This is Why You Suck at Guitar, Lesson 3: Your Power Chords Suck
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ธ.ค. 2013
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I'm back again with some more handy tips and secrets to make your guitar playing suck less! I know your weird uncle taught you everything he knew about playing guitar before he got sent to prison, but i'm concerned he might have put you on the wrong path in more ways than one. Tune in this week to learn how you've been playing power chords wrong in all your favorite songs by Green Day, Foo Fighters, The Ramones, and Whisky Kitten. - เพลง
you're informative and actually funny. very hard to pull off.
Hey man, I try! Thanks!
+NotHereNotNow agreed i like his info i learn from it a lot. and hes pretty damn funny.
well, how are your hammer-ons?
NotHereNotNow hes a funny and cool non dorky version of stevetittyberryballs
Haha bro go watch his sweep picking videos.
He broke it down perfectly.
I was able to understand what happens between both hands.
Thanks to Ben Eller my family doesn't want to disown me anymore! you're the best.
Glad to hear it dude! Tell you mom I said hi!
I did exactly what he said and my family still wants to disown me...
@@BenEllerthat’s foul 💀💀
Finally someone who actually TEACHES you how its done. I've watched so many of these idiots and they never explain jackshit on why this and that is done. All they do is go 'ok put your finger here and there' and strum. Big THANKS from a pure beginner.
cheers Jeff, thank YOU!
I think the problem is a lot of people just do it instinctively after years upon years of playing
@@BenEller Meow, his name is Joe.
@@Cbuzz1399 meow
No need to call the others idiots :) They sometimes forget that we are beginners :)
I'm only 3 mins in, and am already learning eye opening shit here. Thanks for the video from an aspiring guitarist.
Hey cheers my man!!!
is that Eiji Niizuma in your profile pic
@@nahte- No it's Sergordo E. Irokumata
Ben how did you survive so long with this 4:3 aspect ratio.
Content.... Giving the community content and not fluff.
This Is Why You Suck at Guitar, Lesson #2178: You don't have a swirl paint job.
I went into this thinking "My power chords are the shit, I already know everything I need to know." Thanks to this tutorial I have learned why my hands get so freakin' tired during power chords...my technique is fucked up! Now I get bitches daily...(I'm lying about the bitches)
Carlos Sarceno hahaha those bitches are gonna start showing up in the mail any time now man!
Ben Eller Thanks man
you suck because you lack music comprehension and fretboard knowledge.
if you just barr it .it'll just be a b7 or an inversion of a sus4 chord.
Then maybe you'll get inversions of bitches....it aint always gatta be the 5th bitch.
ikr, all this discussion about power chords, and nothing about the rootless compliment on a 3 finger power chord, last I knew you could drop the top string, go off your bottom finger for your root, and just play the pair, it's a nice complimentary move at times, but it's too much for some I guess, and not even something that simple is explained with the concept of the power chord, it really should be included.
Carlos Sarceno Seriously, Ben makes it look like I've never picked up a guitar. These are so good!
couldn't agree more about the grip. I just did it naturally at some point, but this will help speed up some of the new people.
Kevin M awesome! thanks man.
"So you wanna play power chords with the root note on the D string.. It's kinda dumb but whatever" LOL
Not dumb on Slayer Born to be Wild cover or Judas Priest Breaking the Law
you're good with the details man. I've been playing guitar for 15 years and took a few guitar lessons when I was a teen. I had to develop all these tricks like muting the E string with the tip of the index or middle finger, and seriously, some of these came pretty late. Very often, I felt like a fraud using this type of trick. I used to think "well.. that'll do it for now but that can't be how it's done for real.. I'll have to work on my right hand".
Well, yeah, that's how it's done. As you said if you look at good guitar players, that's what they do, and they pretty much mash the fuck outta those 6 strings with the picking hand when playing live. And it sounds great. You're really doing a good job of spotting these little twists that no one ever talks about but that make a huge difference. I watched your video about sweeps and you really kinda nailed everything there too. You dig kinda deep in the untold importance of keeping your guitar from making a bunch of unwanted noise.
after watching this video and practicing the techniques, my family has let me sleep in the house again. thank you for this, it was getting cold out.
I watched Ben Eller and now I don't suck at guitar anymore! Thank you Ben!
I saw the title of this video and my brain literally said in my mind, "I *DO* suck at power-chords! Why do I suck at power-chords?"
Click.
hahaha and now you know, and knowing is half the battle!
GEE AII JOEEE!!!
56 year old guitar player learning electric ... and basically, anyone who ads a reference to Black Sabbath get's an A+ from this old dude (my first rock concert was Sabbath, first album tour, in the early 70's). Rock on ... and great lesson. Well done.
Been learning to play guitar for about 3 months now. I’m glad the guitar instructor I use covered this muting with me already, albeit it was explained in a different way. It is good to have a deeper appreciation for having had this lesson explained in two different ways so early on.
People who suck at guitar generally don't know they suck, or don't want to admit it, and continue to suck because they are in "I don't suck" denial. I want to send a link to all your videos to those people, but they would probably be offended.
Matt Newman Its good if they get offended
I don’t have that problem. I’ve been playing 20 years and still suck lol
like a bad bassist after you rip a useless bassist joke
I still suck after 55 years of playing.
By far the best instructor I’ve found so far. Taken my playing to the next level thanks 🙏🏻
Even though I already knew how to play power chords perfectly I still decided to watch because of the title. Lol.
TheBlazearrow thanks so much for watching and commenting!
That is absolutely amazing. You actually DID it, explained it perfectly, not just the 'theory', but how actually to do it. Megathanks, Uncle Ben!
Only started playing guitar about a month ago, but I felt power chords were impossible! Your explanation on how to grip the neck has been very useful and I feel I can work on improving power chords properly now.
My wife is asking me "why are you playing the theme to the odd couple?" My response: "uh, because of Uncle Ben." Her look says "I married an idiot."
I started playing 3 weeks ago, this was extremely helpful for me for the few numbers I practice. Thanks man.
This is exactly the reason why I stopped playing electric guitar 12 years ago. Every TH-cam video I learned how to play power chords from back in '09 showed that stupid curled hand technique, and I couldn't understand why my power chords were slow and awful. Your video perfectly explains EVERYTHING.
Hahaha happy to help! Thanks for watching this ancient video!
These videos are a great checklist for self taught guitarists. I watch them all about once a year to make sure I haven't picked up any bad habits.
Really great lesson, helpful and easy to follow. Loved the odd couple analogy especially with the theme music in the background. Thanks.
Years and years trying to figure out how to play correctly that shit bc nobody actually talks about it and now I've found this video! Thank you so much man.
I was struggling so much with power cords, I've been playing for 2 years and I've been getting massive cramps when playing only power chords, thanks for mentioning the thumb placement, it helped a lot,
These lessons are never boring !!!
Ben man....The grip!
No one else gifs this advice. Its so helpful. Thank you.
This was extraordinarily helpful. Thank you.
Awesome! Been looking for a video like this. Good shit man
Love the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Poster! Wonderful videos!
9 years later seeing this video and learning something new!! Thanks Ben!!!
I wish I would've watched your videos when I was learning how to play, you explain things so well and it's actually fun to watch with your humor hahaha keep it up man
Thank you, you showed me what I always wanted to know, now I gotta put it into practice.
God bless.
I have to say, this is great if you're trying to focus on non-palm muted power chords, then left hand muting is great. BUT it should be mentioned you should try to practice controlled power chords, where you just doesn't strum the entire set of strings. It gives a far tighter result, especially for metal applications.
yeah man for sure! Good call. You wouldn't want to rock some big chunky metallica power chords while smacking all those other strings.
Learn the full strummed barre chords and you never hit a bad string, nice phat chords
i love your lessons, thank you for sharing your teaching style and content!
I've been struggling with power chords for some time now...good tips....thank you!
These tips really work. Thanks!
Great explanation and tips! all of your videos are great
Another great lesson. Muting the unused strings is the most underrated technique no matter what you are playing.
This is the first video with a very detailed description of how to touch the strings to make them mute, which I am still struggling with, but now it seems a little bit easier. Thank you so much, Ben! :-)
Awesome thank you!
Thank you very much i have learned more from you playing the right and easier way than i have from watching all those other dudes, made it way more fun and thanks!!!
thanks Steve! hit me up for one-on-one Skype lessons!
One of my students wasnt able to play powerchords with straight fingers but with your tips it worked. Thanks dude!
Nice vids dude, this is gonna be really useful for the new ones. Keep it up !
Honest, selfless and funny. Thank you so much. Your video helped me out a lot!
I knew before I clicked this video that it was going to be the most helpful one I've seen yet. Thank you so much! 💗🤟
You know I found these videos accidentally through a build your own distortion pedal video and I figured I'd check it out since I'm playing again and thought I'd look into any tips for brushing up on things like pinches and such. I have to say your approach has got to be my favorite! I've taken lessons before and I used to watch an old eric johnson tape when I first started, I've even surfed the youtube knowledge base and found that most people aren't quite able to explain it in a way that is easy to understand. Your metaphors and your way of coming at everyone almost like a moron calling tech support, is just genius! I honestly haven't learned much myself because I am not a beginner but from the beginner's perspective it is one of the best videos that makes sense and appeals to anyone. I'm gonna jump over to your sweep video and see if you can teach me some new tricks there!
Excellent tutorial!! Well done. Thank you.
Hilarious and very helpful - the part about being disowned by the family was a real hoot!
ive been trying to learn bulletproof heart and i have needed a ton of help with the power chords and no one around me know so thanks a ton bro
Ben that was really helpful to me, you have put me right where I was going wrong. Many thx from the UK mate!
Cheers my British friend!
I think you are my new instructor. Good delivery. Thanks
Been trying to learn acoustic Layla as a complete beginner. You saved my life, man. I salute you.
Uhhh power chords aren’t going to help you there bro
Cheers for your help dude!
Just a quick note to let you know this helped a guy out even 7 years after you posted it. Thanks!
Thanks for this remedial lesson.
Colt Baker Here's some good powerchord tips and tutorials
I've been good at those for a long time, but I found this last year and I found that even I was doing things in a way that could have made it much easier.
Out of all the videos I've watched this was the most helpful Thanks 👍
Have you lost your touch, Billie?
Thank you so much! You have helped me a great deal with this technique
your videos are really helping me. thanks a lot dude. keep it up
This is bloody brilliant
I just started learning guitar after playing bass for years. This has potentially stopped me developing a bad habit that could eventually get too hard to correct down the line
sick! glad to help!
this helped me a lot. i would do the claw and the bar ocasionally but now i pay attention to make the bar across a fret and sounds better.
Haha all these things I actually learnt by practice and I've heard ppl say "don't be so reckless" and I'm like that's what makes power chords special and the d string power chords thing was something I learnt today. Thanks Ben!
Thanks alot! This was so informative & ur such a great teacher. Which I've told ya that before:) Thanks again!!!!
holy crap this helped me sound better instantly. THANK YOU.
I know this video was relised like 10 years ago but for some reason nobody ever told me I was playing those powerchords wrong and nobody told me why they sounded so trash, everyone just kept telling me keep practice hah thanks man, you probably won't see this comment but still, thanks, you helped me a lot.
awesome lesson!! and i freaking love your sweater by the way!!
haha thanks man, and thank my wife and a second hand store for that one!
Thanks Ben! These are the little details that make all the difference that I was looking for, and my teacher didn't told me. Barre chords are hard for me too! Especially because I mute a string sometimes, when I hit the chords it seems that it doesn't matter, but when I pick each string I know I fucked up! Got a video for barre chords??
Great pointers! Thanks and subbed.
That was really well put over .....the facts instead of the showing off .Thanks I've learnt something :))
Excellent. Great advice. Thanks
Thank you for this Uncle Ben! I love these lessons....you are such a good teacher man:))))) You should do a video on the 3 finger power chords, the big ones. I am having problems & pain from those. Thanks again!!!!!!
Love your swirls, man! Great color choices! Not too busy with how much swirlage there is. Look professional!
Great lesson btw. Just what I needed actually!
You are a really good explainer man. Thanks a lot.
Awesome video!
I mute a little differently, I generally play power chords with my pink and index finger, so I use my forefinger to mute the strings below the chord, and my middle finger for any strings above the chord. Still gets the same effect!
This helped me so much! Nobody ever telled me this! Thanks a lot :D
Another method to try that many people don't mention, is to try different chord fingerings for power chords. Most guitar players, beginners and advanced players alike, use their first and third fingers to make power chords. Try using first finger and pinky to play power chords and combine first and thrid fingers as well. Dave Mustaine uses this technique with great efficiency. This technique is so useful and is a great way to become more comfortable with different finger arrangements. It really helps with string muting as well.
You nailed it. i´m doing this right for ages without knowing. but you´re right. no one ever spoke about. at least i´ve never heard. good job man. keep on rawkin
What else is new!? ;)
thanks for the great tips Ben i was doing exactly what you said i shouldnt
This was a really great video. Thank you.
You are the best teacher Pop. Brilliant
this video was super helpful, thank you 🙏
Damn that's a good lesson! You just made me a better teacher! Thanks man! When the kids are learning the power chords at first it's tough to know when to square them away on left hand control!
Excellent F&O analogy! Keen insight. And a great job addressing the PC FUNDAMENTALS! Wisdom beyond your years my friend. Much appreciated! :)
Thanks, man. Great explanation.
Thank you! Extremely helpful
I love these videos! Because of you I've learned how to sweep properly. (No I'm not talking about with a broom). I was about to give up on sweeping because no other video I found explained the technique as fully as you did. Thank you man!
you're welcome Samantha! Shred on!!!
i only just started power chords. what an important lesson for a newb. thanks dude.
Great tip, man. Thanks
omg finally someone actually teaching this, thanks so much for this, actual lifesaver
I completely COMPLETELY SUCK...at sweep picking...and I don't wanna be disowned by my family Ben. Help me please!
Thanks Felix and Oscar great video great teaching.....🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸
It is such a relief to find that I do these things correctly already
This was so very helpful man, thanks.
Thanks for watching!
I got power chords down but had to watch it for the comedy value! Love the videos dude!!!
Love the odd couple reference, you are awesome!
Honestly the most helpful videos I've seen. Love the occasional comments such as "It makes your family want to disown you and I can't blame them" xD
Great tutorial dude!
this is actually really great advice!