]

Homework Challenge I’m all-in for this series; it’s connecting many dots and filling in the blanks. Much easier than transcribing into notes then into interval names. I don’t need to create charts and write out spellings, just grabbed my guitar. Thank you for a hard and challenging quiz. X b5 1 b3 b7 1

[@KBorham]

Ha, four months later, I arrive at the same answer: x b5 1 b3 b7 1, but it was easier this time. I recognized the sound of this cord immediately, its used in CSN's "Lady of the Island". Thank you for providing awesome lessons, your teaching style is inspiring, and its starting to stick.

[@percyvolnar8010]

Are you still in Seattle, Jared?

[@almondbutterboy703]

I'm reading from the comments that this is a Diminished chord...? I have no idea what they are! will this be covered further in the series? Really only familiar with Major and Minor, Many thanks!

[@okksfame]

This is so good 😢

[@JackNyx-k9t]

Love your videos

[@soundguitar]

Cheers, thanks! :)

[@vonschmaal3247]

This is so so nice lessons, love you`re approach.

[@soundguitar]

Thanks!

[@masterbuilder3166]

Jered . I hope this is right . Starting from the lowest note we have a flat 5, then the 1 you gave, to a flat 3rd, to a flat 7 and lastly a 2. Hope to hear back from you

[@StefanGBucher]

So, so useful! Thank you!

[@crashercrusher]

Once this clicked in my head, I cried.

[@soundguitar]

Amazing! I'm glad it clicked! 😭

[@DHEERAJSL]

very essential lessons....looking for more....thanku

[@soundguitar]

cheers!

[@Vito_Tuxedo]

Homework: X, b5, 1, b3, b7, 1. This is fun! 😎

[@soundguitar]

Chord Quiz Challenge: Can you name the correct chord tones at 15:41?

[@larrywoods7050]

b5, b3,b7,1

[@ewanbirtwell530]

It’s a minor7b5 chord numbered b5,1,b3,b7,1

[@susantananda2204]

Hi I had been through the tutorial still not getting how the notes are related to Chord understanding. Is there any other video of yours I can understand.

[@tuna22lm]

I sort of feel like giving up and just learning some chords to play, at 70 it might be to difficult for me to understand.

[@michaelcraig9449]

So which is the first ones before this one? What is the name of it

[@soundguitar]

Here's the full series playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLho65cYn4nF1FXo8IWbKUb9_k0pMhgbtr

[@GRJ-uz7kf]

Yes, never apologize for getting the basics. Tommy Emmanual makes the point that "skill" precedes "music." Learn the skills (knowledge) and the music will come.

[@soundguitar]

nice quote! Thanks :)

[@edgarmartinez7759]

I think the chord is an Em7b5. The root is E, it has a minor 3rd, dominant 7 and a flat 5th. am I right?

[@soundguitar]

Correct!! nice :)

[@dariansingh9855]

Could you please walk me through answer for the chord tone challenge 🙏 😭I’m so confused?

[@soundguitar]

It's a half-diminished chord. it has a 1, b3, b5, and b7.

[@blazemoyer]

I got it totally wrong. I got the 1st as E (the root) 2nd as F#. 3rd as G#, 4th as A, 5th as B, 6th as C#, 7th as D#, 7th as E. Guess I'll review the video again.

[@kevinnichols525]

B5, R, open B, B7, open E

[@seboga]

Em7b5? Why dont we play the open 6th string? Its 1 (E)

[@Guitar4LifeYa]

You could play that low E string but what I have learned recently is sometimes the more notes you play may not be the sound you want. It’s very relative and personal. It’s ok if you want to play the low E and it’s ok if you don’t want to either. It’s what YOU want it to sound like. Ariel Posen and Paul Davids talk about this a great deal in a recent video about triads, you should check it out. It cleared that issue up for me.

[@jamesnicholson9392]

THE 5 ALWAYS SITS ABOVE THE ROOT, MAKING THE NOTE LOWEST TO THE BOTTOM OF THE FRET BOARD THE THIRD BY ELIMINATING...JAMES SCOTT NICHOLSON ,ONTARIO, CANADA 🇨🇦

[@tuna22lm]

You have to remember that not everyone learns at the same level and speed. This seems like it should be heard to more advanced people who maybe studied music theory I think because I am just not getting it and I have watched the previous videos a few times some where along the line I am getting lost and not connecting the dots, something.

[@mikegaurnier]

So, yeah, same guy who mentioned that the string intervals are 5, 5, 5, 4, 5. So the chord diagram at the end is: b5, R, b3, b7, R. It's an Em7b5 rooted on the 4th string. You might wonder why I watch videos like this if I have this knowledge. Well, I'm not a trained musician, so I pick up greater understanding of music, not theory, from watching these. Thanks for your efforts to help us be better musicians.

[@cyrusgitonga7984]

These are the questions that many guitarists won't answer. Where the root is. It will stick the more where you didn't have to cram the 'terrible' shapes.

[@lukepower1418]

i got 5b-1-3b-6-1 is that right?

[@soundguitar]

SO CLOSE! :) Everything is right except for 6. Adjust for that and you'll have it! You're obviously thinking of it in the right way, I think you just got slightly off with placing the 2nd string note and where it is in relation to the root. -Jared

[@lukepower1418]

@@soundguitar yea just check again the its 7b right?

[@soundguitar]

@@lukepower1418 Yep you got it! Nice :)

[@tuna22lm]

I do not get this at all, going way to fast for me at least, I can't really see where your left hand fingers are landing on what string.

[@Uglybuttfiend]

Yeah, too deep for me as well, gonna search for some others that hopefully explain it to me like I'm 5.

[@tuna22lm]

I think this particular lesson needs to be done again at a slower speed and explain how you come up with these numbers but explained it a way that makes it easier to understand, just my opinion.

[@rreyes3000]

Em7b5 i believe

[@soundguitar]

Star student! ⭐️ haha, nice, that's correct. Follow up challenge: what would it be if the root was G?

[@rreyes3000]

@@soundguitar is that a trick question? Lol. I think a Gm6 with Bb in the bass. Could be wrong

[@soundguitar]

@@rreyes3000 Nope not a trick! Just secondary question since you got it right. :) Yep, exactly. Half-diminished and minor 6 could be seen as inversions of each other since they include exactly the same notes. nice!

[@soundguitar]

@@rreyes3000 Alright, just one more for fun :) What if F# was the root?

[@rreyes3000]

@@soundguitar ugh. I’m getting a brain cramp. I’m really guessing here-F# aug7? (F#, A#, D,E). The D threw me off. I can sorta figure them out if I take my time. I mentally freeze up on a one-to-one lesson in person when I’m asked to identify chords. Same when performing. I can play a piece but when the teacher is watching you’d think I am playing a song that is too challenging for me. Very embarrassing.

[@garrycole8909]

I am guessing this is Edim b7.

[@vincejo]

b5 - 1 - b3 - b7 - 1... Em7(b5) ?

[@soundguitar]

Niiiiice, that's right! :)

[@garynboschdc]

Six: not played Five: b5 Four: Root Three: b3 Two: b7 One: Root

[@soundguitar]

Nice, Gary! Right on

[@TheFineVEVO]

7:45 lmaoo

[@soundguitar]

haha😂

[@jimkolberg9500]

X - b5 - 1 - b3 - b7 - 1

[@JibRealtalk]

wow that was tough X b5 1 b3 b7 1

[@minhdung2492]

b5 - 1 - b3 - b7 - 1

[@mrtoast244]

flat 5, R, flat 3, flat 7, R? That's too weird lol, unless I counted wrong edit: at first I thought it was flat 5, R, flat 5, flat 6, flat 7, but I forgot to count one step

[@tuna22lm]

I am completely lost now. Going a little bit to fast for me to comprehend, sorry I am not getting it at all.

[@eoinmccrossan1486]

b5 1 b3 b7 1

[@soundguitar]

nailed it! :)

[@fu2201]

what

[@petersplim]

A little too fast and too much for 1 lesson 😪

[@dieumemejacquet8683]

You watched his other lessons before this? This is lesson 3 which is part of a series