Incredibly Odd Guitar Chords (and how to use them)

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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.
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  • @PutingPinoy
    @PutingPinoy 3 года назад +759

    Absolutely loved the “Mars Volta” tune! Please complete that track.

  • @RC32Smiths01
    @RC32Smiths01 3 года назад +336

    Alternate video title: Playing Jazz
    Awesome work here man!

    • @chris_2714
      @chris_2714 3 года назад +4

      My thoughts too, very Jazz sounding

    • @macd1996
      @macd1996 3 года назад +1

      playing *j a z z*

  • @SeagoGuitarist
    @SeagoGuitarist 3 года назад +433

    I used to be in a band with three guitarists. It gave us a unique sound for melody and harmony given we could cover more ground on the guitar neck between us. I played a les paul through a Marshall adding texture and lead and the other two played acoustic guitars. At rehersal one night we spontaneously at the end of a song played three random(ish) chords in key on three separate sections of the neck and were surprised by how good it sounded. Joking around we figured it'd be funny/interesting to end songs with the same concept live. Each of us claiming a different part of the neck at some point during the song using gestures/signals and playing the most random, unusual notes we could. Sometimes in key, sometimes deliberately one or two frets off key. In the weirdest, most awkward positions we could get our hands into. Inevitably we either landed an incredible, rich, full sounding chord or absolute, derailed chaos. It either got a huge laugh from everyone in the room, or a huge round of applause! Either way we always had great fun with it. 😄😄

    • @ZaneDalton
      @ZaneDalton 3 года назад +14

      Lol that’s awesome!

    • @simondavid2519
      @simondavid2519 3 года назад +11

      Well I’m going to try this... 😂

    • @christiantolliver6331
      @christiantolliver6331 3 года назад +6

      Do you have any videos of this? It would be interesting to watch lol

    • @SeagoGuitarist
      @SeagoGuitarist 3 года назад +25

      @@christiantolliver6331 Unfortunately not, the band lasted a year or two if memory serves and was a challenge in almost every aspect excluding the music. We had a very spinal tap fight in a car park once over miss-communication of a P.A system for example. The singer assured us it was all taken care of. It turned out what he meant by that was, he was gunna ask our drummer if we could use his after turning up way after our best efforts at a chaotic, disorganised and already irritable sound check. Leaving us all very confused and out of the loop for a few hours. Which resulted in our understandably pissed off drummer having no choice but to drive home and fetch his so we could do the gig. (We were already getting close to the starting time. Our singer/guitarist often turned up at the last possible moment before a gig, leaving the rest of us to muck in for sound check and set ups etc. Wounds were pre-salty to be polite about it.). Police actually walked over to check if we were OK after hearing raised voices, I was stuck in the middle doing my best to calm things down. The police walked away laughing ultimately and in the end we somehow managed to play a good gig, although tensions were incredibly high. I recall kicking my amp out of sheer frustration at one point just because it was breaking in and out, which is very, very uncharacteristic of me honestly. There's the odd, random recording floating around I think. Given that story alone, you can probably imagine why there wasn't much done, especially professionally. 😂😅😎✌🙃

    • @christiantolliver6331
      @christiantolliver6331 3 года назад +5

      @@SeagoGuitarist wow that's crazy, being in a band definitely isn't as easy as movies/media make it out to be huh

  • @nathansizemore6114
    @nathansizemore6114 3 года назад +86

    You busted out the slide and I swear I thought free bird was coming

  • @andririki1298
    @andririki1298 3 года назад +73

    Sammy: makes sophisticated riff with odd chords.
    Meanwhile
    Me: "Cmaj7?....hmmm...this is odd"

    • @_ikako_
      @_ikako_ 3 года назад +2

      Best chord tbh

  • @daviddouk99
    @daviddouk99 3 года назад +794

    The thumbnail is the most not like samuraiguitarist-thumbnail I've ever seen

    • @mrbeatle1221
      @mrbeatle1221 3 года назад +70

      More of a Davie504 thumbnail lol

    • @LiMCRiMZ
      @LiMCRiMZ 3 года назад +5

      @Kalbo I'm gonna pretend like I'm far past that for the sake of saving my last dwindling shred of sanity.

    • @jacksonb8123
      @jacksonb8123 3 года назад +4

      *Samuraiguitaristest

    • @samhouston1979
      @samhouston1979 3 года назад +4

      DVD DVD Sumoguitarist

    • @michelsbrothers1533
      @michelsbrothers1533 3 года назад +1

      I was going to say the same thing

  • @Jamsville
    @Jamsville 3 года назад +397

    Next video: incredibly even guitar chords

    • @dxmirr
      @dxmirr 3 года назад +7

      underrated comment

    • @JimmyFeelsIt
      @JimmyFeelsIt 3 года назад +28

      *Plays C, D, E, Em, F, G, A, Am for 10 minutes*

    • @TheJipino
      @TheJipino 3 года назад +3

      Asus2/E?

    • @puddin432123
      @puddin432123 3 года назад +1

      x34032

    • @lior777
      @lior777 3 года назад +1

      C major add9

  • @netanelyatsenko666
    @netanelyatsenko666 3 года назад +255

    ok but the quentin tarantino was so crisp that we want a full version of it

  • @emileboucher
    @emileboucher 3 года назад +159

    I miss how you would give titles to all those Little songs 😢

    • @jacklevy3738
      @jacklevy3738 3 года назад +1

      Same

    • @ArceusFireForme
      @ArceusFireForme 3 года назад +3

      I was gonna comment about this. If it's tough I get why he wouldn't do it, but if it's a question of "do people like it" I really love those.

  • @yasirozer4782
    @yasirozer4782 3 года назад +84

    Ihave managed to play the holdsworth chord after a minute of literal stretching but i can't even dream of using it in a progression. Even with simplest chords like Am. It took literal minutes to position my fingers.

    • @aasserelzoghby6781
      @aasserelzoghby6781 3 года назад +14

      Do not do that so that you do not hurt your hand

    • @yasirozer4782
      @yasirozer4782 3 года назад +9

      @@aasserelzoghby6781 how considerate of you, thanks man lol

    • @heem8814
      @heem8814 3 года назад +2

      @@yasirozer4782 i don't care about your hand

    • @yasirozer4782
      @yasirozer4782 3 года назад +3

      @@heem8814 me neither but you're supposed to be benign you're a disgrace amongst tumors

    • @anuvette
      @anuvette 2 года назад

      @@yasirozer4782 love that

  • @jennekke
    @jennekke 3 года назад +7

    This is one of my favorite videos you’ve done. Your background in jazz gives you a perspective I don’t hear from anyone on the interwebs. Most of us guitarists are light on theory and heavy on braggadocio.

  • @moonboogien8908
    @moonboogien8908 3 года назад +6

    The last one was my favorite....
    Reminded of my dad picking around when I was a kid.
    He played like that allot. Trying new things and chilling out.....

  • @kevinogorman7561
    @kevinogorman7561 3 года назад +8

    I love how you use them in a musical setting. Could have been a boring straightforward video but you made it very interesting! Thanks as always Sammy G!

  • @WolfgangKeim1
    @WolfgangKeim1 3 года назад +23

    The scofieldish tune really rules.

  • @ahhhhyes
    @ahhhhyes 3 года назад +43

    Bruh that first song should be a full thing it slaps

  • @lorenzogiovannibotti
    @lorenzogiovannibotti 3 года назад +88

    Therapist: Prog metal samurai guitarist isn't real, he can't hurt you
    Prog metal samurai guitarist:

  • @DForSpiD
    @DForSpiD 3 года назад +6

    Really nice that you fully incorporated the chords, the only way I could make that first one work was as a passing dissonant note in another progression

  • @wearethehappyones18
    @wearethehappyones18 3 года назад +29

    Who else thought he was gonna get a bunch of weird chords and make 1 song with all of them

  • @adamfurnish8481
    @adamfurnish8481 3 года назад +44

    It’s not really an “odd” chord, because it’s pretty well known, but I really like the minor major 7’s. Also, the Minor 6 Add 9

    • @clintmclintock
      @clintmclintock 3 года назад +5

      It's very noir

    • @Xirrious
      @Xirrious 3 года назад +2

      Minor major 7s are basically augmented chords

    • @That_Darned_S
      @That_Darned_S 3 года назад

      6/9 chords are pretty common and they're great.

    • @tfwnoyandere
      @tfwnoyandere 6 месяцев назад

      you enjoy those minor seconds huh

    • @tfwnoyandere
      @tfwnoyandere 6 месяцев назад

      never mind i misinterpreted this as minor 6 minor add9

  • @johnnyCheeseburger
    @johnnyCheeseburger 3 года назад +7

    The craziest one that sticks out to me is a simple G minor chord from "Equinox" by Toru Takemitsu. It's in EbADGBbe tuning. The fingering requires you to press the low G with your thumb and use your pinky to play high D (10th fret) to A to Bb all on the first string.

  • @shanehosie5796
    @shanehosie5796 3 года назад

    Awesome stuff man love your work.

  • @Luke-dg2mx
    @Luke-dg2mx 3 года назад

    your tracks are awesome in this video man, love watching the jazz background come into play in so many different styles

  • @barbermot
    @barbermot 3 года назад

    Great video. I hope you'll create more content like this. Seeing you putting some theory into practice was very inspiring.

  • @Arkenboutmusic
    @Arkenboutmusic 3 года назад

    Incredible. I loved hearing these chords and enjoyed them in context. Thank you for expanding my musical vocabulary!

  • @cchristopher1677
    @cchristopher1677 3 года назад

    Please do another video like this! This was so fun to see your interpretation of these chords!!

  • @JSGH-JOE
    @JSGH-JOE 3 года назад

    Love the jams!!!

  • @semikolon6440
    @semikolon6440 3 года назад +1

    Man, this is by far the most musical guitar channel, so good!

  • @stephenbouchelle7706
    @stephenbouchelle7706 3 года назад +1

    Amazing that you can slide right into that last example chord during the progression.

  • @jungybrungis8118
    @jungybrungis8118 3 года назад

    @samuraiguitarist youre a legend dude, found your channel late 2019 and youre my favorite guitarist RUclipsr. Youre fucking awesome man, especially with the mars volta reference

  • @andrewbird233
    @andrewbird233 3 года назад

    Wow these are some crunchy tunes bro! Seriously some of of the best imo, keep it up!

  • @brokenbuffalo5608
    @brokenbuffalo5608 3 года назад

    possibly the best video of yours i've seen. thanks man.

  • @lesliecruzado2793
    @lesliecruzado2793 3 года назад

    Greatly done!

  • @simonebarbisan4490
    @simonebarbisan4490 3 года назад

    great playing!

  • @BartForfeit
    @BartForfeit 3 года назад

    Truly inspirational. Your compositions in this video have made some nice contributions to my ‘vocabulary’. Thank you. Liked and subscribed.

  • @cobb_thedrummer
    @cobb_thedrummer 3 года назад

    This is a cool video concept and I like what Samurai Guitarist did with them musically

  • @anneowen9288
    @anneowen9288 3 года назад

    Once again, very good playing

  • @juanpanchoec
    @juanpanchoec 3 года назад

    Oh boy! You are really a creative genius with an exquisite taste!
    I can't understand how you make so much dissonance sound so pleasing!

  • @davidsburton6103
    @davidsburton6103 3 года назад

    Always enjoy your content, but you really nailed the different distinctive styles of some of those artists in this one.

  • @maks886
    @maks886 3 года назад +18

    The pasword is on the back of the router
    The back of the router: Bbadd9m7sus13Amaj11ad9#8

  • @robbolandsvids
    @robbolandsvids 3 года назад +6

    You nailed that Scofield tune, nice one !

  • @ianleemusic
    @ianleemusic 3 года назад

    the mars volta thing, is so awesome! Haha, love it man

  • @neozzickmixes3987
    @neozzickmixes3987 3 года назад +2

    The Mars Volta esque tune almost reminded me of a Megaman track. Absolutely loved it

  • @sketchy4352
    @sketchy4352 3 года назад

    I’m saving up for a tele that looks like yours because you truly inspired me to pick up the guitar

  • @danielmccready1501
    @danielmccready1501 3 года назад

    That last chord where you take your thumb around is very similar to upright bass "thumb position" in the higher registers. Cool. Way to go man. Love the vids.

  • @heem8814
    @heem8814 3 года назад

    dude you gotta upload more these are gold

  • @nppro06
    @nppro06 3 года назад +1

    thanks sammy G ya love to see it. keep em coming w the weirdo chords

  • @QuinnParsley
    @QuinnParsley 3 года назад

    Gotta say, kuods on how awesome and musical all of your examples turned out! I particularly liked the Scofield and “Tarantino” examples!

  • @rawbhimself
    @rawbhimself 3 года назад +2

    That’s “Mars Volta” track was amazing!!!!
    More of this!! 🤯

  • @BigHogEntertainment
    @BigHogEntertainment 3 года назад

    It blows my mind how creative u are. All those demo songs are something I would expand into a full song

  • @darkChristian
    @darkChristian 3 года назад +1

    you are a well-rounded guitar slinger, cowboy keep it rockin and rollin always and forever

  • @UnAnsweredSolution
    @UnAnsweredSolution 3 года назад

    now my favorite video you've made

  • @lukerea3406
    @lukerea3406 3 года назад

    Love this

  • @silent-trouble
    @silent-trouble 3 года назад

    You are amazing. So much variety. Made me realize how limited my concept of music is...

  • @johnkesler5092
    @johnkesler5092 3 года назад

    really enjoyed...thanks

  • @Lbvg
    @Lbvg 3 года назад

    that was awesome. especially liked the maj7#11 chord

  • @1683clifton
    @1683clifton 3 года назад

    seriously good compositions man. I was entertained. Paul Davids called, said he wanted his gig back! lol

  • @zbchopss
    @zbchopss 3 года назад

    this was my favorite sammyg video yet!

  • @dmyers9230
    @dmyers9230 3 года назад

    Your awesome and inspiring. Time to go have fun on my guitar.

  • @MusicisPartofMe5
    @MusicisPartofMe5 3 года назад

    love this one

    • @MusicisPartofMe5
      @MusicisPartofMe5 3 года назад

      especially liked how you didnt immediately resort to using the chords as "weird jazz music chords to play hard jazz with" and instead actually used them in other musical settings, would love to see more of this... love the lydian b3 sound too :0

  • @jorge72371
    @jorge72371 3 года назад

    Really showing off that range! The Scofield bit was my fave.

  • @sammathis
    @sammathis 3 года назад

    I really enjoyed your tune with the Holdsworth chord.

  • @Stem667
    @Stem667 3 года назад

    That slide solo part in the second track is super sweet. You should make a full song out of it.

  • @jordanlucasthemusician
    @jordanlucasthemusician 3 года назад

    thank u sammy g, very cool

  • @liamroutledge4439
    @liamroutledge4439 3 года назад

    Holy shit this genuinely blew me away i clicked on thus vid because of the thumb nail but im impressed by how good you made these chords sound. Like i can see myself listening to this on my free time

  • @christophergirouard2391
    @christophergirouard2391 3 года назад

    Seriously inspired by the Mars Volta esque track - great work!

  • @Lacrete74
    @Lacrete74 3 года назад

    The tone of your Yellow Hofner is sweet ! Cheers Sammy g :-)

  • @sambaylin
    @sambaylin 3 года назад

    Dude you should do more of that sco type stuff, love how it sounds and how u play it

  • @ArturBrzozowski444
    @ArturBrzozowski444 3 года назад

    Recently I've learned bits of music theory and I must admit: It is really nice to know what you are talking about when you speak numbers but not tab

  • @kevinheger7001
    @kevinheger7001 3 года назад

    Wow that first tune was amazing! DUDE. Pleeeeeease start playing some more like that! I wanted to mosh INSTANTLY

  • @patrick-tx1tr
    @patrick-tx1tr 3 года назад

    This is a vibe

  • @shasha2727
    @shasha2727 3 года назад +1

    the grain on that fingerboard is A+

  • @japhetzila6235
    @japhetzila6235 3 года назад

    A lot of thanks for this huge work, and your help. Unfortunately, there are almost no advanced/strange chord lesson for guitar on the internet.

  • @KiwisCovers2112
    @KiwisCovers2112 3 года назад

    All of these sound amazing but the demo you made for The Elektra Chord was a beauty, sounded like a SRV song!

  • @GuitarLessonsBobbyCrispy
    @GuitarLessonsBobbyCrispy 3 года назад +16

    The hardest guitar chord I've ever played is Amaj7/B at the 7th fret position which is 1st string 4th fret, 2nd string 5th fret, 3rd string 6th fret, 4th string 7th fret and the 6th string 7th fret using your thumb.

  • @ronanmusic118
    @ronanmusic118 3 года назад

    Loved that Elektra one

  • @needfortweed8734
    @needfortweed8734 3 года назад +1

    I loved the Tarantino-track. He seems to look up those things from his record collection, but good ol' Sammy G just looks up the chord in that big brain of his and makes it work.

  • @paratrooperfrog1269
    @paratrooperfrog1269 3 года назад +2

    Nice!

  • @quinnmitchel4075
    @quinnmitchel4075 3 года назад

    Using cool unique chords in a heavy setting like first one is sick

  • @brunoromiti7708
    @brunoromiti7708 3 года назад

    amazing video concept, audience interaction, and musical criativity! loved the video! by the way, what is the name of the danelectro baritone model, is it the 66BT?

  • @1mariomaniac
    @1mariomaniac 3 года назад

    That first tune you made (the more chill version before the final one) reminds me of Gran Turismo in a way. specifically the older ones from the PS and PS2. Very nice 😊

  • @yrspookydad644
    @yrspookydad644 3 года назад +2

    The first chord is used really well in both 'texas flood' and 'the same things keep happening to me even in my dreams'

  • @redder0118
    @redder0118 3 года назад +81

    youre asking like these arent commonly used jazz. hey you there, can you solo over this cmin(maj7)6/9#11 chord?

    • @aqualili
      @aqualili 3 года назад +24

      you should call it cm/∆6 (#11)

    • @evm7368
      @evm7368 3 года назад +12

      Yeah just play any note and you're probably gonna be right

    • @redder0118
      @redder0118 3 года назад +4

      @@aqualili thank you i shall use this chord

    • @S7REULI
      @S7REULI 3 года назад +1

      yeah just play melodic minor #4 scale/lydian b3 and you're good to go

    • @GDJ113
      @GDJ113 3 года назад +11

      Isnt that Elon Musks kid?

  • @kowloonbroadcast
    @kowloonbroadcast Год назад

    wow, the Lydian (1st one) tune was quite unique and prog. i can’t remember hearing anything like this before, it would be rad to hear something of this nature fleshed out to a full composition.
    obviously it’s not the scale that gives this vibe to the tune, clearly it’s your structural and rhythmic approach. I, myself, also never found Lydian mode to be any inspirational lol. it’s cool that you were able to construct something really interesting with it

  • @arnottclark6959
    @arnottclark6959 3 года назад

    That first chord , I thought , no way ! Then when you arranged it in that track , not too bad ! Considering what you had to work with , that was very impressive !

  • @dylanplatas8869
    @dylanplatas8869 3 года назад +6

    So now Tarantino already has the main theme for kill bill 3, nice.

  • @troyklassen689
    @troyklassen689 3 года назад

    Those were incredible songs

  • @davidbarreracanon3446
    @davidbarreracanon3446 2 года назад

    The "Mars Volta" tune was awesome. I'd love to listen the full song.

  • @BillyMcBride
    @BillyMcBride 3 года назад +7

    I play the synthesizer, but not the guitar. I hardly ever play chords with my left hand, except for two note ones, especially octaves and fifths. I think this allows me to focus on the melodies, but I really never know what I am doing but I like and am surprised by the results.

    • @kingrobert1st
      @kingrobert1st 3 года назад +2

      This proves that theory is really unecessary.

  • @gun3562
    @gun3562 3 года назад

    the tarantino one was absolutely sick!!! so good

  • @jtparm2
    @jtparm2 3 года назад

    Last song reminds me of Bela Fleck. He loves to switch between minor and major keys for the A and B sections of melodies.

  •  3 года назад +1

    Somehow I knew there would be something Holdsworthy here, but I love it! (Allan and Sco ARE two of my favourite players.)

  • @GMigas
    @GMigas 3 года назад

    The spaced out style and overall minor tone give me major Crumb vibes, especially that last song, very nice

  • @MatthewFuntime
    @MatthewFuntime 3 года назад

    Thanks for using my suggestion, Sammy!

  • @matheus86871
    @matheus86871 3 года назад +2

    2:43 for someone "who only has a tube screamer" (not my words), SammyG sounded pretty awesome

  • @guillezav
    @guillezav 3 года назад

    this needs a part 2

  • @rubenpv
    @rubenpv 3 года назад

    Pretty cool dude

  • @JesseLeeKing
    @JesseLeeKing 3 года назад

    I loved the last chord but nice guitars bro

  • @MarcyKing
    @MarcyKing 3 года назад +1

    Hey I love your chanelllllllll!

  • @galantreentrant
    @galantreentrant 3 года назад

    That hofner hollowbody is gorgeous

  • @aidan8061
    @aidan8061 3 года назад +1

    Yes