This is going to sound really weird, but I got a very big hit of dopamine watching this lesson (and only made it through C and A before I had to stop and take a break). I've seen literally hundreds (if not thousands) of RUclips guitar instructionals, and generally I find them either too mechanistic for my taste or too challenging for my ability. This one hit at the right performance level for me, and beyond that, Justin seems focused on the sheer joy and ingenuity of trying and applying different chord voicings over the more common and conventional choices. This lessons resides somewhere beyond the rigors of learning to play guitar and the lofty aspiration to make beautiful music.
Not weird to me. Everytime I make a breakthrough with my guitar, I get another hit. I've been progressing at a much faster pace the last year, so it's been a real high time!
Wow, wow, I'm having so much fun with this! Now the problem is that I am discovering cool progressions and I have no idea how to identify the chords I'm playing because I don't see them in my chord chart. For now I'm just writing them down in a blank chord chart, but that may not be practical in the long run... Just signed up for the practical music theory in the hopes that I can figure this out.
This is why lessons are important. I've been screwing around for 20 years and never stumbled on to this. I understood the caged system, but this is a real eye-opener. Thank you.
@@justinguitar What you have done for teaching guitar is a model to be praised and recreated. It is one of the finest examples of how the internet can be used in a positive, constructive and horizon expanding way. Thank you.
One of the songs you may have been thinkin' of that uses the "D" all over is, "End of the Line" -Traveling Wilburys. Always great lessons/ideas.........
Man I even felt guilty that I watched this lesson for free, packed with so many valuable eye-opener information for someone who’s stucked with cowboy chords for years like me. Thank you for making and sharing content like this. It really makes me just wanna get home right away and pick my guitar up to practise.
Thx Justin. I always take some time when I’m just messing around, and find the most awful sounding shapes. Then I try to figure out how to make it work and sound really nice. Drives my wife insane because she’s one of Canada’s top opera performers, and wants everything correct the first time. Hence, why I frequently get locked in my office. -D. 😎
I started messing around with moving the the d chord and Bm chord around because they are easily accessible at the edge of the fretboard. You can strum the bottom 3 or 4 strings (I keep the Bm open on the D string). They are great to start experimenting with - and to be honest, it sounds really nice on every fret, unlike some of the other chord shapes that sound wonky in some of the frets (like the C chord example Justin showed first). That Spanish thing works with the D chord in the second, fourth and fifth frets (I think - I’m not holding my guitar) similar to what Justin showed with the A chord shape. I also kicked it up a notch recently by lifting each of my fingers on at a time or adding to experiment with the sounds, and most of the time it’s really cool sounding! I really haven’t tried moving other chord shapes too much on my own unless it’s been called for in song tabs. I am going to mess around with some of the others! I bet this would be fun to try with alternate tunings - especially the open alternates like Open E (ala “She Talks to Angels). Fun stuff!
Heya justin,paul here,im 46 and a newbie,always wanted to learn and 4 mths ago got a steel string acoustic,and at first i fel silly,coz i never held a guitar before,didnt even know how many strings,nothing,but 4mts on thanks to you justin,iv now got a couple of songs and a lot of intros,like ye know the intros and bits and pieces,i can play wonderwall by oasis,and lola by the kinks,and a mish mash od whiskey in the jar pat thin lizzy unplugged,but lots of bits and pieces,and i started from my first chord Eminor and G,then just snowballed,but its chords that if i know the chords in a song,il look and i would have to know it by ear too,then i pick up the strumming pattern easy,justin on the songs i know by ear 1,then chords 2,then i can get the strumming rythem easy just by start playing like trial and error,then when i think its alright,ish,i then look at the strumming pattern and 9 times out of 10 its just a bit of tweeking,the odd up when i went down,like ive noticed ii seem to start dwn dwn up dwn up dwn,or ther abouts,im prob wrong,but ah sorry justin im rambling,i get excited even lookin at my guitar,i dont feel silly,i feel like im on a journey,and the few times a day practicing takes me away,thanks to you and you tutorials,oh my guitar is a Jumbo model,so i go out to the shed coz it bellows out loud,or just use my thumb for the quite practess,alright thanks justin for all the help,sorry for rambling on🎸🎸🎸👌👌👌
WOW! 60 year old here who has been playing guitar for about a year and a half; Grade 2 Module 9 with JustinGuitar. This video just opens the gate WIDE for exploring SO MUCH OF THE GUITAR! Justin, you are such a great teacher, full of passion and enthusiasm. Thank you so much for this incredibly cool video; it really taps deeply into the well of one's musicality!
This may be one of the most inspiring guitar videos I've watched in a long time. A large part of this is that I used to do this all the time and then various teaching approaches reinforcing the idea that these are "not the grips you are looking for" got under my skin. Thank you so much for normalizing this kind of exploration.
I think this video just convinced me to get a journal and write out not only these but document the sounds I like in general. I’ve struggled with bar chords, got an electric a few days ago and though I was doomed to use a capo to play what I can play on acoustic. This unlocks sooo much more. And yea I know I should learn bar chords anyway… I will…
Perfect Justin. I would love to apply D7, F7, G7 and A7 chords in C pattern when I do busking. Literally, I sing and play guitar. This is really super amazing chords to be used❤
This was awesome Master(Guru)! I loved it! I guess my heart was looking for this kind of exploration! Thank you so much! Lots of love from India! Your fan, Mandy! ❤🤗🙏
I taught myself to play geetar back in the 90s. ( by watching others play- didn't learn the notes very much...i just played) I created my own songs and ultimately performed on the regular. I've paused playing for years and even forgot my own songs. So, I'm looking for a great channel to actually learn to notes and this channel speaks the learning skills language I understand. Thank you.
D'oh! I can't *believe* I never spotted the C-shape Eb Major! I've been trying all sorts of silliness to get an Eb Major...a barred D-shape which I found virtually impossible to get (or at least, make a smooth change to). Also I tried an inversion X110X3, which _kind_ of works, but you've got to press hard with your pinky on the top G, and mute the B-string, which is tricky. Anyway, I shall certainly be trying out the recommendations in this vid. Thanks Justin!
I was blown away by this video! I’ve been playing for over 50 years, and I rarely thought to try moving the open chords. What a great idea. It just goes to show you can always learn something new with the guitar.
I knew my basic chords,bar chords.but the caged shapes are awesome.when I learned them,I really took off.i figured out loads of little triad shapes from shorting them.then making them major 7s ,dom7s,6th chords,diminished,augmented,sus chords,then you got all the minor stuff.goes on and on .so cool
I like the way you hold your a shape chord . I’m trying to learn that way because I know you said it transitions easily to the E and the D. But I have huge fingers -I can do it at the second fret but as I go up higher it’s almost impossible. But I do like that variation. The regular way even using my pinky it’s a very very tight squeeze when I do it the normal way
Justin, thank you so much. I got a lot to say because for over three months i have learned so much from you. You are super motivating because you show things on guitar and freedom around it. This lesson turned my vision of chords in a wonderful way. I tried all the progressions you offered. It gave me really a lot of fun and amazement. In the process of learning each scale i tried the songs i know in a different way and most of them DO work in other mood. Some don't but that's music and art as it is. This lesson took me about a week, now i got a chord book based on your lesson. I got interested in CAGED and listened to many people, read some "manuals"... disappointment - too complicated, giving no practical usage, and most of them boring without examples. You are truly great. I could stop and play some 3-4 chords around for 15 more minutes, with diiferent replacements and strumming. It's definitely so much fun. Spending time with you is fun. Thank you again.
Sold!!! Damn, that's months worth of stuff for me in 20 minutes. Moving around the fret board is the perfect new way for me as a beginner to kick it up. Great great great. And, btw, he's often muting the 6 string (low E) with his middle finger on the C and E shapes
Great lesson Justin, certainly encourages me to start exploring more of the frets on the guitar. Pretty impressive was how you could just name what the cord shape was. I guess this comes with years of experience.
Thanks, this just opened my eyes..never know, I can't barr, I use to. I played in my teens to 25 years old. I'm 68 and picked it back up about 5 years ago. My hands don't do what they use to do. I believe if I never had put it down, would never had lost my finger strength. Great video!!
Hi Justin, many many thanks for your effort. I am a biginner, have my guitar 2 weeks and struggle to choose how to learn playing. I found your course and dicided to learn as you are suggesting. It make very sense to me what I must learn scales for. Thank you once again.
I have so much I could say about this video. I spent my life, made money even, playing what I call 3 chords and a capo songs. I always told myself I wanted to get away from that but never did. Now, here you are with this video. The paying gigs are gone, I'd set my guitar and capo aside, and today I find this. Time to create new calluses. Thank you.
Awesome lesson! I just found you here. I'm a disabled Army veteran. I just started taking guitar lessons with Guitars for Vets. They help veterans heal through the power of music. I love your channel. I'm always looking to learn more than just basic chords.
This is all so nice and interesting!! Is there a practical way to, besides learning and adding the new chords to the songbook, having an idea of what chords they are? I mean, before studying theory more seriously... Tks again for everything you do for guitar players!!
Awesome lesson. On top of learning, it is a pleasure to listen to you. You put so much passion and make it somfun and enjoyable. Today you’ve opened a myriad of possibilities to me. I finally get the caged.
So, not to get too deep in the weeds, but where would you put this type of practice in your system? Would you consider this technique or knowledge? Is there a point where something moves from one category to another? Like does learning a new scale pattern (which I assume would be knowledge area) become technique at some point depending on what you are practicing?
Justin, I've used moveable chords in my playing, however I've never heard of the C shape Eb chord. That chord sounds awesome after a C, and it definitely has a minor sound to it!
Thanks Justin. This was a huge light bulb moment for me. Ive been playing the same 6 songs ofr a while now, and ive been feeling like im just stagnating with my learning. This idea should spice up up thou.🍻🍻
Thanks Justin. Great to see tutorials that push mediocre guitarists like me to achieve a lot more colour and range in our guitar playing - and managing to do this in a way that's practical, methodical and a lot of fun. I'm ashamed to say I picked up my first guitar over 40 years ago but didn't push myself as far as I should've/could've. Had I had a teacher like you then I'd be extremely proficient by now. However, my wife bought me a new acoustic for Christmas in an attempt to get me playing as much as I did when we got married 30 years ago. Fortunately I'm now trying to make up for all those wasted years (I'm referring to my guitar practice, not my marriage) 😀 Anyhoo, thanks again 👍 By the way, I can't see the headstock. Is that a Sigma you're playing?
Excellent! I've written countless songs using cowboy chords. I've learned some of this through trial & error but I will watch THIS vid over & over & will write countless more songs from what I learn!! Thanks!!!!
This was exactly what I was looking for in a while! I tried to make these shapes myself (without any logic) but they would sound awful. Now I can practice these and make it actually sound like something lol. Thanks a lot!
I can think of a use for the G shape. Big empty by stone temple pilots - the chorus moves the open G from 3rd fret to 5th fret to 8th fret and it sounds great.
Hi. Just came across this lessons, fantastic,what a great way to explore the fret board never knew it was possible 😊, my finger picking has loads of new sounds to explore. Thanks. Merry Christmas 🎅. As Arnie said, I'll be back.
STOP singing on your videos, it puts MANY people off from watching...this has been the only video I could tolerate watching, more like these please...😂
Once again, really inspiring. Just got my fingers bleeding (not quite really, but close enough 😎😎). By the way, I was wondering if you could make a clip about your prigade of guitars. Just a few tunes with each and a little story about it and why that particular guitar. Would be interesting (i think).
Fmaj7 slides up to a G-ish, then an A-ish. I stole if from "Can't Find My Way Home" Blind Faith. I don't know if it is right or wrong... But it sounds cool.
I think it's important for beginners to know that if they can play, say, the d shape, then they can't just play the d chord, they can play loads of chords. They payback for learning just one easy shape is huge, making it much more rewarding and enjoyable.
Thank you for this lesson Justin this is one I’m gonna come back to over and over again. This is absolutely eye-opening -just in exploring all these amazing different sounds and variations! I’m exploring the a shape right now and I’m just completely amazed thank you!
That A and E shapes are just bar chords. Add your ring finger two frets below and you have all your bar chords that sound perfect in every fret - unlike what you were experiencing in the 'didn't sound so good' frets. Just add the bar and it will sound fine. Maybe I'm missing something ?
i cant imagine how good i would be if I had justinguitar around when i started out. Fumbling around without a smartphone or a personal laptop for reference, only with printed tabs and some books.
Ive been doing this with the E A7 and the A for a while but didnt have the theory to identify the chord to apply it to songs. Heading over to the web site. Thanks Justin.
Finally someone talks about this stuff! Seriously Justin listen to a band called Ezio, a song called The Angel Song or the live version of Braver Than You Are for some truly beautiful c-shaped Em chords
This is a great lesson, Justin. What a treasure you are. Thank you! I wanted to point out that the G chord is much more moveable if you play it with the D on the second string (instead of leaving the string open) as well as the G on the first.
Missed opportunity on the C-shape at the 5th fret -> add the pinky on the G-string 7th fret for an E7 chord. I use this in SRV songs and E-blues endings all the time.
Guitars are weird. Or maybe, music is weird. I mean, just the way one chord position sounds weird here, but slide it up one fret and suddenly it's great. Great video too. I'll come back to this.
Smoking weed is great for being creative with what you've already learnt, but terrible for actually learning something new! I smoked a fat one b4 this and I've just noticed it's nearly finished and I've just been enjoying Justin talking and noodling around, but learnt nothing! Ha ☺️
Justin your looked like your really enjoyed this one and it was great to see your just having a little play with it all as you went along! One thing it's highlighted for me is that for a lot of the steps up a fret, I couldn't actually hear any difference! I have to really break it down and slowly compare it to the one before in order to detect any difference. Nothing wrong with my hearing and I ruined the guitar again in case that was an issue.. I'm just not very sensitive to subtle changes in tones I think 😢
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Wow, so happy I stumbled on this. Great instructional video. Thanks for posting 🙏
I definitely subscribed.
This is going to sound really weird, but I got a very big hit of dopamine watching this lesson (and only made it through C and A before I had to stop and take a break). I've seen literally hundreds (if not thousands) of RUclips guitar instructionals, and generally I find them either too mechanistic for my taste or too challenging for my ability. This one hit at the right performance level for me, and beyond that, Justin seems focused on the sheer joy and ingenuity of trying and applying different chord voicings over the more common and conventional choices. This lessons resides somewhere beyond the rigors of learning to play guitar and the lofty aspiration to make beautiful music.
he inspires hope :)
Not weird to me. Everytime I make a breakthrough with my guitar, I get another hit. I've been progressing at a much faster pace the last year, so it's been a real high time!
I absolutely came here to say this. This to me was the greatest acoustic guitar lesson ever.
Great comment, I agree!
Just came across your old video 14yrs old, now I'm here love your work brother. Love how the background has changed
God bless you, Justin.
This will help me play better, thank you!
You just make it look so easy, but I know it's lots of practice.
Wow, wow, I'm having so much fun with this! Now the problem is that I am discovering cool progressions and I have no idea how to identify the chords I'm playing because I don't see them in my chord chart. For now I'm just writing them down in a blank chord chart, but that may not be practical in the long run... Just signed up for the practical music theory in the hopes that I can figure this out.
Love those fake flamenco chords. They sound very cool
:)
I like it ..
This is why lessons are important. I've been screwing around for 20 years and never stumbled on to this. I understood the caged system, but this is a real eye-opener. Thank you.
Comments like yours are very motivating! :) Thank you.
@@justinguitar What you have done for teaching guitar is a model to be praised and recreated. It is one of the finest examples of how the internet can be used in a positive, constructive and horizon expanding way. Thank you.
Same here! Very instructive lesson!
Thx from The Netherlands.
This video opened a complete unused part of my guitar. I'm certain I'm going to explore more as you suggest.
Absolutely great I've really studied the cage system but this opens up a whole new can of worms thank you very much Justin .
Had to stop 6 minutes in and pick up the guitar with excitement, what a great lesson !
One of the songs you may have been thinkin' of that uses the "D" all over is, "End of the Line" -Traveling Wilburys. Always great lessons/ideas.........
This is the first CAGED lesson that really makes sense to me. Thank you. A lot of new things to try out.
Man I even felt guilty that I watched this lesson for free, packed with so many valuable eye-opener information for someone who’s stucked with cowboy chords for years like me. Thank you for making and sharing content like this. It really makes me just wanna get home right away and pick my guitar up to practise.
Can’t wait to try this and jump up my plateau in my guitar playing. Thank you!!
Have fun! It really is a great place to do that :)
One of the best "explore and try yourself" lessons for guitar I have ever seen on RUclips! Bravo Justin!
Thx Justin. I always take some time when I’m just messing around, and find the most awful sounding shapes. Then I try to figure out how to make it work and sound really nice. Drives my wife insane because she’s one of Canada’s top opera performers, and wants everything correct the first time. Hence, why I frequently get locked in my office. -D. 😎
Wow what a crazy situation, i guess it makes you up your game.
@@martynspooner5822 Yeah, it’s like some kind of twist on “Misery”, only I can quickly changing the chord and get out when I want to!
Really nice method! Well done
When I'm reading this comment, RUclips paused the video and started playing a commercial with Habanera in the background, WTH?
@@zerosugarmatcha7348 The Dan Levy “pelvicular” ad?
I started messing around with moving the the d chord and Bm chord around because they are easily accessible at the edge of the fretboard. You can strum the bottom 3 or 4 strings (I keep the Bm open on the D string). They are great to start experimenting with - and to be honest, it sounds really nice on every fret, unlike some of the other chord shapes that sound wonky in some of the frets (like the C chord example Justin showed first).
That Spanish thing works with the D chord in the second, fourth and fifth frets (I think - I’m not holding my guitar) similar to what Justin showed with the A chord shape.
I also kicked it up a notch recently by lifting each of my fingers on at a time or adding to experiment with the sounds, and most of the time it’s really cool sounding!
I really haven’t tried moving other chord shapes too much on my own unless it’s been called for in song tabs. I am going to mess around with some of the others!
I bet this would be fun to try with alternate tunings - especially the open alternates like Open E (ala “She Talks to Angels).
Fun stuff!
Heya justin,paul here,im 46 and a newbie,always wanted to learn and 4 mths ago got a steel string acoustic,and at first i fel silly,coz i never held a guitar before,didnt even know how many strings,nothing,but 4mts on thanks to you justin,iv now got a couple of songs and a lot of intros,like ye know the intros and bits and pieces,i can play wonderwall by oasis,and lola by the kinks,and a mish mash od whiskey in the jar pat thin lizzy unplugged,but lots of bits and pieces,and i started from my first chord Eminor and G,then just snowballed,but its chords that if i know the chords in a song,il look and i would have to know it by ear too,then i pick up the strumming pattern easy,justin on the songs i know by ear 1,then chords 2,then i can get the strumming rythem easy just by start playing like trial and error,then when i think its alright,ish,i then look at the strumming pattern and 9 times out of 10 its just a bit of tweeking,the odd up when i went down,like ive noticed ii seem to start dwn dwn up dwn up dwn,or ther abouts,im prob wrong,but ah sorry justin im rambling,i get excited even lookin at my guitar,i dont feel silly,i feel like im on a journey,and the few times a day practicing takes me away,thanks to you and you tutorials,oh my guitar is a Jumbo model,so i go out to the shed coz it bellows out loud,or just use my thumb for the quite practess,alright thanks justin for all the help,sorry for rambling on🎸🎸🎸👌👌👌
WOW! 60 year old here who has been playing guitar for about a year and a half; Grade 2 Module 9 with JustinGuitar. This video just opens the gate WIDE for exploring SO MUCH OF THE GUITAR! Justin, you are such a great teacher, full of passion and enthusiasm. Thank you so much for this incredibly cool video; it really taps deeply into the well of one's musicality!
Such a good lesson Justin. Especially for people like me who are afraid of moving down the fret board but really want to. Thank you. 🤗🤗🤗
This may be one of the most inspiring guitar videos I've watched in a long time. A large part of this is that I used to do this all the time and then various teaching approaches reinforcing the idea that these are "not the grips you are looking for" got under my skin. Thank you so much for normalizing this kind of exploration.
Wow, thanks! I appreciate your comment a very big deal. :)
I think this video just convinced me to get a journal and write out not only these but document the sounds I like in general. I’ve struggled with bar chords, got an electric a few days ago and though I was doomed to use a capo to play what I can play on acoustic. This unlocks sooo much more.
And yea I know I should learn bar chords anyway… I will…
Love this lesson! I was just learning the intro/outro for The Traveling Wilburys, End of the Line, which uses that moveable D shape!
Perfect Justin. I would love to apply D7, F7, G7 and A7 chords in C pattern when I do busking. Literally, I sing and play guitar. This is really super amazing chords to be used❤
This was awesome Master(Guru)! I loved it! I guess my heart was looking for this kind of exploration! Thank you so much! Lots of love from India! Your fan, Mandy! ❤🤗🙏
I taught myself to play geetar back in the 90s. ( by watching others play- didn't learn the notes very much...i just played) I created my own songs and ultimately performed on the regular. I've paused playing for years and even forgot my own songs. So, I'm looking for a great channel to actually learn to notes and this channel speaks the learning skills language I understand. Thank you.
D'oh! I can't *believe* I never spotted the C-shape Eb Major! I've been trying all sorts of silliness to get an Eb Major...a barred D-shape which I found virtually impossible to get (or at least, make a smooth change to). Also I tried an inversion X110X3, which _kind_ of works, but you've got to press hard with your pinky on the top G, and mute the B-string, which is tricky.
Anyway, I shall certainly be trying out the recommendations in this vid. Thanks Justin!
I was blown away by this video! I’ve been playing for over 50 years, and I rarely thought to try moving the open chords. What a great idea. It just goes to show you can always learn something new with the guitar.
I knew my basic chords,bar chords.but the caged shapes are awesome.when I learned them,I really took off.i figured out loads of little triad shapes from shorting them.then making them major 7s ,dom7s,6th chords,diminished,augmented,sus chords,then you got all the minor stuff.goes on and on .so cool
I like the way you hold your a shape chord . I’m trying to learn that way because I know you said it transitions easily to the E and the D. But I have huge fingers -I can do it at the second fret but as I go up higher it’s almost impossible. But I do like that variation. The regular way even using my pinky it’s a very very tight squeeze when I do it the normal way
You've just taken 1-4-5 to a new level!
Actually, Steve Howe from Yes does a lot with open voicing.
Great video!
Hi Justin. Thanks a lot for your dedicated guitar lessons.
This one is another super!!👍🏻
Thanks! Appreciate your support :)
The G works if you do the fret the B string with your ring finger and the high E string with you pinky. Pearl Jam’s Porch…
Justin, thank you so much. I got a lot to say because for over three months i have learned so much from you. You are super motivating because you show things on guitar and freedom around it. This lesson turned my vision of chords in a wonderful way. I tried all the progressions you offered. It gave me really a lot of fun and amazement. In the process of learning each scale i tried the songs i know in a different way and most of them DO work in other mood. Some don't but that's music and art as it is. This lesson took me about a week, now i got a chord book based on your lesson. I got interested in CAGED and listened to many people, read some "manuals"... disappointment - too complicated, giving no practical usage, and most of them boring without examples. You are truly great. I could stop and play some 3-4 chords around for 15 more minutes, with diiferent replacements and strumming. It's definitely so much fun. Spending time with you is fun. Thank you again.
Sold!!! Damn, that's months worth of stuff for me in 20 minutes. Moving around the fret board is the perfect new way for me as a beginner to kick it up. Great great great. And, btw, he's often muting the 6 string (low E) with his middle finger on the C and E shapes
This is great. I can't do Barre chords so this enables me to add colour to my simple chords. Very useful indeed.
Great lesson Justin, certainly encourages me to start exploring more of the frets on the guitar. Pretty impressive was how you could just name what the cord shape was. I guess this comes with years of experience.
Ditto on his ability to so quickly name all those chords; really cool.
Thanks, this just opened my eyes..never know, I can't barr, I use to. I played in my teens to 25 years old. I'm 68 and picked it back up about 5 years ago. My hands don't do what they use to do. I believe if I never had put it down, would never had lost my finger strength. Great video!!
Holy shi…. Justin you just opened up my fretboard world I’ve been struggling with for years in 30 plus minutes.
Thx man.
Hi Justin,
many many thanks for your effort. I am a biginner, have my guitar 2 weeks and struggle to choose how to learn playing. I found your course and dicided to learn as you are suggesting. It make very sense to me what I must learn scales for. Thank you once again.
I have so much I could say about this video. I spent my life, made money even, playing what I call 3 chords and a capo songs. I always told myself I wanted to get away from that but never did. Now, here you are with this video. The paying gigs are gone, I'd set my guitar and capo aside, and today I find this. Time to create new calluses. Thank you.
Thanks Justin,
Your such a blessing! Wonderful lesson, can’t wait to try it..Thank you so much😊
Excellent demonstration. Thanks!! Could you do a similar video with basic chords but more focused on fingerstyle?
Great suggestion!
The Stone Temple Pilots used the movable G a lot, but there was generally so much distortion it all blended.
Awesome lesson! I just found you here. I'm a disabled Army veteran. I just started taking guitar lessons with Guitars for Vets. They help veterans heal through the power of music. I love your channel. I'm always looking to learn more than just basic chords.
This is all so nice and interesting!! Is there a practical way to, besides learning and adding the new chords to the songbook, having an idea of what chords they are? I mean, before studying theory more seriously... Tks again for everything you do for guitar players!!
When you were moving the E, the Allman Brothers Melissa came to mind. Good one to practice for this
Awesome lesson. On top of learning, it is a pleasure to listen to you. You put so much passion and make it somfun and enjoyable. Today you’ve opened a myriad of possibilities to me. I finally get the caged.
So, not to get too deep in the weeds, but where would you put this type of practice in your system? Would you consider this technique or knowledge? Is there a point where something moves from one category to another? Like does learning a new scale pattern (which I assume would be knowledge area) become technique at some point depending on what you are practicing?
Justin, I've used moveable chords in my playing, however I've never heard of the C shape Eb chord. That chord sounds awesome after a C, and it definitely has a minor sound to it!
Thanks Justin. This was a huge light bulb moment for me. Ive been playing the same 6 songs ofr a while now, and ive been feeling like im just stagnating with my learning.
This idea should spice up up thou.🍻🍻
Great lesson, really beautiful sounds! Thanks so much!
My pleasure! :)
Thanks Justin. Great to see tutorials that push mediocre guitarists like me to achieve a lot more colour and range in our guitar playing - and managing to do this in a way that's practical, methodical and a lot of fun. I'm ashamed to say I picked up my first guitar over 40 years ago but didn't push myself as far as I should've/could've. Had I had a teacher like you then I'd be extremely proficient by now. However, my wife bought me a new acoustic for Christmas in an attempt to get me playing as much as I did when we got married 30 years ago. Fortunately I'm now trying to make up for all those wasted years (I'm referring to my guitar practice, not my marriage) 😀 Anyhoo, thanks again 👍 By the way, I can't see the headstock. Is that a Sigma you're playing?
Excellent lesson, Justin. The takeaway: if it sounds good, it is good! Thanks always
This x 1,000,000. This teaches you to be fearless and trust your gut (and ears)
Excellent! I've written countless songs using cowboy chords. I've learned some of this through trial & error but I will watch THIS vid over & over & will write countless more songs from what I learn!! Thanks!!!!
25:24 was this based on an actual song, or were you just playing random chords?
It is a real song but I don't know the name either. I want to learn the full song
I'm going to spend several weeks with this lesson. Thank you, Justin!!!
Justin's a genius. All these years of boring chords for my songwriting and he sorts it in 30 minutes!
This was exactly what I was looking for in a while! I tried to make these shapes myself (without any logic) but they would sound awful. Now I can practice these and make it actually sound like something lol. Thanks a lot!
If you keep the sus 4 hammered down you can find some good spots for the G shape
Thank you sir loving from Nepal
Loads of love back to you!
This is the best video I've seen from you so far. Please do more like this.
I can think of a use for the G shape. Big empty by stone temple pilots - the chorus moves the open G from 3rd fret to 5th fret to 8th fret and it sounds great.
Porch Pearl Jam. lot o G shapes
This lesson's an absolute goldmine just on its own!
This channel deserves more subscribers. The expert is sharing all this in a very well organised and systematic way on his Website. Thank you.
This is great. I’ve been doing this already, intuitively. But seeing an explanation behind musical structure is very helpful. Thanks!
This is a fantastic video! What an eye opener.. I’ve been going through your lessons online and you are the best teacher I’ve had!
Wow, thank you!
Thank you! I have been struggling with the bar chords in learning the CAGED system, and this just opens new doors for me as I continue to learn.
You're totally awesome 💞💯🎸 Thank you so very much for being loving , kind and cool. You rock 🌹🥰🎉 The Lord be with you 💞🦁🐑🙏✌🌏🌎🌍 I'm taking notes 😊👍
Just wanted to tell you how much I appreciate you sharing your knowledge for free. Definitely will be donating/subscribing.
This is a superb lesson; there's so much to delve into AND it gives you the tools to mindset to explore further. Hats off to you Justin! Thank you.
I took some guitar classes in college years ago.They stressed the importance of the Nashville number system along with inversion chords.
Amazing how moving one step up can go from awful to awesome. Or just dropping that little finger down and it changes everything. Great idea.
Hi. Just came across this lessons, fantastic,what a great way to explore the fret board never knew it was possible 😊, my finger picking has loads of new sounds to explore. Thanks. Merry Christmas 🎅. As Arnie said, I'll be back.
STOP singing on your videos, it puts MANY people off from watching...this has been the only video I could tolerate watching, more like these please...😂
Mind blowing ! I recently starter doing this without knowing about this video. But i will greatly benefit from this. thank you
That E B A sliding up with the pinky E shape sounds like 'She Said' by Longpigs to me. I'm pretty tone deaf though so probably not actually.
The first few minutes was enough for me.
I am going to drive my lot mad now.
Thank you Justin.
Gomez? great band..You kinda made them sound irrelevant..Have a listen to "How We Operate" amazing record..
I only just realized that the CAGED system wasn’t about the fretboard being broken up into areas called cages.
Once again, really inspiring. Just got my fingers bleeding (not quite really, but close enough 😎😎). By the way, I was wondering if you could make a clip about your prigade of guitars. Just a few tunes with each and a little story about it and why that particular guitar. Would be interesting (i think).
Fmaj7 slides up to a G-ish, then an A-ish. I stole if from "Can't Find My Way Home" Blind Faith.
I don't know if it is right or wrong... But it sounds cool.
I think it's important for beginners to know that if they can play, say, the d shape, then they can't just play the d chord, they can play loads of chords. They payback for learning just one easy shape is huge, making it much more rewarding and enjoyable.
Wanky? Its a perfect word. Justinism😊 Thank you for teaching!!!
Justin .... thank you. Great information. I knew about 4 string F and D but never thought about doing the rest.👍👍👍
Thank you for this lesson Justin this is one I’m gonna come back to over and over again. This is absolutely eye-opening -just in exploring all these amazing different sounds and variations! I’m exploring the a shape right now and I’m just completely amazed thank you!
That A and E shapes are just bar chords. Add your ring finger two frets below and you have all your bar chords that sound perfect in every fret - unlike what you were experiencing in the 'didn't sound so good' frets. Just add the bar and it will sound fine. Maybe I'm missing something ?
i cant imagine how good i would be if I had justinguitar around when i started out. Fumbling around without a smartphone or a personal laptop for reference, only with printed tabs and some books.
Ive been doing this with the E A7 and the A for a while but didnt have the theory to identify the chord to apply it to songs. Heading over to the web site. Thanks Justin.
Finally someone talks about this stuff! Seriously Justin listen to a band called Ezio, a song called The Angel Song or the live version of Braver Than You Are for some truly beautiful c-shaped Em chords
C-F-G at 6.29min wonderful! 😍
This is a great lesson, Justin. What a treasure you are. Thank you! I wanted to point out that the G chord is much more moveable if you play it with the D on the second string (instead of leaving the string open) as well as the G on the first.
Missed opportunity on the C-shape at the 5th fret -> add the pinky on the G-string 7th fret for an E7 chord. I use this in SRV songs and E-blues endings all the time.
Fantastic. I had no idea that open chords were so flexible! Thank you!
Guitars are weird. Or maybe, music is weird. I mean, just the way one chord position sounds weird here, but slide it up one fret and suddenly it's great.
Great video too. I'll come back to this.
Smoking weed is great for being creative with what you've already learnt, but terrible for actually learning something new! I smoked a fat one b4 this and I've just noticed it's nearly finished and I've just been enjoying Justin talking and noodling around, but learnt nothing! Ha ☺️
Just saw this, last 4 weeks been recording this same stuff making riffs. BTW, I know how to use G shape to cool effect.
Justin your looked like your really enjoyed this one and it was great to see your just having a little play with it all as you went along!
One thing it's highlighted for me is that for a lot of the steps up a fret, I couldn't actually hear any difference!
I have to really break it down and slowly compare it to the one before in order to detect any difference.
Nothing wrong with my hearing and I ruined the guitar again in case that was an issue..
I'm just not very sensitive to subtle changes in tones I think 😢