How Chords are Named: Easy Music Theory
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- Опубліковано 28 кві 2016
- Guitar chords, piano chords, it makes no difference in the music theory of how chords are constructed and built. Learn the technique behind naming any chord in music.
Master sheet link :goo.gl/Ve68Va
Major Scale video: goo.gl/xUX9RK
I’ve been playing for 44 years. This is the best explanation of chord naming I’ve seen. I also really liked your Circle of Fifths video. Wonderful teaching. Great job Man!
No one was giving me a straight answer when I asked them what my chord would be called without a 5th. Everyone would either go on an unnecessary tangent regarding theory or just tell me I’m better off learning how to read music if I cared that much. Thanks to this I now know that the name of the chord doesn’t change if the 5th is on vacation. THANK U
I’ve searched high and low and Sean, dude, you can put to words and explain stuff like no other. This is THE BEST, without question, explanation and description of chords, formulas, etc! Seriously, well done brother.
May God give me patience.
+Pring Pring You got it man!
Me too
😂
I have math test tomorrow but I'm learning how to name chords.
But being a faliure is ok...
You're winning at chords though.
Great,I think you learn your math online too.
Hahaha
How did the test go?
@@Deadly1996 It's been 3 years
I don't remember
It took me years to figure maybe 10% of this out from all the bits and pieces I've seen and heard over the years, not putting too much effort into it myself either and struggling how melodies and progressions work. This video put it so clear and consistent, excellent lesson, thanks! 👍
For the knowledge inside of this video lots of people pay a good couple hundred euros to have someone explain this to them.
Thank you, Sean!
I know this video was uploaded like forever ago, but man you really helped me out with this stuff. Every resource I've found was relatively mundane and wasn't nearly as visual as this, really helped me understand why chords have such weird ass names. Thanks a lot if you're reading this man!
Had no idea that naming chords was this easy to comprehend. Thank you brother!
Happy to help!
Thats the best and simplest explanation i have ever seen
Man, you cleared this up for me so well. Thanks again for the awesome content, Sean!
So great to hear man! I'll keep em coming!
7 years late but you broke through my thick skull in ONE session and unmasked the mystery (for me) of how chords are made. Thank You
Seriously, Your videos are litterally the complete responsibility of my theory knowledge, God bless you for free lessons. And thank you so much.
THAT'S what I always didn't know! Thanks.
Either I am finally at the point in my learning that I can begin to grasp these things, or you are a super cool and groovy teacher.
We can just assume it's the second.
Old video but what a superb and useful one! You've done it again Sean!
Fabulous teacher. My gosh. It’s finally becoming clearer to me. Thank you!!!
This is fantastic teaching! I've been racking my brain around this stuff and this video has made some things finally click for me. I will still need to rewatch and practice until I have it totally down but thank you for your excellent explanation :)
Happy to help!
I’m so Glad I found this video. Your explanation is very clear and concise. Thx a lot!
this video has been more useful than any other I've come across so far. thanks a lot!
Happy it helped Jacob!
Just found this chord spelling explanation (4 years later). Fantastic! So succinct. Thanks. I’m gonna put this video in speed dial.
Now all I need to do is to master fretboard's note names, the progression of note in each key,and the formulas for these confusing extended chords. Thanks Sean!! You really cleared a lot of things for me.
This is a FANTASTIC lesson. You have a great way of explaining and teaching! Thanks!
Thanks so much for watching!
Wow, what a terrific lesson! Completely cleared up a lot of questions I had about chords. Much appreciated. I also dig your humor at the beginning of your videos. Subscribed!
Welcome to the party!
thanks for explaining this understandably.. I always heard it was nearly impossible to learn this stuff, but it’s actually quite easy.
brother, you've earned a subscriber in me. What you are doing uploading these videos for free is amazing. I'm going to buy you course with the guy with the beard to show my support (also cause it seems like a sick and friendly/awesome teaching style). I'm an intermediate guitar player who enjoys your direct approach to the information in learning how to play with regards to theory and just all of it. Thank you man, keep spreading positivity, i aint religious but the lord knows the world could always use more of it.
-JP
This was great. I looked all over for an explanation. Perfect. Thanks !
Glad it was helpful!
Just a brilliant video! Thank you so much for taking the time.
Always happy to help!
Sean, that master sheet is great. Thanks for that 🍻
Sean is great at guitar theory. That's why I subscribe to his channel. Are there any great books that you suggest that I can learn this stuff.
Thanks so much! I never really found a great book to be honest, that's why I started making the vids :)
God bless you man. Hod has just solved my problem of many years through you
ITS THE BEST VIDEO ON CHORDS NAME IVE SEEN...HANDS DOWN...!YOU ARE EXCEPTIONAL AT TRANSFERRING THE KNOWLEDGE IN THE MOST COMPREHENSIBLE WAY...!!THANK YOU!!
THE MOST CRUCIAL THING IS THAT ITS EASIER TO ADJUST ALL THE NUMBERS-POSITIONS IN ONLY ONE SCALE ...THE MAJOR ONE...THAN ADJUSTING THE PATTERN NUMBERS.....1-3-5... ETC... IN EVERY SINGLE SCALE FROM WHICH YOU WANT TO FORM THE CHORD...ITS 2 DIFFERENT APPROACHES AND ITS TAUGHT EITHER WAY...BUT I BELIEVE ITS FAR MORE CLEVER AND EFFICIENT THEY WAY YOU TEACH IT...!!
Thanks so much for saying so!
I totally agree with you man, but stop screaming!
Great Sean! You are a genius musician and a great teacher. Your lessons are fun, interesting, relevant, and practical. I found it very helpful. Thanks a lot. Stay Blessed.
Thanks so much Antonio!
I was just about to go to bed so I didn't get a paper and a pencil but I think I got almost all of what you explained...this is a brilliant explanation of music theory, the best and simplest explanation of chords ever! 👏👏👏
Amazing! Really Helpful. Thanks!
Thank you, Sean. You're a big help to me.
Thanks for sharing Sir..very informative topic.
You made it look easy. Thank you!!!!
so awesome this is so well explained
Fantastic! That was probably the better part of a semester in college music class.
Thanks for watching!
Thank you Sean . You are an excellent teacher.
Happy to help!
Dude. Why have I always been afraid of music theory? This was on point and easy to understand. Thanks
Super thanks - I've at last understood how guitar chords are made !
You're a good teacher, Sean.
Thanks for saying so!
Sean: you did an excellent job of teaching this cord name calling thing, clearly spelt out, good level of audio, and yes you are handsome and some times elegant. 🙏🏻😊💡
Brilliant explanation, thanks !
Priceless ... Thanks 😊
Best chord naming vid on the tube! Thanks!
Happy to help!
Chord names in Lithuania are somehow different so you helped me a lot when downloading new sheet music from the web
Thank you!
Thanks for the video Dexter, you made understanding how cords are composed as simple as it can be
And zero murders!
Had to watch it a few times and write it down but I think I got it now. Thanks a lot
Great to hear!
Hi Sean thank you very much again. I just received a great book a few minutes ago. It's by Mel Bay called understanding how to build guitar chords & arpeggios . It reading it now its very helpful and easy to understand. At all levels of music training . I new to music theory so this book is very helpful in educating me in music. Keep doing what you're doing. 🎵🎼🎸
So glad to hear you found a good one! Keep rocking Marcel!
@@seandaniel23 I definitely will try to you keep rocking also🎵🎼🎸
Will do!
Greeeeaaaaat explanation! Thanks, very handy!
This.... I GET IT NOW!!! Thank you so much. Thank you!!
This is so awesome. Thanks Sean. Great stuff :)
Thank you :)
Sean, can you make a video for Indian ragas on guitar?
I'm not super familiar with them so I'll have to check them out!
Thank you Sean for your explanation! You helped me a lot :-)
+Pietro Grandi Happy to help!
Finally, I understand it. Thanks, Sean!
So great to hear!
What can I say, great video that answered all my questions👌
Happy to help!
thanks for the lesson bro...u r doing a great job...may God bless you
+varun borugadda Thanks so much Varun! I'll keep em coming!
You teach very bad man honestly i dont understand
Cricket Productions its because u are not interested or lazy or u are just dumb.
This is extremely helpful, thank you!
Happy to help!
This was really helpful, thanks!
Thanks for watching!
This is great. My guitar teacher could never explain suspended chords to me. Now I understand.
Hi from Australia Sean. Very well explained. Great link too. Your videos on how the chords, scales, etc link up on the guitar are the best on you tube IMO. It is much appreciated. I made a return 12 months ago to learning guitar after a 40 year hiatus. I wish UA-cam was around in the 70's! My fingers aren't as nimble as they once were but my playing is improving each day thanks to a lot of the information you have shared. I've also read some music theory e-books so have a reasonable grasp on how chords & scales are made, etc. Any suggestions on the best method/steps to learning the blues on guitar? Thanks in advance, Phil
i'm completely amazed like...just wow
Fantastic lesson dude!
+deacon theseer Thanks so much!
thank you good sir I'm new in this and i'm trying to learn a little on my own
i was having trouble about how chords are named like sus chords for example
thank you so much again this is easier to take in : D
Happy to help!
this is greatly helpful.
Happy to help out!
thank you ive learned a lot!
Happy to help!
This was amazing! Thanks! Trying to figure out the D#major7sus4/13 and .... I think.... I sort of... Kinda of get it!
Amazing lesson I am watching after 4 years❤️❤️❤️❤️
Great Lesson
Thanks for watching Ullas!
Thanks this video is more helpfull....i know some chords but im trying to understand how to play a chord on piano and then be able to play it on bass and guitar so it all comes together
+Absolutely Anything At All That's a great way to come at it with all the different instruments. You'll get it in no time!
Sean Daniel Thanks man!
You make my head hurt... But I think I am starting to get it! Thx
Keep at it!!
The best explanation ever
Christ on a crutch buddy - you just explained clearly and in concise terms concepts that I've never wrapped my head around in 16 years of playing the guitar! I mean I completely understand it now - there's a certain feeling where you *get* a concept you've struggled with before and man is it satisfying... what I want to know is why I've never had any guitar teacher whether for group or private instruction lay this out in visual terms like this.
I guarantee nobody else understood any of this either in those classes, but I'd bet real money they could follow this. Why is this not standard operating procedure for teaching chords from the get-go?
Subbed and hit the little alarm bell alert thing - least I can do in return. This was impossibly helpful buddy thank you!
Thanks so much for reaching out and saying so! Glad it helped out!
Great video! Thanks! :))
+Super DuckPotato Happy to help!
Finally ,Thank you Man!
Happy to help!
Extremely helpful
Super helpful!
Happy to help!
Came for the video content, stayed because of the intro. Funny and helpful 10/10.
+Matt “Not Nick” Pellicane Thanks for watching!
Brilliant. I'm a bit rusty but this video cleared the cobwebs 👍🏻
+Pete Sam Great to hear! Thanks for watching.
Good evening, Tuesday of March, we are in your company and honoring your project, congratulations and success
Thanks for this. I've always wanted to know how chords were named but couldn't find any accessible information on it.
This is the first music theory video I’ve understood 🎉
Sean,
Please explain how this fits into "Shelf in the room" ~ Days of the New. The de-tuning opens up three octaves in the open section of the fret board. Regards
This is a great video and helped clear up some questions. I think it could be an UNBELIEVABLE video if you could place an overlay of the shape to finish off the painting. The reason being is I kept getting lost when visualizing the higher numbers and kept trying to picture how the chord looks. Maybe I'm too visual but food for thought. Thanks again for the vids!
+michael stendahl Great feedback! Thanks for watching Michael!
Sean is just a groovy dude and a good player 😎🔥 teacher and a funny sense of humor
I have learned more about chords watching this video than any other video.
I also have gone cross-eyed and have a headache. How do you recommend learning chords? Pick one key and learn all of it? Learn the majors? Learn the minors?
oh man, finally, that explains a LOT. It seems to be perfectly ignored topic by so many music theory lessons.
thanks for checking it out!
HI Sean, Aloha and Mahalo for this lesson. Pls note, I'm sure I'm not alone when I ask you to 'show' us via playing the chords variations in at least 2 shapes...the open E and A... up the frets...in addition to talking over the text. Thanks again. GQ
Good teacher
Thanks for explaining the "mystère et élégance" of chords!
Happy to help Pierre!
I just discovered a chord while messing around and managed to name it correctly, so I thought I was ready lol I’ll come back to this some other time
I agree with the others. very well done, I am a beginning student
Amazing intro as usual
Thanks Lisa! I'll try and keep it up!
Didn't know that someone could explain me that so fast 😂 thanks again
Sean please visualize the F# major barre chord on the second fret. As you hold this down, only lift the barre of ONLY the 2 thinnest strings (B & E strings). Continue to hold down all of the other notes in this cool chord. What is the name of this chord??? Notes in this final chord are F#, C#, A#, B, E.
I believe we'd call it an F#7add4
Amazing.
As a beginner, all of the chords are a bit sus to me 🤔
I can attest to that as a beginner
You can actually play D#major7sus4/13 in standard tuning with only 4 fingers and without inversion (if you have a capo.)
Capo: 8th fret
11 - 11 - 12 - X - 11 - 8 (open)
(D#/Eb) - (G#/Ab) - (D) - X - (A#/Bb) - (C)
You could also invert it or cheat by playing the "13" in the chord (a C) in a lower octave but it'll technically alter the chord name
(PS: it doesn't sound very good lol. Would need some real JAZZ to sound cool if you know what I mean)
Amazing video! Gonna watch it again a couple of times until its settles in my brain
Only one thing though, shouldnt Cminor7 be 1 b3 5 and 7 (C Eb G B)? After all a Cmaj7 is 1 3 5 7 (C E G B)
Shouldnt 1 b3 5 and b7 (C Eb G Bb) be like Cminor dominant7? Or is that not a thing(and if not then why?)