Here's all the chords. Hope this helps! Thanks for watching! Open Chords In Depth: • These 7 Chords Will Un... Bar Chords In Depth: • How to Play Bar Chords... 7th Chords In Depth: • Unlocking The Secret t...
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@soysaucetrauma5 ай бұрын
Your style of explaining guitar things doesn't make me want to take a bath with a toaster like theory normally does, so thank you!
@fullcirc1e5 ай бұрын
Yea this is perfect
@chuckthedog67255 ай бұрын
Haha
@hrdorn195 ай бұрын
😂😂😂
@hakkilm4 ай бұрын
Fr the first theory video where im not suicidal at all
@rodlayne85273 ай бұрын
Shocking. Positively shocking. 😂😂😂
@maitreyamanasvin24943 ай бұрын
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.
@woroGaming2 ай бұрын
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.
@dan_kayАй бұрын
If you're not Jimmie Hendrix, don't wrap your thumb around the neck. It limits the range of your fingers significantly.
@spiderl0vrАй бұрын
thanks for the tip, i’ll try it :D
@tickleman127Ай бұрын
i can't stop smiling at this comment. humans are so cute 👽
@Handroeska_dАй бұрын
😂❤😊
@Mendelevius5 ай бұрын
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.
@tkalsnv4 ай бұрын
thank you 🙏 im currently 3 weeks into learning guitar (i already knew some chords but not really theory) and barre chords hurt so bad 😢
@Mendelevius4 ай бұрын
@@tkalsnv 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.
@SexyCatluvr3 ай бұрын
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
@whatifschrodingersboxwasacofin3 ай бұрын
@@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.
@whatifschrodingersboxwasacofin3 ай бұрын
@@Mendeleviusexcellent advice - took a few weeks, but now barre chords are non-issues and don’t hurt. Muscle memory is everything when moving them!
@digitalcoin3335 ай бұрын
Man this is the only guitar channel that has worked for me and I just started taking lessons as well cause I need the accountability and I struggle learning songs by video My favorite guitar channel hands down
@kevinnickens5 ай бұрын
Thanks! I appreciate it
@mikga455 ай бұрын
Great teacher.
@sirajpatel13325 ай бұрын
You have such a unique way of explaining high level things very simply. As i begin to get a better grasp on the fundamentals, i struggle to understand the full utility of caged/pentatonic/majmin scales despite knowing how to play all C caged scales for example. Id love to see a longer vid on bigger picture focus for scales and how they relate to other concepts on the guitar and how/why we use them. Much love Kevin, you've already helped tremendously thus far.
@kevinnickens5 ай бұрын
Working on it! Thanks for watching!
@ShallowBayXI5 ай бұрын
You're literally the only teacher I can watch. I've been trying to learn guitar off and on for year but keep losing track. I love how you have the levels laid out, and just appreciate the way you teach and structure the content so much.
@Kay-fs6vh5 ай бұрын
This was exactly what I needed to finally grasp chords. Thank you!!
@kevinnickens5 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@chessyhappysushi3 ай бұрын
pause. if you listen to the albums on the wall (and i guess you do) you are truly wonderful and i feel very at ease on this channel.
@kevinnickens3 ай бұрын
I do listen to those albums of course!
@cambo1k8265 ай бұрын
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
@rockhuerta19 күн бұрын
The D major to C major smooth transition.........a rite of passage
@Falconryder9 күн бұрын
Very cool. I just want to mention on the 6the string maj7 barre chord there's no reason to mute the 1st string, since it's just the root note, and the normal 5th can be played with pinky easily on the 5th string, so no need to mute that either if we're talking about full chords. Same thing with the min7, which is even easier since almost all notes can be played with a first finger barre across all strings. Muting those strings is fine as a personal choice in a given context, but pedagogically people should know all the notes available in a given position. My 2 cents.
@yoyoflair2 ай бұрын
Earned my sub with that pun for #5, absolutely LEGENDARY use of the song!
hey Kevin. You are really incredible. You explain stuff soooooooo well. I always had a struggle with knowing in what order I should learn how to play guitar and your channel does that PERFECTLY! Thanks
@naitkaet5 ай бұрын
sax player here, playing guitar since almost 1 year now, i understand a lot of music theory, and this just got added to my guitar knowledge now! it made a lot of sense for me, thank you a lot :)
@jakebufton99305 ай бұрын
Just spent the morning watching a whole bunch of guitar videos as I start to get back into it. This is by far one of the best - good stuff man. 'CAGED system made easy' is also a great one.
@GodsStoryteller2 ай бұрын
"... that David played, to please the Lord." ❤ One of your videos was the first video, i clicked on, when i started out to learn, in about a month ago. And you were the first i subscribed to. I'm back today, and i very much gained from your opening intro to Barre chords (which was among my topics to learn on KZbin today. I appreciate your teaching skill. God bless you.
@betterl8thannvr5 ай бұрын
I keep rewatching your videos cause they just make so much more sense than anyone else.
@brad3612 ай бұрын
That was a truly awesome lesson.
@kevinnickens2 ай бұрын
Thanks Brad!
@cincinnatipedalsteel43475 ай бұрын
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.
@suprajam3000Ай бұрын
Well done, nicely explained, easy to follow at a good speed
@kevinnickensАй бұрын
Thanks! I appreciate the comment about the speed of the video. I probably focus on the speed and pacing more than anything else so it’s cool to see you notice that
@mnr1466 күн бұрын
Well explained, thanks ❤️
@parkergreenwood1083 ай бұрын
Best explanation I’ve seen laying out the pipeline for learning chords on guitar. Thank you for equipping us!!
@Element01454 ай бұрын
Your finger is the capo in bar cords
@kevinnickens4 ай бұрын
That’s a great way to think about it
@sh3blushp1nkАй бұрын
This helped so much thank you😭🙏
@philbrook68555 ай бұрын
Thanks Nick! I've seen movable chords vids but with little explanation why they're important, nor as fast as this one. Keep them coming, please!
@saraloking599318 күн бұрын
(11:22 PM on a Saturday night: you were cracking Dad jokes.) I started following your tutorials over six months ago, intending to stick with the program. Instead I started practicing the same eight chords, tried to learn songs that were often too hard for me (despite your good advice) and ended up setting the guitar aside for longer and longer periods, still only knowing eight chords and pieces of half a dozen songs. Finally, I set my guitar out on a stand, and it started calling to me. My fingers hurt while I re-establish my calluses, but this time I am going to stick the program, learn the theory, learn my scales, and become a guitarist.
@HomeRunRealEstate-xi3rm2 ай бұрын
God bless you Kevin
@triple-a-gaming23205 ай бұрын
Am completely new to guitar and i almost have a girlfrien-.. i mean i improved really fast because of your videos. Just an excellent roadmap, keep up the work. ( i need stuff to impress people )
@finefornow_Ай бұрын
This video was very well paced and explained. Great job.
@efficacy2.0895 ай бұрын
Wow😮I feel so much more educated. I am just learning whatever beginner songs available on KZbin at the moment.
@Waterbottles7112 ай бұрын
Great work making this video. Incredibly clear yet concise. Very much appreciate you and subscribing!
@user-of2qe7ok7q5 ай бұрын
This guy deserves way more views and subscribers!
@cincinnatipedalsteel43475 ай бұрын
“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.
@alvinpaulmontealegre9385 ай бұрын
Immediately subscribed, you are really good at teaching, I like your teaching as straight to the point and not beating around the bush, please do more of these tutorials, thanks for sharing your guitar knowledge.🙂
@Synic08Ай бұрын
….learning this makes my brain bend…. I play the guitar… and i kinda understand what your getting at… but like, i cant connect this to me ever needing to use these, and make them useful
@saraloking599318 күн бұрын
Perhaps you are a more instinctive player. Music theory might be more helpful for song writing, or playing from written music. Although I guess it is also possible to be an instinctive song writer.
@jellyj81944 күн бұрын
May I ask how you got to a decent level without knowing the theory at all?
@shalomogunyemi7835 ай бұрын
Thank you! Your videos are so easy to follow and well structured.
@krikrisuper89915 ай бұрын
Plz make new channel for didgeridoo tutorials
@kevinnickens5 ай бұрын
This is on my list of stuff to do
@jyeboi80225 ай бұрын
@@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
@austinsatterfield67925 ай бұрын
@kevinnickens I'd also love to know how they incorporate animal noises. What the musical terminology?
@TheRightLeadership4 ай бұрын
Thank you for the effort that you put to make this video. You helped me a lot
@kevinnickens4 ай бұрын
Glad it helped!
@desireechavez15243 ай бұрын
Your videos and explanations for each section is so damn helpful, thanks so much and the videos have been very useful.
@lucashs3073 ай бұрын
Incrible content, man. You rock!🤙🏽
@kevinnickens3 ай бұрын
I appreciate that!
@stereoface5 ай бұрын
Newly subscribed and you drop this absolute masterpiece for a beginner to watch. Working on level one now but I’m almost there
@4195 ай бұрын
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.
@frozenpigsthatfly7985 ай бұрын
you're helping me out a ton man, ty for creating these videos for us
@trevorgwelch74125 ай бұрын
Robin Trower uses many interesting melodic chords . Example Bluebird , Can't Wait Much Longer , Lady Love .... ✨🇫🇴🎸✨☀️
@Mitchell-vk4zyАй бұрын
You should break your video into sections using that handy KZbin feature. Makes scanning the video wildly easier, motivating folks to watch more of your content.
@SAREL19632 ай бұрын
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 ❤❤😂
@anitasseoАй бұрын
I do things like that on Saturday nights. You are not alone.
@ThomasGilmore-fi6gb5 ай бұрын
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.
@alexv4263 ай бұрын
What’s the best way to learn it?
@ThomasGilmore-fi6gb3 ай бұрын
@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!
@Mellowyellow88882 ай бұрын
feel bad for those with no music theory background.. never played a guitar before.. but watching this video i understood everything theory wise..
@Clownish.mp43 ай бұрын
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]
@UwU-dx5hu5 ай бұрын
This is a beautiful video. We would love to learn more from your videos
@jxsmin43945 ай бұрын
Thanks for this video! Very useful
@koffiefilter5 ай бұрын
I would love to see a followup video with your dad his progress on guitar 😊 Thanks for this video!!
@firemonkey1015Ай бұрын
If you could, please do this same video style but with scales!! I’d love to see that since I’m trying to get more into lead.
@DanielJesusreturn3 ай бұрын
I'm at level 5 and i didn't even know it. Thank you
@navyaagarwal6388Ай бұрын
the best video on chords
@Yaxqb5 ай бұрын
Thank you for explaining the high level career path👏👏
@josh.miller4 ай бұрын
great video, I would highly recommend adding background music to your videos. Lofi, acoustic stuff, anything quiet.
@kevinnickens4 ай бұрын
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
@gnjprice5 ай бұрын
Love watching and learning with you… Still going and hopefully one day, I x an actually play well.
@ey8705 ай бұрын
No waffle - great lesson
@Slayer-ks1kk5 ай бұрын
Man I have been watching alot of guitar tutorials trying to get a better grasp of this stuff and your video by far has been the most helpful please continue making these they're amazing and it's very helpful adding where to start and the next steps to take. Love it thanks alot
@anthonyquinn32094 ай бұрын
simply put, great video.
@kevinnickens4 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@FrankCosbyNo-Relation3 ай бұрын
Stage 1: i think I've got it 😃 Stage 2: this lake seems like a good place to throw my guitar 😐
@AlexArvedal5 ай бұрын
Great video! Would love to see more about the partial chords!
@greenwave792Ай бұрын
Wow, a lot of good stuff to digest here.
@Peroperoko420Ай бұрын
We want David’s Chord to praise the lord 😊
@zeyadalabdaly3393Ай бұрын
Great explanation!
@ba2tripleO5 ай бұрын
You are awesome, Kevin. I spend my weekends on my hobbies as well, what's the alternative, get drunk and throw up, feel.sick the whole week,,,? Nah I'm good w my hobbies
@kevinnickens5 ай бұрын
That alternative sounds terrible! I’ll take my lame jokes at 11:22pm instead. Here’s to the hobbies!
@McKenna.12305 ай бұрын
Another killer video!!
@kevinnickens5 ай бұрын
Thanks babe!
@FC-ly2zn5 ай бұрын
Very good foundational video. Great job.
@cincinnatipedalsteel43475 ай бұрын
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.
@elbertbracey70915 ай бұрын
Bro u explain so well u have my sub and i will be tuned in
@tusharkerkar2546Ай бұрын
Thank you sir.
@professorfether93385 ай бұрын
I like you so much, I let your ads play. Thanks.
@kevinnickens5 ай бұрын
Thanks for paying my rent
@vero_vento5 ай бұрын
Yooooo I need this badly I'm all over the place with learning guitar and I'm still lost I can play atleasy 12 songs. But I wanna know more.
@kosidavid12435 ай бұрын
I bought my guitar this week, im a beginner and i want to be better, please pray for me
@tobehski5 ай бұрын
mee too! im learning eletric guitar. I pray that we both become better and consistently practice to get better. Amen
@gingermusik22184 ай бұрын
It’s really useful!!
@samlizza39045 ай бұрын
Broke the fourth wall for a few seconds there at level 5
@moonl13145 ай бұрын
This is the greatest video ever!!!
@Nitroxide5 ай бұрын
There's some goated knowledge in this one fr
@justinjefferson58315 ай бұрын
Thanks bro.
@ayoogunlana890Ай бұрын
Thanksss alottt
@thibaultvandenbroeck37222 ай бұрын
This is probably the clearest video linking guitar theory to practice I’ve ever seen! Thank you!
@123Noah12312 ай бұрын
Thank youuuuuuuuuuuu for this video.
@snowskul41032 ай бұрын
Thank you!!
@blaine4535 ай бұрын
I think spread and shell chords can add a unique sound as well
@TheJetfighter6664 ай бұрын
What’s with all the mainstream albums??? If you want to learn about real music, let me know. Thanks for the clarification on the basics , needed an intelligent refresher after 45 years of playing.
@trqlrex5 ай бұрын
11:22 pm bit hit me too hard I FELT that pain haha
@tywaldnerwh90445 ай бұрын
It was a good one!
@TheJetfighter6664 ай бұрын
That is not the spider walk son, that is just a finger exercise. The Spider Walk is a whole ‘nother ballgame.
@souptrays96525 ай бұрын
That was a good one, keep your head up
@jimtessin4130Ай бұрын
Excellent
@EduardoLuizdeODias20 күн бұрын
im still learning how to play the guitar and read the chords, what's that x and circles above the chord finger placements? are those the lines I shouldnt play while doing a chord?
@alfiemaurice51955 ай бұрын
love this vid thankyou sir
@not_dylanbull66465 ай бұрын
This was fun to watch
@TamarahQuelch4 ай бұрын
Thank you! And yes, it was a good one! Hehe.
@Moon_Society5 ай бұрын
Ima just watch this video instead of your level 0 videos cuz' it's just straight to the chords w/tabs and better to keep my brain focused.
@kevinnickens5 ай бұрын
Thanks! This assures me that this is a worthwhile format