Rich - I'm definitely following these like a hawk. You teach well, and have clearly refined what needs to be taught over time (even though you've not taught in a while), like any attentive teacher (I used to be one - not music - and wish I could go back and teach my first year students the way I taught my last year students!). Further, you make it fun, which is motivating. Looking forward to seeing the next chord video. Meanwhile, back to the blues videos I started on.
Hi guys. My next video on chords has been delayed due to my own technical failings! Memory card issues!!! However I have put together a blog that will be used to expand on videos and also to provide diagrams related to the videos etc. So I have been busy! You will see some REALLY important diagrams relating to the next video on chords where I introduce modes and the chords in the key. So this next video needs to be done right so you understand it! rguitars.co.uk/blogs/learn-guitar-online/the-modes - So sorry for the delay but also having to juggle work commitments too. See how you get along with the diagrams. There is a LOT you can be playing with.
Its all starting to make sense Richard. I really like your relaxed style of teaching, and the little gremlins that occasionally creep in make it all the more fun. I've worked out how to play a GMaj7!
I'm a beginner and have started following your videos. Your method is excellent. It makes one learn by understanding rather than by memorization. I especially like the way you make theory lead to progressive understanding of the guitar fretboard, the relationship of intervals across the strings, and the formation of chords.
It's a refreshing change to watch a video that is a great help for new players like myself. Far too often so called tutors seem unable to come down to a level that us newbies can relate to. More Please.
Well done you. I learned a R and a 5 is called a 5 chord. Painfully simple but I simply didn’t know. I’ve only known chords as a shape, in a place. I liked your construction of the Major 7th chord, as if it is some sort of complicated musical construct, it’s just a R M3 5 and M7, and seeing them on the fret board in relationship to my root note was a big deal. Thanks for that. This will make arpeggiating a chord possible because I now understand where those little devils are, in relationship to my root. Any hints for jamming or arpeggiating, that sound good? Would one just pull them from a wide portion of the fretboard, and landing on or emphasizing R’s and 5’s? I think it sounds cool when people arpeggiate, any hints as how to practice creating licks using M7 chord notes? Thanks for taking the time to share these videos, I feel like you are helping me unlock music theory, bit by bit, but some concepts illuminate the topic in large swaths. Thanks.
Great stuff. Going to keep learning on my Eastman AC122-1CE when it arrives from you (upgrading from an older Takemine) - very excited :) I have a Yamaha THR10C amp. Can I use the Jam Pal with this?
Helpful as ever - glad you put up a subtitle about the I (M) 7as I thought it was "I" as in i-phone! In fact I was reading it as "I'm Seven". Is it in fact "One Major Seventh"?
Hi Rich I am deffinatley learning about music from watching your videos, i'm currently at the (understanding guitar chords part1) at the moment. is there a part two and three because it seems to go to understanding blues guitar part one straight from there. You have a very good way of explaining things, with the passion, humour, and pure dedication that you use to get it across. I've been playing for years but never fully understand what i was doing, so just stagnated. Looking forward to my learning. Regards Richard
As soon as the diagram comes up at 2:30, I am completely lost, and (sorry to say) your explanations make things even more complicated. Although I understand that Chords and Scales are somehow connected, I have the Impression that you are talking about Scales, not so much about Chords. I've been playing guitar for 40 years now, and been trying many times to understand advanced Guitar Chord Theory, without any success. There seems to be an invisible barrier between those who understand and those who don't, and this barrier is basically impossible to cross, from both sides.
Hi! Please don’t take this the wrong way but I have a solution for you. My personal view is that you have approached this video with the wrong mind set. You clearly under estimate your ability to understand chord construction and that is your barrier. Your blaming of the teaching method is merely your defensive barrier that you are putting up as if to give yourself an excuse for not understanding. Please trust me. If you watch the videos in order you WILL learn and you will understand. There may be misunderstandings of your interpretation of what is being said but rather than throwing stones - just ask the question and once that misunderstanding is resolved you will be able to progress. Please do me a favor? Please start the video and pause it at every new moment of learning. The very first moment of confusion make a note of the time stamp. Email me richard@rguitars.co.uk what the issue is and I will make sure you understand. I guarantee I will help you understand basic chord construction (this isn’t advanced). We will do it together and overcome your 49 year drought!!!!! Trust me ?
@@RichardsGuitarshop Thanks for your reply, you are being constructive. I don't blame the teaching method at all, just returned a reflection of my thoughts while watching. No single try of learning advanced guitar theory has ever worked with me, so I somehow accepted the fact that these two lovers will never come together. But ok, will send you a mail. Thanks :-)
Hello Richard, I recently discovered these video lessons of yours and have been enjoying them and learning a lot. Thank you! So far, everything has been very clear to me, but I am confused by the text that appears at 14:40 that reads “Also known as the I M7 because the I chord always has an M7” This seems to imply that you cannot have a I chord that is not an M7. That’s not what you mean is it? Surely you can have a I chord with simply the root, the third and the fifth correct? Thanks for clarifying, best regards, Mark
If you want to build a 7 th chord with the 1 chord . You add the 7 th note to your 1, 3, 5 You call that a major 7 th chord .so off c it's a C major 7. He made the distinction because there's also a 7 chord , that is built of the 5 chord , so G 7 in the key of C . That also is a major chord but it's 7th is flat compared to the 7 in the C major chord.
@@marklewanski5168 @mick m Thanks, but I don't get it, even though I am familiar with both those chords already (having learnt them, parrot-fashion, over many years). Surely it is also possible to use G + B +d + F sharp to get a G major seventh chord? Likewise a C + E + G + B flat to get a C minor seventh chord?
@@jamesdonalfaulkner hi.... when you build chords in a key the first chord you build from the first note in the key will always be major 7 because of the scale intervals that the chord is built from. That is set in stone. You CAN change it but would no longer be in the original key. Hope that’s helps!
@@RichardsGuitarshop I think Ill just have to give up on this one Richard. The I chord in, say, C is CGE; there's no seventh. Similarly the I chord in D minor is D FA; there's no seventh. You have baffled me (like everyone else over the past 50 years!). On a brighter note, I've just ordered a guitar from you!
Another terrific session: you are packing a lot of meat for the brain in these meals...I’m finding myself going back through these, different bits get clear at different moments. So grateful to have the chance to sit with a new friend and really *learn*, not just ‘wander’. Hope we’re all rolling with the stay-at-home changes, things are ‘okay so far’ here
Another fantastic lesson full of rich content! In my opinion these are the kind of lessons and teacher that take beginners and even more advanced players to another level. Richard eases the player or student in learning and playing by using a clever and clear perspective right on the spot in terms of content and way of teaching. Thank you Richard! Cheers
Fernando Costa thank you so much fernando!! I almost thought I was reading the brochure cover to a tuitional dvd in the old days!!! 😂. Can’t tell you how much I appreciate this feedback
@@RichardsGuitarshop you are welcome. That was my way of expressing maybe because I am portuguese 😁. Your lessons are teaching me for sure because they can provide, me for the first time, fun in learning and then apllying into the guitar. And i am also sure that all the others feel the same.
Hi! Hope you are well and not going mad with the lock down. This video will hopefully keep you busy for a while!! Hope you enjoy the video. It took a me a long time to keep the bits to make it short enough. My best advice would be to pause the video every time you see subtitles and make sure you fully understand the sub text too. Its all so important to digest. BYE!
Thanks so much for taking the time out to explain these items of interest in a simplistic way for many of us 'green' players to understand. Many times I will rewatch it the following day just to make sure it all sank in too, if you can manage to sink it into my thick skull I'm certain anyone will pick it up haha! You videos don't go unappreciated Richard 🤙
Another first-class lesson Richard. I now have a better understanding of how the noted fit within the chord and how to build chords and also how to look at chord boxes! Thanks again, Ben
Richard thanks for taking the time to make the lessons you're sharing with us. For the novice like me they are a big help for me to understand cord structure. Please keep them coming I really appreciate you doing them.
Hi Richard, Awesome lessons. I have searched for years and have not been able to understand how it all works. You have a unique style of teaching and I am now finally beginning to put it all together. Keep up the great work. Onward and Upward. Paul from New Zealand.
Greetings from Brisbane - Australia Great work Richard. I’m really enjoying your lessons and approach to teaching. I’m getting a lot out of it. Love the idea for stacking notes in your jam pal to make a chord and loved the improv to make the arpeggio. I’ll be practicing this tomorrow.. Live long and prosper good man.
Robert Vider awesome! Thought it would be nice for beginners to be able to hear chords without the technical ability, This concept can be obviously repeated for any chord a player wants to understand the sound of! I thought it would be fun and interesting for people to do. Glad you enjoyed it’. Did you make it to the end! I really liked the other loop I created but the video would have been toooooo long to include it so I popped it in as an outro but only if you make it to the very very very end! 😂
Thanks again, Richard! You are the first person to make theory fun and it inspires to explore beyond the lesson. For instance, I strummed the top four strings following the CMaj7 fingering in your chart. Then I slid down two frets and did the same. By logic that must be a BbMaj7. Then checking which notes are played (Bb - D - F - A) I found it by barring top five strings 1st fret, adding fingers (Bb - F - A - D - F) and there is the BbMaj7 again. Lift up and quickly adapt to the CMaj7 you mentioned at the start. Do they go together theoretically? I don’t know yet - but it sounds good. This is just the beginning for me but I can imagine this going places where I start to create music rather than just copy. JamPal has been shipped, I can’t wait. Edit: Just moved the barre BbMaj7 up two frets and there we have yet another CMaj7 chord. Same chords, different pitches and "tonal colouring".
Hey Richard. Great info on chord structure. Now I get the importance of the major scale, can see why you showed that before this. The pieces are fitting together nicely. I don't care to use a looper, or any backing track. Why? Glad you asked. Because the players I admired the most, played without a another guitar backing them up. My goal is not to copy them. Rather to like my own playing, as much as I like theirs. All these things you are teaching very helpful in reaching that goal. Very kind of you to share with us. Thanks, and please continue.
Hi. Very very busy a work and have failed to produce the latest video a couple of times due to technical issues with recording length!!!!!! I have a new memory card on the way to me! Also - check out the blog I have created as there are some important diagrams that will feature in the video I am trying to put together for the next instalment . I want to tie in all the chords in the key alongside an introduction to modes rguitars.co.uk/blogs/learn-guitar-online/the-modes
Hello. My JamPal arrived this week and I am finding it so useful for “noodling” with these scales and intervals. I am also finding out how bad my timing is when I can’t press a switch and play a note at the same time. Keep up the good work.
hi Richard, is there any chance of doing a lesson on major and minor triads and also a lesson on modes and modal playing? modes fry my brain and I am sure there's plenty of people in the same boat! your lessons are awesome thank you so much! are you a jedi?
Hi John! You will be pleased to hear that both of your issues that dry your brain will become very clear to you very soon! Modes will all very naturally interconnect with what I am doing right now and triads should be a breeze too. I just have to be very careful about saying too much in one go and giving people brain freeze!!!
Enjoying your Teaching series Richard, it gives “food for thought” with what maybe (for some) a different approach on a traditional subject. All the best.
Hi Richard, I very much enjoyed this lesson! I'm just now sitting here looking at the commonly known chords and trying to apply what I've just learned... maybe something for a follow up lesson, looking at existing chord shapes that people might know and showing how the theory is applied in practice? I'm scratching my head a little at the moment. I'm looking at the commonly fingered C chord. That's effectively C-E-G-C-E, yes? And...omfg. Never mind while I'm typing this I noticed that of course C7 and C Major 7 are not the same thing (I was thrown by C7 using A# instead of B). Aaaanyway... please keep those lessons coming!
Michael Auerswald yes! This is exactly why I introduced the 7th interval straight away! Cool eh! C7 would have a B flat because the dominant 7 chord is a major chord with a minor 7th! That is the only difference. So look at your 7th chords. Find the minor 7. Move it up one and you have a major 7 chord!!’
another great lesson Richard and I've learnt more new stuff about chord construction and I've got a sneaky suspicion where we are heading in the next video. knowledge is a great thing and thankyou for telling us the things we need to know and I hope people appreciate your giving it for free.
Hi Richard. From a beginners perspective, started learning in February, I understand the theory of what you are saying and can follow the arpeggios. However it would have good to have a chord to build to a resolution that my noobie fingers could achieve. Looking forward to the next part. Thanks for your efforts.
Ian Clark yes this is a real issue for me. Blending what I know are people who can use the videos to fill gaps in their knowledge vs people who are starting from scratch who clearly need everything shown to them. In fact this is why my second video in this area is taking so long because I am in a quandary if what to do next as I know it can’t please everyone. What I can assure you is within the time it takes me to do the next 2 videos I will have balanced my desire to get the theory out there but also begun pointing you toward the most important chord shapes to learn. Keep the faith ! I have a plan !
Further to our previous, what I would like to see as a noobie. Take the easy beginner open chords, then move them up the neck, showing the how's and why's. Thanks Ian
Just had to drop you another message. Started making my own diagrams of scales; finding chord tones with my new knowledge of intervals. Now all these patterns are jumping out at me. This message would be far too long if I told you of all my discoveries. This is all happening because of what I have learned from you. It gives me such joy to make these discoveries for myself. You gave me the keys; I thank you; and my really cool sounding SG thanks you. Now we will make music.
Hi Richard, Major lightbulb moment for me, I now better understand chords better, as I only have an acoustic, after your video I searched a CM7 backing track on YT, and I played lead over it. I tend to play the same pattern, but I suppose this will get more adventurous over time. Thank you😀
I said it before, I will say it again. If I had a teacher like you when I first started, I would not have been intimidated and confused for so long. Thanks for posting.
Thanks for this Richard. I think need to watch it again a couple of times for it to sink in totally ( I suspect that it would probably be better to watch without my guitar because there's an immediate urge to join in :-)), but the penny is definitely on the way down! . At the risk of repeating myself, it's as always, really appreciated. I have two questions though if that's OK? One is could you maybe do something around guitar and hand positioning at some point as I have a bad habit of hitting the wrong strings when picking and struggling to reach when playing chords? Question two is could I ask you to stick to the same guitar for each lesson as guitar envy is extraordinarily distracting...
Carl Elgerton I am so pleased you are enjoying the videos! Sorry about the guitars.... yep... pretty grotesque abuse of product placement if I ever saw it!!! 😂 The dangelico is lovely for blues I have to say but I prefer the mini DC which is smaller. Will use one in a future video!
@@RichardsGuitarshop champagne 😃 sounds epic! Was gutted I had to cancel my order for the v65 last week due to the no work situation 😥 when things get back to normal I will be saving for a dream guitar from you, my list includes Eastman sb59, Eastman Romeo, FGN expert rise, D'Angelico Atlantic deluxe in white and gold, and about a million Gordon Smith guitars lol the guitar I still look at the most on your website is the Gordon Smith Classic T with the white triple A flamed neck and finger board, red burst veneer 😍😍😍😍 I actually wanted to buy it in January but it wasn't in stock so bought the fgn Iliad instead which is amazing ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I would love to see a classic t body matching the triple A flame neck, think it would be stunningly beautiful, with gold hardware and evo gold frets, that would be my ultimate guitar but would probably cost a small fortune and would be hard to get that passed the wife lol
Another great lesson and guitar it’s a bit different from the bursts, but I can’t make out the name on the headstock . I think there’s a hidden agenda with these lessons lol
I know you mentioned before you've played in bands, did you ever write your own music? Would love to see a video on your jam pal performing one of your own songs, maybe a wee vocal to 😀
Derek Johnson no in fact I have said that I have NEVER played in a band and have never utilised my playing in any way other than amusing myself, teaching etc. In an alternate life would be nice but am too reclusive
@@RichardsGuitarshop just realised I got you mixed up with another youtuber, my apologies! Still think we should get a wee vocal and looper track for the loyal customers and subscribers, would be epic Richard, you should write a song "THE WAFFLER BLUES" 😎
Rich - I'm definitely following these like a hawk. You teach well, and have clearly refined what needs to be taught over time (even though you've not taught in a while), like any attentive teacher (I used to be one - not music - and wish I could go back and teach my first year students the way I taught my last year students!). Further, you make it fun, which is motivating. Looking forward to seeing the next chord video. Meanwhile, back to the blues videos I started on.
Hi guys. My next video on chords has been delayed due to my own technical failings! Memory card issues!!! However I have put together a blog that will be used to expand on videos and also to provide diagrams related to the videos etc. So I have been busy! You will see some REALLY important diagrams relating to the next video on chords where I introduce modes and the chords in the key. So this next video needs to be done right so you understand it! rguitars.co.uk/blogs/learn-guitar-online/the-modes - So sorry for the delay but also having to juggle work commitments too. See how you get along with the diagrams. There is a LOT you can be playing with.
Its all starting to make sense Richard. I really like your relaxed style of teaching, and the little gremlins that occasionally creep in make it all the more fun. I've worked out how to play a GMaj7!
I've had a "penny drop" moment in every one of these videos so far, thanks Rich keep 'em coming!
I'm a beginner and have started following your videos. Your method is excellent. It makes one learn by understanding rather than by memorization. I especially like the way you make theory lead to progressive understanding of the guitar fretboard, the relationship of intervals across the strings, and the formation of chords.
Excellent Richard.... Very well explained. Really enjoying all your videos. Thanks.
It's a refreshing change to watch a video that is a great help for new players like myself.
Far too often so called tutors seem unable to come down to a level that us newbies can relate to. More Please.
Your teaching skills are amazing!
Well done you. I learned a R and a 5 is called a 5 chord. Painfully simple but I simply didn’t know. I’ve only known chords as a shape, in a place. I liked your construction of the Major 7th chord, as if it is some sort of complicated musical construct, it’s just a R M3 5 and M7, and seeing them on the fret board in relationship to my root note was a big deal. Thanks for that. This will make arpeggiating a chord possible because I now understand where those little devils are, in relationship to my root. Any hints for jamming or arpeggiating, that sound good? Would one just pull them from a wide portion of the fretboard, and landing on or emphasizing R’s and 5’s? I think it sounds cool when people arpeggiate, any hints as how to practice creating licks using M7 chord notes? Thanks for taking the time to share these videos, I feel like you are helping me unlock music theory, bit by bit, but some concepts illuminate the topic in large swaths. Thanks.
Great stuff. Going to keep learning on my Eastman AC122-1CE when it arrives from you (upgrading from an older Takemine) - very excited :) I have a Yamaha THR10C amp. Can I use the Jam Pal with this?
You certainly can yes!
Helpful as ever - glad you put up a subtitle about the I (M) 7as I thought it was "I" as in i-phone! In fact I was reading it as "I'm Seven". Is it in fact "One Major Seventh"?
I’m getting so much out of these lessons. I’ve subscribed so I don’t miss any. Thanks Richard 👍🏻
Hi Rich
I am deffinatley learning about music from watching your videos, i'm currently at the (understanding guitar chords part1) at the moment. is there a part two and three because it seems to go
to understanding blues guitar part one straight from there.
You have a very good way of explaining things, with the passion, humour, and pure dedication that you use to get it across.
I've been playing for years but never fully understand what i was doing, so just stagnated.
Looking forward to my learning.
Regards
Richard
As soon as the diagram comes up at 2:30, I am completely lost, and (sorry to say) your explanations make things even more complicated. Although I understand that Chords and Scales are somehow connected, I have the Impression that you are talking about Scales, not so much about Chords. I've been playing guitar for 40 years now, and been trying many times to understand advanced Guitar Chord Theory, without any success. There seems to be an invisible barrier between those who understand and those who don't, and this barrier is basically impossible to cross, from both sides.
Hi! Please don’t take this the wrong way but I have a solution for you. My personal view is that you have approached this video with the wrong mind set. You clearly under estimate your ability to understand chord construction and that is your barrier. Your blaming of the teaching method is merely your defensive barrier that you are putting up as if to give yourself an excuse for not understanding. Please trust me. If you watch the videos in order you WILL learn and you will understand. There may be misunderstandings of your interpretation of what is being said but rather than throwing stones - just ask the question and once that misunderstanding is resolved you will be able to progress. Please do me a favor? Please start the video and pause it at every new moment of learning. The very first moment of confusion make a note of the time stamp. Email me richard@rguitars.co.uk what the issue is and I will make sure you understand. I guarantee I will help you understand basic chord construction (this isn’t advanced). We will do it together and overcome your 49 year drought!!!!! Trust me ?
@@RichardsGuitarshop Thanks for your reply, you are being constructive. I don't blame the teaching method at all, just returned a reflection of my thoughts while watching. No single try of learning advanced guitar theory has ever worked with me, so I somehow accepted the fact that these two lovers will never come together. But ok, will send you a mail. Thanks :-)
@@gerdskividia we can do this! Needs to be bite size though so one problem at a time!!!
Hello Richard, I recently discovered these video lessons of yours and have been enjoying them and learning a lot. Thank you! So far, everything has been very clear to me, but I am confused by the text that appears at 14:40 that reads “Also known as the I M7 because the I chord always has an M7” This seems to imply that you cannot have a I chord that is not an M7. That’s not what you mean is it? Surely you can have a I chord with simply the root, the third and the fifth correct? Thanks for clarifying, best regards, Mark
If you want to build a 7 th chord with the 1 chord . You add the 7 th note to your 1, 3, 5
You call that a major 7 th chord .so off c it's a C major 7.
He made the distinction because there's also a 7 chord , that is built of the 5 chord , so G 7 in the key of C . That also is a major chord but it's 7th is flat compared to the 7 in the C major chord.
@@mickm8028 ok, I get it. Thanks
@@marklewanski5168 @mick m Thanks, but I don't get it, even though I am familiar with both those chords already (having learnt them, parrot-fashion, over many years). Surely it is also possible to use G + B +d + F sharp to get a G major seventh chord? Likewise a C + E + G + B flat to get a C minor seventh chord?
@@jamesdonalfaulkner hi.... when you build chords in a key the first chord you build from the first note in the key will always be major 7 because of the scale intervals that the chord is built from. That is set in stone. You CAN change it but would no longer be in the original key. Hope that’s helps!
@@RichardsGuitarshop I think Ill just have to give up on this one Richard. The I chord in, say, C is CGE; there's no seventh. Similarly the I chord in D minor is D FA; there's no seventh. You have baffled me (like everyone else over the past 50 years!). On a brighter note, I've just ordered a guitar from you!
Another terrific session: you are packing a lot of meat for the brain in these meals...I’m finding myself going back through these, different bits get clear at different moments. So grateful to have the chance to sit with a new friend and really *learn*, not just ‘wander’. Hope we’re all rolling with the stay-at-home changes, things are ‘okay so far’ here
Charlie Moody that’s really great to hear. Thank you so much
Another fantastic lesson full of rich content! In my opinion these are the kind of lessons and teacher that take beginners and even more advanced players to another level. Richard eases the player or student in learning and playing by using a clever and clear perspective right on the spot in terms of content and way of teaching. Thank you Richard! Cheers
Fernando Costa thank you so much fernando!! I almost thought I was reading the brochure cover to a tuitional dvd in the old days!!! 😂. Can’t tell you how much I appreciate this feedback
@@RichardsGuitarshop you are welcome. That was my way of expressing maybe because I am portuguese 😁. Your lessons are teaching me for sure because they can provide, me for the first time, fun in learning and then apllying into the guitar. And i am also sure that all the others feel the same.
Richard this is really cool thanks a lot
Excellent Videos Best explanation yet
Another great lesson. Thank you Richard.
Hi! Hope you are well and not going mad with the lock down. This video will hopefully keep you busy for a while!!
Hope you enjoy the video. It took a me a long time to keep the bits to make it short enough. My best advice would be to pause the video every time you see subtitles and make sure you fully understand the sub text too. Its all so important to digest. BYE!
Thank you Richard nice little lesson you got my brain working enjoy your videos thank you Robert
Thanks so much for taking the time out to explain these items of interest in a simplistic way for many of us 'green' players to understand. Many times I will rewatch it the following day just to make sure it all sank in too, if you can manage to sink it into my thick skull I'm certain anyone will pick it up haha!
You videos don't go unappreciated Richard 🤙
@@TommySG1 Thank you!
Next item on my wish list is a decent looper like what you’re using. That’s such a useful tool!
Another first-class lesson Richard. I now have a better understanding of how the noted fit within the chord and how to build chords and also how to look at chord boxes! Thanks again, Ben
Loved the lesson Rich you make everything fun plus give out excellent advice and knowledge well done mate 👍👍👍
Richard thanks for taking the time to make the lessons you're sharing with us. For the novice like me they are a big help for me to understand cord structure. Please keep them coming I really appreciate you doing them.
Hi Richard, Awesome lessons.
I have searched for years and have not been able to understand how it all works. You have a unique style of teaching and I am now finally beginning to put it all together.
Keep up the great work.
Onward and Upward.
Paul from New Zealand.
thank you so much !!!
Hey Richard, I'm enjoying very much your lessons.Please keep up the great work. Cheers Lorenzo from Sydney
Greetings from Brisbane - Australia Great work Richard. I’m really enjoying your lessons and approach to teaching. I’m getting a lot out of it. Love the idea for stacking notes in your jam pal to make a chord and loved the improv to make the arpeggio. I’ll be practicing this tomorrow.. Live long and prosper good man.
Robert Vider awesome! Thought it would be nice for beginners to be able to hear chords without the technical ability, This concept can be obviously repeated for any chord a player wants to understand the sound of! I thought it would be fun and interesting for people to do. Glad you enjoyed it’. Did you make it to the end! I really liked the other loop I created but the video would have been toooooo long to include it so I popped it in as an outro but only if you make it to the very very very end! 😂
Thanks again, Richard! You are the first person to make theory fun and it inspires to explore beyond the lesson. For instance, I strummed the top four strings following the CMaj7 fingering in your chart. Then I slid down two frets and did the same. By logic that must be a BbMaj7. Then checking which notes are played (Bb - D - F - A) I found it by barring top five strings 1st fret, adding fingers (Bb - F - A - D - F) and there is the BbMaj7 again. Lift up and quickly adapt to the CMaj7 you mentioned at the start. Do they go together theoretically? I don’t know yet - but it sounds good. This is just the beginning for me but I can imagine this going places where I start to create music rather than just copy. JamPal has been shipped, I can’t wait. Edit: Just moved the barre BbMaj7 up two frets and there we have yet another CMaj7 chord. Same chords, different pitches and "tonal colouring".
Hey Richard. Great info on chord structure. Now I get the importance of the major scale, can see why you showed that before this. The pieces are fitting together nicely. I don't care to use a looper, or any backing track. Why? Glad you asked. Because the players I admired the most, played without a another guitar backing them up. My goal is not to copy them. Rather to like my own playing, as much as I like theirs. All these things you are teaching very helpful in reaching that goal. Very kind of you to share with us. Thanks, and please continue.
Remember the only person playing on a looper is you though! Glad you are benefiting from the videos. Brilliant!
Just out of curiosity: At 17:50 there's a strange something going on the upper right side of the screen. What was that? Looks to big for a flie...
Hope all is well at Richards guitars no posts for awhile ???
Hi. Very very busy a work and have failed to produce the latest video a couple of times due to technical issues with recording length!!!!!! I have a new memory card on the way to me! Also - check out the blog I have created as there are some important diagrams that will feature in the video I am trying to put together for the next instalment . I want to tie in all the chords in the key alongside an introduction to modes rguitars.co.uk/blogs/learn-guitar-online/the-modes
Thanks for all these lessons, Richard. May you live long and prosper! 🖖🏻
Hello. My JamPal arrived this week and I am finding it so useful for “noodling” with these scales and intervals. I am also finding out how bad my timing is when I can’t press a switch and play a note at the same time. Keep up the good work.
hi Richard, is there any chance of doing a lesson on major and minor triads and also a lesson on modes and modal playing? modes fry my brain and I am sure there's plenty of people in the same boat! your lessons are awesome thank you so much! are you a jedi?
Hi John! You will be pleased to hear that both of your issues that dry your brain will become very clear to you very soon! Modes will all very naturally interconnect with what I am doing right now and triads should be a breeze too. I just have to be very careful about saying too much in one go and giving people brain freeze!!!
Ps.. much to learn you have. With you the force will be
Enjoying your Teaching series Richard, it gives “food for thought” with what maybe (for some) a different approach on a traditional subject. All the best.
Hi Richard, I very much enjoyed this lesson! I'm just now sitting here looking at the commonly known chords and trying to apply what I've just learned... maybe something for a follow up lesson, looking at existing chord shapes that people might know and showing how the theory is applied in practice?
I'm scratching my head a little at the moment. I'm looking at the commonly fingered C chord. That's effectively C-E-G-C-E, yes? And...omfg. Never mind while I'm typing this I noticed that of course C7 and C Major 7 are not the same thing (I was thrown by C7 using A# instead of B).
Aaaanyway... please keep those lessons coming!
Michael Auerswald yes! This is exactly why I introduced the 7th interval straight away! Cool eh! C7 would have a B flat because the dominant 7 chord is a major chord with a minor 7th! That is the only difference. So look at your 7th chords. Find the minor 7. Move it up one and you have a major 7 chord!!’
Michael Auerswald ps ... the more you learn the more questions it throws up. It’s a good sign!
Great video as usual, mind you I nearly missed it with the Star Trek picture. Never thought it was Richards Guitars. LOL
vanislandsteve BC subscribe! Lol. It’s a good point though .
Richards Guitars I am subscribed. 😂I was looking for the usual neck diagram. I guess I should hit the bell icon. Old age 😂
QUESTION:
Does the same apply to minor scales? Or if it’s different could you do a video on minor scales. Thanks
Yes but keep watching the videos as it will make much more sense to you. Yes 100% will be covering the minor scales
Fantastic lesson ,these are some things I ignored before but this is helping me consolidate my playing
another great lesson Richard and I've learnt more new stuff about chord construction and I've got a sneaky suspicion where we are heading in the next video. knowledge is a great thing and thankyou for telling us the things we need to know and I hope people appreciate your giving it for free.
Sydney autumns day. A bit of rain (great), a cup of tea and a great guitar lesson. Thanks Richard.👍🇦🇺
Great video, thank you... Now to my looper pedal witch has been in the basement for too long.
Love the lesson Richard 👍
Hi Richard. From a beginners perspective, started learning in February, I understand the theory of what you are saying and can follow the arpeggios. However it would have good to have a chord to build to a resolution that my noobie fingers could achieve. Looking forward to the next part. Thanks for your efforts.
Ian Clark yes this is a real issue for me. Blending what I know are people who can use the videos to fill gaps in their knowledge vs people who are starting from scratch who clearly need everything shown to them. In fact this is why my second video in this area is taking so long because I am in a quandary if what to do next as I know it can’t please everyone. What I can assure you is within the time it takes me to do the next 2 videos I will have balanced my desire to get the theory out there but also begun pointing you toward the most important chord shapes to learn. Keep the faith ! I have a plan !
But most importantly you will be learning chord shapes that you know where they came from and what other chords you can play with them!
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Thanks for the reply. I'm sure the plan will come together. Ian
Further to our previous, what I would like to see as a noobie. Take the easy beginner open chords, then move them up the neck, showing the how's and why's. Thanks Ian
Just had to drop you another message. Started making my own diagrams of scales; finding chord tones with my new knowledge of intervals. Now all these patterns are jumping out at me. This message would be far too long if I told you of all my discoveries. This is all happening because of what I have learned from you. It gives me such joy to make these discoveries for myself. You gave me the keys; I thank you; and my really cool sounding SG thanks you. Now we will make music.
Thank you! please keep it coming!! 👍
I think that's the best guitar lesson I've ever watched. Unreal. Loved the ending...
ignission yehaaa . Someone watched it to the end! Lol
@@RichardsGuitarshop Lol. I've even ordered a loop pedal from you too, so when that arrives I'll be flying!
Hi Richard,
Major lightbulb moment for me, I now better understand chords better, as I only have an acoustic, after your video I searched a CM7 backing track on YT, and I played lead over it. I tend to play the same pattern, but I suppose this will get more adventurous over time. Thank you😀
I’ve also played over Gmaj7 and Amaj7 for 20min using a jazz backing track. Great stuff , thanks
Brilliant as always, I look forward to your lessons, big thank you
I said it before, I will say it again. If I had a teacher like you when I first started, I would not have been intimidated and confused for so long. Thanks for posting.
Really kind thank you.
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Thanks for this Richard. I think need to watch it again a couple of times for it to sink in totally ( I suspect that it would probably be better to watch without my guitar because there's an immediate urge to join in :-)), but the penny is definitely on the way down! . At the risk of repeating myself, it's as always, really appreciated.
I have two questions though if that's OK? One is could you maybe do something around guitar and hand positioning at some point as I have a bad habit of hitting the wrong strings when picking and struggling to reach when playing chords? Question two is could I ask you to stick to the same guitar for each lesson as guitar envy is extraordinarily distracting...
Carl Elgerton I am so pleased you are enjoying the videos! Sorry about the guitars.... yep... pretty grotesque abuse of product placement if I ever saw it!!! 😂 The dangelico is lovely for blues I have to say but I prefer the mini DC which is smaller. Will use one in a future video!
Love the headstock on the D'Angelicos, stunning guitars! Is that a new colour?
Its not that new but I have gorgeous one arriving in the new 2020 color "champagne" omg - will post pics when it arrives next week
@@RichardsGuitarshop champagne 😃 sounds epic! Was gutted I had to cancel my order for the v65 last week due to the no work situation 😥 when things get back to normal I will be saving for a dream guitar from you, my list includes Eastman sb59, Eastman Romeo, FGN expert rise, D'Angelico Atlantic deluxe in white and gold, and about a million Gordon Smith guitars lol the guitar I still look at the most on your website is the Gordon Smith Classic T with the white triple A flamed neck and finger board, red burst veneer 😍😍😍😍 I actually wanted to buy it in January but it wasn't in stock so bought the fgn Iliad instead which is amazing ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I would love to see a classic t body matching the triple A flame neck, think it would be stunningly beautiful, with gold hardware and evo gold frets, that would be my ultimate guitar but would probably cost a small fortune and would be hard to get that passed the wife lol
Another great lesson and guitar it’s a bit different from the bursts, but I can’t make out the name on the headstock . I think there’s a hidden agenda with these lessons lol
gazzaad haha! It’s a dangelico premier dc . Really lovely guitar !!
I know you mentioned before you've played in bands, did you ever write your own music? Would love to see a video on your jam pal performing one of your own songs, maybe a wee vocal to 😀
Derek Johnson no in fact I have said that I have NEVER played in a band and have never utilised my playing in any way other than amusing myself, teaching etc. In an alternate life would be nice but am too reclusive
@@RichardsGuitarshop just realised I got you mixed up with another youtuber, my apologies! Still think we should get a wee vocal and looper track for the loyal customers and subscribers, would be epic Richard, you should write a song "THE WAFFLER BLUES" 😎
Was that a fly at 17:50? 😅 Sorry I got distracted. I'll feedback on the video once I've finished.
Yes I think it makes a guest appearance a couple of times actually!