I've been sharing this lesson ever since I first learned it in 1972 at sea on a USN Destroyer in the middle of the Atlantic. The cocky, smug, dud of a human being who shared it with me wanted desperately to be one 10th as cool as you, He couldn't pull it off. You are a master teacher and solid guitar player but a natural entertainer; one who has learned the "Secret" of being a great teacher. You have to hold their attention all the way to the end of the lessons. Fabulous video Sean! After teaching piano/guitar privately since 1992, I think you're the best!
So nice to see someone in this world of crap being upbeat and always happy. Your attitude and personality is contagious and needed. Thanks!!!! BTW, your lessons are really easy to understand making them easy to remember as well, even with limited music theory although some theory is required.
Hey Sean… since one of main reasons some of us first picked up a guitar was to impress girls, you should do a video to teach us how you get the most beautiful girls in town to play and hang with you!
How ya like your Streetmaster...whoops you just mentioned it....well then, forget you, man, especially with your w-w-h step stuff 😆 Yeah, cant ever learn enough about E, personally. B7 is quite, to vastly underrated, imho. Request time...need to revisit some more PAPSWA with Stitch. Thanks, Brah.
The polite injection of humor actually makes it much more memorable. Thanks Sean much appreciated. I keep looking for you in more of Dovydas Street videos too.
I'm sort of an intermediate guitarist, but because I learnt from the" guitar magazine" era. I missed some basic theory . I learnt some basic theory today, thanks 😊
There are *clearly* Dark Forces at work when it comes to playing an E-flat chord in standard tuning (I can't _prove_ the CIA's behind it...yet...). But seriously, I try doing a barred "D" shape, which I find very difficult to get...anyone got any hints and tips?
The B chord is easy. Just cheat a little and barre the whole 4th fret but don't strum the high e. The 5 chord being substituted with the 7 is something new for sure, thanks!
You’ve just helped me out big time. I’ve been playing those chord shapes for a while - just noodling! Now however I feel I have the “guild” secret knowledge to maybe play these with confidence in a song! So thankyou “Handsome Gentleman” 👍🏼🤣😬
Did we have too much sugar in our tofu this morning Sean? LOLOL 8) I am the worst guitar teacher on the planet!! Given that, about twice a year somebody makes me try to teach them. 8( What that has taught me is a lot of people have short attention spans, and they are impatient. So if I get a real beginner I first, try to find a simple song that they like. Second, everyone is different, so try and find a 1, 4, 5 chord, in a simple form, they can learn quickly. Like the E, A, B7 you just showed. Then show them the song with the changes, and get them playing it. When they can do that, alone, without any help it's called an "ah ha moment"!! LOL I send them away to practice that until they can do it on request. Everything I show them after that I refer back to that song and 3 chord progression. (so pick a good one LOL). If that helps anyone, great! If not, sorry just don't beat me up. Great stuff Sean! Appreciate you!! 8) JMHO --gary
I have been using the E shape chord and sliding it up and down the neck for a few years now. I lack the theory so never new the names but always thought they sounded beautiful but never saw anyone using these shapes. Thanks Shawn you’ve filled in some holes in my knowledge.
Great lesson A+ You where run over by the E Train @ 10:11 and then came back at 18:30ish to completely derail the E train with all blues passengers onboard(?)!. Thanks for imparting you wisdom an expertise. PS I'm watching Hallmark with the wife. Good luck in your douchie quest.
I learned the bar chords early on and never had much problem playing the B chord. On the other hand, I've always found the classic B7 chord very hard, and mostly don't use it. Now that will change, as I didn't realize you could play it with using your pinky!! Glad to learn this. Thanks Sean.
Reminds me of the David Brent (from The Office) guitar tutorials where he's quickly showing some chords - 'That's G, that's D, that's A..........B, you don't have to bother with that one'.
I think it's good to play chords all the ways they can be played. It adds character and different voicing to what it is you are playing. For one part of the song you can play a chord one way and then another way for another part of the song. It keeps your playing from sounding too repetitive. Thanks for sharing this. I got my start playing guitar in the key of E 25 years ago, so I already know much of what you show in the video, but it took me years and years of experimenting to figure it out because there was no YT back then. And yeah, that dreaded B chord is a summamabeach that I STILL can't get right after all these years!
I really appreciate your videos. Thank you. The guitar in standard tuning, begs to be played in E. The open E strings and open B are a great little power chord. No "expression" notes. No third to be sad with. No seventh etc. There in the middle, all nestled together, are three more strings on which any number of tri tones can be played up and down the neck for a huge variety of voicings. I invite you to try this one: Index on A at 11, middle on D at 12, ring on G at 13. Nice little E7 stair step shape. Here's some magic: Move this down a half step and there's an A chord. Move it up a half step from the original position and it's a B chord. More:: Move this same shape down so it's centered on the 6th fret (index on 5th) and you can do the same little routine and walk through a I-IV-V progression still in E. More: of course it works up around the 17th fret. Wait! There's more: if you drop the two third notes of the original shape down a half step the shape changes to a very popular three note power shape that in this position with all strings singing, is an Emin7. Move this shape up a half step and now it's Emaj7. Magic.
@@seandaniel23 Leonard Cohen Alexandra Leaving, I think its Fmj, Dm, Bb, C,Bb, F, great way to torture any beginner guitarist, In open Bb, in my opinion, is worse than Fmj.
So there I was, listening to (but not watching) another video at half speed when this come on auto-play afterward. I thought "man, did Sean have a stroke? That sounds like him!" Turned around and there you were, slurring through the intro. :D Great video and information as always. I highly recommend watching this intro at 50% speed. Just because. ;) Peace, love and a happy New Year to you. Thank you for all you do!
yes,,when frank zappa asks (tongue in cheekedly) "does humour belong in music" ? sean,,, you have answered this emphatically, your guitar tuition is a pleasure to experience,, thankyou 😊👍
Re. the D# ( etc ) try barring across the 3rd and 5th strings with the 1st finger, then, on the next fret higher ( this works in any position ) 2nd finger on the 6th string, 3rd finger on the 4th string, pinky on the 2nd string. You get a legit dominant 7th +9. Mute the first string if needed. Try it at second fret, for a cool sounding G7, in the key of C major ( with +6 on the 1st string, no extra charge! ). Also, why use the pinky for your B major? Third finger is usually much stronger, if it can reach. Or just a normal A type bar chord? ( bar with 1st finger, then 2nd, 3rd, and pinky fingers on 4th, 3rd, and 2nd strings, two frets higher ). OK, if you just wanted to show off your pinky super powers, that's fine ...
Great remiminders. Your triad trick, with E AAdd9 and B, I do the same, but I use my index finger playing the 1 string, leaving 5 and 6 open. It is just as pretty, but it has a nice following bass addition.
Sean, nice lesson but have one nit-pick. To be consistent stick with 3 note triads all the way up. No need to use the 4-note D#m7b5 chord. Just the 3 note diminished will work fine. Here's the voicing: 0,12,13,11,0,0. As a beginning guitarist years ago, it confused me when 3 and 4 note chords were taught hodge-podge together. But I loved your lesson, I can show you how to spice up that 5th chord. Hint: drop the root a whole step.
This would have been a great video YESTERDAY when I was playing at church and muting out the B because the E to B is so dumb. The 7th fret trick would have been a blessing!!!
A request. More of a plea, really. Your fancy new Martin's fret markers aren't in the usual places. So while I'm happy for you about the new guitar, I wish, nay, I plead with you, to make tutorials with guitars that have fret markers where Segovia intended. Please?
Oh, it's a blues lesson. First time I truly understood the essential format of the blues. And I can already write rock progressions in Lydian, so this is a milestone for me. So thank you for the blues lesson. Gratitude to infinity and beyond.😎 Ha now I'm going to be bluesing it up lol
Bsus4 is that chord you are sliding up to get, with an E bass and can be played at the nut also, instead of laying your pinky, play a barre chord using the 1st, ring and pinky placed on the B (2rd fret on A string), G flat (also called F#) (4th on D string), B (4th on G string) and leave the b and high E open, mute the low E or leave it open, if you want the sound you get from sliding the E chord fingering up to the 9th fret
Sean, wouldnt playing the 1 IV V in A, D and E be an easy way to play that 12 bars riff you were playing 3:59? i see clapton almost deliberately playing original E blues tracks as A covers (e.g. hoochie koochie man). ive always struggle to play the riff on B when playing in the key of E. any thoughts you could offer would be appreciated. cheers.
With Drop D, the E shape up the neck is great, you can fret the 6th string by using your thumb, doubling the 4th string, for a more satisfying sound (to me). You can also do a similar thing in D by doing 3 note chords on top strings, while including all 3 open bottom strings. I switched to drop D on my acoustic this last year after 25 years of playing, and I'm not going back. Bar chords are easier and more enjoyable (you can even play 1-4-5 bar chords w/o even moving your index finger barre position--very nice). 6 string D-shape bar chords become possible. You can throw in transitional 3 string power chords anytime you want. Love shapes with ringing open strings though, makes everything so interesting even though I usually don't know what I'm playing. lol
Wow 😳. I just learned that a capo on the second fret lowers the tone a whole step. Nobody EVER told me that! I always thought it went a step UP. From E to F sharp. Check video at 6:50. Do you charge for lessons? Really?
When you remove the barre from the seventh fret barre based B it’s still a B Major but the 5th fret A without the barre is an Aadd2/E unless you mute the B string which is pretty easily done. It’s a super easy 2 finger A if you mute the B and just hit the D/G/B/E set of strings. Great “cheater chord”
I picked up a guitar 🎸 for the first time two years ago and have been using your videos to go from being an absolute beginner to advanced beginner thanks to you . I practice everyday and get lots of enjoyment from my acoustic six string guitar. Thanks very much for sharing your knowledge while having fun doing it
I made a very VERY similar video a few weeks ago with the same guitar 🤣🤣🤣... Suspish I am my man! My 668 subs will be asking questions 😅 or maybe great minds think alike and we pulled the same divine knowledge from the Ether. Great video as always Sean.
I have been using a pair of those minor shape open chords to close out a song in E major, and never connected until now why that worked. The more you know.
"Sounds great, smells even better" I'm lucky enough to own a few decent guitars but my Martin is the only one that has it's own distinct Martin smell. Not sure what they do at the factory but if they could bottle it I'd probably wear it.
Coming along two years after this posted to say "a gentleman's B7" is a phrase worthy of outright theft. I plan on trying to find a use for it. (Also, the guitar tutelage is great too.)
I get more from this guy than any one else on you tube
My guy!
I agree !
Yeah his music theory is crazy awesome!
@@seandaniel23 Your vids are great which Streetmaster are you using Amigo
You just taught Allman Brothers Melissa. Great song and great lesson.
Great song.
Or All things Must Pass George Harrison
also 1966 Johnny Rivers #1 single 'Poor Side of Town'
😂
And Who Knows Where The Time Goes by Sandy Denny.
I've been sharing this lesson ever since I first learned it in 1972 at sea on a USN Destroyer in the middle of the Atlantic. The cocky, smug, dud of a human being who shared it with me wanted desperately to be one 10th as cool as you, He couldn't pull it off. You are a master teacher and solid guitar player but a natural entertainer; one who has learned the "Secret" of being a great teacher. You have to hold their attention all the way to the end of the lessons. Fabulous video Sean! After teaching piano/guitar privately since 1992, I think you're the best!
So nice to see someone in this world of crap being upbeat and always happy. Your attitude and personality is contagious and needed. Thanks!!!! BTW, your lessons are really easy to understand making them easy to remember as well, even with limited music theory although some theory is required.
Thanks so much for saying so! Trying my best!
Oooooooooo
That Right there is some good stuff!! Thanks for sharing. . . . !!
Not in the key of E,but what about the Bb bar chord on the first fret..lol..man.like using the triad for b sometimes,without the pointer finger
Hey Sean… since one of main reasons some of us first picked up a guitar was to impress girls, you should do a video to teach us how you get the most beautiful girls in town to play and hang with you!
You crack me up. How fun to laugh while learning. Excellent tips here. I'm on it!
A gentleman's B7
🤣
Only the finest!
You have a gift for taking things I already know and making me understand it better
Thanks so much for saying so! I'll keep em coming.
@@seandaniel23 Dude, I agree with what taylodi1 said above. Same from me. Very cool.
Sean a great eye opener lesson..I am sorta familiar with most of this but you put it in context for a better understanding..thanks man....
Awesome,man I've seen players use these shaped moving around the frets now I know what and why...Thanks
How ya like your Streetmaster...whoops you just mentioned it....well then, forget you, man, especially with your w-w-h step stuff 😆 Yeah, cant ever learn enough about E, personally. B7 is quite, to vastly underrated, imho. Request time...need to revisit some more PAPSWA with Stitch. Thanks, Brah.
Thanks so much! Stich has been out on the road but I think he'll be back soon!
@@seandaniel23 Right on. Yeah, seriously, thanks for all ya do for the world of guitar.
Hilarious. Probably the funniest dude I've never met. Thanks for the lesson and the ability to entertain. I really appreciate the content.
Thanks so much for saying so Seth.
More hand saving tips! Guitar Tricks/Made Easy advertisers hate him!
It's funny how I used to think you were too technical. Now I think you're really interesting :)
The polite injection of humor actually makes it much more memorable. Thanks Sean much appreciated. I keep looking for you in more of Dovydas Street videos too.
I'm sort of an intermediate guitarist, but because I learnt from the" guitar magazine" era. I missed some basic theory .
I learnt some basic theory today, thanks 😊
Happy to help!
I have a nice leather jacket. I'll swap it for that Martin you're playing.
There are *clearly* Dark Forces at work when it comes to playing an E-flat chord in standard tuning (I can't _prove_ the CIA's behind it...yet...).
But seriously, I try doing a barred "D" shape, which I find very difficult to get...anyone got any hints and tips?
I'd wish I knew that B7 voicing 47 years ago and learning guitar. B chord would always trip me up. I was learning Beatles songs from a song book.
Better late than never!
Yeah
I'm an old, old, oldster barre chord who found these chords with great relief. (BTW it was years before I found out it wasn't spelled "bar" chord. )
Hey Shaun surprise u didn't mention the A, B and C#min voicings on the D G B and high E strings. Open string A and Amin shapes
Good call, was trying to keep the vid under 20 minutes.
@@seandaniel23 great job boss! Didn't mean any hard feeling 👍
I dig your vids, cheers. Check out John Butler’s Ocean for a masterclass in what can be done in E if you haven’t already.
I'll check it out!
That guitar sounds incredible and your lessons are inspiring.
Just off the phone: The Guild has changed its secret handshake because of this video. You only have yourself to blame.
It was only a matter of time.
How dare you teach the blues! in a shirt like that.
Contrarian.
Interesting way of teaching theory in a hands on type of way, in a very simple format or whatever.
Thanks for watching!
Dude, you are so much fun! And you’re funny too….
Sean is always good for a smile. A wry smile!
Thanks so much!
fell in love with the key of e, after this im gonna have to marry it
The B chord is easy. Just cheat a little and barre the whole 4th fret but don't strum the high e. The 5 chord being substituted with the 7 is something new for sure, thanks!
Good tip!
Damn I can’t tell which is better that shirt or that guitar!! Either way ya go this video clearly has the highest level of quality to it!! Thx man!!
Well thank you!
Brilliant, amazing. What a great channel. If only you were around when I was 14
I appreciate the kind words
U earned my subscription bro! More of these man! Loved it
Welcome to the party!
You’ve just helped me out big time. I’ve been playing those chord shapes for a while - just noodling! Now however I feel I have the “guild” secret knowledge to maybe play these with confidence in a song! So thankyou “Handsome Gentleman” 👍🏼🤣😬
Did we have too much sugar in our tofu this morning Sean? LOLOL 8) I am the worst guitar teacher on the planet!! Given that, about twice a year somebody makes me try to teach them. 8( What that has taught me is a lot of people have short attention spans, and they are impatient. So if I get a real beginner I first, try to find a simple song that they like. Second, everyone is different, so try and find a 1, 4, 5 chord, in a simple form, they can learn quickly. Like the E, A, B7 you just showed. Then show them the song with the changes, and get them playing it. When they can do that, alone, without any help it's called an "ah ha moment"!! LOL I send them away to practice that until they can do it on request. Everything I show them after that I refer back to that song and 3 chord progression. (so pick a good one LOL). If that helps anyone, great! If not, sorry just don't beat me up.
Great stuff Sean! Appreciate you!! 8) JMHO --gary
Hey that's a great approach! I'm sure you're a better teacher than you give yourself credit for!
I have been using the E shape chord and sliding it up and down the neck for a few years now. I lack the theory so never new the names but always thought they sounded beautiful but never saw anyone using these shapes. Thanks Shawn you’ve filled in some holes in my knowledge.
Happy to help Chris!
The black crowes… she talks to angels utilises the E chord moving up and down the neck
Can you tell me what model that Martin guitar is? I like that it doesn’t have a pickguard.
Thanks! It's a Martin Streetmaster, I love it
Every day at lunch I check for the latest Sean Daniel content! Love your YT and Patreon channels! Rock on!
Thanks so much Joe! New Patreon vid coming this week!
Thanks for the lesson! Also gotta shout that Fender Telecaster Acoustasonic. I just read The Secret and trying to manifest here.
Haha I hope! They haven't gotten back to me yet about the giveaway but hopefully soon!
I have trouble thinking WWHWWWH and remembering the order of major and minor chords at the same time trying to move up the neck with one shape
It'll come!
You’re a great teacher Sean and I’ve learnt a lot of you.
Great lesson A+ You where run over by the E Train @ 10:11 and then came back at 18:30ish to completely derail the E train with all blues passengers onboard(?)!.
Thanks for imparting you wisdom an expertise.
PS I'm watching Hallmark with the wife. Good luck in your douchie quest.
I appreciate the kind words Joseph! Hopefully see you in Christmas 2022.
Love this guy. Laughter and music. Is there a better combination?
Thanks for saying so Rick!
I learned the bar chords early on and never had much problem playing the B chord. On the other hand, I've always found the classic B7 chord very hard, and mostly don't use it. Now that will change, as I didn't realize you could play it with using your pinky!! Glad to learn this. Thanks Sean.
Happy to help!
Any forbidden secrets such as these lying somewhere within minor keys?
You'll have to wait and find out!
E Major = C# minor
The B maj barré chord with the pinky is a fantastic tip
one of the best and most enjoyable lessons I've ever seen, just simple practical stuff i can actually use cheers bro and thank you
15:38 "Nobody said it was easy" 😉
Where is Interval Boy when we need him? 😂🤣😂
Good stuff, Sean!
Thank you 🙏
Always just a half-step away
@@seandaniel23 lol. Don't you mean a minor 2nd?
Superb Key. Magic Key.
Reminds me of the David Brent (from The Office) guitar tutorials where he's quickly showing some chords - 'That's G, that's D, that's A..........B, you don't have to bother with that one'.
Very helpful.
Been playing for years and I think I'm OK but......... never had so many bells ringing in one lesson fantastic stuff!!!!!!!!
Thanks Sean..
I always learn something from you..
Your personality makes it fun, you make me laugh out loud..
Merry Christmas from Australia mate..
I think it's good to play chords all the ways they can be played. It adds character and different voicing to what it is you are playing. For one part of the song you can play a chord one way and then another way for another part of the song. It keeps your playing from sounding too repetitive. Thanks for sharing this. I got my start playing guitar in the key of E 25 years ago, so I already know much of what you show in the video, but it took me years and years of experimenting to figure it out because there was no YT back then. And yeah, that dreaded B chord is a summamabeach that I STILL can't get right after all these years!
Good examples : Photograph from Nickleback and Sacrifice from the Dutch top singer Anouk.
I really appreciate your videos. Thank you. The guitar in standard tuning, begs to be played in E. The open E strings and open B are a great little power chord. No "expression" notes. No third to be sad with. No seventh etc. There in the middle, all nestled together, are three more strings on which any number of tri tones can be played up and down the neck for a huge variety of voicings. I invite you to try this one:
Index on A at 11, middle on D at 12, ring on G at 13. Nice little E7 stair step shape. Here's some magic: Move this down a half step and there's an A chord. Move it up a half step from the original position and it's a B chord. More:: Move this same shape down so it's centered on the 6th fret (index on 5th) and you can do the same little routine and walk through a I-IV-V progression still in E. More: of course it works up around the 17th fret.
Wait! There's more: if you drop the two third notes of the original shape down a half step the shape changes to a very popular three note power shape that in this position with all strings singing, is an Emin7. Move this shape up a half step and now it's Emaj7.
Magic.
Why the Star Trek look? How about the Key of F#, oh my gods I can't find the A!.
Hahaha, F# coming soon!
@@seandaniel23 Leonard Cohen Alexandra Leaving, I think its Fmj, Dm, Bb, C,Bb, F, great way to torture any beginner guitarist, In open Bb, in my opinion, is worse than Fmj.
So there I was, listening to (but not watching) another video at half speed when this come on auto-play afterward. I thought "man, did Sean have a stroke? That sounds like him!" Turned around and there you were, slurring through the intro. :D
Great video and information as always. I highly recommend watching this intro at 50% speed. Just because. ;)
Peace, love and a happy New Year to you. Thank you for all you do!
There ya go my old Sarasota neighbor!! I love it when you return to just nice, straightforward informative and fun lessons on your site!! Jim C.
yes,,when frank zappa asks (tongue in cheekedly) "does humour
belong in music" ? sean,,, you have answered this emphatically,
your guitar tuition is a pleasure to experience,, thankyou 😊👍
Re. the D# ( etc ) try barring across the 3rd and 5th strings with the 1st finger, then, on the next fret higher ( this works in any position ) 2nd finger on the 6th string, 3rd finger on the 4th string, pinky on the 2nd string. You get a legit dominant 7th +9. Mute the first string if needed. Try it at second fret, for a cool sounding G7, in the key of C major ( with +6 on the 1st string, no extra charge! ). Also, why use the pinky for your B major? Third finger is usually much stronger, if it can reach. Or just a normal A type bar chord? ( bar with 1st finger, then 2nd, 3rd, and pinky fingers on 4th, 3rd, and 2nd strings, two frets higher ). OK, if you just wanted to show off your pinky super powers, that's fine ...
Happy/Sad Keys but what key turns her on? Lol, anything I suppose by Jon Bon Jovi or Def Leppard...
Great remiminders. Your triad trick, with E AAdd9 and B, I do the same, but I use my index finger playing the 1 string, leaving 5 and 6 open. It is just as pretty, but it has a nice following bass addition.
Sean, nice lesson but have one nit-pick. To be consistent stick with 3 note triads all the way up. No need to use the 4-note D#m7b5 chord. Just the 3 note diminished will work fine. Here's the voicing: 0,12,13,11,0,0. As a beginning guitarist years ago, it confused me when 3 and 4 note chords were taught hodge-podge together. But I loved your lesson, I can show you how to spice up that 5th chord. Hint: drop the root a whole step.
I was hoping you would break into 'Melissa' when you did the minor chords... PS your videos are really helpful, thanks mucho. You be nutz.
Thank you SEAN, geat lesson. Iv'e known the blues most of my life. maybe now i can play them too!!!!
They're in your heart!
This would have been a great video YESTERDAY when I was playing at church and muting out the B because the E to B is so dumb. The 7th fret trick would have been a blessing!!!
A request. More of a plea, really. Your fancy new Martin's fret markers aren't in the usual places. So while I'm happy for you about the new guitar, I wish, nay, I plead with you, to make tutorials with guitars that have fret markers where Segovia intended. Please?
Sean's got it, just take a listen to MELISSA, Allman Brothers!
I have a new key now, the famous key of E-uh, per Sean. Thanks.
Oh, it's a blues lesson. First time I truly understood the essential format of the blues. And I can already write rock progressions in Lydian, so this is a milestone for me. So thank you for the blues lesson. Gratitude to infinity and beyond.😎 Ha now I'm going to be bluesing it up lol
Great lesson. That progression, E, to open F#m and G#m is in the Allman Brothers song Melissa. But now I understand why it works.
Bsus4 is that chord you are sliding up to get, with an E bass and can be played at the nut also, instead of laying your pinky, play a barre chord using the 1st, ring and pinky placed on the B (2rd fret on A string), G flat (also called F#) (4th on D string), B (4th on G string) and leave the b and high E open, mute the low E or leave it open, if you want the sound you get from sliding the E chord fingering up to the 9th fret
Sean, wouldnt playing the 1 IV V in A, D and E be an easy way to play that 12 bars riff you were playing 3:59? i see clapton almost deliberately playing original E blues tracks as A covers (e.g. hoochie koochie man). ive always struggle to play the riff on B when playing in the key of E. any thoughts you could offer would be appreciated. cheers.
With Drop D, the E shape up the neck is great, you can fret the 6th string by using your thumb, doubling the 4th string, for a more satisfying sound (to me). You can also do a similar thing in D by doing 3 note chords on top strings, while including all 3 open bottom strings.
I switched to drop D on my acoustic this last year after 25 years of playing, and I'm not going back. Bar chords are easier and more enjoyable (you can even play 1-4-5 bar chords w/o even moving your index finger barre position--very nice). 6 string D-shape bar chords become possible. You can throw in transitional 3 string power chords anytime you want.
Love shapes with ringing open strings though, makes everything so interesting even though I usually don't know what I'm playing. lol
Beauty...good humor with your teaching
Thanks so much!
Wow 😳. I just learned that a capo on the second fret lowers the tone a whole step. Nobody EVER told me that! I always thought it went a step UP.
From E to F sharp. Check video at 6:50. Do you charge for lessons? Really?
When you remove the barre from the seventh fret barre based B it’s still a B Major but the 5th fret A without the barre is an Aadd2/E unless you mute the B string which is pretty easily done. It’s a super easy 2 finger A if you mute the B and just hit the D/G/B/E set of strings. Great “cheater chord”
I picked up a guitar 🎸 for the first time two years ago and have been using your videos to go from being an absolute beginner to advanced beginner thanks to you . I practice everyday and get lots of enjoyment from my acoustic six string guitar. Thanks very much for sharing your knowledge while having fun doing it
Happy to help!
Thanks - this video was very helpful and had a lot of useful information.
What an EXCELLENT video! Come to expect that with you but, well done yet again!! Thanks so much.
Thanks so much for watching!
And we know that we are all......Gentleman here!!!! blues on my friend, blues on!!
The new gentlemen's club
@@seandaniel23 here's to hoping your Thanksgiving is great. Smoke a stokie, drink some fine wine! That's what a gentleman does! Cheers.
I made a very VERY similar video a few weeks ago with the same guitar 🤣🤣🤣... Suspish I am my man! My 668 subs will be asking questions 😅 or maybe great minds think alike and we pulled the same divine knowledge from the Ether. Great video as always Sean.
Street master squad represent!
@@seandaniel23 I just got my Acoustasonic too 🙌
Just bought a street master waiting on delivery. Great to hear You playing one.
You’re gonna love it!
Nothing smells better than the inside of a Martin!
This one especially is pungent.
Every video of yours I watch increases the risk of using the "dusty end" of the neck. Very well done!
You are by far my favorite teacher on TH-cam I get more from your lessons than anyone else on the net....
Thanks so much for saying so!
You're undeniably one of the best online guitar teachers. If I wasn't an in debt, 23 year old pizza delivery driver, I'd be throwin money at you
You sound like a scientist, just saying, that stuff. Hehe. Another great funny line from you. Thanks mate for all your videos.
I have been using a pair of those minor shape open chords to close out a song in E major, and never connected until now why that worked. The more you know.
"Sounds great, smells even better" I'm lucky enough to own a few decent guitars but my Martin is the only one that has it's own distinct Martin smell. Not sure what they do at the factory but if they could bottle it I'd probably wear it.
So refreshing to see your style, it is rare to watch someone as normal as myself.I also enjoy Fruit Loops & Coco puffs.Peace & be well!
Lower/higher, up/down, etc. is always in relation to pitch. Physical direction has nothing to do with music. Pitch has everything to do with music.
Coming along two years after this posted to say "a gentleman's B7" is a phrase worthy of outright theft. I plan on trying to find a use for it. (Also, the guitar tutelage is great too.)
Thank you ..you also have the COOLEST personality
Dude is that little bit of frost in your hair it's kind of cool you got a little maybe a little little silver there it's kind of nice
Oh it's coming in, nice and classy
Don't throw yourself in front of the train! Nooooooo!
someone has to
Studying for one monster exam. Know nothing, but I did learn a cool lick. Will be thinking of it when I sit there regretting my decisions.
12 Bar on B chord ,I made up ,
EADGBE
Bar second fret
Fourth fret
G# B on E string and G string
On off G#EG# E ect ,,,,
i'm literally wearing that exact same hoodie right now. stop copying me.
LuLu squad represent!