Voice Leading for Guitar

[@jasontolar9194]

This is one of the most eye opening lessons I’ve ever seen. This is amazing. Thank you so much for your lessons.

[@curiousguitarist]

You bet Jason! Glad you're enjoying the channel!

[@tone-glide2402]

Might as well cancel all my other guitar teaching subscriptions on this platform,...No-one else even comes close to teaching like this.. still can't believe how fortunate we are to have you guide us!!! Once again !.. BRAVO!!

[@curiousguitarist]

That is a such a great and generous comment! So glad this is working for you!

[@curiousguitarist]

Just watched your Zep and Skynyrd vids. Nice playing there sir!

[@tone-glide2402]

@@curiousguitarist THANK YOU! For putting them out there for us!

[@tone-glide2402]

@@curiousguitarist Thank you sir!! As you know there’s always room for improvement!

[@JabrinkTheStink]

Chris you've become my favorite teacher on this platform. Keep up the incredible work!

[@curiousguitarist]

Thanks Man! That means a lot to me.

[@DanKlotz_danferth]

Watching your videos is like having an actual guitar teacher again. I can't thank you enough.

[@curiousguitarist]

You are so welcome Dan!!

[@samstorie2647]

This is fantastic. Thanks for taking the time to *walk through* this process like this. Harmonzing a melody with voice-leading in mind seems so daunting when you don't know how to even get started, but this was easy to follow.

[@curiousguitarist]

Great to hear Sam! Thanks for the comment.

[@mariamaxful]

Geez Louise! This is GOLD Chris. I love how you show us how to figure it out on our own and not just show us this lovely melody and chord progression.

[@briansmith1760]

I swear I'm awestruck every time I watch Chris teach a lesson.

[@curiousguitarist]

Thanks Brian!

[@caliandy1]

Incredible lesson. Very original way of showing a concept that is rarely discussed in detail on youtube.

[@curiousguitarist]

So glad you enjoyed it!

[@Peter-k8v4n]

Thank you for the simplest explanation of the Voice leading concept. Keep up the good work

[@curiousguitarist]

Ha! You bet, Peter!

[@donlessnau8135]

Outstanding. Clear, simple and concise presentation. Thanks a lot. Well done.

[@curiousguitarist]

You bet Don.

[@7775Kevin]

Such a good lesson. Thanks very much Chris

[@curiousguitarist]

You are so welcome, Kevin.

[@shynickel8239]

I have needed this lesson for 30 years

[@curiousguitarist]

I’m glad you’re here!

[@rorylisbon4723]

Your unique and succinct lessons are great and much appreciated! Thank you. I have always like chromatic line progressions like this. I like how you show troubleshooting these triads and carefully analyze it all. Nicely done.

[@curiousguitarist]

Thanks Rory! Happy to be making these, and happier still that they are valuable for folks.

[@MrArmageddonflame]

This is like discovering a gold mine... Can't thank you enough!

[@curiousguitarist]

You are so welcome!

[@turkmusik]

It's great to see a lesson with the teacher actually working through a problem instead of presenting solutions that were arrived at by mysterious means.

[@curiousguitarist]

Glad to hear this TM, this is the basis of the teaching style I'm striving for. Thanks for being here!

[@khiemle1306]

love how you show the possibilities and bad choices along the way. great video

[@curiousguitarist]

Ha, thanks! I had a blast with this one, glad you enjoyed it.

[@fretboardfatfingers8774]

Love how you explain the thinking behind it. Been a hacker for many years, just learning songs like a parrot. Started learning the scales, modes, and phrasing techniques, but it all still sounds more mechanical than musical. THIS, and other lessons you share is the missing link. Thank you!

[@curiousguitarist]

You're so welcome Fretboard Fatfingers! Good to have you here~

[@jameslabs1]

Chris I’m looking forward to pt.2 on “voicing.” Your lesson are always home runs, this a Grand Slam!

[@curiousguitarist]

I'll keep hitting this subject, it's a big one :)

[@noodlemans]

I’ve been working on learning my triads lately and this lesson was exactly what I needed. Really lightbulb going off stuff for me. Thank you. This is exactly the lesson I needed right now.

[@curiousguitarist]

So glad to hear it! Welcome aboard!

[@ondrejsamek6856]

One of the most eye opening lessons I’ve ever seen! I never seen this kind of approach to teaching a voice leading, I couldn’t grasp from anyone who has tried to explain to me but you Sir ! I owe you ! Thank you very much for your work ! Absolutely incredible ! Love to have this epiphany again ! Thank you for you’re making this video as guessing with all the options even they’re not right, I think most important step in learning is to do mistake and learn from them ! That’s when it clicked. Thank you again 🎉🎉

[@curiousguitarist]

You are so welcome! I'm so glad that this video was helpful.

[@hball6695]

Brilliant lesson as usual, Chris. I can actually feel my brain getting a bit bigger each time I watch one of your lessons. that Demo at the beginning should be a song, just beautiful!

[@curiousguitarist]

Thanks H! I really had fun doing this one too!

[@chuckkavalec6607]

Wow! Speechless really... By far the best guitar teacher on youtube. Period.

[@curiousguitarist]

Well Chuck now I’m speechless! :) Thanks!

[@soundguitar]

Great teaching and playing! Love the topic and your explanations are wonderful. Cheers! :) -Jared

[@curiousguitarist]

Thanks Jared

[@smokeychumchum]

wow again you take something that seems abstract and define the structure. what a communicator!

[@curiousguitarist]

Thanks Jack! really appreciate it, and thanks for being here!

[@Araz....]

Hi Chris , for sure this video one of the best lessons I've ever seen, appreciate your time and best wishes from Iran 👍

[@curiousguitarist]

Best to you as well!

[@krebstarinc.4225]

What a very useful video. You added some vocabulary and context to things I had just been muscling through for years. I can see what a help this could be to arranging songs. Thanks!

[@curiousguitarist]

Glad it was helpful!

[@jen8441]

You are simply incredible ,like everyone else who comments, how wonderful it is to have a teacher like you offering this to us. I am sure I speak for the rest we are honored and grateful. Thank you so much Chris 💕 jen🦋

[@curiousguitarist]

Wow, thank you, Jen, that means a lot to me.

[@jen8441]

@@curiousguitarist The pleasure is all mine and you are quite welcome. The problem with making an awesome comment is trying to top that week after week, so bare with me while I try. haha 💕 jen🦋

[@theeclecticreader5657]

Wow, Chris! You know, if you throw a stick in KZbin you're gonna hit a guitar teacher. But you, my friend, are the real deal! I love your cogent, in depth analysis and your kind encouragement toward discovery and self development. Thanks. Glad I subscribed!

[@curiousguitarist]

Wow, thanks Madison, and you are so welcome. I’m glad this resonates with folks. I know I’m loving it from my side.

[@juangloriosacatubay1097]

Whoah! This is the best video I have watched this month. Im happy and grateful to have came across this guitar lesson. You are a gift to the guitar community, sir. Mabuhay!

[@curiousguitarist]

Glad it was helpful, and Mabuhay!

[@jasonsanger6901]

Hi Chris. I want to say thank you for the great videos you post. I've been playing for little over a year now and have learned so much about the guitar from you and Marty Music. Both of you are an inspiration and have helped this 40 something year-old get back into guitar. Thank you again and keep making these awesome videos!

[@curiousguitarist]

Thanks Jason, I really appreciate the encouragement and glad you’re back to playing.

[@softailspringer9915]

I knew about the leading tone concept but didn’t have a method for discovering the underlying chords. Thank you, Chris!

[@curiousguitarist]

You bet!

[@drkhandal]

Some people are such great teachers. Make complex things look so easy. His teaching reminds me of my Medicine Proffs Grand Rounds who would diagnose complex cases with minimalist approach strongly grounded on fundamentals. Bravo Sir. Unbelievable service for music. 👏👏🙏🙏

[@curiousguitarist]

Thank you!

[@russelljoplin2728]

As always, next level stuff, Chris. So hard to express my appreciation for these studies!

[@curiousguitarist]

Wow, thank you Russell.

[@santiagoboterosegura2493]

This is the best explanation I've seen about this concept. Thak you very much!

[@curiousguitarist]

Glad this was helpful Santiago!

[@ariecht1807]

Thank you, Chris. This is such a gift. You have an amazing ability to take a lot of disparate theory pieces I've learned over the years and empowered me to apply them to actually make music. Amazing communicator.

[@curiousguitarist]

Thanks Ari, I really appreciate it, and so glad these are helpful!

[@chriscole9098]

Just came back from a run to find a new video. What a great day, keep up the great work Chris!

[@curiousguitarist]

Welcome home!

[@donaldbutcher1260]

A 1000 watt light bulb just lit up in my brain. Never had a concept so simply and perfectly explained. Thanks.

[@curiousguitarist]

1000 watts is very bright. That's enough light to expose a lot :) Happy to turn them on with you Donald!

[@justcallhoward]

Wow! Talk about demystifying harmony. Beautiful lesson, thank you!

[@curiousguitarist]

You are so welcome, Howard! Thanks for the views and comments. I’m glad you enjoyed this one

[@kevinmorris7722]

Wow. Beautiful. And so nice to see ways to dig when you want to. Thank you.

[@curiousguitarist]

Glad you enjoyed it, more like this on the way!

[@joycegrove5602]

It was so interesting to see how the voicing was broken down into which chords suited it best, using triad inversions until the best emotional "flavour" was found. It's almost like trying to build a sound picture from triad puzzle-pieces. Superb lesson!! Thanks again, Chris! I have been practising my triads every day (still rusty but slowly getting better) and NOW there is some melodic context for me to apply them to!

[@curiousguitarist]

You bet Joyce! Thanks for being here, and sorry for the late reply.

[@Dave-gf3kd]

I hadn’t understood “voice leading” - do now. Also this helped advance my understanding of harmonization and triads! Thanks Chris

[@curiousguitarist]

You bet Dustin. Sorry for the delay in response!

[@juansastre1729]

What a great explanation! Even though I was searching for the opposite process. Building a melody from a chord progression.

[@curiousguitarist]

Look at the Pachelbel video for that method. Great to have you here, Juan!

[@christopherlivings196]

OMG! I'm a bit late to the party, but, wow! This is such a great lesson. Thank you! I just went through the chords on my piano and just this one example with the Cminor chord for the Eminor note taught me so much about adding or releasing tension in a chord progession.

[@curiousguitarist]

@@christopherlivings196 yes! This is great to hear, thanks!

[@nz7166]

this specific topic was very helpful, ty! another video like this in the future would be great

[@curiousguitarist]

Glad you liked this one. I did another like it here, maybe this would be helpful too? kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5LPoIqvbrmZgLM More on the way!

[@nz7166]

awesome! thanks so much @@curiousguitarist

[@bubbaskyver6036]

Kudos on teaching how to harmonically navigate a line cliche like a boss

[@curiousguitarist]

Thanks Bunba! Line cliche or not, hearing these intervals and being able to retain them allows you to navigate them anywhere on the neck eventually! Can you recognize the intro scale?

[@Charles_S.]

Great video Chris, very valuable info. I learned the chord melody "triads" (of the key) awhile back and it made a world of difference in my improvising and now learning voice leading it will just add to that. Thanks again and please do more like these!

[@curiousguitarist]

Sorry for the delayed reply Charles, glad this is working for you. I'll definitely cover more stuff like this in future vids. Thanks for being here!

[@Alleynep]

Great lesson Chris. Tied in nicely with me learning triads. Thanks!

[@curiousguitarist]

Great to hear!

[@hotpenguin607]

Truly a learn by ear experience Amazing

[@curiousguitarist]

@@hotpenguin607 this one was fun too…just allowing your ear to literally tell you were to go. A total blast!

[@mikec2582]

Triads triads triads. They seem to be everywhere and SOOOO important. I've been working on memorizing them at least 20 minutes every day. Without them I could never understand this lesson.

[@curiousguitarist]

Fabulous!

[@Jeff_H_the_Guitarist]

Very cool to take a melody and have it define the chords. I'm so used to the opposite where it's the chords determining the melody. Very eye opening indeed!

[@curiousguitarist]

So glad you enjoyed it Jeff!

[@asifchowdhury6815]

Another Great content and Great lesson. So much intriguing and in depth context, but explained in a clear and simple manner.

[@curiousguitarist]

Thank so much Asif! Glad to have you here.

[@yootoobakownt1]

Chris - this is an outstanding lesson and a great way to think of progressions driven by melody rather than just chord progressions. For example, the C to Cm is a great borrowed chord but you got to it by accommodating the melody rather than for the sake of adding an interesting chord substitution in a standard chord sequence. All of this, by the way, being pretty new to me. Anyway, I'm a new fan and I'll be watching for new content after I pour through all of the backlog. Thank you!

[@curiousguitarist]

So great to have you here! Please let me know if you need a hand finding things. There's a few playlists here that are also fairly well focused so that also might be fun. Welcome aboard!

[@QBRX]

Wow, this opens up something very new to me. Thanks a million, I love it.

[@curiousguitarist]

You bet!!

[@caniwim12]

love it, first time the whole picture of triads and lead voices has fallen into place and can see less confusion around building harmonies around riffs I think of, have to admit, you lost me a bit on the Eb7 and must get over and review the 251, but all up, great lesson, thanks Chris !

[@curiousguitarist]

Yeah as I rewatch it I can see how that Eb7 section could have used a bit more attention. But I’m so glad the basic idea clicked for you Steve! Thanks for being here.

[@zingkhe]

Excellent, beautiful, this made me fall in love with music again. Love this. More of this please.

[@curiousguitarist]

Wow, that's a great comment to read after working all morning! Thanks Jigmee, and yes, more is on the way!

[@ghfdt368]

This was incredibly helpful thank you so much! this is a great tool for songwriting as I cant tell you how many times I thought of a melody and I had no idea how to accompany it! I also realised if you add suspended chords into this process as in making the melody note a 2nd degree or 4th degree in a chord, you can add a whole other layer of wonderful chords to fit the a melody

[@curiousguitarist]

Of course! Adding in the suspended notes would allow for some really nice mellow harmony. Glad you liked this one Stratagem271!

[@darreneden]

Yet another extraordinary lesson Chris. You’ve just opened the door to composition for me, which prior to this lesson felt like a daunting leap.. You’ve transformed it into a wonderful exploration. Thank you. Just prior to you going there, I was wondering if you could introduce a flat 7, and then it magically appeared. The only reason that even occured to me was because of what I learned from your previous videos. You are awesome 😎

[@curiousguitarist]

Thanks Darren, fun journey eh!? Happy to be part of it with you.

[@grahamedwards2646]

Wow! Thank you!! Makes complete sense of something that hadn't before. (Btw, i *think* you might've said Bm when you played Am on the ii V I?... or maybe i misheard). Anyway, just a superb explanation!

[@curiousguitarist]

Ahhh I’ll check it out. Glad you enjoyed this one!

[@dulev]

So enlightening! Great composition fuel!

[@joshuannachi_6]

Thanks goodness you put up this video 😭

[@curiousguitarist]

Any time Joushua!

[@Jake66564]

You always teach exactly what I need Chris! Can't wait to catch up on your videos when things calm down over here. Ichika Nito does some incredible voice leading in his work

[@curiousguitarist]

Indeed! Good to see you here Jake!

[@jschoma11]

This man is holding. Hes the plug for sweet sweet guitar lessons.

[@curiousguitarist]

Thanks Scott!

[@Fjlbc]

Amazing lesson and another barrier braker! It is like putting pieces together on a jigsaw. I will have to study a bit more of triads and harmonizing scales. Thank you Chris!

[@curiousguitarist]

Thanks for that comment Fernando, it's so good to hear these help to build a better view.

[@christianf.7223]

Super, super, super explained! Thank you so much !!! Greets from Hamburg, Germany

[@curiousguitarist]

Hallo Christian! Glad you liked this one!

[@petert1207]

Wonderful Explanation Chris Your a champion.

[@curiousguitarist]

Thank you kindly Peter!

[@timsellsted521]

Love this lesson @chrissherland! This makes so much sense. Now I have to try it!

[@curiousguitarist]

Keep me posted Tom!

[@BlackMath69]

This is great stuff. Glad I stumbled upon your channel .. thanks 🙏🏻

[@curiousguitarist]

Welcome aboard!!

[@douglasbroccone3144]

Love your lessons ❤

[@Dean.Jubb.Guitar]

Another super lesson Chris

[@curiousguitarist]

Thanks Dean!

[@Johnhasa1]

This is awesome! I was just thinking about voice leading recently!

[@curiousguitarist]

{mind reading skills seem to be sharpening}

[@Johnhasa1]

@@curiousguitarist 🤫

[@tmunday7270001475143]

Subscribed and liked! Great lesson Chris! Thank you 🤘

[@curiousguitarist]

Thank you, Todd, glad you're here!

[@Sadiesoft]

Awesome lesson!

[@EclecticEssentric]

Righteous. Beautiful to behold.

[@curiousguitarist]

Thank you kindly Timmy!

[@sandroisca3688]

What a poetical journey! Thank you so much!

[@curiousguitarist]

You bet!

[@sebastianhohmannhernandez4046]

Exactly what i needed thanks for the knowledge

[@curiousguitarist]

You bet, Sebastian!

[@mftorino]

Changed my life

[@curiousguitarist]

Wow...that's amazing :)

[@kengagnon6192]

Pretty specific no nonsense instruction on moving lines and chords around , I'm getting into playing guitar for composing jazz fusion ,I am a bass player been playing for many years , still trying to get used to the close string spacing on guitar sorta frustrating , also I have my guitar tuned P4 tuning

[@curiousguitarist]

So cool! Thanks for the comment, Ken. Its great to have a bass player in here!

[@danalanfranke]

This is an eye opener.

[@curiousguitarist]

Cool! How so?

[@danalanfranke]

@@curiousguitarist I’ve seen voice leading with triads used off of known chords lined up and the chords voicing lined up so that the melody came from the chords but not having an inspired melody and then voicing it with the different types of triads on the strings of the melody line by using the ear to determine a best fit. The interesting thing was I heard the chords you did for the best fit. I notice you mainly do string set 2-3-&4. Why not the other string sets?

[@little_orange_az]

Always awesome, sir! Thank you!

[@curiousguitarist]

Of course! Love that Chevy/GMC in your avatar BYW

[@brianlibert]

Great lessons, thank you!

[@curiousguitarist]

You bet Brian!

[@micksmastercosmo]

Chris, another great tool for the quiver! I really like seeing the thought process as you explore the possibilities in search of the pleasing chords. My question is...."what comes first, the melody and thus search for chord progression? Or....progression and extract a melody?"

[@curiousguitarist]

Both :P There is not right or wrong way to compose really. I use both methods all the time. In the video on 6th chords, I wrote that chord progression first, then hunted down the melody. In fact, practicing both of these methods is a great journey in and of itself. Thanks for the comment and being engaged here Mick!

[@Forty5Kimber]

I love your videos, thanks Chris I always learn something cool..

[@curiousguitarist]

You bet forty5!

[@rileypingleton9751]

Great lesson!

[@curiousguitarist]

Glad you liked it!

[@Sudhirchoudhary2788]

Great lesson sir

[@curiousguitarist]

Thank you!

[@richardallen4568]

Really really love this.

[@curiousguitarist]

And I love reading comments like this :)

[@CharlieChoong]

Awesome to see how you think. Wonderful. Subscribed.

[@curiousguitarist]

Thanks Marcus, good to have you here!

[@JoelHernandez-bg1hz]

thanks for the lesson. suscribed right away.!! I've been intrigued by harmonizing melodies and notes for months and this is highly useful and you made the topic interesting and easy. however, I have been practicing this for the whole week (it's been helpful) and by watching this video over and over and I've noticed something off towards the end of the video. I think you meant Am as the first chord of the 2-5-1 cadence instead Bm, right?

[@curiousguitarist]

Thanks for the sub! I'll watch it through, but yes, I've made a couple of errors here and there! Thanks for letting me know!

[@masterbuilder3166]

This was fun. Thanks 👍

[@curiousguitarist]

You bet!

[@johnstaples2190]

another great lesson..

[@curiousguitarist]

Thank you John!

[@jcdrnosecone]

The door swung wide open.. awesome

[@curiousguitarist]

YES! That's great to hear JC!

[@michaelcraig9449]

Is voice leading the same as playing solos to the chords correctly? There is almost no videos with tabs on youtube to show how to play solos along with chords, follow chords, or whatever you call it..

[@curiousguitarist]

Try this one: Playing Over Changes 101 kzbin.info/www/bejne/eGSlqYetrsZ2qZo

[@clbf6006]

Would the Cm at 11:06 be a key change? Do key changes build a lot of tension?

[@curiousguitarist]

Yup, that’s a key change for sure! Anytime a single chord changes from Maj to min or the opposite, you are changing keys. And yes, depending on what chord you move to you can create a lot of tension, the best way to really start to experiment with this is to learn the pattern of chords in a key and start to write your own chord progressions, and copy other examples.

[@MacKinnon2k13]

wow! awesome video.

[@curiousguitarist]

Thanks, glad you liked it, Gregory

[@Ngarukiyedaniel]

Wow !

[@splashesin8]

Hee! A darker variation of the start of the Gilligan's Island theme popped into my head. Probably because I've been hiking around like a video game character trying to mail things from outgoing mailboxes that are more likely to be collected, instead of the closest one to where I live. Compartment syndrome delirium from the ongoing relay. It's just that time of year where the mail collection wheels come off for about a month and a half or two. Deadline ptsd. Stranded on an island of sorts. Isn't everybody right now though?😅

[@MrMurphyum]

Now on my day off, Im watching this video for the 2nd time, and finally I have a chance to hold my guitar in my hand. Just realized a problem. Right off the bat, as we start from the G and established the next chord is an F - in my head I am already in the realm of C major, and would automatically assume, the mode is mixolydian, and the third chord would be E minor and it sounds great too just like the C major , but this way of thinking would gets me totally in a different direction, and the result is amazing! Not so much difference tho, but still sounds good!

[@curiousguitarist]

Ahh yes. Once you have the diatonic chords familiarized, then key changes, substitutions, pivot and borrowed chords are all much more exiting because you can see they don’t follow the rules. Glad you enjoyed this one Murph

[@MrMurphyum]

@@curiousguitarist I am certanly did! Stacked triads also another interesting concept, that this video just brought up to me. Eb7 triad in the video could also be a G° in different context.

[@bazilbrushrocks]

Illuminating to see this process. Somehow it never crossed my mind that the note might fit as the 3rd/ 5th/ 7th of a chord. I’d try major and minor and then be out of ideas.

[@curiousguitarist]

So glad this is helpful. I use this all the time when I’m composing

[@John-hi2yi]

Lovely video

[@curiousguitarist]

Thanks John.

[@eddieloid]

At 15:00 you say "and you can see what 251s are right there" and point up to your left, but I see nothing there. Is there supposed to be a link, or a caption?

[@curiousguitarist]

Should be this link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/il6Vi6uMaq6Cb5o

[@eddieloid]

@@curiousguitarist Thanks Chris. It has now put in an appearance!

[@barrycoulter6951]

Cool stuff! Thx!

[@curiousguitarist]

Glad you liked it!