Try Playing THIS Easy Chord Instead!
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What's up, my fellow guitar enthusiasts? Today's session at Guitar Practice Hub is keeping it chill and learning something fresh, especially if you're a guitar player who’s a bit older and more in the beginner stages. We're tossing out the usual C Major chord and bringing in the smooth vibes of Cadd9 - because why not, right?
🔗 Easy Progressions: Swap in Some Cadd9 Magic 🔗
In this video, we're taking a laid-back approach to enhance your chord game. Dive into the groove as we show you how to casually slip the Cadd9 into your guitar chords progression. It's an easy guitar chords practice exercise that adds a touch of harmonic sophistication to your strumming routine.
🤔 Why Cadd9, You Ask? Let's Break it Down! 🤔
Wondering what's the deal with Cadd9? From chords on guitar for beginners to anyone looking for a fresh sound, we've got you covered. Let’s explore why this chord is about to become one of your new best friend in the world of easy guitar chords.
🔄 Smooth Transitions: Making Chord Changes a Breeze 🔄
Tired of wrestling with chord changes? Ain't nobody got time for that! Our guitar chords practice tutorial spills the beans on how to slide between Cadd9 and some other common chords like a pro. It's all about those easy guitar chords for beginners, making your practice sessions feel like a jam session.
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Intro: 0:00
Lesson 1: 0:19
Lesson 2: 1:!8
THE CHORD: 1:52
Lesson 3 "Context": 3:24
G Chord: 3:58
G & Cadd9: 5:07
D Chord: 6:12
D & Cadd9: 7:34
All 3 chords: 9:04
Outro: 11:04
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First time seeing your vids. Have subbed straight away, so simply put. Off to watch some more of your vids now. Thank you for taking the time make them.!
Hi mate, thanks heaps for the sub! Appreciate your comment and hope you get a lot out of our videos!
Brilliant! Well done! Thank you!
Thank you too Joseph!
A really useful demo - many thanks for this!
Hey Paul, thanks for your feedback! Glad you got some value from it 🎸
THANK YOU! Great video!
Thanks JaminJim, glad you enjoyed it!
I discovered the Cadd9 well over a decade ago, and I couldn’t tell you the last time I ever played a C major chord. Such a handy hack. Great video btw
Ha, thanks for sharing mate! One of my students last year was adamant that he would play a regular C major chord, thought the Cadd9 was cheating, there’s no right or wrong. I think that was what gave me the idea for this video. I appreciate your feedback.
Same 😂
@wasntme7845 Quite CORRECT an added ninth should only be used when required NOT as an alternative to a C major chord. Major chords should NEVER comprise of more than three different notes.😊
I've been playing the Cadd9 for years instead of the Cmaj and this vid makes me feel a bit less ashamed for taking this short cut. To my ear, its always sounded good and I just went with it. So much easier, especially if you're singing the song
Hey, thanks for the comment! There's no shame and shortcuts here, it's all harmony and playing the way you like is good!! It's a great extension of a regular C major chord, so no worries :)
So good!
Thanks mate, appreciate the comment 🎸
EXCELLENT Thank you so much!
No worries, glad you enjoyed the video and it helps with your playing 👍🏼
Funs to learn from him! Thanks ❤
Hey there, thanks heaps. It's a fun instrument!! I'm glad you're enjoying our lessons!
Found Cadd9 by myself some years ago when messing about with the cowboy chords on a chum's acoustic. Lovely.
Good to hear! I bet your ears told you they liked the sound straight away! Where are you at with your chords these days?
One way to limit your movement is to play the G chord with fingers 3, 4 and 5 leaving the index finger out of it. There are lots of options when doing the G and C changes.
Yep, I totally agree! Thanks for the comment.
I luv using B9 in Blues...Exellent Lesson !!.Thanx.....
Nice one, would that be playing Blues in the key of E? Thanks for your comment…
yes thats when i use it ...thanx for your responce...your lessons are a great help
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Cheers mate just subscribed.
Hi Keith, thanks for subscribing!
oh great after all the practice someone says hey you been horn swaggled by the senior traditional teachers great scott its all so confusing but its the coolest video ive seen for newbies and the cadd9 really is a godsend after having nerve numbness in left hand now it works much less to get there thanks liked and subbed
Hi mate! I'm so pleased to hear you use the term "horn swaggled"! That's made my day and I'm now going to try and use it in a conversation myself! As for the chord Cadd9, I'm glad you're finding it useful and giving you some relief in your hand left hand.
I like your style nice and relaxed and very clear thanks for the lesson
I'm glad you appreciate it! Thanks so much for your feedback!
Very helpful. Thanks a lot. I will follow you for more: I already have subscribed
Awesome, thank you! I appreciate the sub and hope you get plenty of practice on your guitar!
Hmm C add nine, new chord type for me thanks. 😊 Very cool for changes.
That's good to hear, keep using the chord and it'll be a natural part of your playing before you know it. Thanks for your comment.
Nice teaching. Thank you. 👍❤️🙏🇺🇸🌹🎶🌺
Hi Sandra, thanks for your comment. Glad it was helpful! 🎸
Great! I played many year without knowing this you taught here. Thanks!
Great, glad to hear that it's shown you something new!
C Major Lonely Hearts Club Band.
All chords have their place really, this is a good variation, I use it in Green days " Time of your life " -- always appreciate people helping others, nice one !
I agree, it's good to have options I reckon. Thanks for your comment.
Three days ago I was struggling with a song that had a C9 in it. I couldn't figure out how to comfortably play the C9. Now I know. Thanks. I just subscribed. I am looking forward to what else you have to teach.
How’s the timing of this video to help with your playing, that’s very cool to hear! What’s the song that has the C9 in it? Thanks heaps for subscribing, looking forward to bringing you more helpful lessons.
"Things We Said Today" by The Beatles. There is a cord transition at the the 11th measure, (The tag or bridge?) that goes from Am to C to C9 to F to Bb then back to Am. I use to play this song back in High School. I put down the 6 string in 1981 and picked up a bass. I primarily been playing the bass for the past 40 years. I decided to pick the 6 string back up again and learn to be a better player. I would like to learn to play Blues Riffs. I just started playing again two weeks ago. Working on toughing my fingers back up. I am starting out by resurrecting the songs I use to play in my teens and twenties. Last night I worked on your shown cord changes using the Cadd9. I need to relearn how to play the G. I use a different finger placement than you do so it doesn't transition to the Cadd9 easily. Any suggestion you could make transitioning from C to C9 would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.@@GuitarPracticeHub
This is a C ADD 9, not a C9, which would include the dominant 7th (i.e. the B flat, 3rd string, 3rd fret).
Hey, thanks for your reply and letting me know about your history with these wonderful stringed instruments! I'll make some blues riff videos coming up! Ah ha, yes the C9 is a slightly different chord to the Cadd9. You'd have to reposition your fingers a bit and use all 4 fingers for that chord before repositioning a fair bit again for the F, then Bb. Tell you what, a nice way towards that is to substitute the C9 with a C7 (the Bb is the extra note here and has a strong influence on the harmonic flavour of this chord as it does with the C9, as its also in that chord) But we'll stick with C7.. Just play the usual C major then add your pinky to the 3rd fret of your G string. It's fine to play around with harmony like this (just ask any jazz guitarist, ha) and the chord police won't come knocking down your door. Lol. You can make a smooth change to the F chord after the C7, then when you play the Bb, you'll be playing 2 of the notes that would've been in the C9 anyway. So all good! Hope that helps, Glen.
Thanks for the tips. I'll give it a try.@@GuitarPracticeHub
Great video!
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for the comment!
I just subscribed! At 264 years of age I'm learning guitar.
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I already know everything you are teaching here but you do it so well, make it fun and sound great without complicating anything or putting in smart-arse technical stuff that beginners don't need at this stage. CADD9 is such a great discovery on anyone's guitar learning journey so thanks for this super video! I'll be watching more and recommending them to friends.
Hi Stuart, thanks for the feedback! I reckon you get the point of this video here! My experience in teaching beginners has reinforced this to me over the years. It can be easy to forget or take for granted what may seem like really basic stuff when you’re experienced at the guitar. We all start at the same place and I really think you gotta keep it fun and get your fingers playing!
Sweet
Cheers 🤙🏼
Nice…..thank you.
Hi, thanks for your comment 👍🏼
I have been playing for 60 years and i will stick with the C major thank you.
Ha, no worries. Thanks for the comment and having a great name too 😁
yep, and dont use your index finger in the G chord, use your pinky, then its easy to shift to C major (and Cadd9 if you want), and the index finger is free to do other things
Thank you New sub.
Hey MemoriesRR, you're welcome. Thanks for the sub!
I liked that. It was nice and simple but sounded really cool.
Hi, thanks for your comment! So many chords, so little time! Enjoy your guitar mate 👍🏼🎸😁
Wow, that's a milestone for me. Thank you for sharing, I am subscribed
That’s great to hear Ray! Thanks for subscribing! How long have you been playing?
@@GuitarPracticeHub I last played 10 years ago and sold all of my gear. Now at 61, I am getting back to playing again. Only for me this time as guys have passed on and we are now grandfathers and grannies 😂😂
@@raydanielz9408 good to hear you’re playing again. So you had to buy a new guitar and stuff to get going again? Well at least that’s always exciting! What do you like to play?
@@GuitarPracticeHub I had to buy me 1 acoustic guitar, 1 electric, Amp and accessories. I got married, had kids and my own demanding business to run. I am interested in music from the 50s all through to the 1980s. Triads, inversions, scales and appergios. Rnb, blues, classic rock, disco, jazz and all the music guys my age grew up on
@@raydanielz9408 life gets in there, that’s for sure! I can relate to that!
I was singing "Every rose has it's thorn" during your playing
Haha, nice one! 🎤
It's funny. This is how I was taught to play G and C (add9) from the beginning. I only play C major when pivoting from an Am or F for ease of transition.
Ha, I love that!! It is smooth with the C and Am hey. Thanks for sharing that with us!
Great fun tutorial. I was waiting for you to start doing a rendition of Pink Floyd's Mother. LoL
Haha, next time! Thanks for your comment!
That seems to add a little additional complexity to learning guitar. Once one realizes that every open chord one plays is directly transferable across the entire fretboard into different chords, that opens up infinite possibilities and lays open the door to playing songs one hears but has always had trouble trying to figure out.
Plus, one doesn't need to "throw away" a very useful chord form!
Cool... I've been using that one for quite a while now. I knew it was a C of some sort but I didn't know what it actually was fully. While it's so close to a normal C that it pretty much always works in its place but... it has just a hint of extra flavor to it.... thanks
Awesome, it's great to have options when we play chords! I like how you think of it as a hint of extra flavour!
hahaha Ive never been able to play a regular C i am stuck in Cadd9 I have a practice loop that moves arouns G Cadd( D and E. 2x G - Cadd9, G to D to Cadd9 . G to Cadd9 to D, E to Cadd9 to G to D Cadd 9 G and whatever you feel to play around it . I accually like G Cadd9 back to G then D to G to Cadd9. i like how it sounds
Hi, they're all good chords that sound great together. I just had a play through your progression. Did you mean E or Em?? Cheers.
Rjl, just found you love your video, Robert from Washington usa
Thanks and welcome Robert from Washington. Glad to have you aboard, Glen from Coffs Harbour, AUS.
@@GuitarPracticeHub do you have more beginner videos?
I hear a song want to play it, mostly cowboy chords never get strumming right or timing
@@user-mb8gg9ds3w strumming can take a bit to settle in, it's best to start simple and layer it up. I've got a couple of beginner strumming videos on my channel that I think would help you. th-cam.com/video/-QzO3RDlTJU/w-d-xo.htmlsi=Vuf8M6M74LXYlves and th-cam.com/video/SgQkdaIe9zs/w-d-xo.htmlsi=71WqmGPiPFL8Zk43 If these links don't work go to my channel and look for the strumming playlist. Let me know how you go.
I like to incorporate both into my playing. However, now that I’m aware of the four-finger Cadd9 and G chords, I want to incorporate all of them.
That's awesome! Have fun with them all! Thanks for your comment.
I'm brand new to guitar. When switching from Cadd9 to D, do you have to invert the middle finger to go back and forth? Could you play D with finger 1 on the high E string, fret 2; middle finger 2nd fet on the g string; and 3rd finger of course the same, 3rd fret on the B string?
Thanks for your comment. There's nothing stopping you playing a chord with any fingers you like, what feels comfortable to someone may not to someone else. I'd recommend finger 1 on fret 2 of the G, finger 2 on fret 2 of the high E and finger 3 on fret 3 of the B string.
Fantastic....thank you! Blessings to you!
Hi Chuck, my pleasure mate. Blessing right back to you too!
Excellent lesson - could you play Robin Trower .... " Caledonia " ...." I Can't Wait Much Longer . "🎼🎼🎼✨🎸🏆
Thanks mate! Leave it with me and we can get on to it! Thanks for your comment.
Every Rose has It's Thorn is an example of what he is saying here.
Good stuff😂
Thanks John, appreciate your comment.
What about caged or being able to play that shape anywhere on the neck, chord tones or arpeggios. They still have to be able to effectively play a c shape, still have to go thru the pain of perfecting the c shape.
All that stuff is great and I agree, but that's not the point of this video. We've got plenty of other sessions to go through those practical concepts for playing guitar.
Although I do love the Cadd9 chord and I use it a lot, you mentioned around 1:45 that switching from the C to G that you are, "moving all of your fingers everywhere". However, if you fret the G with your middle, ring and pinky fingers, you are not moving your fingers at wrist much at all. It is also helpful if there are two guitars playing the same C chord for one to play it the traditional way and the other to play the Cadd9. Just my 2 cents. :-)
Thanks for your feedback. That's definitely a great way to play between the 2 chords, I always mix it up depending on the context of what I'm playing. I appreciate your 2 cents mate!
@@GuitarPracticeHub Thanks for the reply. I really enjoy your videos. I've been playing and teaching for more decades than I care to admit and you have a great way of conveying lessons to viewers.
@@Swami49er Thanks mate! Haha, time flies doesn't it! What's your favourite thing about teaching others guitar??
@@GuitarPracticeHub This may sound crazy, but when your student has the "light bulb comes on" moment. When they fully grasp not only what you are teaching them, but the how and why of it. For example, when they understand how to construct a chord based upon the scale and they start doing it on their own. It's an awesome feeling knowing that you helped others understand what they are doing and seeing them do it on their own. What's yours?
2:12 I find it strange that people use their index finger in open chords... I use my ring and middle fingers, keeping my index and pinky free to add to the chord on the B and high-E strings.
Ring finger on 2, middle on 1, pinky on 3... index finger free to add to the chord (or I just keep my index behind the nut like I'm barring)... it keeps a co-synchrony when you barre up the fingerboard. But I do a lot of travis picking in my style.
That's a great way of playing, adding a little movement with your index finger into the harmony. Also an efficient way to play when moving up and back between barre chords too! Thanks for your great comment!
Used in a goo dolls song...chord strum and let ring...'I wanna wake up where you are'.
Ha, now I've got that song stuck in my head!
@@GuitarPracticeHub lol...yeah...me too. I got us both. 😁
When I learn something new on guitar it takes me forever to get it but you sir have most certainly explained it so well that even I got it in no time. Thank you
That's so good to hear! I'm well pleased that you've been able to bring a new chord and concept into your guitar playing quickly and efficiently! Thanks for your comment.
No body turns their hand around to play c To g you just drop down two fingers on to the bass strings and add the top g 😀
Immo try this.
great, how'd you go?
“Nutshell” by Alice In Chains is THE song that uses a C add 9 with an open E to perfection
I very much agree with you on that. So interesting to hear you say that too as it’s in the pipeline to do a video on that song! Might have to usher that one along.
Cadd9 just sounds better
6:30 d for delightful 😊
The John Lennon G Chord is right there.Just add the pinky to the G. I know. I was there. I subscribed..You are the best teacher on the face of this earth
Ha, I wouldn't go that far! Thanks mate! I've not heard the term of the John Lennon G before, can you expand on that?
Why tell people not to play the major triad? It makes no sense. The major triad and the add 9 chord are both perfectly good chords and have their place depending on the composition or how you want the piece to sound.
I learned Cadd9 before C Major. I never understood why C Major was taught to new beginners.
That’s interesting to hear, thanks for letting us know. 👍🏼
Problem is beginners get taught to use their index finger to play a G chord, which makes it hard to shift to a C major. Playing a g chord with middle, ring and pinky opens up a different way of playing, it keeps the index finger free to do fiddly bits.
@@jumboegg5845I agree and yes, the old fiddly bits just raise those chords with interesting little movements within them! That’s a great way to throw some variations into your chords!
Bravo Bravo Bravo Bravo Regards from CDMX México maestro.
Hi, thanks for your message! Hope you’re enjoying your guitar and greetings from Coffs Harbour, Australia!
C should be played on top e that shape anyway. Hands down. Four fingers obvious the f shape for bottom three fingers
Thanks for your comment. Do you mean a C/G?
Okey
Dokey
along the susquahanna
Even better - Angus Gadd9 to Cadd9 unless OfCourse you are 'Wishing You Were Here'
You know it! Why not a little Em7 while we’re at it? Or would that be too shiny like a crazy diamond?
I need F and B help 😄
No worries.. We'll look at some options for those in upcoming videos.
C9 is cool. Outta tune guitar tho?
Hmmmm
I play (the open cowboy chord) G without the index finger and that makes changing to other chords easier as well as adding flexibility to your filling out the G with a Gadd9, Em.....so I don't see the point but you're really entitled to your own ways and point of view.
Cheers for the comment mate, take care 👍🏼
Nice lesson for beginners. One complaint though.
Tomato on a grilled cheese sandwich? That's just gross. It would get all slimey and stuff. Like getting a hamburger from Dairy Queen, and they put the lettuce and tomato in, then microwave it. Just unacceptable.
Oh yeah. Also "Every rose has it's thorn"
But never a tomato.
Yep, this is good stuff for beginners for sure. When starting out on the guitar, if you don't know these things, you don't know. But I must disagree with respect good sir! Tomato on a grilled cheese sandwich is fantastic, if somewhat dangerous. It's like getting a squirt of lava on your palate when you impatiently take your first, mouth watering massive bite! I've experienced this far too many times, but go on, give one a go! As for Dairy Queen, the thought of microwaved lettuce and tomato makes my stomach turn, unacceptable for sure! We don't have them here in Australia, so I won't run into that issue. Also, good example of these chords with that song. Take care mate and thanks for the comment! Glen.
Why does the cowboy C chord on a Gibson always sounds so out of tune?
The, your^^ cords books, are the reason not many learn to play the guitar! ""Feelingless"""Fixed finger playing as all the limits! In distortion your cords are useless!
With easy as it gets pattern changing's! I just do the single finger spider approach~ To pick all the many cords you can't play! With fixed hand placements By non fixed hand placements.
There are so many more easier comfortable ways of playing, that are more rhythmic, & way more fun to ""improvise""" with! Just with single notes alone! With just one finger at a time~!
Would you like a lesson~? That no one knows & does what I do~That is endless & never the same~! That every time you would pick up the guitar magic would come!
To have music to just flows out of you as you can play massive endless changeups~? Of every single one of the picking cords~?
I never liked the sound of the C major chord. I also prefer leaving out the F# on the D chord. I KNOW these other chords well, they are in my tool box. I like way the 9 sounds on “cowboy” chords though. The changes follow the concept of Elegance in chord changes, but when it comes to it, I prefer the SOUND of add9.
Thanks for sharing that with us! I feel that the guitar is not a one size fits all. Sure there's a variety of ways to play it, but the most important way is for you to enjoy the sound and feel good about how you're playing. Sounds like you've got that sorted!
Nothing new here . The GCD trick has been on TH-cam for years
Can't understand why everyone has a problem with C Major?
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Add a E major and you can play Alice and chains 😊nutshell
One of the first songs I learnt to play many years ago! Em7 is the chord, I'm thinking of doing a video of that song coming up.
@@GuitarPracticeHub Me too. My first song also that got me playing guitar! That would be That Awesome if someone you made a video learning to play nutshell by you! All the rest that teach nutshell on TH-cam usually teach it wrong. By leaving their pinky on the High E string for the G cord as they go through the cord Progressions. Looking forward to seeing your video. Keep up the good work!
Ohh when you make the other video can you play the Alice and change with Acoustic to me the song sounds so much better and it’s a lot easier to hear the notes more clearly! Thanks again!
@@douglackie3777 No worries 👍
@@douglackie3777 sweet! Looking forward to putting together!, I've transcribed a chart from an official book of the guitar parts for Jar Of Flies that I'll also put up to download. Looking through it, it shows the pinky staying on the high E string. Anyway, neither here nor there really. How do you go with the singing while playing??
This is cool.....but Cadd9 just doesn't sound like a good replacement for a C major to me. I can tell that something is "off".
That’s fair enough Jeff. Thanks for commenting, what is it about the harmony that you find off?
@@GuitarPracticeHub It is a different chord so it doesn't always work. To me, it seldom works. It doesn't sound like a C major because it isn't.
@@jeffs9302 cool mate. It’s interesting playing with harmony. Here we have an upper extension of a C major chord (which is C E G) with an added 9th interval (the note D in the next octave up) so Cadd9 is (C E G D) it’s actually still a C major, just with a tiny bit of extra flavour. Our basic triads, major and minors can be inverted and extended, substituted and played around with in many ways! I appreciate your comments mate.
Bluregrassers use these all the time in order to get more ring out of a chord...
However standing chords always have their place .. its almost impossible to play finger boom-chuck style with alternating thumb plucks . aka Travis Travis style without standard chords ..
Bottom line .. everything has its place .. and many people who play by ear throw music theory under the bus... because they will play whatever they think sounds good .. and without this attitude we wouldn't have ever had the blues... and the spinoffs of that gendra of music..
Never play the C major ? Not hardly...
Thanks for your comment, great feedback!
If you like it do it. If you don't, don't.
Haha, yes I agree wholeheartedly! Cheers for the coment.
Why say 'dont play the E string' snd point to the bottom E, but still play the (top) E string? Doesnt make much sense to me as shown ...
Hi Gary, the reason we don’t play the low E string is so that the root note, C, is the lowest pitched note in the chord. (Fret 3 of the A string)
@@GuitarPracticeHub thanks!!
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If you want to play music to camp by.
Agreed!
but what if i the song calls for a C chord? Cadd9 isn’t identical… the fuck???
It's all good, try both. See what your ears think. Ultimately, its fine to experiment with harmony, and all we're doing here is adding an extra note of D in the upper range of a C major chord.
Please don't advocate using these in place of their actual chords, most players call these "cheater chords" in order to just lock ur ring and pinky fingers to the 3rd fret, and they never learn correctly. This "trick" will be used for G, C, Em, F, and D, all without moving those 2 fingers off the 3rd fret. Please learn the real chords firat, then learn how add9, sus2, sus4, etc as what they are and why. Otherwise this will be limited to beginner level campfire songs forever
Hi; thanks for your comment. Chords are chords and harmony is harmony. There’s no cheater chords or tricks. I advocate learning as many variations, extensions, substitutions and inversions as possible. Play around with them, see what your ears think of them and how they feel in an arrangement. This single video however, focuses on the Cadd9 as a means of getting beginner players playing, sounding good and most importantly enjoying themselves and feeling good.
Thanks Glen, for sharing your knowledge and encouraging us (beginners) by making things a bit easier. I'm an ex piano tuner and retired social worker who had a dusty guitar somewhere in a corner, nearly all my life.. and it was easier for me to tune a complete piani (and fix it) than playing 3 guitar chords in a row. . Your teaching helps me having fun 'playing' guitar. Thanks!! There are no 'cheat' chords. It either sounds just right.. or it doesn't.
This world needs more heartfelt chords, and less conflicts. Let's all play our inner music and spread our true colours.. SylvainQcCan
@@GiguereSylvain thanks so much for your great comment and support! I'm so happy to hear you've dusted that guitar off and getting into it. I've got a friend who's been repairing and tuning pianos for decades, it's quite the skill!! I've got a dusty digital piano sitting under the stairs at my home, haha!
The problem here is in the title of this video "instead" common brother! But you did start by using "try" . I have nothing against trying / experimenting .
I often play CFG all over the neck open and Barre down to 9th fret c and back up to open C. Same with AD and E. It gets boring otherwise.I play penta lead and I may start in C penta 9th fret but play open C .it is more interesting than staying with open chords I think.
if the song calls for Cmaj you cant use the Cadd9 it wont work properly i get a kick out of these videos
Thanks for your comment. Harmony has more nuance than I think you give it credit. It's anything but black and white and there's numerous options of chords other than what a song "calls for". Our goal here is not to stifle people's creative freedom, but to learn music, the guitar and enjoy the process. I appreciate your feedback though.
Drummer was epic, guitar sounded great too but the lyrics are questionable.
I wholeheartedly agree! I couldn’t even hear the bass!
An open g chord should always be played with the ring finger and not the middle finger. Any classical guitarist knows that ! It’s a sin to use your middle finger !
To be honest, I switch it up depending on what chords I’m playing before and after.
@@GuitarPracticeHubYes. This.
I am so confused withsll these videos i memorizee fret board in-an hour knowng theory and i see people studying for years what took an hour with no guitar
The Cadd9 does make a nice switch back and forth to Gmaj. I also found that switching from a Cmaj to G is effective and faster to switch to a Gadd9 - and you can throw a Gsus4 in for good measure (pun intended!).
@@danconverse6553very nice!! We've got options, that’s for sure!
Two completely different chords and sounds.
He’s a little off in the head!
How to make your guitar playing sound as generic as possible
nonsense. Sometimes a song requires a C and not a C9. Simple as that. this is useless.
Hi Steven, thanks for your comment. I’m keen to talk some harmony with you. With all the variations, extensions or substitutions that can be made with chords, whether guitar, groups of instruments or voices. Why do you think it’s nonsense to expand beyond a simple triad major, when there’s so much more for the ear to appreciate? Very curious about your line of thought. Cheers mate.
Nonsense. When you come upon something which is difficult the answer is to practice until you can do it.
True, that’s how we develop our skills. Thanks for the feedback 👍🏼
I agree but that is what gets most people sick of playing guitar and putting it down and never touching it again! If you got tricks and can teach people that are eager to play some Notes, just to get them to play at least some music it gets them some confidence to attack the harder notes later on in their guitar lessons! I love what he is doing teaching people to help play a Cad9 cord a little easier then playing the C cord at first! The logic to my comment, I think his videos are there to help people start to play some kind of music 80% of people that grab a guitar men or women put it down because it’s too frustrating. A lot of it is muscle memory and stretching your fingers and locations your fingers have never been before. That’s how I see it!