It's EASIER than you think! Jacob Collier Guitar Chords
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- Guitar tutorial to teach you how to play all the surprisingly simple, three-note chord shapes that Jacob Collier uses when in his favorite altered tuning - DAEGAD. There are only nine primary shapes that he uses to give us the entire palette that he draws upon, including inversions, passing chords and modulations. These are the same chord shapes that Jacob uses on multiple acoustic versions of his songs, including: Little Blue (Mahogany Sessions), Sun Is In Your Eyes, Witness Me (Roof of the O2), Summer Rain (Union Chapel), and many others.
This guitar lesson explains his tuning and shows a comprehensive, yet easy way to learn and understand the fingering of the chord shapes and how they are closely related to one another. These are not hard-to-play jazz voicings! The chord shapes are VERY accessible for beginners or advanced players. It will prepare you for all future tutorials that I will be releasing on Jacob's other acoustic songs.
Download FREE PDF of chord diagrams and exercises on my Patreon: bit.ly/JCchordvoicingsPDF
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CHAPTERS
0:00 - Intro
1:37 - DAE(G)AD tuning
4:49 - Ease of learning the six primary chord shapes
6:07 - Take a look at the chords
6:28 - Major chord shapes and inversions
9:03 - Minor chord shapes and inversions
10:28 - Diminished chord shapes
11:40 - Augmented chord shape
12:19 - Cycle of chords
14:44 - Droning strings (pedal notes)
16:52 - Adapt to your level of proficiency/technique
20:02 - Tuning Tips
21:12 - What if the song is too high for my voice?
24:47 - Back to the Surface - teaching philosophy
26:27 - Wrap Up
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If you are using.a 2nd guitar permanently tuned in this DAE (G) AD tuning (not intending to drop the tuning), why not simply remove the G -string altogether, especially since you aren't using it? Then you will have a 5 string guitar like Jacob (except there will be a vacant space between the 2nd and 4th strings). That will also negate the possibility of accidentally striking it.
Justin! Thank you so so so much!! I'm currently learning Jacob's "Time to rest your weary head" by ear with this tuning and it's so much fun and I wouldn't have been able to do it without you! Thank you again, you're an absolute saint. 🙏
You are so very welcome! I’m glad to hear it. I have plans to make tutorials for that song and other acoustic versions, as well. Learning those basic shapes really makes it all start to make sense though so I’m glad to hear you’re doing it by ear. 👍
We like this Justin. You have explained Jacob’s use of 5 strings , tuned to DA E AD, very clearly. I will try it , slowly , little by little. Thank you.
You’re welcome! Trying a new tuning can be a big leap, but just getting a handful of these chord shapes under your fingers can open up a whole new sonic pallete. Good luck and let me know if you have any questions.
Great video, you've put a lot of effort into this and it deserves more views. Keep it up, thanks for the lesson.
Thank you! The video is only one day old, so hopefully the views keeps growing. Stay tuned for more tutorials on other songs of Jacob's. 👍
Great video. Thanks
You’re welcome! More Jacob tutorials are coming soon so subscribe if you want to be notified when they are released. 👍
Hello, Justin, Thank you for your deep analysis of Jacob's approach to guitar. I've been a lifelong "tinkerer" of the guitar precisely because unlocking its complexity always presented an insurmountable wall since its steepness was greater than my motivation to scale it. I simply wanted to play and engage with the instrument, so I suppose I've been stuck at the same plateau for many years. This tuning got me excited about picking it up again because it provides a kinder, more accessible way to engage with the instrument at a non-trivial level, which is very encouraging. So thanks again for this analysis and generously sharing your findings. Thanks also to the inimitable Jacob for his generosity in sharing the deep wealth of his knowledge and approach to music!
You are so welcome! It excites me to know that people are finding their way in to the tuning and to Jacob songs with these tutorials. I love unpacking what he’s doing for my own sake, and I realized how teachable it was, so I just really wanted to share it. I’ve got more tutorials of his songs coming up, so stay tuned. I plan to keep unpacking anything he puts out acoustically. Enjoy the tuning and have fun with that guitar!
You are legend.
Don't care about the views, not everyone has the eyes to look at a gem and recognise it.
Thank you so much! I know the guitar players who are willing to try the altered tuning are only a small segment of Jacob’s fans, but I love the process of digging in and sharing what I find so I hope it is of service. Stay tuned for more to come very soon.
I actually tried to tune the tuning before watching this video. I went with tuning the G string to A, meaning botg G and B string are A. It makes it sound a little big and reverby, but i dont have to worry about muting, which is generally more difficult.
Yes, that is a good option as well if you’ve got lighter gauge strings. Jacob used to drop that exact tuning another half step to minimize the tension to: DbAbEbAbAbDb. 👍
Very cool tuning indeed. I’ve been playing it for a while, and taught my kids to play major/minor chords with this tuning. They find it much easier to play barre chords with an only single extra finger. Major and minor chords are also quite accessible when built from 4th string like e.g. C major x-3-3-3-2
That’s great that you found use for this tuning outside of just learning existing songs. It’s also great to see the chord shapes on the middle four strings, considering that that is how the major and minor chords would be built in DADGAD tuning on the lowest four strings e.g. 5554xx would make a G. 👍
Would love to see a video about converting a standard steel 6 string to a 5 in a simple way, and what's important in that process.....thanks this was great already.
Thanks for your note. I am not a luthier, but I would say the way to properly set up a six string guitar to be five string would require a new nut and a new saddle cut by a luthier. The one thing you won’t be able to easily is change where the pegs are that hold the ball end of the strings in. So, there isn’t really an easy way to do it aside from just taking off your high string and using just the other five strings. In the video you watched, it explains what gauge strings Jacobs uses, but you can get by simply using a light gauge string set. Alternatives would be taking off your third string since Jacob never plays that string anyway, and the chords are built on the lowest three strings, then you can just use the top two for droning strings. Or, tune your G string up to A, in unison with the second string and then just use it as a drone. I’d recommend using a .022 gauge for this.
@@justinrothmusic thanks so much, I have an older acoustic guitar I will just try and change it to this setup...
I feel like I suddenly understand the instrument with this tuning. Watching and learning your Little Blue lesson....loving it! Complex voicings made very doable.
You are so welcome! I agree. This tuning makes complex harmony so much more accessible. I’m thrilled that it’s opening up new things for you!
Thanks for the video. I have also been experimenting with this tuning ever since Jacob mentioned it. And I always wondered why no one was really talking about it very much...
By the way, I'm sorry if it's a stupid question, but is there a reason you say "root" like you do? Is it some sort of dialect? I'm genuinely wondering.
You're welcome! I've got more Jacob songs in the works, so stay tuned. Regarding my strange pronunciation, I'm originally from Minnesota, so me talk funny. 😂
CORRECTION - @ 7:42 I say that "our fifth is on the 3rd string." I meant 4th string.
This just shows the amount of effort Jacob puts into his music
A Tutorial for ‚If a tree falls in love with a river‘ from Lau Noah and Jacob Collier would be great.
Thanks for the suggestion. I will add it to the ongoing list. The poll I posted only allowed me to put five options. I’ve also got a version of Hideaway started as well.
This is fascinating. I never managed to understand guitar despite understanding the concept of intervals. Like, i know a major chord is a root, 3rd, and 5th, but the shapes keep changing depending on where you are on the neck.. its frustrating. This seems like a much more logical way
Yes, it is! Jacob did not invent this by any means, but it is simply the luxury of altered tunings having repeatable shapes. People who try to learn his songs in standard tuning are working much harder than Jacob is to get the same sounds. 😂 Check out this worksheet for a complete breakdown on all the chord shapes he uses: www.patreon.com/posts/101016882?
I understood the logic behind the 4 string tuning immediately, but it took your chord diagrams before I understood the practical applications. Tenor banjo chords (also tuned in 5ths) work for basic triads on the lower 3 strings, and that leaves the upper 2 strings to add color notes, melodies, suspensions, whatever. Thanks for making it make more sense.
You’re welcome! I’ve been fascinated by its simplicity, once it’s all laid out, and I’m hoping it gets a lot of other people into playing his songs. I’ve been playing in altered tunings for years, but I’m always thrilled to find something new to learn. Stay tuned for more Jacob tutorials coming soon. 👍
For years, I avoided altered tunings like the plague. But searching for something isomorphic and more piano like, I've now tackled M3 (major 3rd - F#, Bb, D, F#, Bb, D) tuning, and I like it a lot. Any chord or scale moves in any direction, but it still somehow seems less practical (Plus, you lose two whole notes unless you get a 7 string guitar.) Jacob's tuning may turn out more practical, but harder to learn since it's not isomorphic. Still, 2 & 4 in octaves and 1 & 5 may help mitigate that. Anyway, thanks again. @@justinrothmusic
You’re welcome. I’ll have to try that other tuning idea. I’ve never heard of that one. There’s so many options and I jump between different tunings all the time for different reasons, not necessarily because they’re more or less intuitive, but just because of the extensions and colors that they give me. Happy exploring!
I've put alot of time into learning Open D tuning D A D F# A D... my next tuning I'll learn is open C, too many tunings man lol Jacob has such a unique sound I feel its his style to play, until his custom 5 string Taylor gets released on the market I'll leave it him, plus I suck at baring chords, I'm gonna subscribe to help get you to a 1000 jeans 👖 👍
Thank you so much for your support! Don’t let the five string thing stop you though. There are alternatives. The other option, that I suggest less often, is that you raise your third/G string up one whole step to A. That way, you can let your first, second and third strings all ring over the top of the chords. I just don’t mention it often because it is adding more tension than the string wants to take, and may lead to a broken string every now and then. However, you can purchase a lower gauge string for the third and fourth strings if you want to leave a guitar in this tuning. I would suggest .022 for the third string and .030 for the fourth string. Your local guitar store should have these gauges available as single strings.
Good luck with the other tunings. Let me know if you ever have any questions about them. I’ve played in them all! 👍
I guess I would like to see how much jumping around you would have to do to play the diatonic chords in a key. Say, C, Dm, Em, F, G, Am, B diminished,
Joseph,
Have you check out the free chord worksheet on my Patreon? It has all the shapes and a couple exercises to get the shapes under your fingers - bit.ly/JCchordvoicingsPDF It's not laid out in a "diatonic progression," so to speak, but you could choose all the shapes from a key from the worksheet.
In his altered tunings, he primarily plays out of the key of D shapes - i.e. the D shape is the tonic (although not always, depending on the song, but it is on most of the songs of his that I'm currently working on). To use all the shapes in the context of a diatonic key (or song), you could get any of my JC transcriptions here: justinroth.com/store (choose your digital retailer there).
Please let me know what else I can do that would be helpful. I'd like to make these tutorials as helpful and translatable to as many people as possible, so I am open to feedback and requests for extra materials. Thanks!
You use a capo
Unfortunately, it’s not as easy as using a capo for some keys, especially C, in this tuning. Given that the most convenient key to play this tuning in is D, because all the open strings, except the E are in D. Jacob tends to play these tunes with the open position chord as the root of the key he’s in. If you start to capo up, you could easily play in anything between D to G if you want to capo as high as the fifth fret. After that, you lose the lower register of the guitar. Of course you could continue to capo higher, but you’ll never get a capo to stay put on the 10th fret to play in the key of C. To play out of the keys between G and C, your root chord would need to be a fretted chord instead of an open position chord, like the D is. The top two droning strings, A and D, would color each of these chords differently than they do the D chord. A and D are in the key of C, so that is fine, it will just depend on the colors you want on your primary chords. Long answer, I know, but it is possible, and needs its own tutorial to explain all the options.
these are called open tunings. they have existed for ages . there alot of them . and all of them have the functionality of being able to slide around shapes and use the drones for color . he doesnt claim to have invented it . he just likes to use it more because it suits him . alot of people seem to think he came up with it . the celts did it for ages
Correct, they have been around for ages, and I’ve been using multiple tunings since before Jacob was born. 😂 What he is using is actually called an altered tuning, not an open tuning. Open tunings are where all the strings are tuned to the notes of a triad, i.e. open D, open G, etc. His tuning has notes that are outside of a triad (the E, he has no third in the tuning itself) and therefore is called an altered tuning - we could call his Dsus2 tuning, but it’s not a triad. I don’t ever say that he claims to have invented it, but given his five string guitar, his tuning is unique. And, yes, all altered or open tunings have this similar luxury of moving their shapes around the neck. I simply wanted to demonstrate the key to understanding what he’s doing for those who haven’t used altered tunings before. 👍
@@justinrothmusic right I meant altered tunings. Here in Ireland I've been hearing traditional music with altered tunings for ages. And si'ce that is where Jacob found his inspiration for his tuning. Talking about it would be valuable. Si'ce Jacob is only still learning about those but those cultures have mastered them. By looking into that instead of looking at Jacob you could find stuff he missed. What I mean is. Looking at where he was inspired can teach us alot not just looking at him. Otherwise it is copying without adding to the research he is doing himself. Nothing negative about this video. Just some physosophy ranting haha. Love your channel btw
@myname-mz3lo that’s great that you’re in Ireland and are steeped in the sound of these tunings! I didn’t take it as negative feedback, I just wanted to clarify. I actually look forward to the day when Jacob starts trying other tunings, because the way he uses them 99% of the time he is only using the top strings as drones or pedal notes. Pretty soon those colors or extensions are going to all start to sound the same. He uses DAEF#AE on “never gonna be alone” but I haven’t found any other evidence of him using another tuning besides those two, so far. There are a lot more options that are accessible to him. However, since he’s so new to guitar, and is approaching the tuning primarily as a harmonic luxury, when his right hand technique catches up, he’ll discover a lot more that he can do with those upper strings. The tradition in history of these tunings is rich. Looking at more contemporary players, in my book, Michael Hedges is king, but that is entirely another realm of finger style playing and not what Jacob is doing. Thanks for tuning into my channel. I’ve got more tutorials and transcriptions on their way soon. 👍