Thanks for watching my friends! Hope you enjoy this video and be sure to comment below and let me hear your feedback about these top 5 chord progressions. Also, more videos coming soon and a new guitar giveaway. e :)
If one plays in key of G, 6m is Em, not Am, as you played around the 5:30 mark. You definitely play an Am, C, G, D progression. That would be a 2m, 4, 1, 5 progression, which also works well.
OK, i just watched this video and on the #4 progression he SAID out loud - 1,4,5,6m. but when he played in and spoke it out loud he played and said: 1,4,6m, 5. And it SOUNDED good. So, which is it?
Thanks to your kind soul and effort to teach ...You are very convincing with your methodical approach ... Now all is left is practicing knowingly what we are doing and progressing ...
Thanks Erich! Always super helpful! Lessons like these are so useful - where learning one thing (chord progession) is really learning many things (multiple songs using the same progression/s). Also really enjoyed your lesson about the minimalistic blues soloing - again, doing your thing of stripping a topic/concept down and focussing on the essentials.
Em, C, G, F, also used in “square hammer “ by Ghost. If you have never listened to Square Hammer “live in MEXICO “. it will change the way you view music for life, .
Great lesson! I just used this progression in rehearsal as a rhythm so my lead guitarist could play over me. So I'm researching now to learn more so I'm even better at it. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL GUITAR! WOW!
In my experience, almost all the great songs have progressions that fall into a few groups. I've been playing since 1964, when I quit the accordion and picked up an electric guitar. The progressions you demo all have thousands of examples.
You mentioned the 1 4 5 progression, but a subtle variation on that is the 1 5 4 progression. Think Knocking on Heavens Door - G D C. Also, during the chorus, you can alternate between 1 5 4 and 1 5 2m progressions: G D C / G D Am.
This is a great help, I haven't found this chord progression on any other video, however I could do with the fingers not moving quite so fast and a close up of the fret would be useful
When first learning open chords and then chord progression, I started hearing hundreds of familiar songs using those patterns. Then I thought "No can't be" but only to find later that the entire "Encyclopedia" to playing songs has just been reduced to a "Stupid-simple notebook". Elvis has left the building!
Waw, this lesson changed the way I look at root notes a big deal because I knew the progressions & the scales but I never thought the 6th is a direct pointer to the minor root etc. In that way of thinking 😁. This makes practicing scales more interesting because you can stop half way on root notes & ring the relative progression chords & try other stuffs rather than being a burden to the neighbours just playing scales up & down like a moron. Thanks a lot 🎩🤘🎸🤙
Cheers Erich. Handy reminder lesson on chord progressions. I like to stick 10 to 15 minutes of playing 'most common chord progressions ' in my practice routine. This is good little lesson. Thanks again.
Thank you! I kinda had them in my first upper raw of main chords I’m learning, but you just explained, why they are so important for beginners, which I am!
How is the guitar coming along by this point? Hope you're enjoying the journey. I make videos as well from a beginners perspective. Sending good vibes your way my friend. 🎸🎶
thanks much, you are the Master, we are the students, sorry i had to drop your program, but i found myself in financial difficulty. The first in a long time. Once i get it straightened out i will be back. i've been playing for years and i still learned things that i knew but didnt know what it was. And now that i am trying to go to blues your program helped me a lot. like i said i will be back thanks so very much Micheal ( dxfarmer )
Repetition is key so have some sort of part is the song that has the same notes. Do not have the same words for any part of a song. Just adjust the words to fit into the beat of the song.
Well done! I play bass on stage (NOT THE FISH!). I have had gigs that music theory was the foundation. Kinda like 'we play the 'Fireman' in G. Okay.... It is normally in A, no problem. One night, my lead and I got together. He had a bottle slide with him. Well, I hit the surf music distortion pedal and you would have thought George Thorougood was in the house! Lead singer disease kicked in (LSD). We out played him and made it our own. The crowd went ape *stuff* and filled the dance floor. Snott (not his name) went ape *stuff* on us for kicking it up. It sounded good and some change! Snott could never figure out why we could change key of a said song. Music theory... Duh! All we needed to know was, what is the kick note. Stuck in Oklahoma, Mike and Vee
Mike Brooka hi I’m an aspiring musician living in Oklahoma too. What are some suggestions for venues and or songs to play and getting myself out there?
@@jacksonneedham2792 Thanks for asking! First, what area of the state are you in? Next, what type of music do play. One straight genre or an all around mix? I will get back to you.
Hey Guitar Sage I use those if I run into them or need them in the completion or a bridge,and maybe an ending, because I play out of my head,I don't read or write music,I can hear the song in my head,then I work it out,then lay it down.thsts my way..
12th min into the video. You played C, am, F and G. You played some minor licks when playing the progression. You said chord progression cannot be copyrighted. Will this small licks comes under melody or chord progression? Can I use the same progression with same licks and create my own song with a completely different melody?
Great vid :-) I think from my experience when I was a beginner it can be a bit misleading to say 'minor 6' chord in this context, as it may be misinterpreted as an actual Em6, for instance. Just say 1 5 6 4 progression (or whatever) maybe just mention the 6th chord is a minor chord. Dunno but saying minor 6 would confuse me if I was still trying to grasp music theory.
The language of musicians is more complicated than Chinese lol 😆👍 They always discribe it like its so easy you should already know 😆 But thankfully I can now work my way through a few chords.
at 3:42 you state in the key of G the minor6 is an Em; however at 5:26 you play an Am stating it is the minor6? and again a Am at 5:35? ... then at 6:02 you call out minor6 and play an Em? ... but then at 6:12 you play an Am again???? but then you explain at 8:31 the minor6 in the key of G is Em (which i think is correct) ... can you help me out? am i looking at this vid correctly??
All the non musicians in the comments: Im so confused :( or Wow these chord progressions are so professional and popular and underrated!!!1111!!!! Me, an elitist: *look at all these chickens, have so much to learn.*
Reminds me of those old web sites where the front page was 50 feet long with the "But Wait!" and "There's More!" and "Hurry, Limited time Offer!" - this guy is a waffler
Not spending too much time looking through all the comments, but Am is the minor second of G. You played Am C G D which is also quite popular but I think you meant Em C G D which is imo the most popular chord progression starting on a minor chord.
I was going to make the same comment, but decided to look around first. I'm surprised Erich didn't post a reply back when this video first came out and you commented. He is amazingly responsive when it comes to students comments and questions on the UGS website.
Yeah for some reason whenever there's confusion like this in a lesson there doesn't seem to anybody addressing it in the comments. I have no clue how this goes over peoples' heads. Makes you feel like you're the only one paying attention...
Great video, helped me through a little rut I've been in! Only complaint is on number is on progression 2 you said it was the iv - IV - I - V in G but played a ii - IV - V - I instead, still a lovely chord progression!
I've been noodlin since 18 yrs old and over the years have taught myself a little music theory, but now at 64 you just flipped the switch on the lightbulb for me when you mentioned the IV under the I. I'm happy that I found you and am now a subscriber. Thank you!
Erich: "The number 1 most popular progression is a 1, 5, Minor 6, 4." Me: "I understand that! =D" Erich: "So in the key of G that's gonna be..." Me: "It's a G, D, E minor and a C! Woo! \^0^/" Lmao XD
Ah this is fantastic!!! been doing 1 4 5 forever got boring , but this is a big WOW been looking in the wrong places for learning . this is inspiring for Me to continue playing more. Thank You very very much.
To save some time - the Chord Progressions: 1) 1 - 5 - 6 - 4 2) 1 - 4 - 5 3) 6 - 4 - 1 - 5 4) 1 - 4 - 5 - 6 5) 1 - 6 - 4 - 5 @YourGuitarSage says the most common keys to learn and memorize would be the C and G scales. Have fun and keep learning my friends 🚀🏆🎶
I liked the way this guy did chord progressions, although my favorite is a 1,5,4 in EMajor he has explained the voicing in a song . Anybody can learn chords, notes and music theory and depending on the person memorizing chords in g,c,d,e,f,a,b or thinking about it like g a minor bminor c,d we all learn differently but this guy went over chord progressions that we might hear everyday on the radio or internet.
Great lesson. Something I wish I learned even as a beginner. But maybe i just wasn't ready to conceptualize how to use it. Appreciate how well you instruct your online users.
What is the rule about "I will explain that later". Good video (beautiful sounding strumming) but too much use of the "I will explain that later in the video" teaser technique. Fine to use it once perhaps twice but after a while they start stacking up.
Greatest guitar lesson. All you really need is this and power chords. I started learning at 8. Quit. Restarted after 12 years. Picked up more in a week watching YourGuitarSage then a year back then. You just won another subscriber
Thanks for watching my friends! Hope you enjoy this video and be sure to comment below and let me hear your feedback about these top 5 chord progressions. Also, more videos coming soon and a new guitar giveaway. e :)
If one plays in key of G, 6m is Em, not Am, as you played around the 5:30 mark. You definitely play an Am, C, G, D progression. That would be a 2m, 4, 1, 5 progression, which also works well.
You repeat a 1, 2m, 4, 5 progression at 6:14 or so.
I do enjoy your videos, Eric, but you might want to take a look at those two spots.
Can you do more Videos on Songwriting Please !!! More like that !!!
YourGuitarSage you should teach the original Tennessee Whiskey
I really do appreciate what you do!!
The chord progressions are:
1-5-6m-4
1-4-5
6m-4-1-5
1-4-5-6m
1-6m-4-5
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Actually, they are written as:
I-V-vi-IV
I-IV-V
vi-IV-I-V
OK, i just watched this video and on the #4 progression he SAID out loud - 1,4,5,6m.
but when he played in and spoke it out loud he played and said: 1,4,6m, 5. And it SOUNDED good. So, which is it?
First was in order and the second one sounds better for you so use the one you like. :)
@@johntraylor1522 so glad I'm not the only one.. I thought yeah I understand now and then wtf..so ty
Excellent teacher, humble and straight to the point.
Thank you, buddy!
The circle of fifths is very helpful to understand key signatures. Ie C-G-D-A-E etc.
Thank you so much for all your knowledge, experience and your heart for sharing it with us!!🙌🏻 🎸
My pleasure! Thank you, Chris. 🙏
Always loved the F,C,Am,G
Thanks to your kind soul and effort to teach ...You are very convincing with your methodical approach ... Now all is left is practicing knowingly what we are doing and progressing ...
3min into the video. - " Here we go, im one of those who like to get straight to the point" hahaha.
Exactly. Who the hell wants to watch a 22 minute video to get information that could be put into 5 min!?
such a boring video. this guy likes the sound of his own voice.
Thanks Erich! Always super helpful! Lessons like these are so useful - where learning one thing (chord progession) is really learning many things (multiple songs using the same progression/s). Also really enjoyed your lesson about the minimalistic blues soloing - again, doing your thing of stripping a topic/concept down and focussing on the essentials.
Great stuff man, feel like this is what your first couple lessons with a guitar tutor are like!
👍🙏 www.yourguitarsage.com/30
Em, C, G, F, also used in “square hammer “ by Ghost. If you have never listened to Square Hammer “live in MEXICO “. it will change the way you view music for life, .
you are so helpful, thank you, God bless you!
My sage, your sage, our sage.
🤗👍
Great lesson! I just used this progression in rehearsal as a rhythm so my lead guitarist could play over me. So I'm researching now to learn more so I'm even better at it. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL GUITAR! WOW!
You're an awesome teacher man, thanks for the great video
Thanks so much ..you just opened up a whole world of music for me and put an end to my stagnate playing. Well done
Thank you my friend 🙌
In my experience, almost all the great songs have progressions that fall into a few groups. I've been playing since 1964, when I quit the accordion and picked up an electric guitar. The progressions you demo all have thousands of examples.
Super helpful
Glad it helped
GRETA JOB !! ty !
You mentioned the 1 4 5 progression, but a subtle variation on that is the 1 5 4 progression. Think Knocking on Heavens Door - G D C. Also, during the chorus, you can alternate between 1 5 4 and 1 5 2m progressions: G D C / G D Am.
Thanks!
Very well speaking.
Thanks, friend! 🤗🙏
This is a great help, I haven't found this chord progression on any other video, however I could do with the fingers not moving quite so fast and a close up of the fret would be useful
🙌
Maybe my favorite video. I wrote all that down and the 1,4,5,m6 for many keys and going to have fun tonight with it noodling. Thx!
Yes!
When first learning open chords and then chord progression, I started hearing hundreds of familiar songs using those patterns. Then I thought "No can't be" but only to find later that the entire "Encyclopedia" to playing songs has just been reduced to a "Stupid-simple notebook". Elvis has left the building!
Awesome video!
Waw, this lesson changed the way I look at root notes a big deal because I knew the progressions & the scales but I never thought the 6th is a direct pointer to the minor root etc. In that way of thinking 😁. This makes practicing scales more interesting because you can stop half way on root notes & ring the relative progression chords & try other stuffs rather than being a burden to the neighbours just playing scales up & down like a moron. Thanks a lot 🎩🤘🎸🤙
Cheers Erich. Handy reminder lesson on chord progressions. I like to stick 10 to 15 minutes of playing 'most common chord progressions ' in my practice routine. This is good little lesson. Thanks again.
Thank you Phil👍
Thank you for this lesson
Thank you! I kinda had them in my first upper raw of main chords I’m learning, but you just explained, why they are so important for beginners, which I am!
How is the guitar coming along by this point? Hope you're enjoying the journey. I make videos as well from a beginners perspective. Sending good vibes your way my friend. 🎸🎶
Thanks for the enlightment sir !!!
thanks much,
you are the Master, we are the students, sorry i had to drop your program, but i found myself in financial difficulty. The first in a long time. Once i get it straightened out i will be back. i've been playing for years and i still learned things that i knew but didnt know what it was. And now that i am trying to go to blues your program helped me a lot. like i said i will be back thanks so very much
Micheal ( dxfarmer )
So kind! Thank you Michael 🙏
Very nice. Enjoyed it.
A great lesson on major chord scales. I learned a LOT!!!
Tuesdays gone! .... Thanks, Erich!
Than you. You help me a lot.
Thank you! Great video!
Gorgeous guitar...hummingbird?
yeet
Cara, musicalmente falando, eu sou feliz de ser br e ter disponível tanto o repertório estrangeiro quanto o nosso. É conteúdo aumentado.
3:47 why does that sound like the office theme song
Sir could you do something similar for the minor scale like E minor cause i have a sad song 😥🎶
Bought my first guitar 4 weeks ago, I'm not even tired of your videos yet
🙏
I'm stoned, can't someone just post the chords?!! 😝
Hahahaha!
:-)
If you know your major scale do re mi fa so la ti do then apply a number to each one.
Then use 1 4 6m and 5 in any order to create a song.
Repetition is key so have some sort of part is the song that has the same notes. Do not have the same words for any part of a song. Just adjust the words to fit into the beat of the song.
Well done! I play bass on stage (NOT THE FISH!). I have had gigs that music theory was the foundation. Kinda like 'we play the 'Fireman' in G. Okay.... It is normally in A, no problem. One night, my lead and I got together. He had a bottle slide with him. Well, I hit the surf music distortion pedal and you would have thought George Thorougood was in the house! Lead singer disease kicked in (LSD). We out played him and made it our own. The crowd went ape *stuff* and filled the dance floor. Snott (not his name) went ape *stuff* on us for kicking it up. It sounded good and some change! Snott could never figure out why we could change key of a said song. Music theory... Duh! All we needed to know was, what is the kick note.
Stuck in Oklahoma,
Mike and Vee
Mike Brooka hi I’m an aspiring musician living in Oklahoma too. What are some suggestions for venues and or songs to play and getting myself out there?
@@jacksonneedham2792 Thanks for asking! First, what area of the state are you in? Next, what type of music do play. One straight genre or an all around mix? I will get back to you.
Thanks Erich.
Good stuff .. thank you
🙌
Hey Guitar Sage I use those if I run into them or need them in the completion or a bridge,and maybe an ending, because I play out of my head,I don't read or write music,I can hear the song in my head,then I work it out,then lay it down.thsts my way..
Me too my friend. The labels are helpful to know what you are doing 👍
12th min into the video. You played C, am, F and G. You played some minor licks when playing the progression. You said chord progression cannot be copyrighted. Will this small licks comes under melody or chord progression? Can I use the same progression with same licks and create my own song with a completely different melody?
great vid... :)
Shit, I'm self taught and never heard of the national number system. Makes perfect sense to me.
Nashville number system
damn this dude is cool
👊🏻🙏
Left out 1m, 7, 5, 6. Runaway and 100 other songs
Maybe that's not right? What is progression for Runaway, hit the road Jack, Am, G, F E?
I was surprised none of them included a 2 chord.
Your amazing 👍
Great vid :-) I think from my experience when I was a beginner it can be a bit misleading to say 'minor 6' chord in this context, as it may be misinterpreted as an actual Em6, for instance. Just say 1 5 6 4 progression (or whatever) maybe just mention the 6th chord is a minor chord. Dunno but saying minor 6 would confuse me if I was still trying to grasp music theory.
But when you replace a minor chord with a major it would be confusing. 6 is not always minor. Borrowed chords do that a lot.
It would be better to say ''6 Minor'' as not to get confused with a Minor 6 chord.
Science only explains things that already ARE. So wise.
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dude, Aminor is not the 6th of G
Didn't he say E minor?
Played Am,
Eric...how do you like your Yamaha LL16...how does it compare to your gibson
I have been searching for a good tutor, I am still looking🥵
Start here: www.yourguitarsage.com/30
Guys, if you think YourGuitarSage looks angry here. Wait till you get to his website. He smiles more :D
The language of musicians is more complicated than Chinese lol 😆👍
They always discribe it like its so easy you should already know 😆
But thankfully I can now work my way through a few chords.
This series will fill in some gaps: www.yourguitarsage.com/30
@@yourguitarsage thanks.
Loved that opening lmao
#1 I V iv IV 3:19
at 3:42 you state in the key of G the minor6 is an Em; however at 5:26 you play an Am stating it is the minor6? and again a Am at 5:35? ... then at 6:02 you call out minor6 and play an Em? ... but then at 6:12 you play an Am again???? but then you explain at 8:31 the minor6 in the key of G is Em (which i think is correct) ... can you help me out? am i looking at this vid correctly??
matthew dalton Em is the minor 6th in G. Am is the minor 2nd. Good catch.
Examples of songs from I-V-vi-IV sound lifted from Axis of Awesome Four Chord song ... in the order they play them. 🤣
What are the chords instead of the number?. All I got were chords G,D, Em C.
Yup, those are the chords.
and the minor 7 b 5 ?
2nd one almost sounded like nine inch nails hurt...haha this is funny
All the non musicians in the comments:
Im so confused :(
or
Wow these chord progressions are so professional and popular and underrated!!!1111!!!!
Me, an elitist:
*look at all these chickens, have so much to learn.*
Talk is cheap, tag this video with a video of you showing us your elitist playing. 💪
Lmao knew someone would get offended
Lol
Experienced bt surely you should work on teaching techniques.
First one I thought of was Let IT Be
Right?!?
Right?!?
You voice is so similar to Ryan Reynolds
Too badass man
He stops jabbering and gets to the point at 3:18
Thx
Thx
Thanks!!
Reminds me of those old web sites where the front page was 50 feet long with the "But Wait!" and "There's More!" and "Hurry, Limited time Offer!" - this guy is a waffler
Thank uso much man
Great information, thanks!
Not spending too much time looking through all the comments, but Am is the minor second of G.
You played Am C G D which is also quite popular but I think you meant Em C G D which is imo the most popular chord progression starting on a minor chord.
Country Roads, right?
I was scratching my head about this, thanks for validating my suspicion here
I was going to make the same comment, but decided to look around first. I'm surprised Erich didn't post a reply back when this video first came out and you commented. He is amazingly responsive when it comes to students comments and questions on the UGS website.
Yeah for some reason whenever there's confusion like this in a lesson there doesn't seem to anybody addressing it in the comments. I have no clue how this goes over peoples' heads. Makes you feel like you're the only one paying attention...
Great video, helped me through a little rut I've been in! Only complaint is on number is on progression 2 you said it was the iv - IV - I - V in G but played a ii - IV - V - I instead, still a lovely chord progression!
This is, without a doubt, the very BEST guitar lesson I have ever seen! Thank you so much!
Thank you, Lawrence 🙏
I agree, really made all of the chord progressions really easy to understand. All the information was super easy to digest.
Are you related to him?
He Takes to long to say anything,but never stops talking !
G,D,Em,C is the first
Am,G,C,D (you can mix it up starting with G...)
0:00 damn his voice be sounding odd as hell
robandmurr LMAO
I've been noodlin since 18 yrs old and over the years have taught myself a little music theory, but now at 64 you just flipped the switch on the lightbulb for me when you mentioned the IV under the I. I'm happy that I found you and am now a subscriber.
Thank you!
Welcome, friend! 🤗
thank you Erich. Now I understand the numbering system. Guess I knew it all the time. Just didn't understand it. LMAO
"Folks like me to get straight to it." Then why did you say that three minutes in?
Erich: "The number 1 most popular progression is a 1, 5, Minor 6, 4."
Me: "I understand that! =D"
Erich: "So in the key of G that's gonna be..."
Me: "It's a G, D, E minor and a C! Woo! \^0^/"
Lmao XD
Ah this is fantastic!!! been doing 1 4 5 forever got boring , but this is a big WOW been looking in the wrong places for learning . this is inspiring for Me to continue playing more. Thank You very very much.
To save some time - the Chord Progressions:
1) 1 - 5 - 6 - 4
2) 1 - 4 - 5
3) 6 - 4 - 1 - 5
4) 1 - 4 - 5 - 6
5) 1 - 6 - 4 - 5
@YourGuitarSage says the most common keys to learn and memorize would be the C and G scales.
Have fun and keep learning my friends 🚀🏆🎶
👍💪🙏
.. way wAy WAY TOO MUCH TALKING!!! and jumping around 👎🏾 😖
He’s so nice, leave him alone
Talks too much jeez
Minor second (Am) in the key of G.
It appears Chord progression 3 & 4 should replace what the video states as 6m with a 2m. But thanks for the info very helpful
5:23 in it is suggested that the Am is the 6th in the key of G. I've always known it to be an Em, could you explain please?
You are correct, Matt. I made a mistake in this video. 👍
I liked the way this guy did chord progressions, although my favorite is a 1,5,4 in EMajor he has explained the voicing in a song . Anybody can learn chords, notes and music theory and depending on the person memorizing chords in g,c,d,e,f,a,b or thinking about it like g a minor bminor c,d we all learn differently but this guy went over chord progressions that we might hear everyday on the radio or internet.
👊🙏
Great lesson. Something I wish I learned even as a beginner. But maybe i just wasn't ready to conceptualize how to use it. Appreciate how well you instruct your online users.
What is the rule about "I will explain that later". Good video (beautiful sounding strumming) but too much use of the "I will explain that later in the video" teaser technique. Fine to use it once perhaps twice but after a while they start stacking up.
Greatest guitar lesson. All you really need is this and power chords. I started learning at 8. Quit. Restarted after 12 years. Picked up more in a week watching YourGuitarSage then a year back then. You just won another subscriber
🙏
I would like to let yourguitarsage, run in the background like a seminar, rather than study each lesson, as though it was a lecture.😎🍌🙏
You must listen to this man. He’s playing a j200
🙌😜
Another nice aspect of playing. Thx mate! Nashville No System. Never heard before. ❤
OK...got confusing...going to watch deer hunting. Thanks!
4 minutes to say something interesting. Come on, less is more
meis