I've been playing guitar since 1974. This is the most important guitar lesson that is on You Tube. Everything on a guitar is easier if you play in patterns. EVERYTHING .
This is a much simpler way to look at it. Being a music geek, I've always looked at it as, in a major key, 1, 4 and 5 are major. 2, 3 and 6 are minor, and 7 is diminished. As for minor, 1, 4 and 5 are minor. 3, 6 and 7 are major, and 2 is diminished. More complicated than it needs to be. This is why uncle Ben is a great teacher.
ElDuderino502 That's how I thought of it. I used the same fretboard patterns too. Slightly different though processes but the same conclusion. Good if you need to work out a 2-5-1 etc.
Thinking of it in numbers is necessary when you're composing on paper.. especially if you know how they (typically) connect, though.. Ha the go to answer; learn both
If you really wanna get in depth 2 3 6 is literally 1 4 5. you just have a major and a minor 1 4 5 in the same scale and youre tritone is always a half step below for better cadence. Hence why harmonic minor exists. Dominant chords always function better as a 5 chord. You're probably never gonna play G7 in A minor. You would play E7 because E is the five and the fifth chord has dominant function. The science behind it is a semitone from the root is a better natural cadence than a whole tone. When you look at a dominant chord the 3rd is a semitone away from the root. Better cadence. Change a G to G7 and go to D now you created a chromatic line. It's really all simpole when it finally dawns on you.
I have been following alot of Guitar Teachers online, and Ben Eller is by far my favorite when it comes to theory.. He doesn't use any of that fancy musical jargon… and makes concepts simple stupid.. all hail uncle ben....
Uncle Ben, I wish I'd had this video ten years ago-thank you SO much! I have gotten lost in so many bs abstractions trying to understand this via articles etc, and here you have physicalized it beautifully. Deeply respect and am grateful for this video.
I'm going to piggy-back on your comment since your first.. in hope this helps someone else. :) Fantastic lesson. I just wanted to make sure anyone new to this concept might look at this a little differently. I've always just placed my index finger on the root note of the low E string and gone up a whole step 2 times, first with my middle and then pinkie finger. Then.. do the same with the A string. Those 6 notes are the 6 chords you can play (I won't touch on the 7th since the video does a great job and anyone learning this won't be soloing in Locrian anytime soon). In this way you don't have to go backwards to find the minor keys you can play. You look straight down and see all the chords you can play without shifting your fingers or eyes... and you more easily learn the chords you can play as 1 through 6 (when you shift backwards, I feel like you lose that numbering and it can be a great benefit for modal soloing). So.. If a song is in G major. I put my first finger on the G note (3 fret, low E string), next finger on the 5th fret (A note), pinkie on the 7th (B note). Drop down a string (A) but don't move anywhere. Index on C, middle finger D, pinkie E. The pinkie finger on this string will always be your relative minor... or you can work backwards if the song is in a minor key.. and your index finger is now the 1 (major) chord. Your 1,4,5 progression is right there for the major chords (just like any blues song you've ever played) and your 2,3,6 minor chords are easy to see without moving your hand. The video here is superb at illustrating all of this in a different way. I just thought it's helpful to realize you can find the same notes/chords without moving your hand. If your goal is to start soloing in modes, you'll like this because it reinforces the number of each chord. Slide up to the third note.. bam.. start your Phrygian run. Jump to the 5 and knock out some Mixolydian. You're right there without giving it any extra thought. You get the idea. :)
YOU JUST BLEW MY EFFING MIND!!! I can't believe this has not been shown in any of the 100s of guitar lesson videos I've watched over the years. Great job! Also, now I understand how to find the relative minor keys. AWESOME! Thanks so much for posting this.
Unreal. Every guitar sold should come with your hand-drawn chart with colored markers and one paragraph that describes this. All my long life i’ve let a nebulous fear of music theory keep me from learning this critical skill. As a result i’ve never been able to sit and jam with people who say “it’s in the key of F#, dude!” i’ve literally said to them “that doesn’t really help me.” Even though i’ve known all the basic chords and a few fingerings for strong barre chords for three decades. makes me feel like i’ve failed myself, but then Ben Eller swooped in and fixed it for me in 25 minutes. mind blown. thank you. i hope you’re living an amazing life full of happiness. you deserve it.
Why have I only just found this out - this makes so much sense and has saved me so much time. Now if only I could invent a time machine and travel back to tell my old self this.
Why not try buying a guitar study book for novices, first, instead of wasting your valuable time listening to an unqualified, unlicensed "hack" like I'll Ben, here.
@@edwardblocker7021 Does that include Sir Edward Blocker, sounds like he's trying be the know it all. PS: If everyone else here is leaving positive comments and you are negative maybe the problem is not with him (I think you just don't like his channel name)
I never took the time to learn what chords in what key because I'm too lazy and can't be bothered. But my laziness just can't keep up what what you just told me right there. Just to damn simple. Thank you uncle Ben. You're my favourite uncle.
Although your step father is a bit abusive, he's a guitar genius by showing you this awesome trick! Haha. Seriously thanks for updating the video. The first one was great, this one is even better.
I've been taught this about 6 or 7 times by people who taught it to me in a way I'd never remember. Now Uncle Ben taught it to me in a way I'll never forget. I was watching at 2x speed until 15:26 then I needed to hit the brakes big time to about 0.5 speed from there for a bit, but then I got to the point at the end where I was like "you don't even need to go through the minor ones, its obviously built the same way under the major.".
"This is Why You Suck at Guitar" is so fucking arrogant. The self appointed "I am the way, the truth and the life" guitar Jesus has a serious attitude problem
@@baronvonsatan The CO5th shows you all the keys and the chords that go in them .so your asking me what to do with the knowledge of the chords in a key ??? Play something !!!
I show this to any of my buddies who play simple chords (I love how you called them cowboy chords btw) and need to learn how to make songs better. When you said "did I blow your mind? I know" always catches them right when their mind is blown and I always get a good chuckle. Great video man, real easy going way to show a fantastic fundamental
Holy shit balls uncle Ben you just showed me in 25 minutes everything i didn't know that my guitar teacher could of showed me years ago that would have helped back then to be a better guitarist your my new teacher from now on you kick ass!! Uncle Ben..
I'm gladly that I started to learn a little bit of english by myself, 'cause I never found out here in Brazil's videos, this kind of helpful tips about harmonies, I'm an enthusiast in guitar play and now I'm thinking that I can try to play around with some songs without ask everything on the internet. THANK U SO MUCH, KEEP DOING THIS WORK, PLS.
Great explanation man! This is probably the simplest way anyone could possibly remember it without overheating the brain. lol I now need to learn a few different variations of each major and minor chord.
I have been playing for years knowing only the 5 Minor Pentatonic scale positions . I have only recently begun to learn the chord number system to be able to learn the CAGED system . I am so glad I found your channel as you make it easy to understand without being painfully slow and overly repetitious . Thank you Ben . I am now a subscriber !
Thumbs up bro. They didn't give me enough thumbs to award you with. I mean this video has given me more useful info than any other by far. MANY THANKS. MUDDy
You are the best, man. I've been "playing" for over ten years, and nobody has ever made it this simple. I've tried to learn theory, but even beginner videos are like Chinese to me.
FreD Hahahahaha have you ever seen MetallicA in concert? You can see Lars body still trembling and he's covered in sweat. Idk how my best bro can play all that MetallicA for that many song. It's all old stuff I play too. Fast as fyuck
michael lemay Maybe it's all the hot stage lighting and playing for 25,000 people. Then again maybe Lars sucks and your bro should be metallica's drummer.
"You might end up accidentally playing some shit ass '3 Doors Down' song." So true. Hahaha. More importantly, super helpful lesson. Good stuff, Uncle Ben. And
Simply inspiring. Sometimes the information just fits and it hits all the right points. I think sometimes the timing of the information and the ability to absorb it is not in sync. but this seems like anyone and everyone should see this NOW.
Something i realized about this pattern is that the note underneath the root is it's 4th on it's major scale and the whole step up is it's 5th. Go another whole set up and you get it's sixth. If you know your barre chord shapes, you have your Root, 4th 5th and minor 6 pop chord progression mapped out so if you ever find yourself with a guitar at a campfire and you wanna strum some chords to some pop songs, you can improvise a basic chord progression, given you know what key the song is in. Very cool and very informative video, really helped me to connect some dots.
This is brilliant simple. 25 years playing and finding the right chords in a given key has remained trial and error because I was late to the party learning theory. This, however, this I can use. I was already using the 1½ step shift to determine major/minor, and now I can expand on that. Thanks so much Ben.
Mr "Big Ben" you are an absolute genius!!! I'm a bit scared that you might have been watching me because I suck at guitar for every reason/episode and then some... I've been a beginner for over 40 years because no one else could simply explain to me what basic chords go together in various keys. Thank You!!! Now I can spend the next 40 years and actually learn to play my instrument instead of playing with my instrument.
Been playing for over 15,000 years and I never knew this! After thousands and thousands of years trying to figure this out it's crazy how simple it really is! Would have loved to have had this knowledge back when we were playing bone flute in caves. Consider myself to be advanced too!
I've been back playing guitar for 18 in a half years now. Now I believe that if you keep playing ,the more you will improve. I like your video.It has a lot of common sense.
This was incredibly useful. I would love to see the chords shown that go with them. I know the power chords, but the finished and half finished are beyond me....
@@AB-80X Yes, but 16 years ago these would have been useful. I had a book, my father marked the useful pages, but I never went to lessons. My father had to go for piano lessons and it sucked all the fun of it. He hated playing after those, cause it felt like a chore. Now I have 2 bands and about 200 gigs behind me.
the most frustrating thing is when I start looking into my favorite songs they seem to break all these rules and use whatever chords they feel like. Sure you could try to explain it by saying that it borrows notes from the Dorian mode or some shit but its soooo confusing.
@@blakegilliam8223 Theory is the fundamental skill every musician should have. Especially when writing songs. However, don't paralyze yourself by wanting to know EVERYTHING before starting to make music. After all, very basic music theory gives you the framework (all those chords will always fit when playing Gm!!!!) but interesting is using chords that shouldn't fit but in that specific case you use them do. And that can be found out by trial and error!
@@MrProthall or your can understand what are borrowoed chords and when to use dominant and diminished chords and not waste as much time on trial and error cuz people already wasted their own time for your own sake, learn a bit of theory its not rocket science its just a bunch of notes and intervals
One of the downsides of being self taught is that you often miss all but the most basic theory, and most books/videos arent the beat at explaining it. This video was a real eye-opener for a topic that everyone tries to explain like they're a rocket scientist. Mind fucking blown. Thanks for the entertaining and very informative video. Keep it up.
Thank you. I play by ear never had a guitar lesson in my life. Was in a band for 12 years. I did take banjo lessons when I was young but could only do tab. But after two year's I was teaching my instructor banjo songs😆 maybe it's a huge blessing because I can't read one! Note of music. But can listen to a CD and learn any song I want...or watch TH-cam now days.. But this was awesome my friend 👍👍
he talked about them. Like A minor is relative minor to C major. He just show you how to find those. Same thing as above, move up the 6th string 2 frets.
This is really good stuff. Music theory for people who don’t know or want to know music theory. I’ve got a degree and have been teaching for a decade and never thought of this methodology. Thanks for this man.
Absolutely fantastic video...If you have a bit of theory knowledge, this lesson becomes even better. It's basically a visualization of understanding intervals and the circle of fifths. First time I've ever seen it explained this clearly.
Very clever, I have been a working musician and guitar instructor for 35 years and I found this thought process to be great. I am old school music theory. I just wonder one thing, the five chord you don't emphasise a dominant 7th? No big deal just wondered. Your video is really good. Thank you
I learned it using 3 notes per scale. Like on the e string play 3,5,7 frets then go to the a string and play exact same thing. Both ways are helpful. Really helps with coming up with songs. If you think notes 1-6 the 1,4,5 are major and 2,3,6 are minor.
Jon Roop - yeah as easy as this method is to visualize for beginners, I think it's important to understand why these chords work, how you would build them from scratch, and being able to recall them as you've written here. This a great video to get started though. Wish I'd had TH-cam 20 years ago when I was learning to play bass/guitar.
I love using Roman numerals on my music! It allows me to easily do key changes on the fly. The bad thing is, most people that I play with dont understand them, so I have to have seperate sherts of music for them.
a huge thanks, i play from many years but i am really happy to come across this video, i really think is the best way to explain it . subscribed instantly and went to like your facebook page, now i just have enjoy your videos!
This video was great as far as music is concerned but I was not expecting a comical comments section that follows below. This is great! Educational and comical. Good job Ben!
Like Really? I've known this for many years without really 'knowing' it. This is the best guitar lesson I should have had decades ago! AMAZING simplicity.
This is incredible.. stitching together the pieces of my major minor scale knowledge and adding all the damn chords to it!!! Thanks a lot! (With a bit of thinking its easy to apply this to the 3notes per string scales of major and minor, and there you have everything you need for improv!) I also highly recommend the stitch method Guitar channel to anyone interested in improv
I've been playing guitar since 1974. This is the most important guitar lesson that is on You Tube. Everything on a guitar is easier if you play in patterns. EVERYTHING .
Im confused any other material examples you could recommend?
Seems if you can't remember how many steps up or down the neck to go for each individual note, you're screwed.
You are being a troll.
Stepdads hate him: Learn Uncle Ben's trick for figuring out what chords go in what key
Wait...did he say, "meow"?
Aye Yuh Aye Yuh
hahahahaha
This is a much simpler way to look at it. Being a music geek, I've always looked at it as, in a major key, 1, 4 and 5 are major. 2, 3 and 6 are minor, and 7 is diminished. As for minor, 1, 4 and 5 are minor. 3, 6 and 7 are major, and 2 is diminished. More complicated than it needs to be. This is why uncle Ben is a great teacher.
ElDuderino502 That's how I thought of it. I used the same fretboard patterns too. Slightly different though processes but the same conclusion. Good if you need to work out a 2-5-1 etc.
Thinking of it in numbers is necessary when you're composing on paper.. especially if you know how they (typically) connect, though.. Ha the go to answer; learn both
Fuck you
If you really wanna get in depth 2 3 6 is literally 1 4 5. you just have a major and a minor 1 4 5 in the same scale and youre tritone is always a half step below for better cadence. Hence why harmonic minor exists. Dominant chords always function better as a 5 chord. You're probably never gonna play G7 in A minor. You would play E7 because E is the five and the fifth chord has dominant function. The science behind it is a semitone from the root is a better natural cadence than a whole tone. When you look at a dominant chord the 3rd is a semitone away from the root. Better cadence. Change a G to G7 and go to D now you created a chromatic line. It's really all simpole when it finally dawns on you.
I have been following alot of Guitar Teachers online, and Ben Eller is by far my favorite when it comes to theory.. He doesn't use any of that fancy musical jargon… and makes concepts simple stupid..
all hail uncle ben....
Uncle Ben, I wish I'd had this video ten years ago-thank you SO much! I have gotten lost in so many bs abstractions trying to understand this via articles etc, and here you have physicalized it beautifully. Deeply respect and am grateful for this video.
This thing is why we subscribed to the channel Uncle B
Tomas Grikenis I concur. Uncle Ben always has new material to broaden my repertoire.
I'm going to piggy-back on your comment since your first.. in hope this helps someone else. :)
Fantastic lesson. I just wanted to make sure anyone new to this concept might look at this a little differently. I've always just placed my index finger on the root note of the low E string and gone up a whole step 2 times, first with my middle and then pinkie finger. Then.. do the same with the A string. Those 6 notes are the 6 chords you can play (I won't touch on the 7th since the video does a great job and anyone learning this won't be soloing in Locrian anytime soon). In this way you don't have to go backwards to find the minor keys you can play. You look straight down and see all the chords you can play without shifting your fingers or eyes... and you more easily learn the chords you can play as 1 through 6 (when you shift backwards, I feel like you lose that numbering and it can be a great benefit for modal soloing).
So.. If a song is in G major. I put my first finger on the G note (3 fret, low E string), next finger on the 5th fret (A note), pinkie on the 7th (B note). Drop down a string (A) but don't move anywhere. Index on C, middle finger D, pinkie E. The pinkie finger on this string will always be your relative minor... or you can work backwards if the song is in a minor key.. and your index finger is now the 1 (major) chord. Your 1,4,5 progression is right there for the major chords (just like any blues song you've ever played) and your 2,3,6 minor chords are easy to see without moving your hand.
The video here is superb at illustrating all of this in a different way. I just thought it's helpful to realize you can find the same notes/chords without moving your hand. If your goal is to start soloing in modes, you'll like this because it reinforces the number of each chord. Slide up to the third note.. bam.. start your Phrygian run. Jump to the 5 and knock out some Mixolydian. You're right there without giving it any extra thought. You get the idea. :)
Jeff Kastner Another brilliant idea! Thanks!
"Real grown ups like to play Chords with names that sound like Vitamins, like B11 or A7". LOL that was hilarious!! Great lesson as always Uncle Ben!!
YOU JUST BLEW MY EFFING MIND!!! I can't believe this has not been shown in any of the 100s of guitar lesson videos I've watched over the years. Great job! Also, now I understand how to find the relative minor keys. AWESOME! Thanks so much for posting this.
He's cool dude bro
Next time, why not try buying a reputable, music education book.
This has to be at least 2 semesters of classes at MI in 25 minutes! great lesson - my new favorite YT Geetar teacher
Unreal. Every guitar sold should come with your hand-drawn chart with colored markers and one paragraph that describes this.
All my long life i’ve let a nebulous fear of music theory keep me from learning this critical skill. As a result i’ve never been able to sit and jam with people who say “it’s in the key of F#, dude!” i’ve literally said to them “that doesn’t really help me.” Even though i’ve known all the basic chords and a few fingerings for strong barre chords for three decades.
makes me feel like i’ve failed myself, but then Ben Eller swooped in and fixed it for me in 25 minutes.
mind blown.
thank you.
i hope you’re living an amazing life full of happiness. you deserve it.
That makes me very happy to hear. Cheers, man!!!
Why have I only just found this out - this makes so much sense and has saved me so much time. Now if only I could invent a time machine and travel back to tell my old self this.
Edalia,
I love you! That was priceless! Me too!
Why not try buying a guitar study book for novices, first, instead of wasting your valuable time listening to an unqualified, unlicensed "hack" like I'll Ben, here.
@fushapanther Look no farther then the mentally challenged, they are trying to teach!
@fushapanther Simple! I dislike people who try to give the impression that they know more than they actually do or are willing to admit.
@@edwardblocker7021 Does that include Sir Edward Blocker, sounds like he's trying be the know it all.
PS: If everyone else here is leaving positive comments and you are negative maybe the problem is not with him (I think you just don't like his channel name)
I never took the time to learn what chords in what key because I'm too lazy and can't be bothered. But my laziness just can't keep up what what you just told me right there. Just to damn simple. Thank you uncle Ben. You're my favourite uncle.
Although your step father is a bit abusive, he's a guitar genius by showing you this awesome trick! Haha. Seriously thanks for updating the video. The first one was great, this one is even better.
I have been waiting for someone to figure out that this is what I needed to hear to move forward! Finally! Thank you!! I can continue life now.
I've been taught this about 6 or 7 times by people who taught it to me in a way I'd never remember. Now Uncle Ben taught it to me in a way I'll never forget. I was watching at 2x speed until 15:26 then I needed to hit the brakes big time to about 0.5 speed from there for a bit, but then I got to the point at the end where I was like "you don't even need to go through the minor ones, its obviously built the same way under the major.".
I love how this series is called "This is why you suck at guitar" but Ben and everyone here is so friendly that I am literally surprised.
you're not the only one, ive got click baited by that title too interesting, but then my mind blows.
"This is Why You Suck at Guitar" is so fucking arrogant. The self appointed "I am the way, the truth and the life" guitar Jesus has a serious attitude problem
Now go ahead, watch the video and learn something new.
"watch the video and learn something new."
"learn something new" - Such arrogance from someone own doesn't even know me
Seems eddie doesn't care much for being friendly and would rather die of cardiac problems later in life.
finally someone makes a music theory video that i fully understand all the way through. ben is essentially jesus.
little "j" jesus, but still impressive nonetheless
I sincerely feel educated.
Very cool honest comment man
waste of time . just get a circle of 5ths
@@skutty5773 and do what with it?
Same
@@baronvonsatan The CO5th shows you all the keys and the chords that go in them .so your asking me what to do with the knowledge of the chords in a key ??? Play something !!!
I show this to any of my buddies who play simple chords (I love how you called them cowboy chords btw) and need to learn how to make songs better. When you said "did I blow your mind? I know" always catches them right when their mind is blown and I always get a good chuckle. Great video man, real easy going way to show a fantastic fundamental
Holy shit balls uncle Ben you just showed me in 25 minutes everything i didn't know that my guitar teacher could of showed me years ago that would have helped back then to be a better guitarist your my new teacher from now on you kick ass!! Uncle Ben..
uncle ben! actual blew my mind with this lesson get me writing songs in every key hahahah cheers pal
glad to hear that!!!
Uncle Ben reveals the secrets of the universe
Joe Oliver uncle ben did bad stuff to me
I'm gladly that I started to learn a little bit of english by myself, 'cause I never found out here in Brazil's videos, this kind of helpful tips about harmonies, I'm an enthusiast in guitar play and now I'm thinking that I can try to play around with some songs without ask everything on the internet. THANK U SO MUCH, KEEP DOING THIS WORK, PLS.
Wow, this is a mind-blowing lesson. I've learned more watching this lesson than in the last six months. SUBSCRIBE
Great explanation man! This is probably the simplest way anyone could possibly remember it without overheating the brain. lol I now need to learn a few different variations of each major and minor chord.
I'm French and I understood every single word. Thank you for this very helpful lesson !
I have been playing for years knowing only the 5 Minor Pentatonic scale positions . I have only recently begun to learn the chord number system to be able to learn the CAGED system . I am so glad I found your channel as you make it easy to understand without being painfully slow and overly repetitious . Thank you Ben . I am now a subscriber !
Thumbs up bro. They didn't give me enough thumbs to award you with. I mean this video has given me more useful info than any other by far. MANY THANKS.
MUDDy
waste of time . just get a circle of 5ths
Thanks for making sense. 🤩
Light bulb moment 4 shore.
"Adults want to play chords that sound like vitamins" ROFLA
You are the best, man. I've been "playing" for over ten years, and nobody has ever made it this simple. I've tried to learn theory, but even beginner videos are like Chinese to me.
I can't absorb it all at this viewing, but I subscribed and will be watching this again, thank you for your time, humor, and sharing your knowledge!
One of the best trick ever !
You sir are a bad ass guitar genius! Why in the hell hasn't anyone else offered up such a common sense lesson ...very valuable info right here.
I really can't stress enough that this channel is one of (if not the very best) the best guitar learning resources on TH-cam.
Mind blown. You're getting through and I'm starting to understand.
im a drummer, but after seeing this, i know how to play guitar better than the drum. #holyshit.
The secret to being great at guitar is buy mp3s. You will wow and awe everyone with your insane musical ability to change songs and styles.
FreD
Hahahahaha have you ever seen MetallicA in concert? You can see Lars body still trembling and he's covered in sweat. Idk how my best bro can play all that MetallicA for that many song. It's all old stuff I play too. Fast as fyuck
michael lemay Maybe it's all the hot stage lighting and playing for 25,000 people. Then again maybe Lars sucks and your bro should be metallica's drummer.
Dave Decker
You have zero musical knowledge at all. Maybe you should stop before you get embarrassed
michael lemay Maybe if you worked on your spelling (fyuck? really?) and your fyucked up syntax. I might understand WTFyuck you are talking about!!!
"You might end up accidentally playing some shit ass '3 Doors Down' song." So true. Hahaha. More importantly, super helpful lesson. Good stuff, Uncle Ben. And
Dude. Hell yes
Simply inspiring. Sometimes the information just fits and it hits all the right points. I think sometimes the timing of the information and the ability to absorb it is not in sync. but this seems like anyone and everyone should see this NOW.
Something i realized about this pattern is that the note underneath the root is it's 4th on it's major scale and the whole step up is it's 5th. Go another whole set up and you get it's sixth. If you know your barre chord shapes, you have your Root, 4th 5th and minor 6 pop chord progression mapped out so if you ever find yourself with a guitar at a campfire and you wanna strum some chords to some pop songs, you can improvise a basic chord progression, given you know what key the song is in. Very cool and very informative video, really helped me to connect some dots.
Love your Ikari Warriors intro! I almost started pushing A B B A - A B B A!
Ace Ebb and them you did dancing gueen
Ace Ebb queen damnit
awesome lesson dude
This is brilliant simple. 25 years playing and finding the right chords in a given key has remained trial and error because I was late to the party learning theory. This, however, this I can use. I was already using the 1½ step shift to determine major/minor, and now I can expand on that. Thanks so much Ben.
It's called transposition; look it up and then try playing kazoo. That requires no brains or talent. Sounds perfect for you!
I wish someone could have told Mr these tips 20 years before. What an eye opener. Wonderful lesson. May God bless you more.
Mr "Big Ben" you are an absolute genius!!! I'm a bit scared that you might have been watching me because I suck at guitar for every reason/episode and then some... I've been a beginner for over 40 years because no one else could simply explain to me what basic chords go together in various keys. Thank You!!! Now I can spend the next 40 years and actually learn to play my instrument instead of playing with my instrument.
Been playing for over 15,000 years and I never knew this! After thousands and thousands of years trying to figure this out it's crazy how simple it really is! Would have loved to have had this knowledge back when we were playing bone flute in caves. Consider myself to be advanced too!
Wow I’m better at guitar in less than a half hour...thanks!
You’re a half hour better
@@fredmanteghian5913 It would've been a lot of thinking, so he probably saved himself a lot more time.
I've been back playing guitar for 18 in a half years now. Now I believe that if you keep playing ,the more you will improve. I like your video.It has a lot of common sense.
This was incredibly useful. I would love to see the chords shown that go with them. I know the power chords, but the finished and half finished are beyond me....
Great vid - thanks
You mean to tell me that I memorized all this shit and I could have just used two simple patterns. 😂😂😂
FML
It's all patterns and simple math.
I`ve played guitar for over 15 years and damn if I had videos like these when I started. Good work!
Have you heard about books and teachers?
@@AB-80X Yes, but 16 years ago these would have been useful. I had a book, my father marked the useful pages, but I never went to lessons. My father had to go for piano lessons and it sucked all the fun of it. He hated playing after those, cause it felt like a chore. Now I have 2 bands and about 200 gigs behind me.
“Did that just blow ur mind? I know”-ur good buddy, Uncle Ben. 😆 Thank you for all ur content!
the most frustrating thing is when I start looking into my favorite songs they seem to break all these rules and use whatever chords they feel like. Sure you could try to explain it by saying that it borrows notes from the Dorian mode or some shit but its soooo confusing.
Don't study too much theory, just go by feel
@@blakegilliam8223 Theory is the fundamental skill every musician should have. Especially when writing songs. However, don't paralyze yourself by wanting to know EVERYTHING before starting to make music. After all, very basic music theory gives you the framework (all those chords will always fit when playing Gm!!!!) but interesting is using chords that shouldn't fit but in that specific case you use them do. And that can be found out by trial and error!
Well young man it sounds like you are running around with scoff-laws. So here's a hint for law breaking: establish an alibi and eradicate the motive.
@@MrProthall or your can understand what are borrowoed chords and when to use dominant and diminished chords and not waste as much time on trial and error cuz people already wasted their own time for your own sake, learn a bit of theory its not rocket science its just a bunch of notes and intervals
One of the downsides of being self taught is that you often miss all but the most basic theory, and most books/videos arent the beat at explaining it. This video was a real eye-opener for a topic that everyone tries to explain like they're a rocket scientist. Mind fucking blown. Thanks for the entertaining and very informative video. Keep it up.
Yea, you did blow my mind, thanks I really appreciate the tip. You are an excellent teacher!
This video was 'recommended' to me. Oh crap that's not good, lol.
Terrific lesson Ben, so many chord progressions to enjoy, thanks for the tips!
Thank you. I play by ear never had a guitar lesson in my life. Was in a band for 12 years. I did take banjo lessons when I was young but could only do tab. But after two year's I was teaching my instructor banjo songs😆 maybe it's a huge blessing because I can't read one! Note of music. But can listen to a CD and learn any song I want...or watch TH-cam now days..
But this was awesome my friend 👍👍
what would you do if you were in a dropped tuning for the cords, would you move the 6th string up 2 frets?
that is correct!
What about relative major chords (and relative minor if there is such a thing) ?
he talked about them. Like A minor is relative minor to C major. He just show you how to find those. Same thing as above, move up the 6th string 2 frets.
That fretboard looks so nice and well taken care of.
I finally started telling the waitress I was allergic to pickles.
This is a great little trick, very useful! Being subscribed to Uncle Ben's Home for Plank Spankers is like having the cheat code to the universe.
This is really good stuff. Music theory for people who don’t know or want to know music theory. I’ve got a degree and have been teaching for a decade and never thought of this methodology. Thanks for this man.
Absolutely fantastic video...If you have a bit of theory knowledge, this lesson becomes even better. It's basically a visualization of understanding intervals and the circle of fifths. First time I've ever seen it explained this clearly.
Muchas gracias por tomarte el tiempo para hacer éste video. Tu forma de explicarlo está fácil de entender a cualquier nivel.
Uncle Ben is younger than me,but still Uncle Ben.you go Uncle Ben!!!!one of the best guitar teachers on the Tube!!!
Know your 1, 4, 5, kids
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Very clever, I have been a working musician and guitar instructor for 35 years and I found this thought process to be great. I am old school music theory. I just wonder one thing, the five chord you don't emphasise a dominant 7th? No big deal just wondered. Your video is really good.
Thank you
Loren Vinal yup! I talk about 7 chords later in the video ;) thanks for watching!
I learned it using 3 notes per scale. Like on the e string play 3,5,7 frets then go to the a string and play exact same thing. Both ways are helpful. Really helps with coming up with songs. If you think notes 1-6 the 1,4,5 are major and 2,3,6 are minor.
This is one of the most revealing and helpful guitar videos I've ever come across. Thank you so much Ben!
I thought that was a brilliant concept. How I wish I knew that years ago a big thankyou.
How did he know I suck at guitar? That's creepy.
Thanks! Can’t wait to play with this new knowledge.
🤯 Awesome explanation! Thanks for the tip Uncle Ben!
Awesome lesson, simple and useful, can't believe I didn't know this method. Nice one Ben.
This is a great way to look at chord scales
I ii iii IV V vi viiº
Jon Roop - yeah as easy as this method is to visualize for beginners, I think it's important to understand why these chords work, how you would build them from scratch, and being able to recall them as you've written here. This a great video to get started though. Wish I'd had TH-cam 20 years ago when I was learning to play bass/guitar.
I love using Roman numerals on my music! It allows me to easily do key changes on the fly. The bad thing is, most people that I play with dont understand them, so I have to have seperate sherts of music for them.
I made it a point to learn chords by their modal names specifically to play with people like you XD
sadly I don't really understand Jon Roop.... : \
Seriously? *lol* It's not like you're using all the Roman numerals. Sounds like you need to play with smarter people, or maybe just less stupid. haha
Awesome Mr. Ben direct to the point that basic guitar teaching big thanks Mr. Ben
a huge thanks, i play from many years but i am really happy to come across this video, i really think is the best way to explain it . subscribed instantly and went to like your facebook page, now i just have enjoy your videos!
This is the best guitar youtuber.. learned so much from his videos
This video was great as far as music is concerned but I was not expecting a comical comments section that follows below. This is great! Educational and comical. Good job Ben!
Step parents issues?
Lol
This is the most useful guitar lesson I've had in 14 years of playing (on and off). And yes, I did suck for all of those.
Like Really? I've known this for many years without really 'knowing' it. This is the best guitar lesson I should have had decades ago! AMAZING simplicity.
8:00 "What about that pesky little diminished° chord?"
Thx, Ben, for teaching the kids and making lessons worth watching for other uncles too.
Awesome video. I knew how to use this to find the 1 4 5 of a key but never thought to use it this way.👍
Works well with the spread fingering of the first position of the major diatonic scale too
This Lesson really opened my mind and crushed it I’ll be the one with several pages of notes( notes lol)
This is incredible.. stitching together the pieces of my major minor scale knowledge and adding all the damn chords to it!!!
Thanks a lot!
(With a bit of thinking its easy to apply this to the 3notes per string scales of major and minor, and there you have everything you need for improv!)
I also highly recommend the stitch method Guitar channel to anyone interested in improv
This was amazing! It was like a light turning on in total darkness. Thanks so much. 👍🤘😊
wow! What a great class!!! So easy and fun. best teacher ever! Thanks!
This was no minor task, getting this major information into our aging diminished minds, well done Uncle Ben!
This is probably the best music lesson video on the internet
Wow, it's great trick. Thank you, Ben.
Excellent, simplified explanation, thanks!
I just turned 60 - so wish I'd known this years back - but now is a goodlyist time to start lerniin!
Thanks, Uncle Ben! I even hit that dang bell because of this one
Dude!!!
Thanks, uncle been. You're the best