James Bay shows you his signature chord shapes

[@anapaulavasconcelos7790]

This man is music.

[@kamoliddinkomilov3964]

Your goddamn right honey

[@annebrans]

I'm going to give James my old G string at my concert 😂

[@AI3JeWelz]

jesus

[@AJP-bf2ou]

Anne Brans holy fuck!

[@claireobrien3861]

Yooo chill

[@annebrans]

@@claireobrien3861 don't come at me, I was 16 lol

[@claireobrien3861]

Anne Brans oh ok ha

[@TheFunkyCriminal]

excellent video. lookin forward to more from this guy

[@TimScottGuitar]

Lovely guitar playing, such a great feel!!!!!

[@mckayman24]

those shapes at the start were used in Paul Mccartney's Blackbird. and from Blackbird, that inspired me to write more of my own songs with those two note chord Interval things. There is so much good shit you can come up with from those shapes.

[@mjt11860]

never heard of this guy until today. some really cool shit! thanx 4 sharing.

[@laurapalone4531]

Such an inspiration

[@noeljacob2800]

It's so beautiful!!!

[@RickStaffordII]

The "gaps" in between the notes...I quite like. I wish he'd do a version without adding in the G ..just to give a mure pure sound to both the note as well as his voice as I believe his voice blend where that "extra" sound would be. jmo though. I don't care as much for that distorting background note/sound that seems to be dominating pop rock right now.

[@nonyafourthreetwoonezero7350]

i dont listen to pop rock, so i dont know what your talking about

[@RickStaffordII]

Watch the video. he talks specifically about it.

[@nonyafourthreetwoonezero7350]

Rick Stafford he didnt reference any pop rock acts

[@RickStaffordII]

I honestly have no idea what you're talking about.

[@nonyafourthreetwoonezero7350]

Rick Stafford i just dont know what you consider pop rock. Do you listen to Ben Howard or Matthew and the Atlas. Good stuff

[@brandontay2053]

Wow i didnt realise about the G string i have been playing both songs without the G string fills :/

[@justsome.anna.]

This just made me wish I was better at playing the guitar

[@tylerwilson2087]

My G string is always out of tune though and these chords then sound hideous.

[@martin.k1158]

Oh James I'm ur fans love u

[@matthewvarney6214]

That's what she said... All of it.

[@JamesH-oj1ly]

When he says open g does this mean he has tuned his low e string up to a g?

[@nomountainNOM]

Oh my God 😆 the sexual innuendos 2 made here are ENDLESS

[@primeDecomposition]

Sitting here with my guitar, just for a fun experiment I'm playing the pre-chorus riff to The Strokes' Reptilia (same chord shapes; yes, he's not even close to the 1st to use these wide interval shapes in a pop tune), but with adding the droning pedaled G like he does here (and w/o the staccato rhythm)... pretty cool result, turns a blues rock riff into like airy rural mountain music.

[@nonyafourthreetwoonezero7350]

"he's not even close to the 1st to use these wide interval shapes in a pop tune"-- none of the music is made by a machine, so im not sure why your referring to his music as pop. Also the interval may be common, but a lot of musicians dont even fingerstyle. I doubt the the strokes use anything other than their pick; but if they do use three fingers the way james does, please let me know. The Strokes Reptilia is easy to play, it requires no use of fingerstyle technique. The Strokes are more pop than he is. Their music is basic as hell and super easy to play.

[@andrewhuffman7129]

Anyone know what kind of epiphone he is playing here?

[@daredaksh]

The guitar is tuned down one scale. This for the people why doesn't it sound the same.

[@bellamybomb]

what are those chord shapes called? is there a name for them?

[@andrewmichaud4772]

What guitar is this

[@its_minhle]

epi century '65 (around that time)

[@alexanderhebert6826]

Is it just me or is the g string tuned to F?

[@Geanfranco1010]

Everything is one step down

[@techintro8281]

Omg. You did it by hearing???

[@chuckrpl2170]

What gear is the using? The guitar he's playing on isn't an Epiphone Century right?

[@louiseturner5640]

+Chuck Rocks I think its a fender telecaster. Or maybe one of the older models

[@neunngboonpeng6679]

1965 Epiphone Century

[@kevb6597]

Fruiscante signature chords me thinks

[@gdfggggg]

Why do I have thoughts of James bay in a g string?

[@casuallycovered2437]

guys anyone know the name of the guitar he is playing?????

[@BrewerUMich91]

'65 Epiphone Century

[@FlyingFooBalls]

ummm. whose chord shapes?

[@thankyoukanyeverycool.4432]

but on the original track he plays it without the g string in the intro 🤔

[@kadeturlington6829]

what kind of guitar is that

[@maui5361]

Kade Turlington just guitar

[@TheGalwayFarmer]

1966 Epiphone Century

[@teedzay]

the G spot makes the difference =)

[@Tony-2023]

Having the same problem just keep at it, you'll find the rythem soon enough 😎🤔

[@intrsoul]

alternate title: "How to almost play 'Black Bird' but not quite"

[@rodneyharris1879]

Signature meaning it's a keystone in his playing style. No ones saying that anyone owns anything, lets not be cynical.

[@thechaosanditsart2983]

Guess he's not used on using standard tuning

[@cookiebootzz]

OfficialJush he usually goes from E down to D

[@darkrazor79]

TheChaosanditsArt i

[@SteveN-bu7yo]

Great video. Thx for sharing. I just discovered an up & coming musician similar to this that's worth checking out... Mikey Wax... KZbin his song "You Lift Me Up". Really good stuff.

[@mousecsgo5513]

very similar to aaron lewis zoe jane.

[@joegagliardi9066]

Sounds like Black Bird.

[@elijahgabrielsantos5279]

But it’s an F string if you play it in his tuning. Hahaha.

[@daveannis2280]

i thought i was going mad or deaf - thanks for clarifying!

[@Tony-2023]

So whats he tuned too ??????

[@tommysk8r94]

@@Tony-2023 one step down

[@christopherfarrington9270]

@@Tony-2023 d g c f a d.

[@niaocai7745]

A young John Taylor...not properly as handsome as him, but, anyway....he gets close enough...

[@vhollund]

Just imagine where we would be today had beatles known about this groundbreaking technique he invented

[@edenscott4431]

U can fall back on my G strong James

[@Dissidentmember]

James Bay is happy to have a G string te hehe

[@AeonsOfFrost]

It's an F in this video...

[@NightEmbers]

+AeonsOfFrost he prolly tunes a whole step down unless its tuned to a chord

[@annebrans]

+NightEmbers he tunes his guitar down for almost every song!

[@sgim43]

still referred to the G string for simplicity sake there buddy... as in "what is typically the G string" on 99% of songs.

[@TheWaveFiles]

This is not a "signature" chord . it's been used to death by Mc Cartney,Frusciante(Scar Tissue...) ,Eric Johnson and tons of Pop band since the past ten years as well as in Future Bass and Chill prod .It's gonna be hard to have a signature chord considering that guys like Holdsworth ,Ted Greene and Mick Goodrick have been exploring almost every shapes possible. And those "signature shapes" have been present in classical guitar repertoire for almost 300 years...still good to show but be hones please.

[@pepesilvia1924]

C-Lee-O - I think they mean a chord shape he uses a lot, not that he's the only one using