In all honesty I think this guy is amazing, He has a passion for music and while he may make a very basic living from these teachings and posts it’s not going to make him a millionaire. In this world you have the good guys and the bad guys. Without doubt Justin is one of the good guys.. Respect…
I’ve been doing this for a short while now and finding amazing chord sounds. I find it useful to record my sessions(10mins) on my phone then I can recall them back later
Being a “home guitarist” (self taught - so far), I stumbled onto experimenting with this type of exercise for each of the “standard” chords I initially learned. I don’t know what the “variations” are called, but have tried memorizing which work (sound good) or don’t. It definitely can result in hours of fun and creative playing time, just like Justin shows here 😃
Same thing with me. All self taught, learn by ear. I guess there must be ppl who don't think of that, meaning they'll probably never be much on a guitar but they'll buy apps to become a lead player in 2 hours.
@@alan4sure I’m self taught as well and I used one of those apps to start but it felt to rigid after a month and although it helped build finger strength most of my actual playing I learned from UA-cam
Question, but once I can do my open chords without looking (I can only do E/A/D 90% of the time without looking) what should I do next? It took me a long time to learn two chords where I am comfortable playing them, and six months is a long time I think. Considering I have around eight more chords to learn to at least my current level of A/D I am beyond frustrated.
@@generalawareness101 I'd practice Wagon Wheel by Darius Rucker...only 4 chords but you can play 1000s of songs with G,D,Em,C. This was my first complete song
Justin, this is a great lesson. Really helped so much. Hope you plan on doing more courses like this with other chords on UA-cam. Also, more on Triads using different chord shapes would be appreciated. Thanks so much.
Such a fun and inspiring teacher! I've been going from one teacher to another on UA-cam and have found myself sticking with Justin. The ultimate compliment I can give him is that his lessons are fun and help me to pick up my guitar and play it a bit most every single day!
You were playing a bit of "Flying in a Blue Dream" by Joe Satriani with the Dsus#4. Wonderful job with this Justin! "If it sounds good, it IS good." That's a quote to remember.
Thank you so much Justin for all your hard work and amazing videos,you have greatly helped me when I started playing the guitar. Your lessons are thorough and easy to understand for anybody. Truly you're the greatest teacher for people around the world. Thank you.
This one was really fun. I ended up jamming out with the D chord and making variations that I liked and improvising strumming patterns and speeds throughout the session. Really felt like the first time I played what I felt.
What a Great lesson Justin. Been working with your beginners course for a year now, and such a massive help. This lesson I think takes it up a level. The idea of Try, experiment, think different, don’t be restricted by boundaries...a bit scary but fun! Thanks
This is a great video and great advice. It can also help you to break out of a rut, because you can ignore all the rules and just play. If it sounds good, it is good. If it sounds bad, it is bad.
Hey Justin, this is a really insightful, cool way of experimenting of getting different sounds indeed! I loved it. Can you please do this same lesson with a different chord? Like "Enough of that same E Chord" or A Chord or G Chord? Thank you for posting this. Great stuff!
This guy is peaking my interest and wanting to pickup my Guitar after 5yrs of setting it down. I was the one who got frustrated with finger transition to other chords. Great lesson.
I just stopped watching a film on Netflix to come and tell you Justin, in case you don't know..that YOU are mentioned in part of the dialogue around the 30min mark of a movie called 45 Years..the scene is in a coffee shop and one of the guys talks about your UA-cam channel! ha!!
I always play the standard D Minor open by barring the B and E strings at the first fret with my index finger. If I lift my ring finger, I get Dm7 which is more useful than Dm6 in that context, but more importantly, if I lift my the ring and middle finger, I get G7sus4, which is always good. Minor 6 is a close synonym to dominant 9 (Am6 = D9 (no tonic)), also, if you flatten the 6 you get a major 7 - Amb6 = Fmaj7 - they can sound very cool together. If you substitute #4 for the 3rd on a D7 you get the high tension chord in George Harrison's Wah Wah (but try it 12 frets up but with an open D string).
That's what I always did decades before I read about intervals and chord theory, I could convince people I knew what I was doing long before I actually did.
Very insightful lesson! My son has played for years (self-taught) and tends to do this frequently. It's exciting to know that we can improvise this way, experiment and find new sounds. Enjoying Grade 3!
I've been playing for several years and decided to find out why I never make progress so decided to start with course1. Hard to believe how much easier it is to play when you learn the things you can't teach yourself. It is nice to understand the guitar and not just learn riffs. I don't know if you have done a lesson about your favorite guitars but that would be interesting.
Very Cool lesson. I am no shredder, I just love applying this method to all open Chords. Get so many awesome Tones and Tunes. So Much Fun. Enjoy. Cheers
The Moody Blues produced an album called 'In search of the Lost Chord', having watched Justin's video the title now makes sense. Never really did at the time, but that was about 50 years ago haha.
thanks heaps Justin for your fun fancy advice on the D chord variations ! I am throwing in a D6 chord and a D Major 7 chord variations into my christmas song called "Jingle Bell Rock" by Bobby helms from the late 50's ! lol :) sounds great ! :)
I accidentally stumbled upon Asus when trying to do Am during practice with your app. (At least that’s what the internet says it’s called lol.). It sounds pretty cool!
Justin, at the end of your video, bless you. Have you hear this tune from beatiful czech band KATAPULT Blues opuštěný postele? It is written in happy major scale, but it sounds very sad and in this song are used SUS chords very well. This song is yet so great after many and many years.
On the surface of it, D seems like a quite restrictive chord on guitar.. but I have noticed how many variations there are, and how many artists like.... Neil young .. Bob Dylan... Roy harper... Often use them
I know you were not super enthusiastic about that flat9 voicing but it may be my favourite discovery from this video. I'm not suggesting you use it all the time. but the tension is a really surprising colour that adds a lot.
@JustinGuitar I have a question: should I move my thumb behind the neck while changing between the D, Dsus4 and Dsus2? I suspect I should learn doing that with the mute on, but it feels impossible, fingers are so tight on the strings. I'm so confused which is correct and how to learn those grips. Could you help with a comment?
Normally, it should stay where it is and only some fingers on the fretboard are being lifted/put down. Are you pressing down the strings too hard? finding the right pressure is a crucial part to avoid bad habits, bad posture, less fluent plays etc. | LievenDV | JustinGuitar Official Guide, Approved Teacher & Moderator
@@justinguitar Thank you so much for the answer. Playing those embelishments (sus chords) is easy if I hold my thumb behind the neck but hard when I'm muting the low E string. I don't feel that I put more pressure then, frankly I'cannot find out what's going on. But your comment that I should be able to use Dsus chords regardles of muting the E string with the thumb helps a lot - I will simply try to find the way. I Wasn't sure what is correct and thought maybe I should just move the thumb and that's all there is to it. Thanks again!
New to your channel, excellent vid! I;ve been playing and gigging for many years, both electric and acoustic, and I definitely picked up a couple things I want to try. By the way, what is that guitar? It sounds awesome!
thanks Justin lots of food for thought....but I am very surprised that a guitarist of your ability can't reach the 5th fret from the D chord..kind regards
I’m 66, beginner for at least the fifth time. I’ve been following your videos so much recently that I play my blonde tele with my Tammy and speak with a British brogue. What kind of beer do we drink?
Is anyone else finding this one kind of hard? I can’t get some of these to ring out while muting the bottom 2 strings. Is it normal to have trouble with this at first?
You’ve just turned in to mark knopfler and that frustrating video he did where he started out talking about his guitar journey of 1 chord 1 strum and he just falls in to guitar hero. I can play a D til the cows come home, but it’s the strumming and picking that makes it sound ace…and kills me. Keep up the good work though and thanks for getting me started - 5years ago!
That's possible, there is a limit to the amount of chord combinations you can make ;) | LievenDV | JustinGuitar Official Guide, Approved Teacher & Community Moderator
My gf: stop playing that same D chord Me: The hell you talking? I can play at least 69 different Ds. in reality: -D power chord -Dsus4 -also D but in Barred -still D but in A barred -D but in C maj shape yea, that's about it
In all honesty I think this guy is amazing, He has a passion for music and while he may make a very basic living from these teachings and posts it’s not going to make him a millionaire. In this world you have the good guys and the bad guys. Without doubt Justin is one of the good guys.. Respect…
I like the ‘ if it sounds good it is good’ idea. That really helps to break out of the box.
I’ve been doing this for a short while now and finding amazing chord sounds. I find it useful to record my sessions(10mins) on my phone then I can recall them back later
Great idea! Happy holidays.
Being a “home guitarist” (self taught - so far), I stumbled onto experimenting with this type of exercise for each of the “standard” chords I initially learned. I don’t know what the “variations” are called, but have tried memorizing which work (sound good) or don’t. It definitely can result in hours of fun and creative playing time, just like Justin shows here 😃
Same thing with me. All self taught, learn by ear. I guess there must be ppl who don't think of that, meaning they'll probably never be much on a guitar but they'll buy apps to become a lead player in 2 hours.
@@alan4sure I’m self taught as well and I used one of those apps to start but it felt to rigid after a month and although it helped build finger strength most of my actual playing I learned from UA-cam
Question, but once I can do my open chords without looking (I can only do E/A/D 90% of the time without looking) what should I do next? It took me a long time to learn two chords where I am comfortable playing them, and six months is a long time I think. Considering I have around eight more chords to learn to at least my current level of A/D I am beyond frustrated.
@@generalawareness101 I'd practice Wagon Wheel by Darius Rucker...only 4 chords but you can play 1000s of songs with G,D,Em,C. This was my first complete song
@@michaelkiley5658 I will look it up as I quit the guitar last week. I was really advancing then just hit the wall due to medical stuff.
at 10:32 you played paint it black😄
the lesson is so fun to do , thank you so much justin
Justin, this is a great lesson. Really helped so much. Hope you plan on doing more courses like this with other chords on UA-cam. Also, more on Triads using different chord shapes would be appreciated. Thanks so much.
lovely chords, so useful when writing new songs
Glad you like them! :) Enjoy.
Such a fun and inspiring teacher! I've been going from one teacher to another on UA-cam and have found myself sticking with Justin. The ultimate compliment I can give him is that his lessons are fun and help me to pick up my guitar and play it a bit most every single day!
You not only try You do show what you say is just fantastic and what show is inspiring.
I'm still very much a beginner, but Justin, you're blowing my mind here!
You'll learn this by the end of my Beginner Course - if you're following my lessons. :) Good luck!!! Hope this keeps you inspired.
Thanks!
Hey Edward - thank you! I really appreciate your support. And happy holiday! Cheers. J.
You were playing a bit of "Flying in a Blue Dream" by Joe Satriani with the Dsus#4.
Wonderful job with this Justin! "If it sounds good, it IS good." That's a quote to remember.
Great video! 5 years ago your basic d chord lesson was my very first guitar lesson. Thank you for starting me on my journey.
Thank you so much Justin for all your hard work and amazing videos,you have greatly helped me when I started playing the guitar. Your lessons are thorough and easy to understand for anybody. Truly you're the greatest teacher for people around the world. Thank you.
I love how you expand on chords and make them more interesting!
This one was really fun. I ended up jamming out with the D chord and making variations that I liked and improvising strumming patterns and speeds throughout the session. Really felt like the first time I played what I felt.
What a Great lesson Justin. Been working with your beginners course for a year now, and such a massive help. This lesson I think takes it up a level. The idea of Try, experiment, think different, don’t be restricted by boundaries...a bit scary but fun! Thanks
This is a great video and great advice. It can also help you to break out of a rut, because you can ignore all the rules and just play. If it sounds good, it is good. If it sounds bad, it is bad.
Hey Justin, this is a really insightful, cool way of experimenting of getting different sounds indeed! I loved it. Can you please do this same lesson with a different chord? Like "Enough of that same E Chord" or A Chord or G Chord? Thank you for posting this. Great stuff!
Love the D chord fun
Really loved your chord of the day stuff on Instagram so would love some more chord content !
This guy is peaking my interest and wanting to pickup my Guitar after 5yrs of setting it down. I was the one who got frustrated with finger transition to other chords. Great lesson.
"piquing"
Loved the sneezing action on the strings too hahaha :). Nice one!
Thanks! 😄
I just stopped watching a film on Netflix to come and tell you Justin, in case you don't know..that YOU are mentioned in part of the dialogue around the 30min mark of a movie called 45 Years..the scene is in a coffee shop and one of the guys talks about your UA-cam channel! ha!!
Wow 😂
This is great! Looking forward to you doing other chords Thank you! 👍👍❤️❤️🎸🎸
Thanks
No problem! I appreciate your support. Happy 2022!
9:19 Split Enz 'Got You' vibe. Love the F Sharp over D for filling in descending chord sequences (G > Fsharp/D > Em)
Thank you so much. Really motivated me to experiment more and find new things on my guitar.
Thanks Justin! You've just opened a whole new musical universe for me!
Glad to read that! :)
Fantastic lesson, thanks Justin!!
I always play the standard D Minor open by barring the B and E strings at the first fret with my index finger. If I lift my ring finger, I get Dm7 which is more useful than Dm6 in that context, but more importantly, if I lift my the ring and middle finger, I get G7sus4, which is always good. Minor 6 is a close synonym to dominant 9 (Am6 = D9 (no tonic)), also, if you flatten the 6 you get a major 7 - Amb6 = Fmaj7 - they can sound very cool together. If you substitute #4 for the 3rd on a D7 you get the high tension chord in George Harrison's Wah Wah (but try it 12 frets up but with an open D string).
wtf
Awesome. Thanks Justin
Thank you Justin!
You're very welcome, Veronica. :)
So useful! Love the idea of just playing around.
That's what I always did decades before I read about intervals and chord theory, I could convince people I knew what I was doing long before I actually did.
Very insightful lesson! My son has played for years (self-taught) and tends to do this frequently. It's exciting to know that we can improvise this way, experiment and find new sounds. Enjoying Grade 3!
Wonderful! More Grade 3 coming very soon. :) Cheers!
Best guitar tutorial for someone at my level that I've seen yet, cheers m8 🍻
you're so inspiring. Mille mercis
I've been playing for several years and decided to find out why I never make progress so decided to start with course1. Hard to believe how much easier it is to play when you learn the things you can't teach yourself. It is nice to understand the guitar and not just learn riffs. I don't know if you have done a lesson about your favorite guitars but that would be interesting.
Very useful, thanks Justin.
Glad it was helpful! :) Happy Holidays!
Very Cool lesson. I am no shredder, I just love applying this method to all open Chords. Get so many awesome Tones and Tunes. So Much Fun. Enjoy. Cheers
Thanks for your videos Justin, I appreciate them I learn so much :)
My pleasure! :)
Great video! This got me to pick up my guitar and experiment a bit more! Thank you.
You're a natural teacher
The Moody Blues produced an album called 'In search of the Lost Chord', having watched Justin's video the title now makes sense. Never really did at the time, but that was about 50 years ago haha.
Justin’s the OG. Keep rockin man
Very Beatles-ish ❤️ thank you very much. Enjoying your expertise!
Glad you enjoy it! :) Cheers
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Oh, yeah!! Please do one for each basic chord! That would be awesome. Always looking for alternate 'A' chords.
That's what's coming over Grade 3 :)
So simple and brilliant!
Thank you. ✨ Happy Christmas.
Happy holidays!
To me, Dmaj7 has always been one of the best sounding chords ever.
thanks heaps Justin for your fun fancy advice on the D chord variations ! I am throwing in a D6 chord and a D Major 7 chord variations into my christmas song called "Jingle Bell Rock" by Bobby helms from the late 50's ! lol :) sounds great ! :)
Norwegian Wood is a great D-Shape exercise
Yep true!
Excellent - Inspiring - Thanks!
Bless you (at the end)
great ideas. love your approach to teaching. How about this same thing using other chords? Thanks
0:05 He notado la secuencia "Lennon" de Norwegian Wood... !
I use the sus4 in the turnaround in Lyin' Eyes.
don't think i didn't notice that bit of Flying in a Blue Dream!
Beautiful sir 💐💐
Thanks! Happy Holidays.
I accidentally stumbled upon Asus when trying to do Am during practice with your app. (At least that’s what the internet says it’s called lol.). It sounds pretty cool!
Justin, at the end of your video, bless you. Have you hear this tune from beatiful czech band KATAPULT Blues opuštěný postele? It is written in happy major scale, but it sounds very sad and in this song are used SUS chords very well. This song is yet so great after many and many years.
Also shift the whole thing up to the 5th 7th fret etc - but maybe that's a slightly different topic. Have a good Xmas Justin.
I’m having that d minor lick you stumbled on, right up my street that
Interesting lesson...
18:45 Bless U!!!
It works
On the surface of it, D seems like a quite restrictive chord on guitar.. but I have noticed how many variations there are, and how many artists like.... Neil young .. Bob Dylan... Roy harper... Often use them
I know you were not super enthusiastic about that flat9 voicing but it may be my favourite discovery from this video. I'm not suggesting you use it all the time. but the tension is a really surprising colour that adds a lot.
a simple thankyou :)
LRB - "Home On A Monday" Dsus2/C
D..d add 2..d Sus 4 is the bit in stairway just before the solo 😁
Very nice.
What fingers should I move and take off? When or at what time?
@JustinGuitar I have a question: should I move my thumb behind the neck while changing between the D, Dsus4 and Dsus2? I suspect I should learn doing that with the mute on, but it feels impossible, fingers are so tight on the strings. I'm so confused which is correct and how to learn those grips. Could you help with a comment?
Normally, it should stay where it is and only some fingers on the fretboard are being lifted/put down. Are you pressing down the strings too hard? finding the right pressure is a crucial part to avoid bad habits, bad posture, less fluent plays etc. | LievenDV | JustinGuitar Official Guide, Approved Teacher & Moderator
@@justinguitar Thank you so much for the answer. Playing those embelishments (sus chords) is easy if I hold my thumb behind the neck but hard when I'm muting the low E string. I don't feel that I put more pressure then, frankly I'cannot find out what's going on. But your comment that I should be able to use Dsus chords regardles of muting the E string with the thumb helps a lot - I will simply try to find the way. I Wasn't sure what is correct and thought maybe I should just move the thumb and that's all there is to it. Thanks again!
Please give me some clue about strumming pattern...i have idea about that
Justin, is your guitar plugged into the Kemper? Are there usable profiles for acoustic?
New to your channel, excellent vid! I;ve been playing and gigging for many years, both electric and acoustic, and I definitely picked up a couple things I want to try. By the way, what is that guitar? It sounds awesome!
Love the tat! Is it new?
thanks Justin lots of food for thought....but I am very surprised that a guitarist of your ability can't reach the 5th fret from the D chord..kind regards
Norweigan wood
What kind of guitar is that?
The D chord as actually caused me to quit trying due to extreme frustration twice in 5 years.
I’m 66, beginner for at least the fifth time. I’ve been following your videos so much recently that I play my blonde tele with my Tammy and speak with a British brogue. What kind of beer do we drink?
Is anyone else finding this one kind of hard? I can’t get some of these to ring out while muting the bottom 2 strings. Is it normal to have trouble with this at first?
You’ve just turned in to mark knopfler and that frustrating video he did where he started out talking about his guitar journey of 1 chord 1 strum and he just falls in to guitar hero. I can play a D til the cows come home, but it’s the strumming and picking that makes it sound ace…and kills me. Keep up the good work though and thanks for getting me started - 5years ago!
9:20 MARK = Baby Hold on to Me by Eddie Money :)
Thank god, it was driving me crazy trying to work out what that was!!
a major with open d string
Some of those chord combination reminded me of Free Falling by Tom Petty. Am I crazy?
That's possible, there is a limit to the amount of chord combinations you can make ;) | LievenDV | JustinGuitar Official Guide, Approved Teacher & Community Moderator
9:56 Norwegian Wood
as my Irish friends would say - "brilliant"
That D to D6 sounds like John Lennon, “Beautiful Boy”
😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
That one part sounds like Joe Satriani Flying in a Blue Dream.
These chords sound great I. Drop D tuning
Peccato che non conosco l'inglese ma devo ammettere che gli americani sono insuperabili nella loro praticità e non fumosi come i musicisti italiani
i'm sure if justin had more time he would have explored the D chords further up the neck of the guitar. there are plenty of them.
Lots of Ds, like I'm back in school.
My gf: stop playing that same D chord
Me: The hell you talking? I can play at least 69 different Ds.
in reality:
-D power chord
-Dsus4
-also D but in Barred
-still D but in A barred
-D but in C maj shape
yea, that's about it
I heard that the all open string chord is a Gm6, made famous by John Lennon back in the day. As he changed chords, he would just keep strumming...
Extra fingers? How many fingers are we supposed to have? I don't have "extra fingers".