If you want more lessons, sharing this video with your friends, online forums, etc. is a huge help! I also answer every comment on lesson videos. I’ll always do gear videos, but I love to teach guitar as well.

@scottbeeler1532

15 күн бұрын

D(r) - A (5) - C# (7) - G(10) played on the A-D-G-B strings on the 5-7-6-8 fret respectively, is one of my favorite sounds, especially when transitioning to the “Hendrix chord” E7#9. It’s just so comfortable on the hands and the sound is such a happy blue and I never hear it anywhere.

@diegolatorre6793

15 күн бұрын

Please don't get My comment wrong, this video should be the explanation in between rock discipline by John Petrucci and Melodic Control by Friedman, lol. It's just hard For US man hahaha cheers from Peru.

@artistlovepeace

10 күн бұрын

Thank you for producing and sharing. I hope you influence a lot of people. You've influenced me.

This is the video that people need, but probably not the one they wanted... If it doesn't do as well as your gear related videos, I hope that doesn't discourage you from doing more like this. I would be interested in more stuff on harmonic progressions.

@andrefludd

29 күн бұрын

It won’t discourage me! I’ll add harmonic progressions to the lists. Maybe a list on my favorites

@cyberjujo4413

28 күн бұрын

Definitely second that.

@daves_

27 күн бұрын

@@cyberjujo4413 qnd I 2nd your second (now I have added tension)

@TVsBen

22 күн бұрын

I agree! I too would very much love to see a list of great harmonic progressions and what makes them work.

@dragonfx310

18 күн бұрын

I just discovered this channel and already, this video has helped clear the confusion of triads and its extensions for me when other videos didn't. Thank you! You explain things in a clear and detailed manner. Subscribed :).

"Don't argue with people. Just learn the chords you like" This video should be required reading before diving over to any guitar forum. 😂

@andrefludd

29 күн бұрын

Guitar players are the best and the worst. 🤣

This is what I’m after as a music theory deficient, frustrated 20-year guitar player. Great video mate. I’ve got some learning to do

Learnt more about chords in 16 minutes than in many, many hours of watching other channels and in reading "traditional" music theory books. That way you were intimidated by the 12,000 chords book is exactly how I'd feel if presented with it.

@andrefludd

27 күн бұрын

I’m glad it was helpful! I’ll keep trying to deliver

underrated channel.

8:32 repetition legitimizes 😀 This video is amazing. One of the best for guitar I have seen.

Wow at three minutes showing the nineth notes like that is actually seriously helpful and honesty just makes sense.

@andrefludd

29 күн бұрын

I'm glad it's helpful! That's something I've never seen anyone teach and growing up it took me years to figure it out on my own.

@Madchris8828

29 күн бұрын

@@andrefludd thanks Andre. Good video

I remember buying chord books too.i could never remember them till I learned the theory behind how to make chords.makes it much easier.love this music theory stuff

@andrefludd

24 күн бұрын

Agreed 100%

Haha the Google search at 2:06 on emptiness is a great subtle joke. Excellent video Andre, your video quality keeps getting better and better; very concise and clear intro to chord theory on guitar. One small tip I learned from video editing courses in college: for text in videos that you want the viewer to read, it should stay on screen for as long as it would take you to calmly read out loud.

@andrefludd

29 күн бұрын

Thank you!

@Robstafarian

28 күн бұрын

Yeah, I was distracted by the annoyance of having to pause to read.

Love this so much! 🤗 On my part i try to learn jazz and funk through only A major coming from a death metal/core background. This is what we all need, the 12000+ chords comment is great. Chords are just shapes and context, to get the right sound/feel, as far as i’m concerned right now. The major/minor relevance from 7th and upwards was great imo. Thanks a bunch and keep at it!

@andrefludd

29 күн бұрын

Thank you!

Thanks, Fludd! I've struggled a lot with chord theory and got bored using the same basic chords. You have really opened up the chord vocabulary a lot. Thanks again!

@andrefludd

4 күн бұрын

Glad I could help!

I can't believe you didn't mention diaphonic monochromatic philly dill-whomper 9th over 18th polytonic symphonic chords. This channel has definitely gone down hill.

@andrefludd

23 күн бұрын

I'm never going to live this one down. I'm sorry I failed you.

@yeetyfreety6938

22 күн бұрын

@@andrefludd Definitely need to make an apology video now. Anyhow, if you end up reading this have a good one man. Your videos are pretty awesome.

@GTORT

15 күн бұрын

Agreed

Sorry for the long comment 😅 I really enjoyed your content and couldn't keep it to myself. Just wow! I had started my music journey with my birthday gift keyboard and had learned theory mainly on the 12 keys. I recently grabbed my dad's old guitar to try and learn it and was discovering chords and resolutions on the 5 strings (cause the high e string was broke😂). I might have watched over a hundred videos on harmony and chords/progressions but I haven't come across a video quite like yours. This is the first video of yours that I watched and I can fairly say that I wanna watch more. The way you introduced chord inversions and how the quality of the chords get more sophisticated as we add extensions was very eye-opening for me. And you telling us that it doesn't necessarily make it more complicated, but, conversly, makes it simpler was spot on. You really seem to know what you're doing and what makes it even more striking is the comments you add and the guidance you provide. Even though I didn't exactly learn a new chord or a cadence or blah blah, I, for sure, am willing to ponder and experiment with my 5 stringed guitar because of the insight you gave me. Thank you for your insightful teaching and keep doing what you're doing. Much love from a graduating high schooler❤

@andrefludd

9 күн бұрын

Thank you so much! I really appreciate your comment! I’m going to do a similar video like this on scales and I have lots of other harmony videos coming soon!

Holy cow dre, that was a light hearted, yet hard hitting infodump that was fun and educational. You nailed it man.

@andrefludd

27 күн бұрын

Thank you!

Loved this video , just learned a lot , subscribed ! 👍

Wish I had this video when I was first learning guitar, would have saved me months

Great content. You’re a great teacher because you simplify the mountain of theory for people to visualize so they can learn the rules but then break them when the opportunity arises.

@andrefludd

9 күн бұрын

Thank you!

This is my favorite video of yours. It feels like it’s pitched precisely where I’m at right now. Thanks!

@andrefludd

23 күн бұрын

That means a lot to me. I have a lot more lessons coming thanks!

This is absolutely awesome of you, and truly helpful. Thanks a lot

@andrefludd

29 күн бұрын

I’m glad it was helpful!!

My Dr. dude, this was the best Ad for a guitar course I ever watched.

Great video! Well done! I love those 11 tensions chords, they add this tightening up or freeze like sound to the melody. In Julie’s London’s first album she does a take with Barney Kessel on guitar on the song “No Moon at All” he starts off with just that interval spread such as with with the “3rd and 11th” playing just the two notes, But a nice example of that sound purposed in a song.

This was just the video I needed! You explained this very well, great lesson!

@andrefludd

23 күн бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Thank you. This was so clearly explained and demonstrated. Also, I loved the clean tones and the precise articulation.

@andrefludd

24 күн бұрын

You're very welcome! Thanks for your comment

Love it! Liked and subscribed. Your guitar is so beautiful, it helped me stay focused and listen 😀

@andrefludd

10 күн бұрын

Awesome! Thank you!

Another great lesson Dr. Flood. Need to watch several more times to process fully.

@andrefludd

28 күн бұрын

Thank you! I’ll have more as well.

This is brilliant, and you are the best for sharing this with us. Feel super fortunate to be having this stuff broken down and getting to enjoy the benefits of getting better through learning. Thank you so much!!

@andrefludd

26 күн бұрын

My pleasure!

Excellent video

Great video…I like your advice at 13:40 Keypoints & First Steps! Thank you 🤙

I love the "soft rule" terminology.

The truth about chords and melodies on instruments is no matter how many videos or books you read, if u don't spend enough time with the instruments you might never get to see and understand it... I really think you get to enjoy songs more when you see these patterns... Great lesson 👏👏

@andrefludd

2 күн бұрын

Thank you!

Damn, this is such a huge help. Thank you. Im not even a minute in and everythings clicking for me so much more then it has before. Youre good man. For real.

This is the video that did it for me. Thank you, Dr Fludd.

@andrefludd

7 күн бұрын

You are very welcome

Loved this video. Thanks for making it.

@andrefludd

18 күн бұрын

My pleasure!

only halfway thru and im already subscribed, liked the video and commenting for the algorithm. more people should see this, it's an excellent explanation. great work 👍🏽

@andrefludd

15 күн бұрын

Thank you so much! More lessons coming very soon

tuned in for the old school Carvin guitar. I used to read those catalogues all the time lol

andre you are legitimately the best guitar teacher on all of youtube

@andrefludd

25 күн бұрын

That’s very kind of you! Thanks 😊

This video is excellent - thank you so much.

@andrefludd

26 күн бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@simonpark843

25 күн бұрын

@@andrefludd - your videos are always helpful and enjoyable, also.

Awesome. Thanks !!

Thanks to KZread algorithm Man you got a new subscriber

@andrefludd

15 күн бұрын

Thanks for subbing

thank You for this video, as a beginner it helped me grasp the logic of the cords and why they are created that way

@andrefludd

10 күн бұрын

My pleasure

Wow, i have never seen a better explanation ! I will share this Video with my Students

Heya that was really eye opening love it thank you very much 🎸🎵❤

@andrefludd

9 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching!

This was a great lesson for me ! I’ve been playing for a few years now, self taught, and I play quartet but this just put all the pieces together for me 🤯

@andrefludd

10 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching

I really like those massive numbers on the fretboard. It helps the viewer reference where you are. Great tutorial 🎉

@andrefludd

19 күн бұрын

Glad it was helpful! Thats why I have it

Thank you, glad I found you .

Great Lesson .. I'm gonna purchase your lessons ... Thanks !!!

@andrefludd

21 күн бұрын

Looking forward to seeing you there!

I wish all guitar tutorial videos used a guitar with that fretboard. Thank you! It astounds me how many such videos I see where the guitar has either no fret markings or markings that are difficult to see.

@andrefludd

15 күн бұрын

That’s exactly why I use it for all lessons!

Good video, helped jog my memory.. I remember how confusing all this was but you get there in the end

@andrefludd

2 күн бұрын

Glad it helped!

Thank you!

First time watching you. I gotta say, this was excellent.

@andrefludd

18 күн бұрын

Thank you!

Thank you for this, and thank you for making your course fairly priced.

@andrefludd

23 күн бұрын

My pleasure!

As an old guy that pretty much learned to play by ear this information is concise readily available study to give theoretical insight into what I know how to do , but lack the ability to define. I hope that makes sense. Until seeing this short video I have considered that an insurmountable t 11:06 ask. Thanks , I don’t mean to say this is simple as it is complicated but not fragmented information. You have interested me greatly sir.

@andrefludd

23 күн бұрын

I'm glad you found it helpful! And honestly, I do think once we get to the core principles, most of this is simple (Though very difficult to master!)

this is amazing

❤nice tuturial

Great video! And please go deeper into the confusing stuff. That's what I'm here for lol! I often think about sevenths and extensions as stacking triads on various chord tones but I haven't really managed to use that in any appreciable way.

@andrefludd

24 күн бұрын

That is certainly a correct way to see things. However, I think it’s much easier to implement on piano just by nature of the instrument vs the guitar. Stacking triads is a great approach for soloing on guitar but not so much playing chords (but again that is just my experience always do what works for you!)

Great video thanks. Subscribed.

@andrefludd

24 күн бұрын

Thank you!

Wow subscribed, Ive been self-taught in the last 4 years, but this technical info is priceless

@andrefludd

16 күн бұрын

A lot more coming!

This video is amazing!! I wish it was made earlier while I was accidentally stumbling into figuring it out by myself. Love videos and discussions about theory.

@andrefludd

23 күн бұрын

Thank you!

Love your videos!

@andrefludd

28 күн бұрын

Thank you!

great lesson!!!

@andrefludd

21 күн бұрын

Thanks! 😃

Bro I needed this in my life so hard 🎉

@andrefludd

2 күн бұрын

I got you covered!

More knowledge = more sound

Very interesting! Thanks! :)

@andrefludd

19 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Conclusion: I still don't get music theory but that's okay. 😂

@andrefludd

28 күн бұрын

😂 damn. I really thought I could solve it in 15 minutes.

@mike__durrett

28 күн бұрын

@@andrefludd it's not you, it's me. 😂

Love Carvins. Can't go wrong.

A very interesting video Andre, albeit at a breakneck speed. I think I'm pretty good on chord theory but there's always something to learn if you keep an open mind. Beautiful sounding guitar you've got there by the way. I think of scales as just guidelines and if all melodies were diatonic, some great songs would never have been written. I like your idea of soft rules.

@andrefludd

7 күн бұрын

Thank you!

Short version, Brilliant sir.

@andrefludd

23 күн бұрын

Thank you!

References to Rameau and Wagner in the same video... my absolute best memories attending operas have been at operas by those two composers. I don't really get the argument for why a 6 chord is not a 13, because 9ths are really 2nds, 11ths are 4ths, and neither 2 nor 4 are greater than 7... what did I miss? This video was really illuminating, thanks again!

@andrefludd

28 күн бұрын

Good question, so if you play every other note starting from 1 you get 1 3 5 7 9 for out 9 chords. But to get a 6 chord we don’t go every other note, instead it’s 1 3 5 6. So if you think in terms of octaves, the 6th is still in the same octave as the 1 3 5. But with a 9 chord, the 9th is in a different octave than the 1 3 5 7.

@liquensrollant

27 күн бұрын

@@andrefludd I think I'll have to watch that bit again, I am still stuck thinking that you could just go 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 and that would be a 6 chord. Or is it that a 6 chord is specifically a 13 chord *without* the 7, 9 and 11? Thanks heaps for replying anyway!

This is some of the best guitar content I’ve seen in years

@andrefludd

15 күн бұрын

Thank you!

Just subbed. I have always had a huge mental block on guitar, which is why I play by ear and shapes. I know how it works but I just can't utilize it.

I am sooooo grateful this video popped up in suggested vids. Been playing guitar for 30yrs, I’m no slouch, but mostly self-taught, I play these types of chords, but never knew the “mystery” behind the names, especially suspended and diminished. Andre!! Thank you so much! Fantastic content. I’ll be sharing this video with family and friends. My mum leads a local ukulele group, I think this video will give her great insight on how to explain chords to the group. You Rock bro!

@andrefludd

10 күн бұрын

Glad to help!

@8:38 i rhink perosnally is how u resolve it, obviously going 11 to 10(M), and then dropping a 4th seems natural or u could take a couple of steps and like sharp the eleventh and so some type of like dim 5 sus to I

Very interesting

This video on repeat is worth its weight in tuition.

@andrefludd

8 күн бұрын

Thank you!

Man I just strum along to radio rock songs using simplified top of the neck chords using the free version of the Chord U website don't know what the notes are couldn't explain what a key is to a child but this was pretty interesting nonetheless despite it pretty much going over my head.

Dr. Fludd, great work! i enjoyed your presentation. what did you mean when you said, learn every major triad in groups of 3 strings: EBG, BGD etc., i know it seems clear but i didn't get it.

@andrefludd

4 күн бұрын

Hi, every triad 3 notes which means you only need 3 strings to play it. So it’s good to learn how to play every triad on every set of string strings. E string b string and g string is one set of 3 strings. Etc

@maestroeba

2 күн бұрын

@@andrefludd Dr, fludd, thank you for you prompt response. because of your attention to detail, i will enroll in your course. i wish you great success! Dr.e.brian ashton

Great stuff! Thank you. By the way, I did begin to enjoy the natural 11 :)

@andrefludd

20 күн бұрын

Me too!

I know i need to watch this video, im a 15 year guitar player and i need to take the next step further.... but i can't man, sorry, will keep at the pentatonics, wish me luck, crazy guitar man.

Hey Andre, I keep refreshing every Friday for the last 3 weeks for a video about the new Strandberg. Any idea when that will come out?

@andrefludd

29 күн бұрын

Strandberg has been saying next week every week for the last 5 weeks 🤷🏾. I guess I wasn’t on the fancy list that got it a month ago.

@preetangad

29 күн бұрын

@@andrefludd thanks for responding. That's weird - maybe something went wrong with your order? I see it in stock on the Strandberg website and a lot on Reverb. My local store had 6 and still have 2 left.

Will need to return to this video for the following days..

This video made me wanna pick up my guitar and play weird chords lol

Hey Andre, I was wondering if you could ever muster up a talk on Jeff Buckley's guitar playing. Imo he's incredibly overlooked, despite thats where he spent most of his life. His skills are best showcased in his live bootlegs. One that immediately comes to mind is his cover 'the way young lovers do' the one thats titled "AMAZING" here on KZread

@andrefludd

19 күн бұрын

I’ll look into it! Thanks

Damn..I wish you were my guitar teacher. I had one before but I quit going to him after he discouraged me using a chord in a sequence I came up with…I asked him where I can go from that chord and he told me not to play it. It was the opposite of what I wanted…

@andrefludd

17 күн бұрын

I try to never discourage creativity. I’m sorry you had the experience but I hope you kept playing the chord!

The major isn't major and minor isn't minor part blew my mind.

@andrefludd

29 күн бұрын

Me too when I first put it all together!

Hello, at 9:25, shouldn't the Cadd9 chord be C E G + D instead of C E G + B ? Nice video !

@andrefludd

28 күн бұрын

If it’s C add 9 then yes D is the correct note. Probably a few other typos in the video 😅

I liked thinking of the realtive under for the chord, and perhaos whivh function i think i could also think of the superior. I am curuous, how 137, voicings stabalize in their function vs like adding the 5th and how that might be more like lsubversive dominant as the 5 is the relative 7th Also a lil angry that u used a sharl 6 in thr minor 6 chord example for thr fsharp dim minor, hurt my brain for a bit, dorian and other modes eff with my head

I want to follow along with this video, but I’ve tuned my guitar to an alternative tuning and I really don’t want to go back to standard, do I have to have it tuned in standard to follow along?

@fletch4231

2 күн бұрын

Ok idk what is going on this video is kinda hard to understand

@andrefludd

2 күн бұрын

This video is honestly made for standard tuning.

9:21 add 9 is D not B. im sure its just a typo tho! great video Dr Fludd

@andrefludd

20 күн бұрын

Yea it was a typo thanks!

my home has a green carvin so close to that one lol

How do you put all the theory, playing scales/chord professions, etc into actually making music that sounds "jazzy", or do you have a video for that? (I think that's where a lot of people get stuck). Maybe recommend some basic jazz tunes to start with...(with chord diagrams)

@andrefludd

8 күн бұрын

This is a fantastic video idea. Thank you, I'll eventually make a video on this topic.

@antav9371

8 күн бұрын

@@andrefludd Much appreciated.....I'm interested in that George Benson, Wes Montgomery sound. Although I've slowly grasped some of the theory, scales, etc. Just having trouble getting there. Appreciate your knowledge base and me being a "visual learner" I especially appreciate the chord fingering charts and fret board dots...makes it much easier to see where the fingers go as opposed to just tab/numbers. Thanks and take care.

@antav9371

8 күн бұрын

Oh, also sometimes I make up a riff or short string of notes that sound good to me, that I'd like to make into a song but have no clue on how to build around it with chords/notes to extend it into a song. An example of doing this would be helpful...maybe have a video where you make up a riff then build around it (ie, "this is where I'd use a major, minor, diminished chord" and why.) Thanks.

4:02 lol

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What college are you a professor at Brotha Fluud? I didn’t know you were a professor. I’m thinking of getting my masters in music eventually.

@andrefludd

22 күн бұрын

Good luck with your education goals! Shoot me an email if you ever need advice. Right now I’m at Macaulay Honors college. Before that Montclair State University.

@megajames3000

21 күн бұрын

@@andrefludd yes sir, will do! Congrats on your success as a professor and scholar. I’d like to do KZread at some point as well. I appreciate the reply. 🙏🏾

👍

FAN. TAS. TIC.

@andrefludd

28 күн бұрын

Thank you!

Bruh he got a sesame Street ass guitar

@andrefludd

18 күн бұрын

😂

Next video idea: Lydian should’ve been the natural major scale. 🫣

@andrefludd

26 күн бұрын

That's a hot take!

I wonder if a 'computer' would find a tension chord...'tense' too

I would love to read your PhD treatise. Musical note relationships (intervals) are very cultural. Sound is not quantised but intervals are. Note quantisation is the core of musical theory in all cultures.