What Makes THIS GUITAR CHORD So Useful?

Want to know what makes this chord so useful? Watch this quick animated guitar lesson to the very end to find out how one simple chord holds the secrets to memorizing all interval locations on the guitar. You can use this knowledge to build any chord and achieve fretboard mastery!
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@@ansfridaeyowulfsdottir8095 This is supposed to show you how to play those chords. If you aren't willing to play those chords yourself, there was no point in you watching the video. If you are willing to play the chords, there is no point in having the chords played in the video.

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@@ThorsShadow But playing the chord would be a better teaching aid. {:o:O:}

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Idk why this is so much easier to visualize and apply than anything else, but it is. Thanks for the secret chord. Suddenly Hendrix, Buckley and the Vs make so much more sense.

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I remember creating all the 7th chords variations with this method on my own. Was a game changer!

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i love this style of video! if i could make one suggestion, it would be to have auditory queues when showing the chord/describing what it may sound like. for example, when you're exposing the difference between maj7 and dominant 7, you could have the maj7 chord strummed once or played once when you're talking about it, then have the 7th note played, and when switching to the dominant 7 you can have the chord strummed or played once, and when referencing the note, play the flat 7 as a single note! i think that would take your video to the next level :D other than that, i loved it

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I agree!! And will implement this in future videos for sure👌

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Great suggestion. This video is definitely helpful in conceptualizing different chord forms. Having the sounds to correlate would be a great icing on the cake to help train the ear, too.

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Glad it helped! Be sure to watch the video linked at the end of this Lesson which discusses this subject in much more detail and much more👍

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I dont comment on YT much, but this video was so helpful. Clear, concise, not overly long. I really like the format and visual aids. This really helped my understanding of intervals. I could've used this a decade ago, lol, but I'm glad it's here now! Thank you!

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Thank you for watching! And welcome to the channel!

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Best practical music theory for guitar ie the anatomy and working of and for building chords. One suggestion would be to display the name and order of each string 5:12

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This is very interesting. You started with the E shape. If you transpose it up a fourth to the A string, you get the A shape. Transpose up another fourth to the D string to get the D shape. So all of these chords are from the same family, where the chord tones are on the same fret or higher than the root. But what about the other family? In the G shape, all the notes are on the same fret as the root or lower. Transpose the G chord up by a fourth (taking it from the sixth string to the fifth string) and you get the C shape. Now between the two families you’ve covered all the CAGED chords.

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Musicians! Pay attention I am currently working with and performing with a Jazz Quartet and I use every single chord voicing on guitar 🎸 contained in this post. However, these same chord voicings are also used in country Blues Folk Rock reggae Blue Grass Pop R&B Soul gospel and on and on. You can not go wrong with this lesson and these Chord Voicing no matter what style of music that are interested in playing! Enjoy!

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