10 Chords Every REAL Guitar Player Should Know

[@johnnorth6004]

Alot of guitar tutorials on KZbin I find the instructor saying string numbers and fret numbers ( string 2 ,7th fret ) . Awesome Tim says actual chord names explaining intervals, etc. And uses chord diagrams also. Best youtube channel for guitar players in my opinion

[@TheFuriousTee]

Working with a keyboard player really upped my game with this, he wouldn’t say fret 7, eg. It was just the chord or note and I learned very quickly where they were

[@paullee3660]

Sounds like you’ve been watching lick library.

[@tomm5023]

I hear you. 30min tutorials where 25mins are explaining where to put your fingers. We have diagrams for that as used in this vid.

[@butterflywing61]

@@TheFuriousTee Give me a good key player and the magic begins,

[@edryba4867]

That’s because Tim is better than ANYONE in the way he tells,you what you should know!

[@PeteyC123]

Tim . I’m 58 and picked up the guitar a year and a half ago and I am having an absolute blast. You make me smile ! Love ya!!

[@marcellussalerni1281]

Tim, you;re (obviously) a super amazing guitarist, a natural teacher, and a treasure and inspiration in my life. Thank you!

[@lylecaine4833]

I love that you get right into it. A lot of guitar instruction videos have guys who hold the guitar in their hands but spend the majority of the video talking about playing guitar. Whereas you jump right in and get to the meat of it.

[@mccloysong]

Your chord voicing vocabulary is astonishing. And, on another note, it was great meeting you even though it was a melancholic gathering.

[@edryba4867]

I LOVE to watch these because the sounds you make are more often than not, seemingly “complicated”, yet so simple. And if YOU, dear viewer haven’t paid attention to Tim’s face while he does these amazing things, you’re in for a treat. Here’s a man who thoroughly enjoys having a guitar - ANY guitar - in his hands at any time!

[@timpierceguitar]

Thank's so much for this comment I really appreciate it

[@mojogypsy]

Watching Tim’s videos always puts a smile on my face!

[@BuddieOLLi]

....his face brings me back to play after years. Thanks and greets from Germany

[@user-abcxyz-xr2eg]

Yeah, masters like Tim do everything so effortlessly, they treat their guitars like little toys, while I am struggling with that beast. That's so unfair!

[@wirthwhilemedia]

Your playing is so ridiculously tasteful and seems so effortless. I can listen to you play endlessly.

[@JimScaparotti]

Thanks Tim, I love playing around with these chords

[@JasonT-xp3kh]

I've always liked Alex Lifeson's chord work. Super inventive and unique, I feel like it often gets overlooked and almost everyone plays it wrong, including me lol.

[@John-wm4xk]

Ya Alex slash chords

[@peteywheatstraws4909]

Top 3 of all time, Lifeson he is.

[@thesandman775]

Tim's the kinda guy that simultaneously makes you want to quit guitar because of his unbelievable skill and want to get better with his unbelievable penchant for being an approachable teacher

[@dougcronkhite2113]

Yes. I both LOVE and HATE listening to him. I feel so completely lost by comparison.

[@flm954]

Well said.

[@EddieOctober]

Gimme a break...he's average at best. I don't hear anything out of the ordinary with this guys technical bullshit.

[@JohnnyRayedd-Neck]

Wow thanks Man! Tim, You just changed my life for the better! As a song writer for 50 years I need and search for all the chord ammunition I can get. I’m going to go crazy after watching your video! Thanks heaps Steve❤

[@brucesstreet8204]

Love the sound of chords mixed with open strings - specially on my old acoustic Canora. The gorgeous overtones coming out of the sound hole on that old thing is bliss..... Those 'different' chords are sweet music to my ears.

[@rome8180]

One I really like is an F# bar chord with the high B and E strings left to ring out. So essentially it's an F#7 add 11. It's a sound that was used a lot in '90s alternative music.

[@butterflywing61]

The Alex Lifeson chord. 🎸

[@Dan-zq5wt]

REM used it a couple of songs too

[@albertarguelles3262]

Tim I love this progression. It's So beautiful and your solo is Awesome

[@JerryLeigh7252]

Cmaj7 is always the first chord I play after tuning!

[@HarryBall-fw7pv]

Is that because it only sounds good when in perfect tune?

[@JerryLeigh7252]

@@HarryBall-fw7pv It's always a beautiful chord, but it confirms a solid tuning and puts me in the right musical mood.

[@MidlifeRenaissanceMan]

Major 7 and the relative minor 7 9 chord have all the notes in common save their root note

[@nvrumi]

Followed by a Dmaj7 at V! ;)

[@stevegabsi2102]

Tim, you’re a national treasure ,,the most humble music educator I’ve ever seen in my life. It’s a pleasure watching you. You give Hope to new generation of guitar players. Excellent work my friend. Thank you for blessing us with your knowledge. ,, 🙏 tootles 👯‍♀️👯‍♀️❤️

[@Kurlach]

I took lessons for years, got frustrated and gave up. Started up again about six months ago, focusing on theory and technique and having some discipline. I’m making progress. The point I wanted to make is that I can only hope to have 1/10 the knowledge and skill Tim has, and bundled up in such a friendly warm and humble manner. Absolutely fantastic, what I’d give to be in the same room getting a lesson.

[@rigorhead01]

I have not partaken in Tim's classes myself, but every time I hear someone ask a guitar KZbinr, teacher, etc, what is the best online guitar course they always recommend Tim Pierce's masterclass.

[@CasperLCat]

I can see mountains and big skies and a road stretching to the horizon, listening to Tim’s playing. Really expansive feeling.

[@peteywheatstraws4909]

You just earned your creative writing merit badge. Perfect literary description.

[@oldfart0851]

Tim I am always amazed at the sheer brilliance of your playing and your knowledge of music! Keep on playing.

[@bassfever]

Nice little holiday treat, thanks! Merry Christmas, Tim!

[@donaldblankenship5163]

Great lesson! Tim Pierce sir you are a wonderful guitarist, wonderful instructor, and a wonderful person. ❤ those chordal lead riffs 🤯

[@Pete-n4t]

You sir are amazing. Your playing is so melodic . I absolutely love it. Thanks man.

[@guitboxgeek]

So mad I had to miss this live stream! I LOVE chords that have different bass notes and of course the add9 stuff is bread an butter for prog, haha! Thanks for the great vid, Tim!

[@JoePerry-r4j]

Once again Tim we are so grateful for you sharing these wonderful insights ❤

[@jameshoye7058]

This session reminds of the STP tune, ‘thought she’d be mine’, Dean and Robert are using many of these chords and the solos really follow your leads. Beautiful session and beautiful song…

[@joemerchant92]

Diggin the new axe.

[@sebastianschroeer]

i saw Joe Zawinul a year before he died in Essen Germany and the moment he introduced the band the guitar player started doing wild stuff. I was mid twenties and asked myself why he wasnt doing that for the whole concert, where he most of the time did simply some rhythm git or sth. it was more really rhythm, drums and synth arpeggios/licks or kind of synth soloing.

[@fdra1763]

Only 4 minutes in and I had to sub. Looking forward to more exceptional lessons.

[@carlosanvito]

Love those chords! It drives our piano player crazy when I play them - she insists that I should be playing the major and minor chords "as written" but I can't bring myself to not playing those beautiful adaptations. Keep on creating your fabulous videos.

[@oov55]

OMG - that was some sweet resonance...so inspiring Tim

[@tonepoet]

If you take the Dsus chord at 1:32 and play the low open E string (and not the D root note), it gives you a nice open sounding Em9 with those two intervals (the F# and G) so close and adding some great color.

[@Flyit37075]

beautiful , I need to stop fretting all the notes and slide into more chord situations. thank you for opening my eyes here.

[@patrickjordan2233]

🎯🎯 you'll find, also, by laying your fret hand into the cordal shapes, songs will start to make more sense...as well as more naturally allowing cordal 'stabs' into a solo... - at least that was my experience 45+ years ago....

[@JohnBurke-g8g]

Great Job Tim! What I like about you is that you only speak when relevant. And when you speak it is always abbreviated. Condensed. You let the guitar do the talking. It's like: do this...

[@theubaum]

Fantastic video Tim! So insightful, musical and practical!

[@tg4878]

Bravo Tim! The "slash chords" period of Todd's writing forever changed me. Also, to my ears, your wonderful open-string soloing with the occasional passing rubs is unique to you! Thanks!

[@ianandrew626]

Brilliant session Tim. Love and gratitude from a UK admiring your insight to opening up our heads to all the possibilities ❤

[@stevemorgan9626]

Excellent, thank you! More chord, progression videos, please! Beautiful sounding guitar.

[@BobPaulGuitar]

Awesome class, Tim. Loved the "chordal improvisation" tip, thanks a lot for teaching us to become better guitar players/musicians!

[@AlbicelesteLeo]

Thank you. Amazing. I love adding a little dissonance in my chords every now and then, as well.

[@mlem567]

ah so lovely mr pierce. when i was a young man i tried to jam as many notes into a measure as i could. but now this old person likes it simple. well done!

[@LabhriunnMaciain]

Many of my musician friends give me the rib about all of my guitars. One of those friends once said, and was the reason I found your site on the net, there's only one other guitar player I know who has as many cool guitars as you is TIM PIERCE. You do have a bunch of coooool guitars.

[@F-15_Crew_Chief]

Tim, thank you. I started hearing about things like B/A (B over A) several years ago from Rick Beato, but I never knew what it meant. I'm going to pause your video now and let that sink in.

[@Zafirios]

I have the UA Golden Reverberator too. I like how the reverb decays with a natural sound.

[@ThomasAndersson-rl7ij]

This was amazing. I`m gone write down this chords and start to learn them. You make it so melodic and alive when you play them.

[@lumarians]

👍I always watch your videos when you make one. Its like the "treat of the week" for me!! I still cannot believe that you played the solo on "she's a little runaway" Iv'e heard that song a million times...it was you...mind blown...

[@edc3093]

Tim, you are amazingly patient . . . a tremendous and paramount virtue as a teacher. Your MasterClass is a great resource, and I am thankful for your efforts to teach us how to play guitar.

[@MusicTherapyLaz]

Great video Tim... I recognized that New Radicals song in there from just a few chords... and caught Todd's end of LIve Touring show at the Fillmore in SF with my friends Bobby Strickland (Todd's sax player and other instruments) and his wife, Jenny... wonderful people! Oh... and that James Bond chord... one of the first "Jazz" cited I learn on guitar... loved loved loved this video! 😎🎸🤘♥️

[@eightbars1]

...and now that I've listened to that Doobie Bro's song I realize that chord is an EM7 in their song. Thanks. It's been years since I played that song and now I think I'll jam on it for the rest of the night! Cheers!

[@timdowling8902]

I do like the way you play Tim you are a true professional. I can play a bit looking to get better. I just love the way you string it all together, I like the way your fingers float up and down the fretboard in your videos brilliant keep them coming please

[@arnaudstegle5034]

The more it goes, the more I love progressions based on simple major and minor triads or/and triads+bass.

[@jameswyre6480]

Thanks so much for this fine window into your enjoyment of creating music! I mean that for the channel as a whole, but as a soloist and composer this episode was more than helpful.

[@bryansimmons4550]

I like the Cmaj7 to Fmaj7 chord change. Older folks like me will remember them as the opening chords to "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying," which is a beautiful song. I don't know how to name chords, but luckily we have websites now where you can "draw" the chord and find out what it is called. I've done that more than once when I stumble on s chord fingering I'm not familiar with.

[@leftyzappa]

Same movements as Overkill by Men At Work. 😊 Great stuff Tim!

[@bwhit716]

This is what being a great studio musician is all about

[@stranarn1]

Wonderful Tim ❤ This kicked my old but in gear , thank U 🤪🥰👍

[@dennisray2821]

you make everything seem so easy. I love it.

[@da5idnz]

Good stuff. I've been playing many of these chords for years. James Taylor played a lot of them. And David Gates has that famous descending chord progression that starts off with Aadd9 in Bread's "If." Some of those chords "over A" remind me of Joe Walsh's "The Confessor." I dig those ringing pedal tone riffs you do. I hear a lot of those in Jackson Browne's "I'm Alive."

[@sportav]

Tim, I’ve watched your videos for a while, but this is the first time I realized I play like you! Not to your level, of course, but the same way. Playing Steely Dan chords kinda forces you to do so. Cheers!

[@samsonthecurrent]

Miles Davis’ melody on All Blues is just about the most simple melody possible and it’s perfect.

[@yabbadoody]

wow... some lovely chords and combinations, I tend to play a lot of alternate tunings and heard several of my favorites in there! just great stuff to get creative juices flowing...

[@pastureexpectationsfarm6412]

Very 1980s - Love this, especially for rock ballads.

[@vitomartinomusic]

Always musical Mr Pierce. Thank U!

[@joshrothman4443]

Your playing on this video reminds me of Marshall Crenshaw's electric guitar work; terrific clarity with just enough gain to have a burn to it, reverb and/or tremolo for depth, and it all sounds easy until you try to play it like he does. You'd have no trouble, and based on my briefly meeting him in Ann Arbor and Toledo, you two would have a ball swapping licks and tricks. Please keep up your great work...

[@raypolakovic1290]

Great to know those Powers Electrics sounds as good as they look! Great pointers to help me out of my pentatonic corral.

[@JimiHendrixBlvd]

Tim you are the best guitar 🎸 teacher on KZbin. Thanks a million.

[@jerryhorton5708]

Tim, you have the most approachable method of teaching chord theory I’ve seen. Kudos and thank you!

[@SPEEDGRX]

That had a great warm tone to it, and I like the open string idea

[@jwrobich]

Always love watching and learning from you Tim. Thank you for your genuinely wise, confident, joyful and humble demeanor I see in all your videos. It encourages even more appreciation and trust for what you do while entertaining us the whole time. Thank you sir.

[@rigorhead01]

Dude, you're the master.

[@danfitzpatrick4112]

What a beautiful guitar! Never seen one quite like that. It appears that it could take on any kind of Genre! I've always loved the Jazz master head shape, but that one has a little bit different shape and I love it!

[@dwayneroberts6616]

Wow this is awesome!!! I am currently trying to expand my chord base thank you so much. I heard like 5 different songs in my head as you played a few different progressions and notes. Goes to show how many songs were written by arrangements of the same basic notes.

[@GrayJack9]

Thanks Tim. A friend for our times.

[@lupcokotevski2907]

Todd Rundgren got his slash chord style from Laura Nyro, his main songwriting influence in his early days. Nyro's extraordinary torch song December's Boudoir (1968) ends on a minor major, after about 35 other chords.

[@rickandrewsschlegelvideoch2045]

that whole section of movable A chords and then the B/E progression and solo sound like five different jude cole songs... thats like Magic. Wow. alot to absorb and digest in this lesson. lots more than meets the eye.

[@k.c.miller9965]

Thanks Tim! Wanted to know your thoughts on the impact on dynamics with in ear monitors? I love them, but I’ve noticed that overall everyone can be locked in their own little perfectly balanced mix and the tendency is to just leave it that way.

[@BMichel347]

Genius of the guitare, melodies!!!!

[@joseppi2382]

I respect the knowledge you have about guitars

[@singthroughyourguitar]

Thanks Tim. I took a small bite. Enjoying learning. 🎸🩷

[@royswan]

That’s right Tim, Todd Rundgren uses slash chords aplenty, and even has one named after him: his fans call it the “T-Chord” which E/D , B/A etc. Anyway, great lesson. Great demonstration on how to write a beautiful pop song with an effective melodic theme. Simplify, simplify, simplify. Most listeners prefer to hear 3 notes played with precision & passion than a buzz saw of 12 notes. Thanks for the reminder…

[@MichaelAntus]

Thanks Tim. Great stuff. Much respect...

[@nvrumi]

I really enjoyed this and now I need to pick up my guitar. It's been a long time but it has been calling lately.

[@kengyang1908]

Thanks for sharing your wisdom Tim,,saw with Rick Springfield when I was turd, even bak then after show l remember saying to my auntie the other guy playing guitar better than Rick, so in some weird way you've inspired me pretty much alife time, alright alright alright alright alright

[@gottastayfocused]

Thanks so much Tim it's the way I have looked at chords for many years

[@PTguitars]

Great stuff Tim. I am already familiar with those voicings, but you make them sound so much better. Thanks

[@chrisgunn121]

Thank you Tim, you helped a slow old man slow down......

[@316word]

Always amazing Tim

[@mwbright]

Tim Pierce, you are such a wonderful guitar player. And for some reason, every one of these particular chords make me get a picture of Marty Balin in my head.

[@jamesdempsey7839]

Hey Tim I love what you play I would love to start learning how to play

[@whitespirit688]

Thanks Tim !you are great

[@kevinmusso2397]

What a wellspring video … gushing with ideas and inspiration

[@anthonyspaltro3643]

I love my Powers. Like hearing the chord names.

[@gergemall]

Good to see you Tim

[@gregbaugh7640]

great stuff here.. you tha man Tim .. 💯%

[@goswo]

Cmaj7 soooo beautiful. Wow this is very inspiring. Thank you…

[@dananthony6258]

That’s why Barry Harris always liked the 6th because it doesn’t sound unresolved like a major 7. Great video , thank you for sharing.

[@timn5008]

I love that dissonant interval in C major!

[@oov55]

I came back just to hear Tim's treatment. I know the chords - it's just that Tim knows about tone and FX so well. Wow

[@briantate692]

Tim, thank you so much, very inspiring

[@unclepeanut5596]

Hi /Hola Tim, checking in from southern Mexico. Love your channel! Muchimas gracias!

[@timpierceguitar]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@DannyHood-j]

I only know Tim pierce’s guitar playing from watching KZbin. I love Tim’s ‘Hendrix’ influence (Heavy fat tone) Also Tim’s Frankenstein video edger winter, Ronnie Montrose’s rhythm. Although Tim’s style is very pop rock rhythm n blues chops. I could be wrong, Ive only seen Tim’s KZbin videos. Maybe Tim has group of guys he gets together with 4 times a year, cinematic instrumentals ‘somewhere over the rainbow’ devoted to Hendrix. Screaming melodys similar ‘mahogany rush’ ‘world anthem’ electric reflections of war’. Or peaceful serenity‘ (Hiroshima) intro by uli jon Roth’ Beauty softly builds into catastrophic meteorite bombardment. Piercing Melodie’s into shattering terror. Sonic slabs of squalid sound, snarling black marble. (Shawn lanes) version of ‘(Once upon a time in west)’. A cam recording (1993) barely gets the point across, As if Shawn’s lanes audience never heard ‘finesse’ in melodie’s scream so powerful. Amplifier is left breathing after song ends.