The #1 Reason Why Your Guitar Chords Sound Like Poo-poo

[@conradsmith9441]

I thought poopoo was just going to be the title. Didn’t think he’d actually say poopoo and unpoopify. 😂

[@dorian4426]

Holy cow! I thought this was just going to be useless like the other things that other people said but my guitar got unmuted! It has sound! I can't thank you enough.

[@yourguitarsage]

Thanks friend. This too: www.yourguitarsage.com/30

[@thescentofbliss9880]

"Unpoopify "? I LOVE it!

[@yourguitarsage]

:)

[@Bbbshushrhrsux]

HAHHAAHAHH YAAA I POSTED IT ON MY TWITTER

[@mrlafayette1964]

I've found that when i curl the last knuckle I can get more pressure as well to get a cleaner sound, and also not mute any strings, just wish my thumb was longer

[@yourguitarsage]

+mrlafayette1964 What ever works! e:)

[@Bluelightbandit]

Thanks for the curling exercise, I can benefit from doing this.

[@yourguitarsage]

+Bluelightbandit You are so welcome Blue!

[@NameName-mz3qx]

omg. dude what have you done....

[@Baybarb27]

At 44yrs I've played piano, French horn, & trumpet....always have wanted to play guitar so I bought one! And my chords sound like...well crap...so your video has helped a ton! Now on to strumming....ugh lol great instrument guitar but wow! It's def tricky!

[@jazminereyes9179]

Alien gang symbol 😂

[@Jimmy2Bits]

3:15 They're slightly white because they are curled so much that you're cutting off blood flow.

[@yourguitarsage]

Exactly.

[@droj43]

I watched this at 1 30 am and for some reason i completely lost it when he said alien gang symbol omg i laughed so much

[@davecarsley8773]

3 years later, I'm watching at 1:31 am, reading your comment and thinking "what's this guy talking about aliens for?" Then just as I got to the last word of your comment, the dude on screen mentioned alien gang symbols...... Now I'm confused.

[@ILikeFeelingElectric]

I have a perfect time playing chords (self taught rhythm guitarist for 1 year, literally 90% of the songs I play are entirely chords and strum patterns). When I go to guitar center to look around for guitars with some better tone, I can’t find a single guitar where the tone with chords doesn’t sound like ass.

[@yourguitarsage]

:)

[@carasmith2563]

Ive been playing electric guitar for about a year now and especially when I played Am it sounded like poop. I found your video and played for 4 hours after I watched it!! You were right, THANK YOU!!!!!

[@nkthegreek]

You should play deadpool

[@yourguitarsage]

+nkthegreek I'll have to check them out.

[@Whitefox-pc7lp]

Man, I don't think he got that epicness

[@okuyasunijimura8683]

@@Whitefox-pc7lp Me neither

[@wrathpsp]

@@yourguitarsage Lmao 🤣 It's a superhero character in a movie!

[@if5566]

6 years later i am here to say i get a young jeff corwin vibe.

[@Jimmy2Bits]

3:00 "... like a rockin' Roller" can you put your thumb over the top like a regular Roller?

[@v.b.1702]

You're loving it. And so do we. That's it, I'm subscribing! 😜😊🎧🎼🎼🎼

[@garunack4664]

The fact that u sound like ryan reynolds and u teach everything so perfectly, it is just awesome :))

[@yourguitarsage]

😊🙏

[@rickk1235]

Will this work for people with short fingers? Some chords require quite a stretch. Thanks!

[@panndaacookies213]

That outro had me instantly subscribed and the curling of my knuckles helped ! Thanks 😊😊😊

[@yourguitarsage]

👍🙏

[@ameteuraspirant]

My problem is just my fingers are short and its hard to get enough pressure on farther strings

[@yourguitarsage]

+ameteuraspirant Watch this my friend! Why Your Hands Are NOT Too Small to Play Guitar

[@yourguitarsage]

+ameteuraspirant Let's try that again: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z3fMqI2meqiDpZI

[@ameteuraspirant]

true they aren't too small to fret, but they're just small enough that I have to stretch to get them (especially those barred c and f chords) and it takes a second or so to swap between while I'm arranging my fingers.

[@davecarsley8773]

The Guitar Sage is telling you the truth my friend. Your hands are NOT too small. Yes, you have to really stretch to barr all the way to that low E string, and it's awkward at first, and uncomfortable, and you feel like you'll never get it.... *YOU WILL GET IT!*

[@saraeli8626]

OH MY GOD this helped so much!!! thank you!!!

[@yourguitarsage]

+sara eli So good to hear ! Don’t miss it!!!! LIVE this Sunday, May 1st 3P EST(Eastern Standard Time) Go to yourguitarsage.com/live If you can’t make this one please go to: yourguitarsage.com/live and find the dates for future live webinars not on FB. Keep rockin my friend! e:)

[@eliastta437]

Hey man im a beginner and trying to learn c major chord and the a and d strings sound atleast decent but the b string sounds completely garbage! Any tips?

[@yourguitarsage]

Watch the chords video here my friend. Here is. Link for free access: www.yourguitarsage.com/30

[@eliastta437]

@@yourguitarsage thanks man, you're the best!

[@hamadhaider8322]

I have this problem horribly with the a chord no matter what I do or how I curl my fingers it always sounds muffled even tho I know my guitar is in tune and my placement is Great. It’s so frustrating

[@yourguitarsage]

Watch the fretting video and chord video here: www.yourguitarsage.com/30

[@RandomGuy-qn2fr]

Holy shit i can't believe you were right. There was a big difference i noticed and bending the string while the fingers are curled made a big big difference. This is the stuff they don't teach you and no one ever will teach you

[@yourguitarsage]

👍🤗

[@bernadettepinto5608]

(I am well versed with keyboard but , never tried guitar) can anyone pls tell how to get notes like c ,csharp , D sharp, F , F sharp .... n notes like that . N how to get higher n lower notes. Also how to play arpeggios (i know it is advance but...... just to know) 👍😊

[@yourguitarsage]

Just search for these topics on my channel, I've covered a lot over the years. OR start with my free online program www.yourguitarsage.com/30

[@bernadettepinto5608]

@@yourguitarsage yeah... thanx , but just recently i saw one vedio ,can u pls make a vedio on lead n rythm on guitar for more knowledge😁

[@brandonram70]

Thanks it helped a lot

[@thespeakeroftruth2095]

my chords tend to go sharp on my electric. i play my acoustic and it sounds fine but even perfectly in tune my electric's chords sound just off

[@yourguitarsage]

have the intonation checked. If it’s not that, you might be pressing too hard on the strings which is common when folks go back-and-forth from acoustic to electric and don’t pay the electric more lightly. 👍

[@foreverweareyoung2455]

my e guitar sounds acoustic and i don‘t know how to fix it, can anyone help me?

[@yourguitarsage]

Start here my friend: www.yourguitarsage.com/30 You need an overdrive pedal.

[@fordhammie]

Moving our thumbs behind the neck also helps...

[@jaziferret1138]

I dont understand, im doing it, guitar tuned, everything is right and my chords are still "poo-poo".

[@davecarsley8773]

Well... It's been 2 months. Assuming you've been sticking with it and practicing, I bet your chords are a hell of a lot better now, aren't they?

[@jaziferret1138]

@@davecarsley8773 kinda, but I wouldn't say "better" is the right word. More like a "slight improvement." They dont sound like poopoo at least.

[@joycenicole687]

Well, its been one year now! How is the improvement?

[@pilgrimpater]

I find my nails have to be as short as possible. Saw Dolly Parton on a chat show play with ridiculously long nails. How the hell she managed, I will never know.

[@yourguitarsage]

+pilgrimpater Right! She probably learned with shorter nails, and then grew them out. Would drive me NUTS!

[@beanz9568]

Hi! Thanks for the help! I’ve made sure that I did exactly as you said, but for some reason, the strings get muted and weird. What else could I do?

[@yourguitarsage]

Start here, my friend: www.yourguitarsage.com/30

[@beanz9568]

@@yourguitarsage thank you so much! :)

[@Jimmy2Bits]

3:25 then find somebody and take the heel of your hand and try to reach their brain aiming for above the upper lip (the nostril area). This is how you break noses for poo-poo chords.

[@szuwar1906]

Hey Eric, first I would like to thank you for your lessons, they've helped me a lot with my guitar playing and all your clever remarks and tricks are worth gold. Now I need to ask you a question- I found that my power chords and octaves (both with distortion on) sound like, as you would frase it, poo-poo (not clean at all, kind of muddy and very noisy). I was wondering, is that only because I do something wrong with my fingers, because I use to much distortion or just because my strings buzz like crazy (perhaps i should have my guitar set by a professional). Thanks again for all your hard work! Greetings from Poland

[@yourguitarsage]

+szuwar1906 Thanks for the kind words. It's really hard to say without hearing it. Could you upload a vid and send me the link here? Then I could most likely tell you.

[@Cloes.Corner]

OH MY GOSH!!! I started watching you when I first got my guitar to learn how to play. I never actually learned because I wasn't consistent. Anyways I picked up my guitar again and I have been looking for you and I found you!!!

[@davecarsley8773]

Well Cloe... It's been a year. Still playing?

[@glennso47]

Would it help if I dropped Yousician? Thanks for the tip on how not to mute notes when playing chords

[@yourguitarsage]

You don't have to drop it, but picking up the guitar MORE is always a good idea 👍

[@aashishanand2385]

Thanks man for helping me unpoopify my guitar cords

[@tommulford7138]

Exactly! I think most, if not all beginners have dealt with this issue. I certainly did (i'm still pretty new in many ways as i've only been playing on and off for 2 years). My chords never used to ring out well at all because my fingers were too flat, thus not creating enough space between my fingers and the strings; or should i say, they sounded like poo-poo. Every guitar instructor online said to straighten the fingers and bend the knuckles. Now its second nature and my chords sound good. So anyone who is struggling with poo-poo sounding chords, watch this vid.

[@yourguitarsage]

🤘🤘

[@Rosa-hu5gh]

I tried this but I’m still muting notes... It’s frustrating

[@yourguitarsage]

It takes practice my friend. It will not come right away. You can do it 👊

[@deepakrebentisch9173]

excellent lesson sir

[@438maddy]

can you do a lesson on john butler's OCEAN? i was wondering if we could give some tips and tricks for this song.With your classical guitar!. i know that song it too long for this but m sure you'll enjoy teaching this and we will love watching it.

[@yourguitarsage]

+Mayank Bhattacharya It will go n The List!

[@tacolegs2833]

Why does the C chord sound so weird when you do it?

[@yourguitarsage]

Weird? It sounds like the same C chord I have been playing for 35 years :)

[@tacolegs2833]

When I watch the video, it sounds kinda like a harmonic.

[@colombianitta101]

That was exactly what I needed, thank you for your help!

[@DougWittrock]

Ya know what? It works! That's been my problem all along.

[@yourguitarsage]

+Doug Wittrock Thanks Doug! BTW: Don’t miss it!!!! LIVE this Sunday, May 1st 3P EST(Eastern Standard Time) Go to yourguitarsage.com/live If you can’t make this one please go to: yourguitarsage.com/live and find the dates for future live webinars not on FB. Keep rockin my friend! e:)

[@mtnmotoadv]

Is it just me or is there a high pitch plinking sound when he's strumming?

[@nicolasgia]

yes

[@yourguitarsage]

+the madcap laughs The mic is probably picking up my guitar directly.

[@yourguitarsage]

+Nicolás Giacaman :)

[@johnjamison6639]

Probably the best advice Ive heard in ages

[@greatestever2831]

Hey can you help me i untuned my guitar because I got bored. And now it’s all tuned and everything but to me it doesn’t sound the same

[@Peaksideperformance]

Greatest Ever Maybe it was untuned before you untuned it even more

[@anastasijanikolic9693]

this helpd a lot! thanks

[@yourguitarsage]

🙏

[@KILLAHJAYY]

mine is tuned with a tuner and it still sounds like shit out of tone

[@yourguitarsage]

Uh-oh!

[@KILLAHJAYY]

@@yourguitarsage ?

[@sephscott2993]

Its a thing called Intonation. Google it and do some research you will figure it out.

[@Somoonie]

“Alien gang symbol”😂😂😂😂

[@yourguitarsage]

😜

[@ykylso6450]

Help I dont know how poo poo sounds like

[@mitch_i5909]

Ok

[@BKRandy94]

Would it be fair to say that you would also recommend this for acoustic players as well? Or any slight variations

[@yourguitarsage]

+Adam Perebzak Sure!

[@BKRandy94]

+Guitar Lessons with Your Guitar Sage Thanks!

[@mohnishquraishi]

Omg it's really work 😍

[@billclinton4913]

Or, use low guage strings.

[@krykyr]

i do with thumb off and down shoulder, mine is quite clean, not like "poo poo"

[@yourguitarsage]

+Koray Lüleci :)

[@memetime1784]

Best. Title. Ever.

[@yourguitarsage]

💪😜🙏

[@brighter22]

its not that some strings dont make a sound at all. muted.

[@brighter22]

I mean for bar chords

[@brucemillar]

Cheers!

[@dawnzehgaminghq2234]

Why the hell , i cant do it my god im such a nub

[@yourguitarsage]

Patience is key!

[@dawnzehgaminghq2234]

YourGuitarSage ok

[@omargueye5257]

thank you

[@michaelcosta2514]

This man is my hero

[@ks3bigksudjoht180]

Aw shit. For five seconds I hoped your voice was a guitar. Such a disappointment.

[@nikkijames5502]

thank you =)

[@yourguitarsage]

You are welcome Nikki! e:)

[@salvitiello2738]

Ok.. I'm going to change musical instrument I go play violins

[@chris1.2]

had a few guitars but never had one that would stay solidly in tune for more than five minutes.....even the Gibson would wander on one string. ??????????????????????????????????????????????????? 25 years still no joy.

[@TheCandycanedp99]

umm no my chorda sound like shit because of the g strings intonation

[@yourguitarsage]

😢

[@patsun74]

I think this was the best and funniest lesson EVER 🤣🤣..

[@yourguitarsage]

😜🙏

[@SheaSlime]

That was my problem

[@YakobWakjera]

Hahahaha...the aliens gang sign i

[@notwrong6028]

5:57

[@charlesnwarren]

Yak, yak.

[@yudipitre5720]

Muting , buzzing 😱

[@bluesbrother2678]

Thanks.

[@yourguitarsage]

+Blues Brother Welcome!

[@Amandanumnum]

I just clicked on the video cause the title hahahaha

[@yourguitarsage]

:)

[@clumzylean5584]

alien gang symbol 😓

[@SuHAibLOL]

mmk

[@yourguitarsage]

Ya brah!

[@M_McF]

Poo poo....yes, why say lot word when few word do trick

[@yourguitarsage]

👍

[@mrlegkick91]

...

[@yourguitarsage]

+mrlegkick666 ,,,

[@northland..]

barf.

[@MulderXfile]

my chords sounds like slap kak.