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Ok, been watching your vids. They're good. To cover the multiple ways of learning, it would be *super helpful* if you could add the sounds of what you're stating and showing (instead of a "blip" sound), so there may be an audible connection to the words and pictures. Thanks for your hard work!
I’m an elderly Roman statesman who’s been playing the electric xylophone for 900 years. This is the most comprehensive list of chord types that I’ve ever seen anywhere.
I stopped myself from commenting on this all week, until I watched over and over. This Sam, is by far the greatest lesson on chord building that I’ve ever watched. Thanks mate for your hard work and easy to follow lesson, and the other videos on your site 👍🏻🇬🇧🎸
I have to reply after watching this once. I’m not stupid lol, unless you ask an ex… 😂😂😂 but I’m gonna have to watch this over and over as well. Not that it’s confusing or a bad video, just to process lol
I had a music teacher who drilled theory into my head. Years later I am so happy he did. For those of you who did not get formal training I highly recommend this video. It is streamlined for perfect understanding. If you need to, break it down into sections. Thank you to the professor behind this lesson.
This channel is criminally underrated. One of the most straightforward approaches I’ve ever seen. All your channel content is so clear, well laid out, and easy to follow other creators should be jealous. Keep it up I’m learning loads.
Been trying to get music theory under my belt as a guitar player these last few weeks but this is just the most clear and well layed out video on chord building I've seen. Many thanks
I can NOT believe I NEVER thought to apply this strategy to the major scale. If you base it off of the major scale positions on both strings (E and A) you can create the chords across the neck on all strings and experiment with different chord voicing’s/inversions. Thank you so much! This was eye opening
This is SO much easier for keyboard players! I've played keys and guitar for 50-years now and what you've described is actually pretty trivial once it's shown in context. It's when you have to contort your hands into unnatural positions on the guitar that this becomes REALLY difficult! For a keyboardist, it's a piece of cake...
Funny thing, as a guitar player, I have the same contortion issues about playing keyboard. Especially regarding the visual aspect and transposing. It's so so much easier on guitar, IMHO. As long as I'm playing in C or G (and maybe A) piano is great fun. I've come this far, so what's with those horn players and that whole Bb thing? Talk about a guitarist nightmare? Until you tune down two frets, problem solved. Can't do that (easily) on a wooden piano tho. Rant over. What a cool channel and batch of videos on chord theory!
Sometimes you find yourself idly descending the TH-cam search results, into the oblivion of videos with triple digit views. And sometimes when you're in there, you find gold. This is it. 🥇
Thank you very much🙂🙂 this particular lesson took alot of time/effort so a comment like this means alot...feel free to check out any of my other Lessons👍👍
@@Samjamguitar Don't worry, it shows! I really enjoyed your presentation. You've got pretty much (Well, in my opinion ha) the perfect blend of humour to keep it entertaining. Dry dead pan delivery with bizarre stock images is a surefire laugh from me. But moreover your voice is also just calm and pleasant as narration. I'm really green in the music world and I'm still coming to grips with even basic theory, so this did great job demystifying chord construction for me, which previously seemed like 50% black magic. The sound effects, animations, and repeated guided breakdowns of the chord formulas made it all really easy to follow along with. Still, by the end I had trouble keeping all the new information together, so I'm gonna have to do a few repeat viewings as you recommended haha. For sure going to watch more of your videos!
Best summary of my channel's general teaching approach I've heard so far 👌👌 Glad that it's all coming across in the way I intended 🙂 if you have any suggestions for further lessons then feel free to leave them in the comments...I have a list I'm working through but always on the look out for new ideas... Oh and ring that NOTICATION BELL 🔔 if you haven't already 👍
I cannot add anything to the other comments here. No superlatives adequately describe the clarity and usefulness of this lesson. I have listened to jazz musicians spelling chords and despaired of ever understanding the theory. I read music fairly well - enough to sight read a song accompaniment on the piano. I am however compelled to add my comment just out of gratitude- in short, you sir Rock! Thank you!
This is seriously the easiest most fastest straight forward lesson on this that exists on TH-cam that I found so far and although I am not new to MusicTheory or chord construction, I stumbled upon this video and just randomly clicked on it and was more interested to see if this could help my sister who is just starting out with MusicTheory and I am definitely going to share this with her because for an absolute beginner this is so clear. Great video!
Every guitar player should learn theory. I learned it and it has helped me. As you said, you don’t have to memorize any of this. I never did but I know the whole neck of my guitar.
This is insanely helpful, in 17 minutes (actually more like 30 cause i took way to many notes) this helped me understand everything i was missing about chord naming and finding the intervals and notes within those chords. Video deserves more than the one like i can give
You should be applauded for the quality and effectiveness of this video. You covered everything from most basic to the more complex without it ever getting confusing and still managing to keep it as concise as possible. It's really a simple concept but it's easy to get lost without a visual guide, and the changing graphics were perfectly timed to make it clear for everyone.
Wow. 5 years ago when I joined my high school's jazz band as a guitarist, I had never even seen a single chord symbol in my life. Triangles... circles... sharp this, add that, omit this... i was completely lost. I had to make Flashcards for every single chord on every song we played for 6 months until I could actually keep up with the band. I didn't understand the theory behind it at the time. I just learned one shape at one spot for each chord, which did make jumping around the fretboard really hard! But man. Those 6 months of brutal practice for hours and hours every day could've been condensed into maybe a month or less if I had this video. Awesome job!
I came across this video because I wanted to start playing again after taking a long period off of not playing guitar. This is a great refresher and a time saver as I refresh my memory on what I learned years ago. Thanks for the help and greatly appreciated.
I dont think there is anything i can add that hasn't been covered by the myriad odf positive comments on this video but wow, what a fantastic teaching resource. I take my hat off to you Maestro.
This is probably the easiest and fastest way to lean all chords with no tears. This teaching method is stunning by its simplicity and visuals. Congratulations to the creators! Greetings from 🇵🇦
Being a self-taught guitarist, I always thought that the naming of chords was so confusing until I learnt some basic major, minor, augmented and diminished triads and watched this video today ! You made it so easy man ! ❤ Thanks !❤️🔥✨💪
This is by far the best lesson I’ve ever watched about this subject. It helps a lot, it’s just so good and well explained. I’m recommending this to my friends!
I found this video very helpful, especially when naming unusual chord voicings on guitar. There was a song a friend wrote that used a open G grip up two frets (from low E to high e strings the frets would be 5-4-0-0-0-5). I now know this would be referred to as an A11 chord as it contains scale degrees 1 3 b7 9 and 11.
This is literally incredible, I'm someone who needs to understand before I can do, and this channel so far has been a goldmine for this. Thanks for all your work 👊
W H A T T H E H E C K this is most digestible explanation and presentation of theory on the guitar (western music in general) I've ever seen in my life! All in less than 20 mins. You are the real MVP 🏆
Sam is the best theory and guitar instructor of all time. I would recommend subscribing and start from the beginning to learn and advance your skills in learning how to play a guitar…period! Thanks Sam
Thanks for this lesson. I guess it was the right timing for me. I knew this chord theory should all make sense finally. Thank you for taking it home for me. Yes, I thought the same. Why have a book with 1000 chords. Huh ???
This here is top notch "Golden Video"... Thank you for taking the time to explain the formulas for chords. The way you've layed it out to understand is inspiring, and simply superb.
This should be at the top of every guitar lesson search on TH-cam. OMG, I'm just now contemplating the number of hours that this video could have saved guitarists. Very well done video!
Around the time you first released this video. I had no idea of the concept. Today I ran across this video again. Man, I had learned enough about notes and scales that now this all makes since. Thank you so much. That is what I am into now, learning these beautiful building blocks.
As an experienced player, I'm glad to see you started to touch upon omitting notes such as the root and 5th. As a professional writer, I'm impressed with your concision - you have a lot of information in seventeen minutes, it could serve as an introduction to harmony. My earnest congratulations, sir, as a technical writer, I bow to your instructional skills.
This was FABULOUS. Rick Beato should watch your videos to see what "teaching" is all about. You started easy and built from there, like putting bricks on a wall. I need to watch a 2nd time to help retain it, but it all made perfect sense. thank you so much. This was truly a spectacular explanation
Once again a thoroughly intense and beautifully laid out lesson! So much packed in such a short amount time. Unpacking now up to me slowly and accurately mastering each step along the way. Thank you!!! PS great graphics on fretboard and symbolic pics!✌️❤️
Love u sir. U motivate me to push even on the days where we don’t feel like it. My dad has cancer and financially we are unstable but because of u I get the motivation and the drive to also pursue my career as a musician ( flamenco guitarist) and complete my engineering nicely.
I just discovered this channel. Fantastic content and amazing job of consolidating music theory concepts into easily understood concise videos. Subscribed!
I was saying yay out loud every time something clicked. Man i wish i took guitar seriously as a teen. Havent played in ten years but i have the itch at 26 and this video has given me hope in playing better than i had before
Dust off that guitar! I'm glad the video helped! now just pick it up and get started again!.. checkout my playlists, all theory lessons are in one playlist and all lead guitar improv are in another!
@@SamjamguitarI've been back in about a month but my friends wanna jam and they know this stuff so I just wanna jam better instead of trying to noodle terribly. I'll get it. All the comments are true. Other videos kinda lose you immediately. This is tricky but I think I got it.
Awesome 👌 let me know how you get on! I also have a PATREON which I make regular video Lessons for Patrons who request them if that ever seems useful to you!
Great video on chord building. I also have a reference: "Piano and Keyboard Chords" that I found at Half Price Books. Love your graphics and straightforward presentation.
Thanks Steve! Let me know what topics you would like to see me cover in the future 👍 and feel free to hit the NOTICATION BELL 🔔 if you haven't already 🙂
Here are some key points and takeaways from the chord theory video for notes or revisiting, im doing this for myself and to potentially help viewers: Chord formulas show the intervals that make up a chord relative to the root note (e.g. major triad = 1 3 5) Triads are 3 note chords built from major/minor thirds and fifths (major, minor, augmented, diminished) Seventh chords add a seventh interval to triads (major 7, minor 7, dominant 7) Suspended chords replace the third with a second or fourth (sus2, sus4) Ninth, eleventh, and thirteenth chords add those extensions to seventh chords Chord names tell you the formula (e.g. Gmaj7 = G major triad + maj 7 interval) Extensions come from continuing the major scale (9=2nd, 11=4th, 13=6th) Omit non-essential notes like 5ths and 9ths when building big chords Altered chords have b5, #5, b9, #9 intervals to create dissonance Key Takeaways: Learn chord formulas and intervals to build any chord Decode chord names to understand their structure Stack 3rds, 7ths, and extensions to form more complex chords Omit non-essential notes when playing big chords on guitar
Watching this and affirming the knowledge I’ve been acquiring gradually from multiple sources was really confidence boosting. This is a very full and comprehensive guide and being able to connect/recognise all of it mostly intuitively feels like I’ve reached a solid benchmark in my understanding of chord theory. Thanks!
Thank you so much for this video. Finally guitar theory is starting to make sense to me and seems not so overwhelming. Plenty to learn, but not impossible.
This one simple and straightforward explanation has demystified the basis behind chord names as well as help to find the varying possible chords behind any root note within a melody. Subscribed with thanks from Malaysia.
Glad to hear it! When you realise how chords are constructed everything starts to fall into place and make sense! I would recommend going through my other videos too!
After literally wasting 4 days of searching different videos I finally found this masterpiece thank you bud u taught in very interesting way keep it up 🎉
I have played music my whole life. I took a couple years of music theory in college and took guitar lessons from a Berkeley graduate who stressed music theory and also the realbook. I can tell you, that this is all very well explained here.
This is the first one of your videos that I got to watch and I have been following another guy but what it took him 12 class's to teach and still not done you accomplished in one video, I have to give it to you I learn more in this one video than I have from all these other guys out here that I been trying to learn this I what to thank you for taking out the time out of your schedule just to make this video for guys loke me thank you so much thank you my friend.
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Ok, been watching your vids. They're good. To cover the multiple ways of learning, it would be *super helpful* if you could add the sounds of what you're stating and showing (instead of a "blip" sound), so there may be an audible connection to the words and pictures. Thanks for your hard work!
Hey dude I found alot of theory videos a bit difficult to understand but your video was perfect balance of information and how to play it and when!
Sam. The link to your merch doesn't work for me...
I’m an elderly Roman statesman who’s been playing the electric xylophone for 900 years. This is the most comprehensive list of chord types that I’ve ever seen anywhere.
😆😆thanks!
😂😂😂
😂😂
I'm a music teacher who has been teaching theory for over 25 years. This is a very comprehensive lesson on chord theory. well done!
Cheers!
How much would you charge to teach music theory per hour on zoom?
If you a Music teacher, SO WHY WOULD YOU HAVE TO WATCH THIS VIDEO THAN HEAH???????????????
@@raysist5020probably looking to find extra material to provide for his students as a supplement to the lessons he gives
@@raysist5020 pure curiosity most likely
I stopped myself from commenting on this all week, until I watched over and over. This Sam, is by far the greatest lesson on chord building that I’ve ever watched. Thanks mate for your hard work and easy to follow lesson, and the other videos on your site 👍🏻🇬🇧🎸
Thank you very much Dave!! Comments like this make it all worth it🙂
Definetely only watched a few seconds and this is gonna be watched by me a lot !!
I have to reply after watching this once. I’m not stupid lol, unless you ask an ex… 😂😂😂 but I’m gonna have to watch this over and over as well. Not that it’s confusing or a bad video, just to process lol
Yep, one of the if not THE best guitar chord tutorial for begginers on youtube.
I agree 100%.
Homie you just made me realize how easy this stuff is the most intimidating part is learning the fret board to incorporate this knowledge
It doesn't have to be difficult! Hope you get on well with the rest of the videos on my channel!
I had a music teacher who drilled theory into my head. Years later I am so happy he did. For those of you who did not get formal training I highly recommend this video. It is streamlined for perfect understanding. If you need to, break it down into sections. Thank you to the professor behind this lesson.
This channel is criminally underrated. One of the most straightforward approaches I’ve ever seen. All your channel content is so clear, well laid out, and easy to follow other creators should be jealous. Keep it up I’m learning loads.
Glad you think so!
Been trying to get music theory under my belt as a guitar player these last few weeks but this is just the most clear and well layed out video on chord building I've seen. Many thanks
Awesome, thank you!
I can NOT believe I NEVER thought to apply this strategy to the major scale. If you base it off of the major scale positions on both strings (E and A) you can create the chords across the neck on all strings and experiment with different chord voicing’s/inversions. Thank you so much! This was eye opening
no probs!
I’m six minutes into this and it is already one of the finest, most worthwhile lessons I’ve had. Cheers.
Very much appreciated!
Fe so many teacher complicate this , I fully understood how all this works now
This is SO much easier for keyboard players! I've played keys and guitar for 50-years now and what you've described is actually pretty trivial once it's shown in context. It's when you have to contort your hands into unnatural positions on the guitar that this becomes REALLY difficult! For a keyboardist, it's a piece of cake...
50!?
@@Scrub_Lord-en7cq - Actually, it's about to be 51...started in 1972!
Funny thing, as a guitar player, I have the same contortion issues about playing keyboard. Especially regarding the visual aspect and transposing. It's so so much easier on guitar, IMHO. As long as I'm playing in C or G (and maybe A) piano is great fun. I've come this far, so what's with those horn players and that whole Bb thing? Talk about a guitarist nightmare? Until you tune down two frets, problem solved. Can't do that (easily) on a wooden piano tho.
Rant over.
What a cool channel and batch of videos on chord theory!
@@SteveMeiers - Keyboard layouts are consistent from end to end. The B string screws up that consistency on guitar...
@@Snarkapotamus - Some players are tuning in all 4ths now to solve that. That's also what I love about mandolin tho. You got me on that one.
Clear, concise, articulate, simplified, logical and visual. This is the best laid out explanation I have ever seen. Thank you Sam.
You're very welcome 👌
As a guitar teacher, I teach this stuff everyday. This is a fantastic video - outlining the basics of chord structures. Very useful video. Thanks!
This is the chord builder tutorial any budding guitarists will ever need. Clear, simple and so easy to follow. Cheers🍻
Cheers!
Sometimes you find yourself idly descending the TH-cam search results, into the oblivion of videos with triple digit views. And sometimes when you're in there, you find gold. This is it. 🥇
Thank you very much🙂🙂 this particular lesson took alot of time/effort so a comment like this means alot...feel free to check out any of my other Lessons👍👍
@@Samjamguitar Don't worry, it shows! I really enjoyed your presentation. You've got pretty much (Well, in my opinion ha) the perfect blend of humour to keep it entertaining. Dry dead pan delivery with bizarre stock images is a surefire laugh from me. But moreover your voice is also just calm and pleasant as narration. I'm really green in the music world and I'm still coming to grips with even basic theory, so this did great job demystifying chord construction for me, which previously seemed like 50% black magic. The sound effects, animations, and repeated guided breakdowns of the chord formulas made it all really easy to follow along with. Still, by the end I had trouble keeping all the new information together, so I'm gonna have to do a few repeat viewings as you recommended haha. For sure going to watch more of your videos!
Best summary of my channel's general teaching approach I've heard so far 👌👌 Glad that it's all coming across in the way I intended 🙂 if you have any suggestions for further lessons then feel free to leave them in the comments...I have a list I'm working through but always on the look out for new ideas... Oh and ring that NOTICATION BELL 🔔 if you haven't already 👍
Definitely golden!
Thanks Kirk 🙂🙂🙂 feel free to share this with anyone who might like this👍
Watched almost every video, and stil CANNOT BELIEVE that I found you. WONDERFUL WORK. Thanks.
Brilliant thanks!
This is so well-articulated, and I wish my guitar teacher oh so many years ago had taught me this. Brilliant, concise, valuable. Thank you.
Wow, thanks!
I cannot add anything to the other comments here. No superlatives adequately describe the clarity and usefulness of this lesson. I have listened to jazz musicians spelling chords and despaired of ever understanding the theory. I read music fairly well - enough to sight read a song accompaniment on the piano.
I am however compelled to add my comment just out of gratitude- in short, you sir Rock! Thank you!
Many thanks!
This is seriously the easiest most fastest straight forward lesson on this that exists on TH-cam that I found so far and although I am not new to MusicTheory or chord construction, I stumbled upon this video and just randomly clicked on it and was more interested to see if this could help my sister who is just starting out with MusicTheory and I am definitely going to share this with her because for an absolute beginner this is so clear. Great video!
This is excellent! I needed 40 years just to find this out. Thx so much...
Glad it was helpful!
Every guitar player should learn theory. I learned it and it has helped me. As you said, you don’t have to memorize any of this. I never did but I know the whole neck of my guitar.
This is insanely helpful, in 17 minutes (actually more like 30 cause i took way to many notes) this helped me understand everything i was missing about chord naming and finding the intervals and notes within those chords.
Video deserves more than the one like i can give
Many thanks Josh! it's much appreciated!
I don’t usually comment on stuff but your channel is the best guitar theory crash course I’ve ever had.
Cheers!!!
You should be applauded for the quality and effectiveness of this video. You covered everything from most basic to the more complex without it ever getting confusing and still managing to keep it as concise as possible. It's really a simple concept but it's easy to get lost without a visual guide, and the changing graphics were perfectly timed to make it clear for everyone.
Wow, thank you!
Wow. 5 years ago when I joined my high school's jazz band as a guitarist, I had never even seen a single chord symbol in my life. Triangles... circles... sharp this, add that, omit this... i was completely lost.
I had to make Flashcards for every single chord on every song we played for 6 months until I could actually keep up with the band. I didn't understand the theory behind it at the time. I just learned one shape at one spot for each chord, which did make jumping around the fretboard really hard! But man. Those 6 months of brutal practice for hours and hours every day could've been condensed into maybe a month or less if I had this video. Awesome job!
I came across this video because I wanted to start playing again after taking a long period off of not playing guitar. This is a great refresher and a time saver as I refresh my memory on what I learned years ago. Thanks for the help and greatly appreciated.
It’ll definitely have to watch this multiple times to fully retain it all, but this is the lesson I’ve been searching for. Thanks man💯
No probs! Hope it helps!
This is up there with the best channels. Understanding how it all works made easy. Thanks
Thank you for the kind words Andy it's great to see you coming back for every Lesson 👍👍
I dont think there is anything i can add that hasn't been covered by the myriad odf positive comments on this video but wow, what a fantastic teaching resource. I take my hat off to you Maestro.
Wow, thank you!
This is probably the easiest and fastest way to lean all chords with no tears. This teaching method is stunning by its simplicity and visuals. Congratulations to the creators! Greetings from 🇵🇦
Thanks! It's just me! ...would be nice to have a team of editors etc it would certainly make things easier!
This is so cool! I'm starting to play guitar after almost 15 years away from it and you made all my war flashbacks vanish with just one video.
Glad to hear it! Thanks!
Thank you so much. I have been searching something like this for HOURS. This is EXACTLY what I have been looking for. I now understand everything.
You're very welcome!
Being a self-taught guitarist, I always thought that the naming of chords was so confusing until I learnt some basic major, minor, augmented and diminished triads and watched this video today ! You made it so easy man ! ❤ Thanks !❤️🔥✨💪
Much appreciated 👌 👌
This is by far the best lesson I’ve ever watched about this subject. It helps a lot, it’s just so good and well explained. I’m recommending this to my friends!
Wow, thank you! Be sure to check out my other Lessons also...plenty more where that came from👍
Best ever explanation i have experienced in years. Perfection.
I found this video very helpful, especially when naming unusual chord voicings on guitar. There was a song a friend wrote that used a open G grip up two frets (from low E to high e strings the frets would be 5-4-0-0-0-5). I now know this would be referred to as an A11 chord as it contains scale degrees 1 3 b7 9 and 11.
I learned more in 17 minuntes than I have in the last 25 years. You sir are a gentleman and a scholar. Thank you for this.
Oh wow 👏 appreciate all the time and effort you must have put into making this video 😯 really good content. Thank you SamJamGuitar 😊
Thanks Alda20 👍
out of all the videos I've found this one is the best. Succint, not annoying like most others
Thanks 👌
This is literally incredible, I'm someone who needs to understand before I can do, and this channel so far has been a goldmine for this. Thanks for all your work 👊
Great to hear!
I learned more in the first minute than other videos in 10 minutes. Super. Thanks a lot!
Glad it was helpful!
W H A T T H E H E C K this is most digestible explanation and presentation of theory on the guitar (western music in general) I've ever seen in my life! All in less than 20 mins. You are the real MVP 🏆
Much appreciated 👌
this is singlehandedly the best theory lesson video ive ever seen on the site, thank you
Thank you! It's very much appreciated 👌
This is the most helpful video on chords I’ve seen yet and I’ve been playing for years and years, thank you!
You're welcome!
A thousand thanks.
The Spangled vast expanse of the nights sky is your cloak.
With Gratitude. David.
Thanks....🤣
Knowing the notes & intervals between them is key. Thanks. Now then one can practice the fingerings of chords in the song.
definitely! Thanks for watching!
Sam is the best theory and guitar instructor of all time. I would recommend subscribing and start from the beginning to learn and advance your skills in learning how to play a guitar…period! Thanks Sam
Much appreciated 👌
Thanks for this lesson. I guess it was the right timing for me. I knew this chord theory should all make sense finally. Thank you for taking it home for me. Yes, I thought the same. Why have a book with 1000 chords. Huh ???
Glad it was helpful!
I’ve been on a commenting spree. Just helping out you algorithm so more people discover this great channel.😊
Brilliant! The more comments the better!!
This is why I keep commenting as well.
This here is top notch "Golden Video"...
Thank you for taking the time to explain the formulas for chords.
The way you've layed it out to understand is inspiring, and simply superb.
Such an easy explanation! Thank you, I never understood these things without you guys!!! ❤️
Happy to help!
Appreciate your concise visuals and straightforward approach. Great work Samjamguitar!
My pleasure!
This should be at the top of every guitar lesson search on TH-cam. OMG, I'm just now contemplating the number of hours that this video could have saved guitarists. Very well done video!
Wow, thanks!
Around the time you first released this video. I had no idea of the concept. Today I ran across this video again. Man, I had learned enough about notes and scales that now this all makes since. Thank you so much. That is what I am into now, learning these beautiful building blocks.
Fantastic!
As an experienced player, I'm glad to see you started to touch upon omitting notes such as the root and 5th. As a professional writer, I'm impressed with your concision - you have a lot of information in seventeen minutes, it could serve as an introduction to harmony. My earnest congratulations, sir, as a technical writer, I bow to your instructional skills.
Many thanks! And welcome to the channel!!
How's technical writing as a career?
@@kokubo399 Become one and find out.
This was FABULOUS. Rick Beato should watch your videos to see what "teaching" is all about. You started easy and built from there, like putting bricks on a wall. I need to watch a 2nd time to help retain it, but it all made perfect sense. thank you so much. This was truly a spectacular explanation
Glad you enjoyed it!
Once again a thoroughly intense and beautifully laid out lesson! So much packed in such a short amount time. Unpacking now up to me slowly and accurately mastering each step along the way. Thank you!!! PS great graphics on fretboard and symbolic pics!✌️❤️
You're so welcome!
How come I've never known that? It's really that easy. Stunning!
Love all your tutorials.
They're short, simple
and to the point.
Thank you for sharing
your time and knowledge,
as it's much appreciated!
✌🏼🎶🎸
Thanks for taking the time to comment...its much appreciated!
So much education going on here. I slowed it down so I could follow it better. Excellent stuff! Thanks....
Glad you enjoyed it!
The best explanations of chord types I've ever seen. Well done sir!
Thank you! Feel free to share it around👌
wow, watch this video entirely took me like an hour, but I can feel how the knowledge is coming to stay
That's fantastic! Yes this is a subject that once it clicks you have it forever!
Love u sir. U motivate me to push even on the days where we don’t feel like it. My dad has cancer and financially we are unstable but because of u I get the motivation and the drive to also pursue my career as a musician ( flamenco guitarist) and complete my engineering nicely.
Thank you! I'm glad my videos are helping you! Keep going and don't give up👍
Now I have watched this video twice with obviously watching some sections repeatedly. I hope to watch it twice more.
Fantastic! Thank you for watching repeatedly!
I just discovered this channel. Fantastic content and amazing job of consolidating music theory concepts into easily understood concise videos. Subscribed!
many thanks J Martinez!
I was saying yay out loud every time something clicked. Man i wish i took guitar seriously as a teen. Havent played in ten years but i have the itch at 26 and this video has given me hope in playing better than i had before
Dust off that guitar! I'm glad the video helped! now just pick it up and get started again!.. checkout my playlists, all theory lessons are in one playlist and all lead guitar improv are in another!
@@SamjamguitarI've been back in about a month but my friends wanna jam and they know this stuff so I just wanna jam better instead of trying to noodle terribly. I'll get it. All the comments are true. Other videos kinda lose you immediately. This is tricky but I think I got it.
Awesome 👌 let me know how you get on! I also have a PATREON which I make regular video Lessons for Patrons who request them if that ever seems useful to you!
Brilliant chord theory lesson Sam. Clear and concise as usual.
Cheers Jimmy! Glad you enjoyed it👌
Thanks very much for this sensible explanation and examples. I had quit playing guitar and gotten tired of it. Now I will get it back out.
Brilliant! Glad to hear you are taking the guitar up again!
Great video on chord building. I also have a reference: "Piano and Keyboard Chords" that I found at Half Price Books. Love your graphics and straightforward presentation.
Thanks Steve! Let me know what topics you would like to see me cover in the future 👍 and feel free to hit the NOTICATION BELL 🔔 if you haven't already 🙂
Give this guy the award, for best guy.
This is so straight forward and perfect
Here are some key points and takeaways from the chord theory video for notes or revisiting, im doing this for myself and to potentially help viewers:
Chord formulas show the intervals that make up a chord relative to the root note (e.g. major triad = 1 3 5)
Triads are 3 note chords built from major/minor thirds and fifths (major, minor, augmented, diminished)
Seventh chords add a seventh interval to triads (major 7, minor 7, dominant 7)
Suspended chords replace the third with a second or fourth (sus2, sus4)
Ninth, eleventh, and thirteenth chords add those extensions to seventh chords
Chord names tell you the formula
(e.g. Gmaj7 = G major triad + maj 7 interval)
Extensions come from continuing the major scale (9=2nd, 11=4th, 13=6th)
Omit non-essential notes like 5ths and 9ths when building big chords
Altered chords have b5, #5, b9, #9 intervals to create dissonance
Key Takeaways:
Learn chord formulas and intervals to build any chord
Decode chord names to understand their structure
Stack 3rds, 7ths, and extensions to form more complex chords
Omit non-essential notes when playing big chords on guitar
Brilliant!
Thank you very much ☺️
I’ve watched many videos on music theory for guitar and this is BY FAR the best one thx a lot man 🙏
Thanks!!!
This is insane thank you so much I’ve never had a lesson so simple yet so straight to the point
Cheers! Feel free to look at the other videos on my channel!!
As good an explanation, that I've ever seen. BRAVO!!!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Probably the clearest, most concise explanation of chord theory I have seen (including in school).
Much appreciated!
I now realize why knowing your scales is so important. Super helpful
True, but when it comes to building chords you only need the major scale. All chord formulas, ever, are applied to major scales, Only.
Watching this and affirming the knowledge I’ve been acquiring gradually from multiple sources was really confidence boosting. This is a very full and comprehensive guide and being able to connect/recognise all of it mostly intuitively feels like I’ve reached a solid benchmark in my understanding of chord theory. Thanks!
Glad it was helpful!
I can't begin to over exaggerate how much this lesson brings together guitar mechanics for me.
The more you put into this, the more it gives.
Best video I have seen till now, about this topic. Thank you!
Wow, thanks!
I think this is Brilliant,, but I'll have to watch it a 100 times😊 Matt.
Please do! The youtube algorithm overlords love that kind of thing👌
Simple, straightforward and easy to understand. Brilliant!
absolutely top class lesson. Clear, well-paced and to the point. Thank you for demystifying. I will watch many (many!) times.
Thanks! It's much appreciated!
Best explanation of chord theory I have found for free! Amazing video, very easy to understand.
Great to hear!
I love this one! Straightforward and no bs talk.
Thank you so much for this video. Finally guitar theory is starting to make sense to me and seems not so overwhelming. Plenty to learn, but not impossible.
Glad it was helpful!
This one simple and straightforward explanation has demystified the basis behind chord names as well as help to find the varying possible chords behind any root note within a melody. Subscribed with thanks from Malaysia.
You're very welcome!
I have been playing guitar for 10 years and never completely understood theory... this video alone has helped more than those 10 years
Glad to hear it! When you realise how chords are constructed everything starts to fall into place and make sense! I would recommend going through my other videos too!
After literally wasting 4 days of searching different videos I finally found this masterpiece thank you bud u taught in very interesting way keep it up 🎉
You're very welcome!
Next up inversions and drop chords. What a fabulous tutorial. Should be where any musician starts. Great job sir!
*** Yes, Finally the video I was wanting to make …. but, yours is explained perfectly!!!
Excellent Explanation, Thanks For Making this ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
😊👍👍👍
Glad it was helpful!
I have played music my whole life. I took a couple years of music theory in college and took guitar lessons from a Berkeley graduate who stressed music theory and also the realbook. I can tell you, that this is all very well explained here.
Hands down, this is the best video in TH-cam on Guitar Chords Formula-Construction. Thank you so much for this!
Wow, thanks!
The video editing and the sound effects and graphics and the way it is told, very unique and very attractive.
This is the first one of your videos that I got to watch and I have been following another guy but what it took him 12 class's to teach and still not done you accomplished in one video, I have to give it to you I learn more in this one video than I have from all these other guys out here that I been trying to learn this I what to thank you for taking out the time out of your schedule just to make this video for guys loke me thank you so much thank you my friend.
I appreciate that! Thanks for taking the time to leave such a nice comment👍
Best and clearest instruction on chords that I've ever come across. Thanks Sam
Awesome, thank you!
M speechless.. such an easy way to learn chords. U r the best.
Thanks and welcome!
Man, this is the most forward lesson I've ever seen. Thank you so much!
You're very welcome!
You're a great teacher ! Thank you for this lesson.
You're very welcome!
This might be one of the greatest videos ever
Cheers!