7 Levels Of Chord Progression Complexity
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- Опубліковано 14 лип 2024
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Guitarist/Songwriter/Samurai Born in the Manitoba prefecture of Canada, samuraiguitarist, honed his discipline under the study of the country's most powerful musical sensei. Bred on rock, raised on the blues, trained in jazz, samuraiguitarist creates incredibly innovative videos that showcase his talents on the guitar.
I have a feeling that samurai is giving us his life story
Definitely
He just said deep in the dodo jazz lord. That guy is something not everyone can c.
I'm not the only one with that thought?
It definitely is, coz most normal kids pick up guitar in high school to play Metal. \m/
100% self reflection lol
Damn, the level 7 chords look like a wifi router password
Google pass recommend HAHAHA
I am unironically going to use jazz chord progressions as passwords from now on thanks to your comment.
@@JimmyLundberg same
lolz
Definitely yes haha
The fact a chord called G69 exists gives the 13 year old in me life
Ernest Ng yeah I’m surprised they haven’t become a meme by now.
dude I swear to god I had a voice in the back of my head thinking G string and 69 lol
Yea
Its a pretty chord
69 year old me has a bone
Level 8: You go back to open chords with a little embellishment cause people like to listen to it
I think thats level 5 alternate path. Since you just barre everything but still navigate the neck like in level four. Only difference is you play embelishments over major and minor chords instead of going straight for the complex voicings. Still hit the same notes though
As a side path to level 5, level 6 and 7 become about learning what normal people are capable of getting excited about while still looking to maintain some complexity. Your college degree is music psych over music theory, and you attempt to fill a piece emotionally instead of trying unheard and untread ground, which is too complex at this point for the direction you chose. Art students frown at you, but your albumn sales make you feel justified.
what i now wonder is what level is using melody\solos to implicate chord progressions
Open chords always sound good when placed correctly
"You are, but only because there is no other guitar players that auditioned"
I feel personally attacked.
Feel you bro
That one hit too close to home.
same
Too real man
Same, except another guitarist did audition but he knew nothing about music notation or theory so I got in
At Level 7 it’s hard to find listeners so you end up going door to door asking if people have a moment to talk about Gsus.
PropStrike RC 😂😂😂Awesome!
Clever comment LMAO
Totally underrated
Omg lol that's really good
"Have you found Gsus? If not, I'd like to tell you a story about Gsus and his 12 semitone disciples."
I started out with open chords therefore i am superior
you misspelled "virgin"
@@4rchfi3nd_4ct1ve 10/10
Most people did XD
Same
i started out with 7th triads therefore i am superior
is it weird that I started on level 2 and then went to level 1
Nope. Most people start with open chords I think. People put power chords at level 1 because they are simpler in form, having only two notes. But I think most people start by learning simple A, C, D, E and G in open position. Usually only learning the minor versions of A and E and D. From there it probably varies person to person.
Same
@@charliericker274 depends if you start on electric vs acustic
Am, Em, C, G then all major and minors (except cm with a bar and f) then power 7 chords and... Yes then power chords.
Goddamn, Level 7 is a heavy and well-earned flex.
They look like WiFi passwords to me.
>14 hours ago
Giant Steps quote at the end
Thats what I learnt at college, I understand the theory, do I ever play like that or use it? Do I f*@#
@@PrinceWesterburg fucking no
2:56
Wow you just had to throw in that G69.
Gsus christ
Underrated
Standard chord in the key of Gwiz or Egads.
You’re amazing
I'm gonna assume the nice replies aren't sarcastic, so thanks everyone
Nice
me: see’s G69
also me: niiiiiice
I fucking swear I saw this 2 seconds after I said out loud nice.
I almost messed up the 69 likes
69 lmao
@@Capade 69 lmao is from davie504, u uncultured swine
Carnage
Ohh a man of culture i see
"That C chord you were playing before? Pfft. That's for simple pop musicians! A minor 7 is where it's at!"
Ok, let's everyone just calm down, here...
It's just same notes from the same scale just shifted down by a 3rd.
@@lynnlo Thank you, I'm well aware of what a relative minor is. My point was that his joke about looking down on "basic" open or barre shapes once you first discover 7 chords in high school hit close to home.
@@dlein93 oh OK!
Kp bruh
I discovered that A minor seven is basically what you play when strumming an ukelele
Basic 4 chords progression: Worldclass Popstar
Advanced Jazz chords progression: Elevator music
People nowadays dont contemplate music, they hear music while they contemplate other things
ikr sad truth
Lol what about John Mayer bruh hhaha
@@josuemontes8389 I Think John can play jazz chords, but for the music he Plays he doesn't Need to
He's a killer guitarist though, plays with Pino Palladino so i guess he's pretty damn good
"I wonder if I can get a job teaching power chords to beginners?"
As a music teacher I felt this in the deepest pits of my soul
Lol 🤣
Easy, you only have to be one lesson ahead of the kid. And it's a kid. You can stall if you don't do your homework.
f
It's a living.
It's a noble cause.
1. Beginner
I wanna be a real guitarist
2. Campfire Wizard
I said a real guitarist
3. Depressing Jazz life story
F**K GO BACK!!
Themackman Probably cuz jazz sucks
Tom Jones ay pal ur attitude sucks watch it
I'm aiming for #3
Not-not *quite* my tempo...
Yo campfire wizard be fire my dude, that’s the guy with guitar as a hobby not lookin for more
2:57 a very NICE chord
"You have now reached the level where the only people interested in your music are highly trained musicians, and a handful of science teachers"
Why is this so accurate
Because Americans culture is dying hard
It's right in front of you. A super jam jazz band. Do that, the world is waiting.
Because people have the attention span of a goldfish.
Because people want delicious hooks and shit that slams. I can't stand this whole "people are just too dumb to find my music enjoyable" shit. Alucarda > dream theater.
I feel so offended by that because I'm half of both of those things lol. I know a fair amount about guitar and I'm studying Biomedical Science. 😂😂😂😂😂
now 7 levels of solo complexity
Level 7 is becoming Mikio Fujioka
the pentatonic scale will 100% be there
@@bakeneko3993 RIP to that legend
@@Samkyu_Music will be one of the first levels
@@bakeneko3993 RIP... Got to know his because of Babymetal, and God, that man loved to use the harmonics
Epic shredder: *exists*
Me who can play the G69 chord: I am 4 parallel universes ahead of you
its time you get shredeemed
Who the hell decided it’s ok to name a cord Abmillb5Db7?
That's A♭m11♭5 and D♭7
Also represented as A♭m7♭5 (11) and D♭7
Better written as Ab-11(b5) | Db7
@@lucianlangtr (#11)
Music theory lol
Real musicians only need 3 voicings
Only 3 notes 035
Rudy is the kid who only knows power chords and uses a pen as a capo. Still gets more girls than jazz Lord samurai.
I'm glad you survived that bus incident. Now you can show us level 8 that the samurai forgot to show us.
Play something for us , bro
035
Level 8: Dirty Loops/Cory Henry
Level 9: Charles Ives, Allan Holdsworth, Jacob Collier
Level 10: Schoenberg and Ornette Coleman
Level 11: Smoke on the Water
0-3-5-0-3-7-5
@@ricardosiahaan5287 You had one job...
You forgot one: W O N D E R W A L L
Haha troll?
what level is jacob collier
It was an honor to teach power chords to newbies.
Level 1 => (Power Chords) You feel awesome even if it's just 2 notes
Level 2 => (Open Chords) You feel awesome even if it's just 3 notes
Level 3 => (Campfire Chord Wizard) A lot of Girls love you
Level 4 => (High School Jazz Kid) Some people start to lose interest
Level 5 => (College Hopeful) Even more people start to lose interest
Level 6 => (Mid-Degree Maestro) Only music teachers actually care
Level 7 => (Jazz Lord) Only hardcore Jazz people actually care
"you might think you're good enough to join the hs jazz band. well you are, because no other guitarist auditioned"
I ain't even a guitarist and I feel attacked
Tia Leung i’am as well. I only know 4 jazz chords and i got in cus i was the only guitar player who auditioned lmao
Do you have a Guitar?
If you do then your a guitarist :)
The sad thing is that actually happened to me!
This part was hit me so hard
Lesson Learnt: If you want to impress girls, stop learning when you become Campfire Wizard
You are correct Sir. Play to your audience. Girls like Wonderwall even if guitarist don't.
Rajat Rathi
Too fucking late 😢
Sounds weird, is true. Happened to me this summer. I'm a campfire wizard, my friend is at least a college hopeful. He was killing those Am7's and D9's and so on when I asked to give me his guitar. I started to play chord progressions like G Em C D, sometimes did those Dsus2/Dsus4 variations and suddenly everyone was just like "Hey can you play this?" meanwhile my friend kinda remained the hidden gem. I feel sorry for him. :D
That's a fact. When it start sound complicated they will leave you. The only girl will stay with you is your girlfriend (if you have one) and chicks who thinks they're cool
Chicks dig indie music
This made me smile! Love the fresh take on development, I will show this to my students!
This was just what I needed 😂 thank you. You are always great
You forgot level 8: when you realize that even with all your skills, it's best to just play level 1 again 90% of the time.
Haha my thoughts about Page Hamilton from Helmet
Nahhh, 2 or 3 is what's most palatable to English learners
Or to take the chords you've learned and insert the most complex chords between more palatable chords and figure out your own way of songwriting that still remains interesting while also being able to hook common people
No
@@rileyyoung4762 Nah dude, never compromise for the sake of others, when it comes to music. It's whether that insertion of more simpler chords is what "you" want. Simple and complex don't mean better or worse.
You've got to trust your own tastes, listen to feedback and try to improve your sound, for your own sake, more than anyone else's.
This is just what I believe in anyway, but music is freedom to express yourself, and we should try and find ourselves in it.
The final stage is "Level 8 - Realist" where to get gigs, you're playing barre chords again.
James Wedeking and sometimes you have to venture deep into the pit to realize that chugging along on some heavy riffs is just fine anyway
level 9, droptuning
Good job man. ur approach of reaching and teaching different guitar levels really inspires me. very good luck to you for the future.
3:57 that Gmaj7 at the end just killed that Giant Steps vibe xd
I skipped level 1 and went straight to level 2 and never got any further ...lol
Scarx2gt LMAO ME
Same
Last year me but then i improved upto level 4 haha
Ouch. Why remind me of my progress on guitar, or lack thereof.
All i cared about for the first half year was playing power chords before I finally decided to learn the open chords.
The writing here was out of this world. I wasn't expecting to laugh this much on chord based humor
It struck a chord with me too.
I am from Baltimore, and I recall a driving instructor I had who was just like this guy! He was really good at guitar, with a monotone, "don't blink or you'll miss it," sense of humor, and a love of music theory. In fact, he talked about music more than he talked about driving, and he even would play his guitar while instructing. Coolest driving instructor ever. Guess he couldn't find that gig teaching power chords to noobs though...
Have to say this was one of the best videos I've watched for a long time. The content and the delivery, as well as the skill. This one goes to 11
As someone who is really trying to get more into Musical Theory and explore different kinds of music, I really appreciate this video man! Awesome work here!
samurai: ''You've now leveled up to Campfire Strumming Wizard. There have been at least 3 different girls ho interacted with you...'''
Me: (started crying)
Good video. Will watch a couple of times at least. Thanks for sharing.
i skipped power chord kid and went straight to strum daddy
I went straight to High School Jazz mode, those C7 chords always sounded great
@@TobyHonest420 true
Same after that campfire lad and that's where I've been sitting
I learned first on a nylon stringed acoustic guitar, so I didn’t learn about power chords until much later.
self learned best learned
learn jazz chords and tritone subsitution and shredding in just 10 months
*Got a palm cramp just by watching the level 7 chord progression ...lol!*
Dude, fret with your whole arm, not the puny grip strength your poor little palm. Also try to find some exercises aimed at playing with less force. You actually don't have to suffer through pain to play the guitar.
But also, sorry for offering you advice based on what was obviously a joke.
@@BibleStorm good guy nooneknows is self-aware and offering advice. good guy nooneknows.
Try TrueFire Haque comping course. It's not that complicated.
The “Jazz lord” chords aren’t that hard they still are challenging but with www.samuraiguitartheory.com I learned in no time 😁👍
Is this Samurai Guitarist's 2nd channel?
@@firstnamelastname061 Sounds a bit like bad advertising
Stock standard plug at its finest
Meme
Sounds like samurai pulled a sneaky on us.
Level 4 and 5 progressions really give me the feels. You really have to know what you're doing theory-wise (and playing-wise) to do a video like this - freekin awesome job!
I love looking back on my guitar history, i can see all of these stages. I went through the POWERCHORDS ONLY phase, then open chords, and now i'm now at campfire wizard. To think the first time i watched this, i was at powerchord level
*That awkward moment when your level isn't even in the video*
Level 0: I don't even play music
Level 8: "I like jazz, just not this jazz, Agastya"
I am level 12 😎
I'm currently a campfire wizard with a splash of high school jazz kid.
exactly where i am and im happy here :) for almost all music i find i dont need anything more than that
@@isaacsvenson7042 I feel ya. Personally I want to know more but I'm one of those guys who just gets sucked into a hobby and I need to know everything. Lol
I like it here, it's where I feel at home
I fell through the "self taught hack who just happens to own a guitar but can't really be called a guitarist" wormhole and fell out the other side as a strum daddy with maestro chord knowledge. Open tunings for life! You can't make me learn how to move my fingers properly on a fretboard!
@@TheSquareOnes I'm definitely going through the whole self taught thing right now. Currently using the Music is Win's online videos but I'm not super happy with his stuff even though I like Tyler's UA-cam. Thinking of maybe trying Sammy G here or even Paul Davids. Both seem more my style but I didnt know about them until after I signed up for his.
In person lessons would be ideal but I live in the middle of nowhere so there isnt a lot going on around here and no one offers lessons in my town.
This was great!
Love this.
"I may be able to join the highschool jazz band"
"You are, but only because there are no other guitar players who auditioned"
I feel so personally attacked
are those chords or chemical composition of something?
BassAnup xStringer carbon isotopes
It's the WiFi password.
chords
Yes
Love the extensions! The great thing about the guitar are the voicings!
Your playing sounds so GOOOOD!!
"Flawed Thought Pattern." Truth. Lesson: Stop at level 3 while there is still hope.
Level 8: Jacob Collier has entered the chat
I see the heavens have blessed you too with the privilege of hearing Jacob Collier 😱🙌🔥🔥🔥
@@obakengafrica2919 wildly overrated
Loved the video
That was amazing! Thankyuuuu❤
My first power chords- smells like teen spirit
All that training to play SpongeBob music at the end
spongebob music is good tho.
The story really gets in the way of explaining how the levels vary in complexity. I was really watching this to learn about variations in guitar complexities. Thanks for making the video anyway.
would you chill, m8? could u?
Ok. This video made me subscribe, I look forward to see what else you have to offer!
Honestly I have to just thank you for not falling into the recent trend of making 10 minute videos for five minutes topics just to please the algorithm. It really makes a difference in terms of what I watch and enjoy ❤️
Was it raining outside when you recorded this? I'm LOVING the look outside your window!
That was great!!!
This felt like it came from a personal place.
Great video!
I feel like that line about "You've now reached the level where the only people interested in your music are highly trained musicians and a handful of science teachers" really stung quite a few people on youtube really badly.
Who else went to level 2 because they never learned power chords in the beginning
Lmao🤣🤣
Me, since learning open basic chords is the most common chord used to play song.
been watching this a few times and just noticed that it is raining outside, level 4-6 sure sounds like it will be a good lofi guitar to study/relax to..... good content bro.... keep it up!!!
This feels all to close to home :-D Extra points for the accurate descriptions!
Where is level 8 debt paying failed musician turned teacher?
The mirror
It's just assumed, no one has to say it aloud
Lol are guitarists really that insecure? Yes.... yes we are.
Really funny- and informative. Cheers!
Man, bringing it all full circle back to the power chords made my day
Its a overused type of video but you managed to give a nice twist. Good job
3:50 he actually did a coltrane change, im impressed
I love that I slowly uncover your psyche in each new video lol
You had the best weather on this day (yes i really love "bad" weather)
It's so relaxing
this is hilarious
who else has been stuck at Level 5 for the last 15 years?
Just the last 2 years but yeah me too bro
Ive been stuck on lvl 3 for 18 years... am I doing it wrong?
@@Josh-wy9kv pfftt. I've been at level 2 for 10 years now.
Not stuck but this type of playing does not interest me
Jesus Christ died for your sins please repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand 2726373648
That was awesome
nice work
Stuck at level 3, but enjoying campfires a lot actually xdd
1:31 you just played “Take It Easy” by the eagles without knowing it lol.
😂
Wow, the best ever. Thanks a million times
Amazing levels here all around. A true samurai in the way of the frets, here boyos
I think I'll stick to my open Am7 to the Cadd9 to the G6 thx.
The chords don’t get any more complex to play, they just get more esoteric.
love the tele
Nice jazz chords. Never seen it before but sounds amazing and soothing👍
On the other end of the spectrum, from level 2 onwards, the young budding guitarist might get deeper into the world of power chords and get into distortion and punk rock with their amazingly powerful progressions that scream "rebel" much like the 16 year old they'd be.
At level 3 then, they acquire the ability to riff. They listen to Metallica and instead of complex chords, their repertoire is now loaded with chords that move heads and drive mosh pit bonkers.
Level 4 is unchanged if they decide to branch out as well, but at level 5 they instead cover a fun rock, blues or metal or maybe if they have the skill, a jazz song, succeeding in wowing the lecturers at their dream college and they begin to go into the world of music
At level 6, they've already done some soloing before this with arpeggios, but now add more nuance and screaming bends. They sound like a classic metal lead guitarist and get into a band. Their riffs are heavy and get a crowd moshing in no time flat, and girls absolutely love them. The ideal story here is that hopefully they kept their old campfire wizard skills and a girl genuinely falls for them, the start of a beautiful love story
Level 7: This can go one of 2 ways. Either the band they play in had a falling out after several EPs where the singer is constantly late, and the rhythm guitarist is constantly high for some reason. At which point, now still in debt from the college loans the guitarist takes a job teaching power chords to kids
Or, the band makes it big, selling records by the dozens and living the good life. The guitarist, remembering his roots, decides to do a side gig of teaching kids power chords at a guitar school. Happily married with children, a loving wife, and living the dream with the best band mates one could ever ask for because they're your college band mates since forever ago. The guitarist is world renown, more than just to professional musicians, but the world at large. Playing his own solo stuff as well as playing live at big studios such as Saitama Arena and Sydney Opera House, this is a dream come true.
Though this is highly idealised
Level 10 animals as leaders
ive always wondered how to play a G69, thanks!!
For an E
E x
A 7
D 6
G 6
B 7
E x ( or 7 if you want the 5th)
Thanks me later lol
nice
Root-3-5-6-9
Does she like it?
i personally like that b5millb
thats tsuper sweet dude...I loved the moral of it;) regards from Lithuania
Level 8A: You realise that the basic power chords are required by 90% of the audience and hence, you play those in the gigs.
Level 8B: You become aloof to worldly desires and become a full time prog rock/metal or jazz fusion giant. You create musical pieces so out of the world that most refuse to accept your music as music itself, but you know that you have that small secret following of people who are with you and appreciate you.
Exactly, 😂 this world is stupid.
"Those are the 7 levels of chord progressions, now please subscribe to my lessons where I teach you power chords." Classic. Great video!
great vid
Campfire Wizard became Campfire God by the end of the video. Reminds me of how I became Wizard of the Campfire, never promoted to God, but I'm working on it thanks to you. Keep up the good work!
Is this some kind of draw my life ?
Was going to google Jazz Lord but my autocorrect keeps embarrassing me.
I thoroughly enjoyed this whole video. Very funny
Excellent Samurai, had a mad laugh.
_"You are... But only because there's no other guitar players that auditioned."_ x_x
Lols. This was quite a fun video, thanks.