How to play 7th Chords on Guitar

[@mikeburtonphillipson5900]

Comprehensive, detailed and concise.. this is THE DEFINITIVE guide to 7th Chords.. how can this content be free? It's worth an annual subscription to your Patreon for this lesson alone!.. Top work as always

[@SpedSpedding]

Thank you Mike! Obviously love this comment. Glad you’re getting so much from all the videos I put out. Hi to the dogs. 🐕

[@HFox-qh7jj]

Thank you so much for your lessons. Your teaching is in perfect pace. Slow enough to follow with my slowly brain, but also fast enough so I don’t need to skip forward. And thank you for not explaining, wich string, fret, finger I should press.

[@ivanarellano3247]

Hey Sped! You should do a lesson on “San Francisco” that Led Zeppelin plays during the dazed and confused performance at MSG 1973. I’ve tried figuring it out by myself but I just can’t get close. Thanks for all the great content!🤙

[@thearkhamhero11]

Big yes

[@ivanarellano3247]

@@thearkhamhero11 so much emotion in that part.

[@runninglunatic1208]

I second this, it's my fav part of the live performance. It's short and sweet.

[@mikegacek9182]

it called the beggining of achillies

[@ivanarellano3247]

@@mikegacek9182 It sounds kind of like it but it’s definitely not the same bro

[@aquilarossa5191]

I've been playing for 35 years and I still get confused about this stuff. I have lost count of how many times I have learned it. Use it or lose it kind of thing. Happy new year and congrats on 50k subs.

[@SpedSpedding]

Thank you! If you spend a long enough session studying it, applying it and even discussing it with other musical friends it will sink in. Think about things you do that you’ll never forget and then ask yourself why you’ll never forget them. Then apply that to new stuff. 🙌🏻

[@SteveJones379]

Root to 7th stuff sounds like the beginning of Steely Dan "Josie". Thanks Sped!

[@SpedSpedding]

You're welcome Steve. Yeah you're right, just picked up the axe and it goes from E to the Minor7th then back a semitone to the Maj6th. Cool little riff.

[@musictheoryexcel7578]

Sped, Thank you. Your educational videos are amazing

[@SpedSpedding]

Thank you so much! Means a lot. 🙏🏻

[@user-zb4ss5ze5s]

That's gonna be a nice evening. Just me, my guitar and that lovely lesson of yours.

[@SpedSpedding]

Sounds like a dream. I might join you, oh wait… 🍻

[@KeyserTheRedBeard]

fantastic content Sped Spedding. I crushed that thumbs up on your video. Keep up the terrific work.

[@SpedSpedding]

Thanks you! Just got off the phone with KZbin, they're sending me a new like button for you to crush on the next video! 😂

[@TheZayne34]

Sped I am now your 113rd Patreon supporter. CHEERS! It was not a lightbulb moment Sped, It was in the simple counting up notes by 7(and variations of a particular chord) which gives us the interesting, jazzy (in most cases) chords. It will take work , but you gave me a platform to jump in with! Edit: Yup, Sped was right. This is tougher than I thought man.I really wish I learned more theory at the beginning of my journey thru the guitar learning curve.

[@KitWN]

Welcome to the Sped's patron's gang. The trick isn't learning something complicated, it's discovering the simplicity in something that you USED to think was complicated.

[@SpedSpedding]

YES! Thank you for making your way over, promise you won't regret it. Definitely take your time with new concepts like this, it's better to fully understand them before running off with a load of shapes and no context.

[@TheZayne34]

@@KitWN I thank you ! glad to be on Sped`s page....he is the coolest of people!

[@TheZayne34]

@@SpedSpedding yes Sped, I do tend to leave the nest and fly with an idea or new technique or piece of theory before I am certain of where it will shine.

[@StealthParrot]

I already know 7 chords. But I am on Patreon so now I can get 7 pdf's. Oh, you said 7th. Great lesson Sped.

[@SpedSpedding]

Haha, imagine if there was only 7 chords. 😂

[@KitWN]

@@SpedSpedding Plenty of people making music who don't even know that many!

[@stratman9449]

i was watching your lesson peacefully...and then all of a sudden....somewhere in the middle....you started to "hussle" me......now i'm all hussled......and out of wack....:-)

[@SpedSpedding]

Enjoy the hussle. I’ll see you on the other side of it. 💪🏻😂

[@JonnyReturns]

Thanks Sped. Always enjoy your lessons. The way you break things down makes it a lot easier to grasp

[@SpedSpedding]

Thank you Johnny! Stoked that you liked this addition to the Theory playlist. Did the video freeze at the end for you? Been in touch with KZbin trying to get them to fix it.

[@JonnyReturns]

@@SpedSpedding it did yeah. I thought it was just my internet haha.

[@SpedSpedding]

@@JonnyReturns NOPE. I will message them again, really wouldn't want to have to upload it again. I guess it was only my final thoughts but still, annoying.

[@JonnyReturns]

@@SpedSpedding but that’s where all the wit, charm and best jokes are located. It’s important!

[@paulmcdonough4260]

Nice accompaniment to the harmonizing the C maj scale!

[@SpedSpedding]

Yeah it’s the next step. I often find people know the shapes and names but have no idea what’s going on within the shape.

[@paulmcdonough4260]

Yeah, I love how this way of thinking ties together scales, chords and arpeggios

[@KitWN]

Well I thought I understood what a 7th was and now I REALLY understand what a 7th is. Another butt-numbingly brilliant lesson. The annotated TAB is a very useful complement to the video.

[@SpedSpedding]

Thanks Kit! Glad you enjoyed this one. I’m trying to get everything I know off my chest, we’re gonna be here a while. 😂😂

[@TommySG1]

Thanks Sped, great lesson, really. 🤙

[@SpedSpedding]

Thank you Thomas! Glad you liked it. 💪🏻🍻

[@helicoptera75]

Great lesson, i too have a LP Standard Mahogany Top LE... great guitar..

[@timetraveler8777]

Hey Sped! Very useful this video

[@SpedSpedding]

Hey! That’s great, some new stuff in there for you?

[@xeon8244]

Just finished learning your ten years gone and those maj 7 chords were pretty af, psyched for your lesson homie

[@SpedSpedding]

Ah yeah they creep up a few times in there don't they. Glad you enjoyed that song tutorial. This lesson just covers what they are and how they're constructed.

[@xeon8244]

@@SpedSpedding Thanks for all your lessons my friend.

[@radiomindchatter7994]

I like your subtle humor man..

[@SpedSpedding]

Thank you! 🙌🏻

[@robrippen]

Nice lesson, very well done. You've made a concept that might confuse some & demonstrated in such a way as to simplify it. Everything is more easily understood in C.... This lesson made me decide to subscribe & went to hit that subscribe button but I was already subscribed.... so come on...lol I suppose Patron is the next consideration!

[@SpedSpedding]

Haha, thanks! I will leave that in your hands. Maybe see you on the other side of the orange fence!

[@TheZayne34]

This was an eye opener for me Sped. I felt out of my depth at first , but by video`s end, I had landed on my feet firmly. You are an excellent teacher, and a good mate to me as well. What the video really did for me was to look at writing in a new and interesting way. As always, Cheers ,my good man! By the way....what is the new tattoo?

[@SpedSpedding]

Ah thank you my friend. When I hear comments like this I am so happy; what was the lightbulb moment here? The new tattoo is Slash from November Rain outside the church.

[@dommccaffry3802]

Any relation to chris spedding ?

[@stratman9449]

and now i feel half diminished flat fived (suspended) in a minor way....sort of.....

[@MusicMotivator]

36.4k subs is a crime against nature and humanity. But it's ok 36.4k of us can receive some of the best guitar educational videos out there. ( The others will come :)

[@SpedSpedding]

Thank you! 36.4k strong. I feel like things will pick up now I'm focusing more on educational and original stuff. The channel has been a mixed bag over the years.

[@johnnyboo8243]

I'm going to sleep. but i'll be back

[@SpedSpedding]

Only the bravest of rockers sleep on 7th chords mate. Good luck!

[@mathisjegeni2852]

FIRST HERE BABY

[@SpedSpedding]

YEAAAAAAH BABY! You get a lot of love for that kinda energy.

[@mikegacek9182]

achillies.