Blues Chords Guitar Lesson

[@fsh3702]

This lesson is enough for me to practice for at least five years, anyway thanks

[@MarcGuitarVideos]

Ha ha! That's a lot of value from one video!

[@MustafaBaabad]

Yes, we can learn and enjoy at the same time.

[@Jfknosc0pe1]

4 more left

[@dratonbalat3423]

True😂

[@jackmullane1242]

3 years left mate not far 🎉

[@dicksonray3585]

This is awesome. I was hitting a lull getting bored of playing same stuff over and over. I like the way you think about switching up the voicings on certain occasions

[@MarcGuitarVideos]

Excellent! Happy to help

[@sohamvanage9549]

Best video on KZbin for blue chords. Thanks for the lesson Marc!

[@MarcGuitarVideos]

Wow! Thank you for such a kind comment. I really appreciate that. I'm glad it was helpful

[@subhaschandramittra6026]

I haven't found such a useful and structured class packaged in this much little time by anyone....This much of class is delivered by others consuming hours and hours. You nailed so much knowledge at the below half-hour mark. Commendable. Every bit of it is a masterclass material and that too free...Kudos to you.....Such a talented guy!

[@MrMalman1000]

Marc you have just filled the gap in my playing, I’m a typical found lead guitar then stopped learning all the chord grips thank you for great teaching.

[@MarcGuitarVideos]

Great to hear! Thanks for the great comment

[@adamnelson4859]

I never learned blues chords or theory, just major, minor and a few 7ths. Really interesting to hear my guitar makes these new sounds. Ty vm.

[@MarcGuitarVideos]

Fantastic! Thanks for the great comment

[@johnbooth1556]

What a great idea to not only show the chords but also show how they can be used in context. A first-rate video.

[@MarcGuitarVideos]

Thanks John, I really appreciate that!

[@brianm9902]

Another brilliant lesson Marc, cannot thank you enough for these lessons they really help, almost done with Hendrix but chords is something I really want to work on, your instruction is brilliant, no bs, nothing over complicated, get to the point, this is how you teach, I said it before teaching is an art either you have it or don't,

[@MarcGuitarVideos]

Hi Brian - thanks so much for another encouraging comment. Thank you, that's very kind. Glad to hear you are working on the Hendrix lesson

[@mjacob8512]

I agree !!!

[@MustafaBaabad]

I am always impressed with all of his lessons. Thanks Marc.

[@aureliobrighton1871]

Aren't D9ths just wonderful! Thankyou for the run. :)

[@MarcGuitarVideos]

You're welcome. Yes, such a great sound and a cool shape to play with.

[@Tsudkyk]

Highly appreciated! I’m traditionally a metal player who is looking for a new challenge. I started playing jazz a couple years ago, since then I have been on a pursuit to find chords that provide unique voicings for my own songwriting. This will be an excellent resource to get me experimenting!

[@MarcGuitarVideos]

Happy to help!

[@WWS322]

I bookmarked this video and will watch it on repeat. Thanks!

[@MarcGuitarVideos]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@guitarjourneyguitar1215]

some absolute gems of info in here, zero flannel or flash shite you often get in guitar tutorials. loved the E7, A7 double stop with open strings . this man deserves many many more subs. thanks dude

[@MarcGuitarVideos]

Thank you! That's very kind, I really appreciate it

[@ancientowltarot]

This has been the most educational guitar video that I’ve ever watched! Thank you 💙💙💙

[@MarcGuitarVideos]

Wow! Thank you very much, that's very kind!

[@ringoshub]

This is excellent ! The open chords at the end are awesome. Many thanks

[@MarcGuitarVideos]

Thanks very much. That’s very kind.

[@matthewstanford3489]

Might seem like alot of random info but honestly, as an intermediate player, its alot of GOOD info!

[@MarcGuitarVideos]

Cheers Matthew!

[@tonycollins5624]

Thanks Marc for sharing this Blues Wisdom

[@MarcGuitarVideos]

You're welcome!

[@jetjock64]

Excellent lesson. Greetings from Texas!!

[@MarcGuitarVideos]

Much appreciated!

[@jojo9535]

Another great lesson Marc! As a former teacher I can say you do an outstanding job of presenting your material! I noticed the same of the Bmb5 and A9 are the same, except the root positions. For the A9 I use the low E as a reference on where my finger should be on the D string. I wish that I was 50 years younger when I started playing guitar (instead of 62- I'm 3 years in now but a long way to go).

[@MarcGuitarVideos]

Hi Jojo, you are absolutely right about the 2 chords being the same and it just depends what the root is at the time. I'll be honest, I thought if I start going in to the theory to explain things like that, the video would end up being far too long! You are absolutely right though.

[@jojo9535]

Picking up a couple of guitar books with some theory, along with a good teacher has helped me immensely. My biggest problem is more of the physical aspect than the mental. My hands and fingers just don't work like they used to 50 years ago.

[@benoittrudel5097]

Great video !! One of the best I've watched so far. Thanks !!

[@MarcGuitarVideos]

Thank you, that's very kind

[@randycunningham7318]

Going through sections of this lesson a day until I have these chords down. Thank you!

[@MarcGuitarVideos]

Excellent! That's great to hear.

[@williamdenton6332]

Thanks Marc, It was great to see the most common chords for Blues ans as always you make it easy to follow and understand. Thanks again. William

[@MarcGuitarVideos]

My pleasure!

[@anthonylong6403]

Wow! Wasnt expecting another lesson from you so soon after the previous one -not complaining though! Please keep up the great work for us aspiring blues players. ps - about time we had an acoustic blues lesson from you, please!!!!!!

[@MarcGuitarVideos]

Hi Anthony - Thanks for the kind comment. This is a lesson I'd filmed a while back and was intending to publish it in January because the edit and the PDF was taking a while to put together as I needed to make all the chord charts from scratch. Due to the poor performance of the Hendrix lesson, I figured it was important to get a Blues lesson out sooner rather than later so I put the hours in, to get it ready for today. As for an acoustic lesson - yes I'll definitely be doing that soon.

[@ricardobigamusic]

Great lesson!! Greetings from Brazil!

[@MarcGuitarVideos]

Thanks! Greetings from the UK

[@felixbea5383]

A lot of good content! Thank you!

[@MarcGuitarVideos]

You're welcome!

[@philam1973]

At 8:35 A13. Used in Classic 4 Stormy chorus. Em9 to A13. In tab. X75777 to 5x567x. Sweet sounding and it shows the application. Good lessons !

[@MarcGuitarVideos]

Yes, Stormy Monday is a great example, as it uses 9ths and 13ths. Great comment

[@philam1973]

@@MarcGuitarVideos i said Stormy by Classics 4, not Stormy Monday. Fans of the 60’s songs will remember the lick of the chorus. Not a straight blues song but it uses a lot of blues and jazz chords. Look it up. Nice chord sequence.

[@MarcGuitarVideos]

@@philam1973 I'll check it out! Not familiar with that one

[@katyhooper4937]

Thanks Marc .. this has been great to work from

[@MarcGuitarVideos]

Very welcome

[@Adelfredo]

Congrats for this helpful video ! you are the best teaching blues skills

[@MarcGuitarVideos]

Wow! Thank you that's very kind

[@epipick]

D7 played at the third fret using the C7 shape is a useful one.

[@MarcGuitarVideos]

I completely agree. That C7 shape is great to move around the neck

[@josephkriegel2119]

Great job Marc!

[@MarcGuitarVideos]

Thanks!

[@davidlyon8983]

Great lesson marc really helpful

[@MarcGuitarVideos]

Glad you think so!

[@ricardobarrera8708]

Muchas gracias por compartir tus conocimientos...me van ayudar mucho para comprender y tocar blues con mi guitarra.

[@graemero5532]

Great lesson Marc. When I come across a nice voicing I like to write a progression around it and get familiar with some of the options that arise. Robben Ford is a great source of exotic voicings.

[@MarcGuitarVideos]

Hi Graeme, I completely agree with with. For some of the exotic chords here, I tried to explain where you might use them in a progression. I do the same thing, when I find a nice chord, I try to come up with a chord progression where it works. In the past, I written entire songs like that. As for Robben Ford, I studied his rhythm playing a lot when I was younger. I had his REH videos and bought his book on rhythm playing. He has a great approach to it

[@peterpwn4311]

very good lesson thank you

[@MarcGuitarVideos]

You are welcome!

[@CarlWinter-oy8uf]

ok --got it --2 variations of a A7 chord----thankyou

[@MarcGuitarVideos]

Yes, I like variations of the same chord, gives good options. That's it exactly

[@michaelkrause6867]

Hi Marc great lesson It s always the small thinks what make it sound great Thanks for erverything this year have a nice chrismas and all the best for you Regards from Brazil Michael

[@MarcGuitarVideos]

Hi Michael! Thanks for the great comment. Merry Christmas to you too.

[@johnmacmillan627]

Good stuff,very helpful. Thx

[@MarcGuitarVideos]

Excellent! I'm very pleased

[@maulanajoshua5160]

Wow what a great content this is, thx Marc.

[@MarcGuitarVideos]

My pleasure!

[@andy96356]

Great lesson

[@MarcGuitarVideos]

Thanks! That's very kind

[@lukelightworker111]

Very nice lesson.. thank you

[@MarcGuitarVideos]

You are welcome!

[@murphymoe753]

Enjoyed your lesso and the way you explain. I'd like to learn how to work out 9th 11th 13th augmented sus etc. maybe you can make a lesson on them. Thanks 🎸☮

[@MarcGuitarVideos]

Great suggestion!

[@moshemem7525]

More power to you bro !

[@MarcGuitarVideos]

Thank you! I appreciate that

[@sandifer1964sandifer]

Great lesson. Thanks..

[@MarcGuitarVideos]

My pleasure!

[@aniljustumine1717]

Thank you so much Brother love you so much from INDIA🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@MarcGuitarVideos]

Thanks Anil

[@DannyGatton94]

Nice lesson man

[@MarcGuitarVideos]

Cheers, I appreciate that

[@nicvortec]

Thank you, so well explained

[@MarcGuitarVideos]

You are welcome!

[@shero201000]

As a blues enjoyer, I find your tutorials very clear, and with the diagrams it's easy to reproduice! Also, do you have any advice (or tutorial) regarding the strumming part? Thank you for your videos! :D

[@MarcGuitarVideos]

I did a couple of videos a while back. Take a look at these: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bWLdfIWVhLOohM0 kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5y6fXhrlMqdirc kzbin.info/www/bejne/r2bFoKVmbt6Mf5o

[@shero201000]

@@MarcGuitarVideos Oooh! :o Awesome! I've been too fast to check perhaps, thank you for the links! :)

[@MarcGuitarVideos]

@@shero201000 You're welcome

[@toniomiklo2406]

Very good video.

[@MarcGuitarVideos]

Thanks!

[@laurentblond6760]

Thanks Marc, great lesson as usual, and a Merry Christmas to you from Bordeaux 🍷🎸🎶🎅🌲

[@MarcGuitarVideos]

Thanks Laurent! Merry Christmas to you too!

[@bobsyeruncle4841]

top dude loved this upload

[@MarcGuitarVideos]

Thank you! That's very kind

[@walterredaelli7507]

Grande Marc ! As solid as a rock. Thanks 👍🎸🖖🏻

[@MarcGuitarVideos]

Many thanks!!

[@Coffee_50]

Great stuff dude. Fantastic content 👍🏼

[@MarcGuitarVideos]

Thanks, I appreciate that

[@gerardogonzalez6117]

Thanks man great lesson!!!!

[@MarcGuitarVideos]

Glad you liked it!

[@mjacob8512]

Bro thank you

[@MarcGuitarVideos]

My pleasure!

[@CarlWinter-oy8uf]

Hi Marc - what is that D Shaped chord on the 5 th fret called?( at 5 : 21 into your 28 :42 video). is that an A7 ?

[@MarcGuitarVideos]

I see you figured it out!

[@anitavandenberghe5498]

Alles is. Perfect

[@MarcGuitarVideos]

Thanks

[@johnmitchelljr]

Thank you.

[@MarcGuitarVideos]

You're welcome!

[@thejaspcat]

I have that exact same guitar !

[@MarcGuitarVideos]

Excellent! I've never seen another. They are pretty rare

[@isiwan4853]

23:20 How do you remember those variations of the same chord (E7/A7)?? Do you just have to commit the shapes to memory or is there a way to go about finding those shapes intuitively?? Thank you

[@MarcGuitarVideos]

I just remember them.No real formula to learning them. When it comes to acoustic blues, I use them all the time, so I never need to think too hard about it.

[@nabaranjanhaloi4192]

Fabulous work! Can I get the pdf of all the chords

[@MarcGuitarVideos]

email me at [e-mail] and ask for Blues Chords PDF

[@kennypriest7434]

Haaagh, Another light bulb moment for me, this is great information about chord voicings and how they work !!! Brian M was correct you just get right down to the nitty gritty Marc ! Not every good or great guitar player can give lessons but you are doing a Great job Marc, Thank You and Stay Safe Cheers mate

[@MarcGuitarVideos]

Thank you very much Kenny, that's very kind. I'm really pleased you are getting a lot out of my lessons.

[@SplatteredMelon]

OMG YOU SOUND EXACTLY LIKE WHEATLEY FROM PORTAL 2 I CANT

[@MarcGuitarVideos]

hmm... Pretty sure that's Steven Merchant. He's from Bristol. I'm from Liverpool. That's almost as different as you can imagine, but if you think I sound like him, I'll take that. He's been in some of the best TV of the last 20 years, plus he was in Logan which is one of the best films of the last decade.... plus Portal was awesome! There will be cake!

[@davulcu64st]

Marc thank you so much.. I have a question. At 6:20 when playin A7 with D shape you use your fingers in a different way. Could you please explain such tricks in another tuttorial.? Thanks and a happy christmas my friend

[@MarcGuitarVideos]

Hi! Take a look at this lesson from about 4 mins in: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e3i9oJaXp5p5bKM It's not exactly the same, but it is the same basic idea

[@davulcu64st]

@@MarcGuitarVideos thank you so much. Learning alot from you

[@MarcGuitarVideos]

@@davulcu64st Thanks! The important thing with this is that for the A chord you are using your index finger to hold down the D, G & B strings at the 5th fret and then hammer on the G string at the 6th fret with your middle finger while still letting the D and B strings ring out. I hope that explains it.

[@davulcu64st]

@@MarcGuitarVideos yess this helped alot.. Thanks my friend. You are the best

[@LordVoldemort-n3p]

I'm blind on my left side, and I'm afraid to say it took me an embarrassingly long time to figure out that there were pictures of the chords accompanying the playing XD

[@Jackrabbitt247]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@MarcGuitarVideos]

Thanks

[@lashandarobinson7159]

nice vid

[@MarcGuitarVideos]

Cheers, I appreciate that

[@flash420b8]

Hey I need a good song to learn what's up

[@hectorheath]

The A7 bar chord I can't unmute the D string.The pad of my middle finger get in the way.....😡

[@MarcGuitarVideos]

As much as you can, try to use the finger tip, other than that the only advice I have is to keep practicing and it will come eventually.

[@aslam3823]

are all these chords movable?

[@MarcGuitarVideos]

Most of them can. Any that don't include any open strings should be moveable. Any that include open strings won't be. I hope that helps

[@lasttone6194]

I see Wwe Bron corbin

[@davelackey5943]

So how does a British guy gets start teaching an American genre

[@MarcGuitarVideos]

Fell in love with blues ever since I picked up the guitar and someone told me that if I wanted to play guitar i had to listen to some blues. So much emotion. Never looked back!

[@svami192]

Full falsh melodies 😢

[@jonathonrwills1825]

Its as if Bflat doesnt exhist... sorry but i havecto look elsewhere... sorry lost my patience halfway through... appreciate the skill

[@MarcGuitarVideos]

Hi Jonathon, I'm not sure what you are referring to. All chords are shown in A. If you want to play one in Bb, simply move the shape up half a fret

[@jonathonrwills1825]

@@MarcGuitarVideos my point was there is no reference at all to Bb which is extremely important to the blues. At least none that i found respectfully. Its disappointing that referring to it is an afterthought. I do respect your work but im disappointed. Sorry

[@danielmackay8099]

You showed me a C major,I'm out.

[@scoobydoo4087]

Great lesson

[@MarcGuitarVideos]

Cheers!

[@Bluesguitarlessons]

Great lesson

[@MarcGuitarVideos]

Thanks! Much appreciated