The Scariest Chord!

The scary and creepy Em9 How to play it along with a guitar instrumental based upon it.

[@thefray123]

Awesome finger picking there, John. Thank you for sharing- always good to see you with the guitar in hand.

[@Nomaaaa123]

Melancholy chord

[@jimcrews8951]

Thanks for sharing. Loving guitar playing.

[@JohnCouplandguitar]

Thanks Jim, my pleasure.

[@roberte03915]

Wonderful composition!

[@JohnCouplandguitar]

Thanks Robert

[@stellac.9821]

Great music, great player, great sound. It's an Ovation guitar, isn't it? 👍

[@JohnCouplandguitar]

Yes, it is Stella the Celebrty I reviewed here kzbin.info/www/bejne/h33HgYqJgJx1n8U

[@Sublimefan]

That’s a beautiful song. Would be amazing to fall asleep to it’s so calming

[@Ananias-bass]

I've never heard something so sweet and wonderful. You're amazing

[@mikewebb2638]

Great sounding guitar & playing! Thank you sir.

[@JohnCouplandguitar]

Thanks for listening Mike.

[@K_e_n_]

Gorgeous. Thanks John. Hope you are well.

[@JohnCouplandguitar]

Still hanging in there!

[@golden86delicious]

Absolutely brilliant.

[@JohnCouplandguitar]

I blush!

[@toffee2125]

A lovely tune and great playing

[@JohnCouplandguitar]

Many thanks.

[@defaultcity]

By far it is 🤘

[@_Blepp]

That was beautiful! I wish I could fingerpick like that!

[@christiandavis2916]

Your left hand is fascinating to watch.

[@JohnCouplandguitar]

Many thanks Chris.

[@zbthunderwood]

Before I knew anything about theory, I just called it "the Pink Floyd" chord. ("Breathe", "Welcome to the Machine")

[@SeanDS1989]

I liked your song! I'd like to hear the whole album sometime

[@konstantineguruli]

Thanks for nice play, John. Glad to see you're doing well and joking on of course ♥

[@JohnCouplandguitar]

Thanks Konstantine, much appreciated.

[@MrHellfinger]

Sounds great!

[@Eggcustard23]

Nice!

[@JohnCouplandguitar]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@qtronicqilt8898]

Fantastic composition John, classic chord change you/write do 3/4 way through. Keep them coming, what guitar are you playing on there? Take care from Edinburgh.

[@soundssimple1]

Pink Floyd - Breathe ? Em9 followed by A, real nice intro.

[@wenceslaovega5802]

Buenisimo!

[@JohnCouplandguitar]

Cheers

[@wenceslaovega5802]

Cheers to you,sir.thank for sharing music

[@mintfiction]

wow are you from scotland? i'd love to hear your story on a podcast or biography. ive watched two of your videos and can already tell you are an interesting person

[@JohnCouplandguitar]

Yes indeed, I live near Glasgow. If you trawl through this channel you will find some stories of my pub singing days and my Christian experiences which have been quite remakable. I also have a channel of sermons and hymns kzbin.info God bless.

[@t55a2]

Handy, thanks for the vid

[@rossgill7462]

Well done John. I'll give it a try since I have always played the Em9 on the second fret without giving another version any thought. I have a question about nylon string guitars for older hands like mine. Are they easier to fret than steel stringed guitars? I'm thinking of gifting myself a Godin Arena nylon string. The wider nut width (2") is a concern although I have yet to find one in a local store to try out. The ovation nut width looks to be a bit narrower.

[@JohnCouplandguitar]

Standard classicals are 50-52mm, the Ovation 48mm and the Fender CN140 is 43mm although it is a very quiet little guitar. As for the string tension, it is about the same as a set of 009s or 010s.

[@rossgill7462]

@@JohnCouplandguitar Thank you John.

[@Kraun390]

[@davidfranklin272]

You still around John? How old are you these days?

[@JohnCouplandguitar]

72 tomorrow!

[@atomaalatonal]

nice. never reckongnized it as the bond chord^^. dont like bond movies at all.