GO FROM: PRACTICING RANDOM STUFF TO MAKING MUSIC. Get Compliments When Practicing Guitar Chords.
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- Опубліковано 26 вер 2024
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Free Chart Available Here: bit.ly/2XFGJbb It simply lists the chords in some keys to practice with and some words of wisdom.
You look like my Rabbi 🕎✡️👍👍👍😄😄
Thanks, Ian, this is great!
Your methods are awesome!! Easy to understand and practice, your teaching style is very positive and friendly, relaxed and always with a smile. Yours is the complete package. Happy that I found your site. Many thanks :>))
Thanks Ray
I'm struggling through a series guitar rut at the moment
there are a lot of people on youtube that can show us how to play a song on guitar but YOU good sir are a TEACHER. GREAT VIDEO
That was simply AWESOME!!! Thank you Stitch!! (And thanks for the chart also....)
I second that
I've been looking for a channel like this for a long time - Yeah I can play a few tunes one may recognize, but I tend to be limitited to what I can recall from memorization and muscle memory for a handful of songs with no realization of it all. My girlfriend is stunned that I can play decent versions of "Blackbird" or "More than Words" but no pretty type versions of "Silent Night" or any number of Christmas tunes that I had to pass on this season. This channel looks promising and has already improved my playing and enthusiasm.
Ian, you're a great guitar instructor and please don't ever forget that, but more importantly, you come off as a great human being. Your positive attitude is infectious. Even when you're teaching something I'm already schooled in, I still love watching the video. There's always something to be learned from you, even beyond the lesson itself. You're not only a guitar instructor, but you're an example of how people should strive to compose themselves in general. You're truly a gift to the UA-cam community and I wish you well in all of your endeavors. I don't mean to over-flatter, but it needs to be said (if it hasn't been already). Thank you!
❤️❤️👍
Not always a fan of technology, but in a time when a great teacher can reach the whole world via internet, I’m thankful. Love the philosophical nuggets
hey-thanks for the help-I'm a beginner and I'm 66 years old-wish me luck!!
Great! I wish you not just luck, but hard work, patience and discipline. That's what I need to learn too, afterall,
I have you beat, Janet - I'm 70! Ha ha!
I am 68 keep going God bless!!!
When I was 59, I re-entered a polytech to study a certificate program with predominantly 20- somethings & I never revealed my true age...did fine, got a new job & career AND a new friend, "music". This is because I watched zero television but instead practiced chords & music as a study break. Music is still with me as a friend !
@@FlatlandMando great testimony
This is the first time I have ever given a shit about learning the chords of a key. Granted, I’m a drummer. But seriously nice explanation.
Rhabdo B 😂 So am I!! (This is my lockdown project!)
When I was a kid I was watching Carlos Santana. Carlos is a receiver and he is tapping into this signal from the universe. The signal flows through him. Into his heart chakra and out through his hands. I first met him when I was 10 years old. 51 years later he told me he would have to be high to remember it. For real.
What a gentle and unintimidating teacher you are!
I'm older than you and have been practicing guitar for over 50 years but I'm still going to watch your video!
Natural born teacher
Thank you so much
Anyone who has you for a guitar teacher is really fortunate.
24 and just starting out, i can already tell that this is one of the most important lessons I've found; thankyou.
If you want to learn to play guitar and are just starting out, this is exactly the way to start. You will be more apt to continue and will immediately feel like you are making progress. While music theory and scales are important, staring with those things usually results in beginners giving up prematurely.
Sometimes music theory can be inhibiting, cuz you get stale
I am grateful for finding your video. I believe paradise, if it exists, it will be filled with people like you who likes to share your knowledge to others. Thanks Chief.
Cheers from Indonesia.
three chords for a while (that's a verse) couple more for a while (that's chorus)... These are the basic's I need to hear and understand. THANK YOU!
I've had that exact thing happen. I was practicing strumming chords in the same key and someone thought I was playing someone else's song. lol This is how I taught myself. I played chord progressions in the same key over and over and over with a metronome. Thanks for these great lessons, Ian. You're the best!
100% correct - play chord progressions, particularly if they follow a song. It's as simple as that. Excellent work Ian. Hey beginners, and we have all been there - listen this guy.
"Any combination of key chords and a good structured rhythm is going to produce music."
So important.
I am between a beginner and a intermediate player. I've watched hundreds of videos. Never have I watched someone that explains things the way you do. You truly have a gift for teaching. Just started watching your videos and believe they're going to make a big difference in my playing. Thanks man!!)
Ive been playing for 40 years, but I wanna start again and have lessons from this guy, he makes it so fun and interesting.
Thanks Mitch
You are a wonderful teacher. You actually make demonstrate your material in an easily understandable format that makes learning interesting and fun.
This is all you need to wow people for hours around a fire.
Notes and rhythm moving across time, wow that's a great way to explain what Music is... great lesson well done.
write this down..play chords in a Key..Awesome lesson sir and an eye opener...
Thanks Ian. You give me lots of hope and make it easy to fulfill that hope in learning how to play better. More so, to create music. I started putting melody to a poem and it is sounding good because of the simplicity of your teaching. I’m a follower now and will be in your online classes soon
Dude, that was very cool. Simple but sweet.😎
Well placed discussion to talk about, in a sense, the mental acceptance of the "philosophy" of music & of learning. Sometimes I can't insist of myself that I practice for twenty minutes BUT if I just reach over & tune up my instrument, then give some clean strums of tuned strings...I may relax & play a bit more!
Simple...brilliant, simply brilliant, thank you.
Not only are you very good at being specific and simple simultaneously, you are also great at encouraging the viewer of their natural underlying abilities. Thank you for this great video, you've earned another subscriber. Time to practice!
Your voice is so calm it instills peace for the beginners rather than anxiety. Thankyou. Can you make video on worship rhythm / music
I’ve seen many, many of Ian’s videos. And as a beginner, many of his videos cover concepts that are too advanced for me. (at present). This is possibly the BEST video I’ve ever seen for us beginners. I love Ian’s explanations. His analogies are so incredibly on point. And his playing is soooo melodic. So this lesson touched on timing ( my current weakness) & chords that fit in a particular key. Most excellent. I’ve been guilty of buying a chord book and I don’t recall it laying out the chords like Ian just did. Forever indebted, man. Thanks so much.
im so glad i finally found your channel. You rock sir. Such a good teacher.
This has to be the most informative lesson I've ever seen !! Thankyou so much !!!!!!!
Ian, you latest tutorials have been at another level! This lesson is so important if you're a beginner. Even if you're an old coffin dodger like me, you can still get something out of it. Even if it's just a reminder to practice more. Thanks so much.
Kevin O'Rourke
Great to hear from you Kevin!
Kevin O'Rourke The Coffin Dodgers is a great band name!
Haha! "Coffin Dodger"! I mean, aren't we all, on some level...right?!
But, all the best dodging that surly grip Death has on us all - I hope you live to strum for many yrs to come, guitar-brother! ✌️😎
It should be mandatory for every beginner guitar player to watch this video. A very powerful lesson, taught very well, that will get people creating music very quickly
Thank you sincerely. You are an out of this world music teacher. I just started learning guitar a few months ago and broke my strings 10 times. Got really frustrated. There is no luthier where I live and I can't find good quality strings either. I live in a village in India. I have finally learned how to string my guitar. I will now pick up my guitar and re string it with the cheap strings, so I can practice these chords and start making music.😊💕💞💕💞💕
THIS IS LIKE DISCOVERING FIRE.
Ian, you have just the right temperament & attitude for teaching guitar to impatient guitar students like me. This lesson covered something I've been entirely missing out on, and so, I really appreciate the chord progression chart you offer here for free!.
This is INSANE! You are too good to be true!! Thank you.
I’ve always been the singer/songwriter...always wanted to play guitar as well. I’ve been playing about 3 months now. I grew up in music and AM NOT GENRE SPECIFIC. I love music...PERIOD. Of all the lessons I’ve taken and watched to this point, you sir, are an enlightening wonderment everyone should behold. Thank you for what you do. I wish I could sit in the same room with you and learn. You’re amazing!!!
Need to watch this again. It was great. Keep teaching. 💐🕊🙏🥀🎚
Thank you or explaining it all to clearly. It all is making sense to me now and I'm sure I will be playing beautifuly pretty soon. In fact, I was thinking it would take me years, looking at all the great players out there 🙂. You are the best! Thank you!
Sir Your videos and teaching method are fantastic! UA-cam is an endless stream of MUST KNOW LICKS and they ultimately teach Nothing ... your videos never fail to unlock a piece of the musical puzzle.
So glad you enjoy the channel Chris!
Wow I don’t normally comment on these videos but crikey this is a true light bulb moment in practicing chords. Well done Sir 🖐
See - "there are rules" is the kind of thing I just eat up. It seems like the world is full of people who place no significance on learning, but I do value it. I want to stuff my head with as much knowledge as possible, on everything from physics to history to woodworking to music. So, yeah, BRING 'EM ON! The more "fundamental" the knowledge is, the better, because that just makes it that much more broadly applicable.
best guitar tutorial I have ever watched hands down thank you! 🙇♂
Been noodling for a couple of years. So glad I found your site. Finally, at 80 yrs old I have hope of getting "unstuck"! Thank you!
Thx. You are the best at giving hope to so many frustrated guitar players. It's a great gift you give. You should be proud
Been playing for decades but this kind generous Dude's approach and love of Music is refreshing and inspiring...I'm Def still learning every day with these Fun teaching methods.
Sooo talented as a Tutor, Musician and delivers in a great humorous laid-back and self-effacing manner which spookily makes me remember most everything he teaches/say's...ha ha.
Bring's to mind of a Dylan song he taught on here way back....so entertaining, loved every minute of it and I soon nailed the song. ha.
A Rare true and free spirit.
Thank You Stitch... Best Teacher ever on YT.
It’s not how fast you pick it’s how well you pick fast!
I have learned more from UA-cam in the last year than any guitar tutor have ever taught me,and they say dont go to UA-cam for inspiration, most of the tutors I had in my teens and twenties were only holding me back happy to keep taking my money.Dont believe the hype.One of my tutors had me playing chords over and over again until I got really bored to the point I threw my guitars to one side until recently at 50 years of age I am finally moving on !With the help of these people like this gentleman, thank you Sir!
Awesome. Stuff is starting to make sense. Good job.
Absolutely the best I’ve seen to date
I just found your channel, and it's amazing!
I've been playing a bit of guitar here and there for a couple of years, but I never really gotten into it.
I've practiced all the basic chords, but I was just doing the same boring drills instead of making music.
This single video made me realise I have the skills to make music and play simple songs. Now I just love playing guitar!
And on top of this, you're such a good teacher and your videos are so fun to watch!
Hi Stich,
you're a great instructor, thanks for helping me to get better at guitar, we can't forget that first of all we must have a good time when playing, when i started as a beginner i was tense and nervous, you make me feel confident and relaxed
Like many others who fancy ourselves as far beyond these concepts, I am humbled by it and kind of in awe - and it was the early lesson I needed most and what I ended up learning in a much harder way eventually. Stitch is a well of truth , kids. Listen up. 😎🎚🔊
Bass guitar gave me the foundation I needed to learn the guitar, my dad showed me that each chord has a "family" and it stuck with me into my learning the guitar. Great video!!!!
Just subbed. Been playing for 1 1/2 years now, and want to start to embellish my chords to sound more like music. Thanks.
Yes for us impatient peeps out here, you are totally right, say at 840, when you can play that, let the notes ring out, smooth chord to chord changes, what ever pace that you prefer, when you get that trip down, yep then like you are improving, thankyou,
This is a great title, it's needed. thanks, Stitch.
I have watched this video a couple of time and it's brilliant for new players
Thank you Ian! Because of this video, my family no longer cringes in agony when I bring out my guitar to practice. My wife asked me how I got so much better so fast. I told her I am a guitar God😂😂 No but seriously I told her it was this video lesson that changed everything. Play in Key!! Thanks man. I can’t wait to meet you in town sometime. I see Sean at Clever Cup often and I met Andres and his family there too. Thanks again for sharing your passion. Bryan Suter
This was f*cking beautiful man - just what I needed to hear. Stoked I found your channel. Really enjoying your vids 🎸 cheers
I played guitar for so long that this "complementary chords" are part of my skills, but I wish I had this advice year ago. Great video, dude. Cheers from Chile.
Ian as you say work diligently and work these combination as you teach us! There may not be a guitar god but we are blessed to have a world class person in you teaching us!!
I would just like to say...thank you so much for your presence and approach in teaching and sharing your view of learning and playing guitar. I have been playing for several years and have lately felt as if I am stuck in a rut. I have watched several “UA-cam teachers “ out there and they all seemed hurried to give you just little bits and pieces leaving you without the “full story” or lesson. Or try to overwhelm you with things you might not understand quite yet,like theory or something of that nature. However, you show in this video exactly what it is to know and learn without rushing and just making it fun to want to learn. Thank you for doing what you do. I certainly enjoyed watching and learning from you.
I am thrilled to have stumbled upon this video. Like many others I have learned a good deal of theory a tried to play songs. But I prefer to play music, nice and simple like here. Your teaching style is very welcoming, you have a new subscriber.
You have a nice way of teaching, not too much and not too little, and with a winning smile. May I just add one thing: The circle of fifths (a version with major and minor notes) shows very easily what chords go together, just pick one note and the five neighbors go well with it.
Came across your channel a few days ago and find your way of teaching has helped me to progress already. I've been in guitar limbo for a while now but since watching your lessons I've gained a fresh outlook at learning guitar. Many Thanks
i love your teaching! You are really God sent.
Stich
Love the video. Quality video. Love the energy. Thanks
First time I’ve come across your channel, decided to learn guitar at 35 I’m 37 now and playing loads. I’m just about to look at starting to write my own stuff, just to say I did it once in my life really and this has been a big help. Thank you
nice one, ian. thanks!
Wait... there's NO 'guitar god'?!? Oh jeezus, that means MORE practice... 😵😁
Thank you Ian. Love your lessons.
This channel is by far the best instruction I've ever seen on UA-cam. You sir have a gift and an ability to break things down in a digestible way that is easy to follow and understand Thank you!
When I'm nearing the end of practicing, I tend to Noodle around doing what you have on the video, finding chords in the same key and just having fun trying out different chord patterns/timing. Great Advise!!
Ian your approach to teaching is great!!
Thanks Mark, honestly I take it from a Human Being teaching a Human Being approach and I’m so glad you enjoy it!
Glad you put this out there! I have done this by accident just learning songs. It really helps with cord changes, like you said chords are grouped in keys. Doesn't make sense to practice chords that don't go together, cuz you're never gonna change between them! ✌️
I just learned more techniques, and just rhythm pointers from you in one day that i did in one year of just trying to play songs, i can pick up my 6 string and just have fun. No set song or rhythm just playing in time!
Love your knowledge and relax way of teaching
Just a great sight and this makes guitar practice so much more fun! Focus with a purpose and enjoying the fruits of the practice session simultaneously.
Love the way you teach.
Excellent teacher!
Thank you, Ian!!
I love this session it makes sense simple down to earth guy amazing!
So glad you enjoyed
The Circle of Fifths (with the relative minor of the chord in a circle below) is a perfect way to have as a guide to the chords in a key. You take the chord counter clockwise and that is the 4 chord, the chord clockwise and you have the 5 chord. The minor chords below give you the iim, the iiim and the 6m and there you have all those chords. Practice the chords in that wedge and you can move to any key and you have all the chords you need in the key within that little wedge. Jokers to the left, jokers to the right and you’re stuck in the middle. When I teach, I give them a copy of the circle of 5th right at the start. Your suggestion of just sort of noodling around in that wedge is really GREAT. If you don’t mind, I’m gonna incorporate it into my class. My WHOLE goal is to get the students to the point where they don’t need guitar instruction.... and this is a perfect way to start.
Oh, BTW. I just found your channel. It is one of the BEST for learning guitar out there on UA-cam. Thank you for putting this channel up. I will be referring my students here. And maybe they won’t need me to teach them anymore. The reason I teach is to have folks to jam with...
Thank you for this most important lesson.
It takes a special person to be an effective teacher, and you are one of those Ian. Thanks for explaining how I can substitute usable chords for those Diminshed ones at the end of the Key signature.
Thanks for the 7 chord on the major 5th. That's nice.
Thank you very much this will have me practicing much more and longer 👍
Hey stitch. Great channel. I am a viola player going to the dark side. You are an excellent teacher. I am a beginner looking forward to moving from playing 1 or 2 strings to 6 strings. Love the sound of that.
Ian last week when you said what I did sounded good, that meant the world to me, I have been following you for years, I have the Blues Master Course the Never Lost System is entrenched in this middle age farts brain, I don't take compliments well, but now people are noticing that hey you are getting better, for me getting a compliment from Ian, it gave me the confidence but not over confident, it just means to me your getting there but there is loads and loads of work to be done and many hours of practising
Thank you for teaching future guitarist the right way to practice and to play with style and rules. I felt lost along time ago when I first picked up a guitar, but if I would of had you showing me about the guitar and how it works, root notes and practicing keys, rythems, octaves etc.. instead of me just trying to learn this song and that song I would of been playing on a stage instead of not really knowing what I was doing for the longest time. I know now, but I truly needed you back then. Great lesson Ian. Thank you.
What a great lesson you’ve imparted. I think one of my teachers (in the wayback) mentioned this but never demonstrated it so clearly and simply. Thanks… Man.
I always learn something new from this channel - I didn't know you could play a G7 as a replacement for a B° chord in key of C!
Keep the great content coming I love your videos 👍🎸
Great video Ian. Learned so much from watching a couple of your videos already
You mastery of teaching and playing guitar is exceptional
You seem like a really good guy, thanks for the guidance. Subscribed.
Thanks , very practical teaching , and helpful 🙋
That was GREAT. Thank you. Thank you