Still Got The Blues Style Blues Guitar Lessons - Circle of 4ths Changes

bluesguitarunleashed.com: Still Got The Blues by Gary Moore and Europa by Santana are 2 of the most famous tunes that use this particular chord progression.
What make it fun is the use of the minor7(b5) chord that just really doesn't come up much any other way.
I hope you enjoy the lesson... newsletter subscribers also get a downloadable version and the TAB printed out. If you'd like to become a subscriber you can sign up for free at bluesguitarunleashed.com

[@kewlfonz]

So nice to see somebody giving a lesson on the chords of a song, instead of just trying to show off lead guitar. Very useful and informative and well presented...

[@PieIX]

Fantastic Griff and a great tune to boot !Thank you

[@sparkelius]

Griff - I can tell you how thankful I am to you for explaining this in such a simple manner. I did think about circle of 4ths but since i have never seen an application of it in blues I just thought it was pure genius on Gary's part to have done it and I never used this as an example in teaching blues. This and Europa are going to get into my teaching material tomorrow. Thanks for sharing. Cheers.

[@ronniemilsap5945]

been gathering lessons on youtube long time. this is by far the best

[@stratmagic6893]

great lesson vid -easy and precise-lovely chords-thx

[@dannymcmince]

Great lesson and what a beautiful guitar!

[@TheDogPa]

Just what I was looking for...awesome! Thanks so much!

[@maxgargan4834]

cheers bro... excellent lesson and explanations

[@stonemedicine]

Thank you for this great lesson!

[@davidfields4806]

The circle of 4ths is a good thing to know. Thanks!

[@JAMESLP91]

Thanks for the lesson, had to refresh my memory on these chords. The theory was helpful too!!

[@clivepurdom2850]

Extemely helpful, easy to understand too!

[@dxbhsu211270]

reading a few of the comments after watching this superb guitar lesson, i think there are just too many guitar champs in the world!!! I for one have thorughly enjoyed watching and learning from this video. In my opinion, you have made this a really enjoyable and easy to understand guitar lesson. Thanks a ton!!! Haroon Sultan

[@markus163]

Thanks for the lesson, Griff.

[@butcher776]

very clear and good work, thanks

[@danpangil]

thanks more man,i learn alot..your awesome

[@wesmckechnie2052]

Well done!

[@Speedboy85]

very nice lesson many thanks!

[@davianj.2449]

thanks for the lesson man .. stay cool man ..

[@rasikachaminda]

Thanks for the lesson,

[@Suzyqutie1]

Thanks a bunch Griff!

[@joebattista3662]

Thank you very Helpful!

[@bluesguitarunleashed]

@MetaphysicalMojo - as much as I'd love to make videos like that, it's a pretty big can of worms. By doing an intro to music theory I'll probably create as many (or more) questions than I'll answer. I am currently working on a guitar-specific theory course that's scaled back as much as possible while still being useful and complete.

[@edmeyer1051]

Helped me out plenty thanks

[@UrquidiGuitars]

This is amazing thank you very much

[@bamrramrjamr]

Thanks Griff!

[@charliemunecas6656]

just wanna say............ THANKS...................... greetings from Holland

[@michaelgoerke8417]

OMFG!!!! Dude! where have you been all my life! That was so awesome!!!! I always wanted to know the chords to that song and now I can play it dead nuts on! I'm self taught and can play all the lead phrasings but the chords I've always fudged from old Rush and made up minor chords but you totally hooked me up. Major kudos to you sir for you are a gentlemen and a scholar and I applaud you. Btw, Gary Moore was one of the best guitarists ever to not get the American recognition he so deeply deserved. Keep up the good work and I will surely be looking you up again!!!

[@ronaldthompson5545]

Michael Goerke

[@raultejedor]

Wow, that was an ¨A¨ lesson. IMO, the A+ would´ve come from taking a few seconds to explain the tritone 4th btw the IV and the viiº7, and the how come the E chord is major instead of minor as a iii chord ¨should¨ be. This is still the very best chord progressiong explanation I´ve seen so far in youtube. Congrats.

[@MetaphysicalMojo]

WOOOOSSSSSHHHH ! All that music theory went flying over this beginners head. If you want to make another helpful video, as all yours are, make an intro to music theory. An overview of circle of 4th, what a 4th is, what a box is, where they are, etc. I know thats probably all natural to some, and years of music theory classes for others, but if you could grind it down to the basics, I'd gladly pay for that one. Something to thing about. Still aching over the loss of Gary Moore.

[@gringevarnah1340]

thanks bro

[@kewlfonz]

I've just listened to the official Gary Moore Video and on the Chorus, it doesn't have E7#9 acting as a V turnaround-it just stays on A minor. Also there's a bridge with another set of chords. I haven't worked these out yet, but I'll post them when I do. Verse chords appear to be spot on though-thanks for the lesson.

[@fekinel]

4 note names = 4th interval i.e. CDEF ...C to F = 4th interval FGAB....F To B = 4th interval ABCD...A to D = 4th interval etc. some more examples.. CD..TWO notes ..C to D is a 2nd interval ABCDE..FIVE notes..A to E is a 5th interval ...etc. intervals can be major or minor... C to D..two semitones = maj 2nd C to Db ...1 semitone = minor 2nd still 2 note names so its a second interval intervals can be augmented here are the intervals for a 5th... CDEFG = 5th (perfect) CDEFG# = AUG 5th (cont)

[@garinch3300]

Excellent video and thanks so much... is there any chance you could post the chords for the bridge ? The bit that starts ..... So many years since I've seen your face.....

[@amitgokhale3765]

Thanks a lot!! Quick question: I noticed that your guitar is in the neck pickup position.. how come the sound is so crisp and stratty?? Thanks

[@masjazzirapuato]

Hello friend One question: in the "so many years" section... wich one is the first chord? B-7 or B-7b5, the minor 7th chord sounds good to me in this part, and the flat 5th don't sound too bad, but I can hear the F# inside the chord. or do I'm wrong? Is this the unique part in wich he uses the B-7 chord with the perfect 5th? Thanks

[@kewlfonz]

There's one other small point-The time signature is described as being 6/8. I would call a slow blues feel like this, a 12/8. The logic behind this is straight forward. 12/8 is also known as compound common time like 4/4-12/8 is comprised of 4 groups of 3 i.e. 123, 223, 323, 423= 4 groups of three eighth notes, which gives us 12/8.

[@Mrsitarman]

I like the fact that you also aim your lessons at beginners, however for those of us that have been playing for many many years... perhaps this thought might be worth examining. What if you do the note by note chord explanations at the end of what the lesson's main focus, for those players who do not know what the chords are and how to finger them. I know I'm being selfish, but I'm sure that I am not the only one that realizes you have some good information, and I do know the circle of fourths and fifths and do realize that knowledge is relevant although I 'm sure there is more to learn on the subject. Like many rule or perhaps anomalies who knows, how many ways knowledge like this can be used. It's just a thought... I'm very old and I start to fall asleep waiting for the meat of the lesson. I can't take being that bored for very long any more. I tell everyone avoid growing old... if you can!

[@pirinst]

Thank you for posting this. Just learning the song. I hear the Bmin7 flat 5 as a B diminished...maybe the same thing? Also another song with the same beginning style but starting in C min is Queen of Hearts by Gregg Allman.

[@alsaxe]

same chord..just call it by either name

[@fekinel]

(cont) CDEFGb...dim or b5 the amount of note names tells you whether its a 5th, 4th, 7th, etc.. the amount of SEMITONES determines the 'type' of interval...i.e A to C = MINOR 3rd A to C# = MAJOR 3rd hope this helps m8, sounds complicated but once you get it ....it's easy.. Good luck..

[@michaelallard2640]

Thanks for the tutorial. I noticed the similarity to Europa - very close. BTW, wouldn't going from F to B considered a b5 interval ?

[@bluesguitarunleashed]

In this case it's a 4th (augmented 4th) because you count F-G-A-B and you get a 4th, not a 5th. Oddly, if you spell the B as a Cb, it would be a diminished 5th interval (or change the F to an E#) but then you'd be out of the key.

[@cfdemoor]

The song is not in C major. It may have the same notes and the same Chiefs as the sale of C major does, but that does not make it C major. Both the melody and the chords lead tot A, meaning it is in some form of A. In this case A minor.

[@zachariahahmad]

Which one is the easier one?

[@MrBlues245]

@MetaphysicalMojo Try Hal Leonard Guitar Method of Music Theory by Tom Kolb. An excellent book that makes sense, although be prepared to spend some time trying to understand it all. This is the book of guitar thoery!

[@sulaco33]

You've said in the beginning that the tune is "kind of in the key of A minor or C major and I understand that as both keys consist of the same sounds (and chords for that matter). What confused me a bit is that you play after B diminished you play an E major chord (E dominant 7 if I remember correctly). How is that chord a part of the A minor or the C major scale?

[@dimevh84]

+sulaco33 Youre right, the Emajor(or E dom 7th) isn't a part of the A natural minor scale but it is fifth chord of the A harmonic minor scale, and is often used in songs as a substitution for the fifth chord of the natural minor scale (Eminor in this case) as it has a stronger resolution to the root chord(A minor in this song).

[@dimevh84]

+sulaco33 Simply put though, it creates a perfect cadence and it sounds good, lol

[@wowashing1]

Isn't the 4th from F a B-flat, not a B as stated in the video? I'm confused?

[@GengSwiss]

D9, Fm9 (not F9 from your clip), E7+9, Am

[@kewlfonz]

Bflat IS the fourth of F-this is beyond dispute. Maybe he made a mistake? Also he say's that E7#9 is the V/turnaround chord, but it's not-it jus pedals on A minor for the turnaround. Other than these small points, it's a good guitar lesson.

[@fekinel]

F to Bb = perfect 4th.. F to B = augmented 4th still a 4th interval..

[@Kubojah3D]

@MetaphysicalMojo Well I'd rather like to be explained what colour should tuners have. Some people have black, others silver so I think they must it must be important.

[@petersmith1123]

Did anyone tell you...you look like...or he looks like you... Ryan Eggold from Blacklist. Good tute BTW.

[@GtrWizzle]

Play the whole progression first so we can see if you got it right before having to watch the whole thing.

[@pedpete]

agree. Great lesson, but would be great to be shown what you are going to be taught at the start

[@superjobst]

ja very true. i countless times did not watch some teaching video and just looked for another one when you couldn't hear what you'd learn in the beginning. No disrespect tho, i am gonna stick around this time hahah

[@josiahmanganyi5359]

I also like a person who play first before teaching or talking.

[@HughBriss69]

"Unleashed"

[@MisterTMH]

The song is in 12/8 time . 6/8 is not the same.

[@bigwilliesmokyeyes]

+MisterTMH no man, this song is in 6/8 . . . Parisienne walkways is in 12/8

[@hanter1091]

😪

[@Skytalker777]

I would have been great if you played first the whole song and the got to the parts. I got bored after 3 minutes. Teaching is not for everybody.

[@kewlfonz]

Yes indeed-Nice to listen to a proper guitar instructor for a change instead of twats talking tons and tons of irrelevant BS. Take note amateur guitar 'teachers'-if you really want to teach somebody something on the guitar, then start discussing the song/tune you're teaching the VERY FIRST SENTENCE!!! This will hold our attention better because you're discussing what the video is supposed to be about-GEDDIT???

[@ryerye1241]

De verdad necesitas 9 minutos para explicar esto???

[@gerrywessx]

Shame you couldnt sing it thru a bit at the beginning...just to give us the feel....

[@LordPrutsikas]

why dont you play the whole thing first? this is so boring to watch

[@ronaldthompson5545]

Lord Prutsikas l9ng

[@hanter1091]

Too much talk