How To Play EASY Guitar Chords That Sound Beautiful - Across The Entire Neck! (Key of D)

[@antoniocuervo306]

I've never seen such a clear , unforgettable , and understandable lesson . its the only lesson that has teach me how chords are shaped on the entire fretboard . amazing !

[@MOAB-UT]

Very great and super clear lesson. Most teachers will make this very simple concept seem very complex. By using one string to play the root note on, it is very easy to understand. I already knew this but it is a great reminder. When I was starting out, I wish I had been shown something like this. Those numbers used to be a big mystery to me. This is dead simple. His other lesson on using shapes on strings (not CAGED) to play one chord, in every location is also super helpful and easy to follow.

[@tuna22lm]

I just noticed that you could actually barre the three strings to play the D chord I never thought about that before.

[@stephenkim7277]

Explain how

[@oricerro]

​​​​​​@@stephenkim7277 On D major chord, You barre the e, B G, strings on the second fret, while playing the D string on air. You only change one fretted note, the D to a C# or Db. The rest of notes remain the same and you have the triad that conform the D chord. Technically, I think that It is a major 7th chord instead of a major chord.

[@hanswalraven4409]

Thanks Taylor for this lesson, brought with much patience. Look forward to the next one.

[@nathanieluy2989]

That was epic! My first all fret board play... Amazing!!

[@HankKetler]

loved it. Even though some may know these chords, it is a great lesson on how to actually use them.

[@jacktanbl]

TQ for such simple yet meaningful to connect chords & making sense of how they link… beautiful open chords too! Love it!

[@thomascastro2900]

Thank you so much. It's so helpful for me. 😄😄😄

[@lindahoskins4167]

Another really cool one! This is fun, thank you so much Taylor! 😊

[@MusicMatchr]

Thank you Linda!!!

[@NancyBruney]

You are an excellent teacher.

[@davidsholl5847]

Thank you Taylor you are awesome

[@MusicMatchr]

Thank you David! YOU ARE AWESOME!

[@Suzanne2909]

Thank you! Im learning a LOT from you, perfect explanation every time!

[@MusicMatchr]

Glad to hear it! Thank you so much for watching and for your support!

[@petemorrissnr]

Great lesson… It’s starting to make sense now. Patient explanation of the chord sequence. Thank you 👍

[@MusicMatchr]

Love to hear that it's making sense, thanks for watching!

[@johndsouza3440]

Nice wonderful method of teaching by showing chords on board keep it up God bless you

[@leonardharrison5086]

You made that so simple to understand ! Why can’t other teachers do the same ? Can you do that with other shapes ?

[@MusicMatchr]

Thank you and glad you enjoyed it! Feel free to suggest any shapes and/or topics you’d like to see in future videos!

[@dace62]

Thank you so much. Easily understood lesson and everything is making sense now.

[@AKATOKA]

Thank you so much. I recognized this pattern when I was learning how to play the guitar but didn't know what they were called until now. I had a eureka moment with this video. I noticed some other patterns using f up the fretboard. The d major is my favourite chord and is so easy to use. I play the ukelele too and noticed similar patterns too but nobody has explained this as thoroughly as you have. Thanks again

[@tangie9]

Wow this is great! Thank you Taylor!

[@MusicMatchr]

Glad you liked it!

[@gzackerman]

Great lesson! Thank you!!!

[@WilliamMartinez-lm1sk]

Hello, well explained it, great job, thank you. 🎼🎶🎹🎵🎸.

[@invisigoth777]

please, make more of these for other open shapes

[@hansenmarc]

He’s made similar videos for the A, E, and D open chord shapes.

[@hansenmarc]

3:53 (I) D major 4:43 (ii) e minor 7 5:16 (iii) f# minor add ♭13 5:47 (IV) G major 6:13 (V) A major add 11 6:28 (vi) b minor 7:03 (♭VII) C major add 9 7:41 (I) D major

[@douglascollins3335]

Fantastic lesson. You explain it very good. Thank you.

[@MusicMatchr]

Thank you! 😃

[@RonMartin-h8s]

That’s so smooth, thanks

[@MusicMatchr]

Thank you too!

[@jeanetteaurelio4207]

just subscribed, great lessons Mahalo

[@MusicMatchr]

Awesome, thank you!

[@fradoline]

That was so much fun! Thank you!

[@kanankumardas5475]

Excellent

[@MichaelHenderson-c6d]

Thanks for the ideas got anymore

[@michaellowe2559]

Thank you! Subscribed!

[@Video-zm8jd]

Thanks so much sir

[@randewademel5337]

Thank you, learned new stuff. Are there any other patterns, I have difficulty playing F major, any advice ?

[@dejgmh1]

Thank you❤

[@lancinglancer]

Thats great Taylor, thank you

[@MusicMatchr]

Thank you for watching! Glad it helped!

[@juliodefreitas157]

Thank you Taylor ❤❤

[@GuitarguyRichard56]

Subscribed Great content

[@MusicMatchr]

Thank you so much and glad you enjoyed this one!

[@gowrisankaraoboggavarapu6018]

Thank you sir

[@jamesshepherd7727]

Great lesson in doing the shapes and naming them. But you left out a very important item. Why it goes to a minor or major. If your lesson is specific to beginners which this seems to be they may not know this important part of theory. Need to add the MmmMMmd. This tells them why the first is a major and the second and third are minor and so forth. Without knowing this it would seem random in which chords are major and minor. Just a very important part of theory that needed explaining before you went through the chord progression

[@JohnPDX]

Great lesson. But I agree. The MmmMMmd pattern is an important concept. Also an explanation the 7th degree (C# diminished) could be added for completeness.

[@ColinHan-r6v]

this response applies exactly to me,hope someone might explain in detail how the major or minor chords are arranged . it is really confusing for a fresh beginner and i actually think when taylor showed a minor ,there is a major beside it ,but for some reason perhaps he ignored it!

[@jamesshepherd7727]

@@ColinHan-r6v its pretty easy to figure out which ones need to be major or minor. On his example in the key of D you would use the pattern of major minor minor major major minor diminished. He didn’t use a diminished in his example but this is music theory. At this level of learning keys on 3 string groups like E or A a little theory is important to know. By the way the pattern for minor keys is different than for major keys. It goes minor diminished major minor minor major major. So if you use the 3 strings for A minor you would use this pattern to find the major and minor chords. Once you learn this you can play chord progressions in any key you want. Hope this helps.

[@ColinHan-r6v]

thank you very much!i need more theory learning to fully understand u. it seems MmmMMmd is a circle arrangement,but i dont know why and the expression of "the pattern for minor keys" is difficult for me to understand.that means we use a minor note as key? just as tayler use d note as key in this video? @@jamesshepherd7727

[@jamesshepherd7727]

@@ColinHan-r6v right. If its a minor key it uses the different pattern. So D major uses one pattern to find the major/ minor chords and D minor uses the other pattern to find them.

[@sureshgs6538]

Pls show me your strumping also in the videos Thanks 🙏

[@RitchieCollins]

Can this be done on other strings / keys ?

[@fireside007]

Smoke’n!!

[@hgreen7541]

Great lesson! Im on the newer side. If i look at the basic open chords D is not in all of the chords. As you go up and down fret board you are playing open D in every chord. Is that Ok because you are in key of D? If you were in a different key would these not work?

[@MusicMatchr]

Hi! Yes in this case playing the open D works because everything is in the key of D. If you were in a different key or just didn’t want that open D in the chord, you could still use all these shapes but just strum 3 strings instead of 4 😎🤘🏻🎸

[@hgreen7541]

Thats makes sense. Really helpful!

[@ColinHan-r6v]

the 4th string is always pluckable? it seems G is not always included in the chords!

[@hansenmarc]

G is not in the standard (diatonic) triad chords. When you do add the g, you get some cool-sounding extended chords.

[@stevemurrayphotos]

I'm probably missing something here, but isn't the seventh chord of D major a C# diminished and not a C Major?

[@MusicMatchr]

Yes C#dim would be the “standard” 7 chord in the key of D, however you can alter that by flatting the seventh and making it a major chord. That variation can also work for any key!

[@thismichael]

He is playing the D Mixolydian scale... technically.

[@deltafour1212]

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[@HumbleIdeas]

There's a mistake in @13:06. The chord progression towards the root should go via C#dim not "C". The C chord is not existing in D key.

[@Greenjagsurf]

If it's c#dim does it change the way it's played or only in its name?

[@jonnysideshow]

​@Greenjagsurf it changes the way its played as well. Off the top of my head I can't remember the D shape diminished chord. I usually root that type of chord off the E or A string rooted chords.

[@Greenjagsurf]

​@@jonnysideshow I have a lot to learn. Thanks for the reply. I'm trying to break out of cowboy chords and explore the neck. Hopefully I will grasp it eventually. I'm trying to seta root 3rd and 5th, but even that isn't just counting up as there are half and full steps. Golly

[@petermehlem7408]

I don´t understand why there´s a C in this scale. In the D major scale you don´t find it, it´s a C# instead, or am I wrong?

[@phiddler1]

you need to show the c# diminished triad c major is not a chord of d major key

[@hansenmarc]

You are correct, but if you watch his other similar videos you’ll see that he regularly substitutes the major flat seven chord (♭VII) for the diatonic diminished seven (vii°). It would be nice if he would explain why he uses this substitution instead of substituting a minor seven, which would also work if he’s trying to stick to the same two major and minor shapes.

[@showme1493]

why not just have a diatonic chords lesson...for me there are no shortcuts to learning some basic theory to get yourself around the fretboard...you might have to leave out the EASY from the title...but its better in the long run

[@hansenmarc]

I agree the diatonic chord progression would make a nice, more advanced follow-up lesson.

[@Katbame6926]

Too slow man please make it little bit faster

Guitarists always learn all these to cheat the audiences but choose not to learn music properly.

[@hansenmarc]

I’ve never seen anyone use this shortcut to learning all the diatonic chords. I think it’s a nice stepping stone prior to learning the “real” diatonic chords. Also, you could always make these “real” diatonic chords by only playing the fretted triads. Once you understand extended chord construction, as a more advanced exercise you can come back to this and try to figure out what the actual chords are that are being played (add 9, ♭13, etc.) and why they work. I think it’s pretty cool that this lesson works at different levels of mastery.

[@patriciarobichaud5656]

Great lesson! Thanks

[@MusicMatchr]

Glad it helped Patricia!

[@armandofretto9917]

Simple and great lessons: thankyou