6 Essential Shoegaze Chords For Beginners

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  • A run through of some shapes that I commonly hear / see in a lot of Shoegaze music. Not only are these type of chords common, but these exact voicings should help you get some great sounds.
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  • @thenaut2111
    @thenaut2111 2 роки тому +861

    there's something about playing only on the low strings that adds a lot of emotion to chords

    • @mickael3274
      @mickael3274 2 роки тому +65

      Lower tunings are getting more and more recognition even in those genres. Baritone guitars are gaining popularity.

    • @rickf6375
      @rickf6375 2 роки тому +19

      And leaves room for a leading voice

    • @lorddoberman
      @lorddoberman 2 роки тому +8

      *I concur; they are quite a nice addition to forming a body of sound that seems to intertwine so well within songs and like you said- adds a lot of emotion to chords*

    • @mleml2799
      @mleml2799 Рік тому +4

      I’ve never really thought about that but it makes sense! Maybe because playing on low strings has a warmer tone.

    • @jethro1044
      @jethro1044 Рік тому +3

      @@mickael3274 squire bass VI, a couple pedals with that tremolo and it sounds pretty gaze’y

  • @lngsrp4612
    @lngsrp4612 2 місяці тому +5

    Love this video. Short, sweet, concise, to the point. No "put this finger on this string at this fret, this finger on the string on this fret, etc". And no detailing of your "musical journey".

  • @whatmusiciwant
    @whatmusiciwant 9 місяців тому +46

    What's crazy to me is how much shoegaze I hear in grunge. Loved grunge growing up, just discovered shoegaze and it's the most amazing thing I have ever heard.

    • @goddammitmiles2553
      @goddammitmiles2553 8 місяців тому +5

      “Grungegaze”
      🔥👌

    • @hclyrics
      @hclyrics Місяць тому

      When I discovered "soft grunge" like Citizen's album Youth, I noticed this. Kind of like a mix of 90's emo and grunge with a touch of shoegaze.

  • @kckudasai995
    @kckudasai995 Рік тому +83

    I accidentally discovered shoegaze chords myself and I can’t stop playing with them 🗿

    • @TheGravygun
      @TheGravygun 5 місяців тому +4

      You should skip this shoegaze stage and go right to Jazz

  • @beepst
    @beepst Місяць тому +3

    It’s funny how no matter what genre I’m playing, as soon as I bring a sus2 chord and play downstrokes, the song enters a Shoegaze terrain.

  • @alexdotdash7731
    @alexdotdash7731 2 роки тому +107

    The a string maj9 chord is my absolute favorite chord and shape it's so wonderful to play! Awesome video!

  • @Aiikolo
    @Aiikolo Рік тому +51

    So helpful thank you! I just started a shoegaze band with my friends and I’m the rhythm guitarist I was very stuck on a progression as I couldn’t find a chord which flowed nicely with the previous. Luckily I found this video :) you literally helped me write my first ever song thank you

  • @TheSleepyMechanic0524
    @TheSleepyMechanic0524 3 місяці тому +2

    The blues influence in Shoegaze is kinda crazy!

  • @tallgremlin
    @tallgremlin 2 роки тому +46

    Dang this video is awesome. I’m a rhythm guitarist and seeing these chords helps me find more chords to learn to play. Awesome job

  • @pretendsushi2929
    @pretendsushi2929 9 місяців тому +8

    For anyone wanting to learn more of these, they're called shell chords, used heavily in jazz

    • @TheDeadStretch
      @TheDeadStretch 3 місяці тому

      That vocabulary of "shell chords" alone legit opened up more than what this video offered. Now that I know what they are I don't need a "cheat" sheet to find them. Thanks. haha

  • @ccaio5585
    @ccaio5585 Рік тому +9

    My gf introduced me to shoegaze and I love it. As a jazz guitarist, the chord shapes are super similar

  • @Elmeromerosaborranchero-q8x
    @Elmeromerosaborranchero-q8x 9 місяців тому +27

    Awesome that so many ambient, jazz, neo-soul/r&b, math-rock, cuban son and bossa chord progressions are quite similar to shoegaze. The big difference lies in rhythms and metrics👌🏽

  • @GokusSpiritBomb
    @GokusSpiritBomb Місяць тому

    Darkwave and shoegaze is my pb and jam ❤

  • @isqqcc
    @isqqcc 4 місяці тому

    Esus2 is probably my favourite chord in all of music. it’s so everything

  • @teknocowboy7180
    @teknocowboy7180 2 роки тому +15

    amazing tips. thanks for expanding my chord collection time and time again

  • @trinkabuszczuk6138
    @trinkabuszczuk6138 10 місяців тому

    That dom7sus4! I was crying for resolution! Beautiful. 😊

  • @nebulabeyond
    @nebulabeyond 2 роки тому +3

    Trevor, you're the best dude.

  • @andysolorio5682
    @andysolorio5682 Рік тому +4

    Definitely adding this to my repertoire thank you so much for sharing this!

  • @bodaphney4850
    @bodaphney4850 11 місяців тому +2

    love it short and simple amazing quality great job man thank you

  • @wasgehtabs
    @wasgehtabs 2 роки тому +8

    Didn't know the favourite chords I was playing all the time were Shoegaze chords

  • @davidharting3119
    @davidharting3119 9 місяців тому

    Such a beautiful tone you’ve dialed in!

  • @DREKOWICK69
    @DREKOWICK69 4 місяці тому

    sound amazing

  • @raadi5939
    @raadi5939 Рік тому +1

    this makes me to run at my grandpa's house and rock his old ass gibson.. nice video !

  • @robhead22
    @robhead22 Рік тому

    Yup! You are the right teacher at the right time!!!
    🙏

  • @Nickshreds890
    @Nickshreds890 6 місяців тому

    Gorgeous! I absolutely love the open chords . Sus 2 chords are something I found from dream theater Contortionist and other prog music. I love those chords! I'm also a big fan of add 9 chords too!

    • @Nickshreds890
      @Nickshreds890 6 місяців тому

      I meant I really like major 7 and minor 7 chords. Rather than chords from the first three frets :)

  • @davidbaise5137
    @davidbaise5137 5 місяців тому

    Unbelievable.

  • @zurimontes0
    @zurimontes0 11 місяців тому +1

    Gracias por los acordes bro. Saludos desde Oaxaca México 🇲🇽

  • @bigirononNVhowdy
    @bigirononNVhowdy 11 місяців тому +1

    Really good video. New chord shapes always help to find new ways.
    Thank you!

  • @JeremiahPeeblesOffical
    @JeremiahPeeblesOffical Рік тому +1

    I just love the right to the point notes!! Thx you sm!

  • @robertjr8474
    @robertjr8474 2 роки тому +6

    amazing, thank you for this! your videos are always either very helpful or very enjoyable :D

  • @5lipbl4
    @5lipbl4 10 місяців тому

    Wow! Genius !

  • @jorgeegrojjorge
    @jorgeegrojjorge 5 місяців тому

    lovely!

  • @kaduisaui8016
    @kaduisaui8016 Рік тому

    This is a friendly video. Thanks for posting.

  • @aidantaylor117
    @aidantaylor117 11 місяців тому

    good stuff definitely gave me more insight. i knew all these ways but still cool to see it play out especially when you need ideas

  • @malfunctionnnn
    @malfunctionnnn Рік тому

    Esus2 is one of the most beautiful chords ive ever heard... woah...

  • @lorddoberman
    @lorddoberman 2 роки тому +4

    *Excellent stuff here Trevor! Glad to see you got the powerchords and Sus2 chords in there too hahaha

  • @Vlsh_
    @Vlsh_ Рік тому

    This video was god sent 🙏🏾 thank you 👌🏾💯

  • @haleywelliver
    @haleywelliver 3 місяці тому

    great video!

  • @marginaliia
    @marginaliia 8 місяців тому

    thanks!

  • @Jravolta
    @Jravolta 2 роки тому

    bro thank you for covering shoegaze ideas actually yuge

  • @Captioncookmane
    @Captioncookmane 4 місяці тому

    this is so fireeeeeee omg

  • @theobird1176
    @theobird1176 4 місяці тому

    holy shit ur the goat

  • @EmanOrtiz
    @EmanOrtiz 2 роки тому

    Thank you for inspiring

  • @ZeyTheDaemon
    @ZeyTheDaemon 10 місяців тому +1

    Gotta love sus2 chords.

  • @Charlesedouard007
    @Charlesedouard007 2 роки тому

    great video thanks

  • @juliusellison7510
    @juliusellison7510 10 місяців тому

    Esus2 on the A String is the epitome of shoegaze.

  • @Ureyeuh
    @Ureyeuh Рік тому

    These are literally the only chords I've been playing for the last 10 years and I had no idea what their names were lmao

  • @agungzenalarifin9737
    @agungzenalarifin9737 Рік тому

    nuhun tips na a ka angge pisan

  • @LLR-k7g
    @LLR-k7g Рік тому

    Thank

  • @ThatFilmisGnarly
    @ThatFilmisGnarly 2 роки тому +5

    thank you! ive learned more on you channel than i did in the 5+ years in of lessons i took. lol. youre the best, dude
    ps; do you have a video in ALL G or All D tuning? apparently dudes like Thurston Moore and Kevin Sheilds would tune all their strings to the same note in order to get their drone-y shoegaze sounds. (thurston said he learned it from old blues guitarists, so you could maybe even do a blues video if you want)

    • @knives_on_static
      @knives_on_static Рік тому

      when those tunings are used, it's usually open. meaning they just strum all the strings as they are to do 1 big drone. This is known as ostrich tuning first done by Lou Reed and the velvet underground. If any chords are played, all the notes are probably going to be the same. They'd probably fret down multiple strings on the same frets. You can look up Sonic Youth tabs and such too to see how these artists use them

  • @karmapolice911
    @karmapolice911 5 місяців тому

    I just love the sound of those sus 2's

  • @filmzhna
    @filmzhna Рік тому

    wave to earth core

  • @Entertainment-kk1sk
    @Entertainment-kk1sk Рік тому

    ty

  • @MadscientistRookie
    @MadscientistRookie 2 роки тому +1

    G maj 7th reminds me of the first chord I hear in Parkway Drives song The river, sounds so cool

  • @staystrongjoseph
    @staystrongjoseph 2 роки тому +1

    Reminds me of akira yamaoka!!

  • @Брианиновский
    @Брианиновский Рік тому

    Slowdive type ❤

  • @alexmido
    @alexmido 11 місяців тому +1

    Nice!
    Though i play less shoegazing than psychedelic, the only chord missing in my repertoire is the major…

  • @kurtttttttt
    @kurtttttttt 2 роки тому +1

    Who are your favorite shoe gaze artists Trevor?

  • @Josh-pc4sp
    @Josh-pc4sp Рік тому +1

    Sus2 will always remind me of everlong

  • @THE-CRT
    @THE-CRT Рік тому +2

    Tried making a song with some sus2s, accidentally copied the second chord of everlong with the same strum pattern pretty much

  • @Шизлманизл
    @Шизлманизл 5 місяців тому

    Damn those half barre chords kill me how do people even do them like D7sus4 one

  • @OriginalKingRichTv
    @OriginalKingRichTv Рік тому

    i never realized the first 2 chords aCTUALLY was m7th!!!

  • @-mvp
    @-mvp 11 місяців тому

    Sounds like sales

  • @VioletPrism
    @VioletPrism Рік тому

    More plzz

  • @pierreangrand9362
    @pierreangrand9362 7 місяців тому

  • @crabman732
    @crabman732 11 місяців тому

    Sounds like the underwater levels in Super Mario 64

  • @plumsarenice
    @plumsarenice Рік тому +1

    0:39 pain. (no like i have smaller hands and it HURTS)

  • @sethzoid4033
    @sethzoid4033 8 місяців тому

    i love you i love you

  • @calleenmusicchannel
    @calleenmusicchannel 10 місяців тому

    Shoegaze chords? You’re special.

  • @zizoumonk10
    @zizoumonk10 Рік тому

    So it’s jazz with reverb fuzz and delay

  • @joshuadavis2752
    @joshuadavis2752 2 роки тому +21

    Chords kind of sus.

  • @bassboosted9815
    @bassboosted9815 6 місяців тому

    How do you get that sound? Can you share us the amp settings? Thank you.

  • @Randomblues277
    @Randomblues277 Рік тому

    The 4th type of chords shown in the video are added9 chords not sus2. 🙂

  • @VirginaAV
    @VirginaAV 9 місяців тому

    Your neck is beautiful, what type of frets are those?

  • @blinco1539
    @blinco1539 10 місяців тому

    What makes the sus 2 chords sus 2 rather than add 9 chords? Feel bad for misnaming my favorite chord

  • @dmac396
    @dmac396 3 місяці тому

    Is there a link to the tabs that were shown ?

  • @noiseless02
    @noiseless02 9 місяців тому

    Can I use this position for other guitar keys

  • @fmoll8748
    @fmoll8748 11 місяців тому

    Thanks for the vid, very simple yet informative! :)
    What Tele is the one u're using? I like mine, but need to change the pickups due to production error.

    • @mirrorlightsprod
      @mirrorlightsprod 5 місяців тому

      found out yet?

    • @fmoll8748
      @fmoll8748 5 місяців тому +1

      @@mirrorlightsprod nope, unfortunately not yet :/

  • @jabohonu
    @jabohonu Рік тому

    Are Telecaster guitars good for Shoegaze?

  • @williambaker-er1ck
    @williambaker-er1ck 10 місяців тому

    How are all of these chords in the key of g major

  • @stephenmandelbaum2027
    @stephenmandelbaum2027 3 місяці тому

    That last chord looks really hard to play

  • @luispereztasso
    @luispereztasso 2 роки тому +1

    Thanks for all your videos man! Do you have any with this tuning: CGCEGC. This is the used by Elliot Smith and Joni Mitchell.

  • @mirrorlightsprod
    @mirrorlightsprod 5 місяців тому +1

    what’s guitar model is that?

  • @LunaticsRomanticRecords
    @LunaticsRomanticRecords Рік тому

    a jazz chord right?

  • @sonofsilverbullet5860
    @sonofsilverbullet5860 8 місяців тому

    I need these chords so I can be mysterious to other girls

  • @mctimloneys681
    @mctimloneys681 Рік тому

    Sus chords are beautiful

  • @Tulipia0
    @Tulipia0 Рік тому

    Can someone pleaseee tell me what kind of guitar that is?😭Im trying to go for something indie, dreamy tune. No rock tune. The song called „can i call you tonight by Dayglow“ that’s the kind of guitar im looking for !! I would really appreciate the help bec i don’t want to buy the wrong guitar since they are already so expensive

    • @mirrorlightsprod
      @mirrorlightsprod 5 місяців тому +1

      have you found out 😭

    • @Tulipia0
      @Tulipia0 3 місяці тому

      @@mirrorlightsprod yes! you need a pedal if you want your guitar to have a different tone

  • @SilverKnobsHMDT
    @SilverKnobsHMDT Рік тому

    what's the music in the end?

  • @pitifulrock630
    @pitifulrock630 Рік тому

    what guitar is that?

  • @andrewsnarr6474
    @andrewsnarr6474 Рік тому

    That’s a lot of sus dominants

  • @Victor-n1c3y
    @Victor-n1c3y 11 місяців тому

    Wait, how can it be a 7 chord if there are only 3 notes?

    • @reumur
      @reumur 11 місяців тому

      sometimes you can omit other notes like the 5th,
      you can make a chord sounding a 7th by just pressing the root, 3rd, and 7th or minor 3rd or min 7 if you want minor

    • @Victor-n1c3y
      @Victor-n1c3y 11 місяців тому

      @@reumur yeah but then it becomes a triad, not a 7th chord, it's an omit5 chord then if I understand it correctly

  • @anchoredsea
    @anchoredsea Рік тому

    SUS chords 💀

  • @therevolution91
    @therevolution91 Рік тому

    What is shoegaze?
    Sounds like shoelace.
    Or Deftones.
    Or so.

  • @accountaccount7762
    @accountaccount7762 Рік тому

    Sus

  • @-OokySpooky-
    @-OokySpooky- Рік тому

    I feel like this is just the tab sheet to a My Bloody Valentine song which is cheating and I am reporting.

  • @Toy1er
    @Toy1er 11 місяців тому

    You lookin pretty sussy bruh.

  • @lboy9889
    @lboy9889 10 місяців тому

    Crazy that these are being called shoegaze chords they’re just jazz voicings

  • @stalwartzero7001
    @stalwartzero7001 5 місяців тому

    I don’t think any of these chords are in a single MBV song. Shoe gaze is a vibe not a theory. It’s a blend of unknowing, youth, chaos, and destructive harmony.

    • @dewberry3043
      @dewberry3043 3 місяці тому +1

      Bro are you aware MBV have weird guitar tunings? Those are the nearest shape so that you can still play in standard mode.
      Sample of their guitar tunings
      E-B-E-E-B-e
      E-E-E-E-A-e
      F-A#-D#-G#-C-f

    • @ghastlyshimmer
      @ghastlyshimmer 2 місяці тому

      They literally change their tuning so they can create 6 string extended chords. This video showcases that chords in standard tuning.

  • @vampiresforesl
    @vampiresforesl Рік тому

    Certainly not unique to shoe gaze! Sounded like Johnny Marr chords to me.

  • @EnvisionedBlindness
    @EnvisionedBlindness 2 роки тому

    It's a trick title. Nobody needs shoegaze