Stop Asking Me for the Chords - How to Figure Them Out Yourself

0:00 Introduction
0:15 Hearing Chord Qualities
2:21 Chords in a Key
5:08 Secondary Dominants. Oh my!
7:37 All About that Bass
9:29 Finding the Key
11:14 Putting it to Work
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[@PeterMossUkulele]

So much good stuff here in under 25 minutes. Perhaps the most useful shortcut to a potentially very complicated subject, yet explained in a very easy to understand way. Bravo Chris.

[@RockClass101]

I won’t ask for chords. Tabs?

[@pjglory3348]

You always stretch my brain… in a good way!

[@HCT-Ukeyay_ee.y]

❤ "Love it!" Thank you. I got it, so greatly. "Awesome job!" 🧚🪕🎵🎶

[@SeanKStephens]

I'm sure this is easy for you, but I'm gonna have to watch this video a bunch of times and take notes to get it all. Great lesson! ThanX for posting it.

[@raypeal1876]

What a great lesson! You have a great way of explaining why things work together. Thanks for posting! Liked and subscribed!

[@rodfountain1810]

That answered a load of questions I didn’t know I needed to ask…but really, really needed to ask. Thanks for this.

[@Ukulelelovers]

What a great tutorial! Ear training and music theory are so important!

[@TheWoodsAreLovely]

Another great lesson, that is going to take a while to sink it - thank you

[@ekalbkr]

Good lesson! It puts a great spin on finding your way through a new song. And yes, save this link and repeat it often.

[@EricaH8849]

You packed a lot into this lesson! All good stuff and an excellent presentation. Thank you so much.

[@crackleford7377]

Thank you for this. I've been playing long enough that I do this already by 'feel'. You've just taught me that there's actually method behind it. It's really simple but elegant actually.

[@stevewheeler6672]

Very nice. I really got a lot from the discussion of secondary dominants, but I think it might have made more sense to work backwards to them, so to speak. Maybe when I've got a better ear I'd be able to say, "Ok, we're moving from C to A7. Where does that go next?" However, to me it seems easier to say, "We start on the C, and at this point, we'd normally expect the IV chord, which is F, but that's not quite right, so let's try a Dm. That actually sounds good, but we have this other chord in between. A common lead-in is an out-of-key secondary dominant, so ..."
That may just be because I'm more familiar with relative minors than secondary dominants, though.

[@Cliffolaus]

Thanks Christopher! I love these kind of lessons and you're really very good at explaining everything. I just recently got a Baritone! I didn't want to lower the G on my tenor, so....I must say, it has given me a completely new way of looking at the guitar, and chords in general. I didn't think it would be such a revelation, but it most certainly is! The 5th and 6th string were always my reference points, that I just took for granted. This has caused me to see chords in a whole new light! On the Uke and the guitar!! Thanks! 👍👍👍🎶🎶🎶🎸😀😀

[@indykatley10317]

I feel like this video was made for me.

[@AuriLuve]

hey what are the chords for riptide?

[@meissoun]

Now you can figure out for yourself :-)

[@MarcGallagherMusic]

I’m not sure I agree with your secondary dominant point, I’ve always been taught that it’s the dominant of the dominant (e.g. D major or D7 in the key of C, it’s the dominant of G that leads back home to C). Describing a C7 as a dominant for a song in the key of C is just creating motion to the IV chord, not making a secondary dominant.
Or maybe I’ve been taught wrong this whole time, I’m open to being corrected

[@CosasdeDios1089]

I am dizzy now. 😵