"When it's used right, everybody gets pleasure from it." -C69 Some things do translated into multiple aspects of life.

@nisfornick

2 жыл бұрын

But if it's used in the wrong setting it can be awkward, clumsy and just a bit of a mess... ;-)

The smiths' "bigmouth strikes again" has that "D add9add11" chord you talked about (the song is played with a capo on the 4th fret so it's actually an "F# add9add11", but the voicing is the same). I like it quite a bit, you should check it out!

@lovroknezevic8555

2 жыл бұрын

Came here to say this. Johnny Marr uses this chord shape extensively, as well as some triad shapes on the high strings

@carsonpicard1973

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly what I thought of

@Shonji_Ikori

2 жыл бұрын

@@lovroknezevic8555 That's Johnny Fucking Marr to you

@alexamderhamiltom5238

2 жыл бұрын

okay, let me ask you this stupid question. which key is this magic chord belong to?

@JoaoVictor-xi7nh

2 жыл бұрын

@@alexamderhamiltom5238 @alexamder hamiltom Sorry, I dont know if I understood your question. If youre asking if this chord belongs to a specific key (wich is what I understood your question is asking), then i gotta inform you that chords dont really belong to a specific key, as they can be used in any situation you want to fit then into. For instance, this "Magic chord" (Dadd9add11) can be used as a 5 chord for G major or as a 4 chord for A major, as well as a bunch of other uses, like maybe a flat7 chord for E minor - and thats only looking at diatonic/tonal territory, cause getting away from that opens a bunch of other, almost infinite, possibilities, like maybe using this chord as a flat7 chord in the key of E major. So yeah, man, use chords, such as this "magic" one, wherever your heart feels like usin' 'em! If you wanna know about more common uses for this chord to have some cool ideas on where to put it, you could use it like Johnny Marr himself did on bigmouth strikes again - with the Im-Im7-bIIImajor-IVmajoradd9add11-Im part of the progression - by using this "magic chord" as a IV chord (wich can then resolve to the I chord or go to the V chord and resolve to I from there); you could use it when playing a good ol' basic 4 chord loop in G major and using this "magic chord" instead of your boring old D major chord; or you could even just say "fuck it" and keep alternating between C major and this "magic chord" 'cause that sounds pretty nice as well. If you want more ideas on where to use it, there are plenty of comments in this video naming songs that use this "DMajorAdd9Add11" chord that you could get some ideas from. Anyways, hope i helped 🙂

The Dadd9 add11 chord is definitely in Third Eye Blind’s “Jumper” at around the 52 second mark

@konradeysn7837

2 жыл бұрын

I was about to say that lol

@robinr22

2 жыл бұрын

Justinguitar uses it in his lesson covering of Hurt - no idea if it's in the original Cash version though.

@adriatic.vineyards

2 жыл бұрын

Its also in Decemberists- Engine Driver and Elliott Smith- Bled White

@noobasaurusrex9608

2 жыл бұрын

And possibly in "shimmer" by Fuel

@fabiogianesi

Жыл бұрын

I believe you can find it in Stone Temple Pilots’ “Atlanta” also

Funnily enough, the Dadd9add11 is prominently featured in Jimi Hendrix's Little Wing, as the second to last chord in the intro

Haven't even watched the vid, and I'm all for it! The more chords we learn, the bigger your musical vocabulary. Wouldn't mind more vids like this!

@joshjenkins5803

2 жыл бұрын

@Mbita Acoustic Guitar subscribed my guy, fucken keep at it !! the subs will come but keep those tunes going !! great covers fucking love it

@thepug991

2 жыл бұрын

Oh 100%. Finding these weird cords is so much fun

@The_sinner_Jim_Whitney

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed wholeheartedly.

@andhewonders

2 жыл бұрын

Never use a capo, and play lots of styles.

@asphalion8291

2 жыл бұрын

@Mbita Acoustic Guitar Subscribed ❤️

The Dadd9/add11 is fingerpicked in the song “Sleeping Alone” by Flatland Cavalry. It’s the first song to introduce me to that chord, and it works so so great in that piece

@TastySandwich100

2 жыл бұрын

Just checked out the song, it's amazing, thanks so much!!

@OdaKa

2 жыл бұрын

Sugar Dadd11

@Elbebandofficial

2 жыл бұрын

Think it’s in iron and wine’s south sodom Georgia too

@fadex-pubgmobile6507

2 жыл бұрын

Alright

@aydenwhite3395

2 жыл бұрын

i freaking love that song

Dude that "Summertime" 5:33 was sooo good. What a great choice 👏

@paulsimmonite5819

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Samurai, be great to do a tutorial on the summertime section. Great voicing a and melody.

@purplealice

2 жыл бұрын

When you're not demonstrating a specific sound, your "natural" playing discloses your jazz background. You sound like Chet Atkins at his jazziest.

There's a Dadd9add11 in the opening chord of Engine driver by the Decemberists. It does a great job of setting up the melacholic wistful feeling of the song

@booneh

2 жыл бұрын

Checking the comments for this one. I think it’s a Dadd9add11 to Cma7 riff. But not the Cma7 in this video.

@wyssmaster

2 жыл бұрын

@@booneh Yeah, it's that on a 12-string acoustic. Very lush and rich.

Dadd9add11 is also the second chord in Neil Young's "Sugar Mountain" after the first G chord (but tuned a whole step down)

I genuinely belive I've played all these chords and some of them I use fairly regularly, I just had no idea what they were called until now 😅

@kdmengel5837

2 жыл бұрын

Thats me too! Its the "color" they can add to decorate prettier sounds & frequencies!😉

Quite a few Elliott Smith tunes use the Dadd9add11 voicing (Shooting Star, Bled White etc.) I love the way he uses it in Shooting Star, the chords in that song are impeccable.

The Dadd9add11 chord shape is used also in Scarborough Fair (capo on the 7th just makes it a Aadd9add11). It works magically as that dorian sound, because the song is in Em.

@hdog0148

2 жыл бұрын

Simon and Garfunkel are amazing

Your Dave Matthew chords are also used on Collective Soul’s World I Know. The cool “trick” they employ is having the chord progression start with B minor everytime until the end of the song when the riff starts in D major. Gives the song a nice lift using relative chords. Keep up the great work!

@buttersr

2 жыл бұрын

I was just about to comment the same thing!

@Jasontheguitarist87

2 жыл бұрын

Also since it's played on a 12 string that high g string really gets to do it's thing.

@richardclark.

2 жыл бұрын

Yep Collective soul. You can root this pattern on the A string as well.

@encoretoy17

2 жыл бұрын

It's also used on Stigmatized by The Calling

@iagrant1899

2 жыл бұрын

Also the basis of a Paul Davids video.

I think there's a Dadd9add11 in Porcupine Tree's "Shallow". PT is also just an amazing reference for pretty chords and music overall :)

@camdrummond5641

2 жыл бұрын

Porcupine Tree is unreal. Shesmovedon has probably my #1 guitar solo, I wish there was a high quality version of it off the CD but I cannot find the Deadwing version!

The Dadd9add11 is used in the pre-chorus of Jumper by Third Eye Blind. That's where I learned it from :)

@yoduh4077

2 жыл бұрын

First songI thought of, too.

@jbrehm11

2 жыл бұрын

Me too

@jeffrey.a.hanson

2 жыл бұрын

Beat me to it. A brilliant use of it to get back to that F.

The “Dave Matthews” chords are also hugely popular on modern praise and worship music! But played on an electric, and with huge reverb for ambient pad/synth style effects. Super happy to see them in your video! Thanks for sharing man!

Iron & Wine's "Naked as We Came" has beautiful finger picking basically built around Eadd9add11, this shape in drop D with a capo on 2nd. Not quite the same, but gorgeous!

@sawyeratkinson

2 жыл бұрын

Man I haven't listened to them in a while

@jamesn6458

2 жыл бұрын

Capo on 3rd

@JacobGoodman

2 жыл бұрын

I was just about to mention this one, super fun song to play

This will probably get lost but the English band “The Ocean Blue” uses the Dadd9add11 a ton and in general uses some beautiful yet simple chords that can add a ton of flavor and mystique to your music! Would give them a listen if you like that chord and others like it!

Love the Dave Matthew chords. Been using them heavily since you first brought them up in a video a couple of years back. Just sounds sooooooooo beautiful

More stuff like this.. nice seeing something useful on KZread ! Thx badmouth happy new year

Dadd9add11 is and forever will be my favourite chord of all time. it's physically impossible to change my mind.

I use a large number of these chords a lot! In fact I have used the “Dave Mathews “ chords so much I can no longer put them in my songs haha. They go with EVERYTHING.

I've used Dadd9add11 in a song I wrote called "Passages"! Watching this video made me appreciate the chord even more. Thanks so much!

Great video and well done!! I was looking for some new teaching ideas for my music students and this sparked some creativity. Thanks!!

The Irish Little Wing chord makes the most beautiful song ever written even more beautiful. Wow!

The idea of the Dadd9add11 is used in the song "the boy who blocked his own shot" by brand new, it's a great song imo and one of my all time favorites, definitely worth a listen

@ianjakerobleza

2 жыл бұрын

I think that was the song where I was first introduced to that chord! I wish more people knew about the song, it's kinda like a hidden gem

@therickroller2358

2 жыл бұрын

@@ianjakerobleza alot of Thier catalog is hidden gems, in a way I'm glad I overlooked them when I was younger and they were bigger because I enjoy their catalog so much these days where as bands like yellowcard and Greenday that I loved in highschool I get less and less out of them each time I revisit even though I still enjoy them

@ianjakerobleza

2 жыл бұрын

@@therickroller2358 I'll have to check out more of their catalog! It's funny, "The Boy Who Blocked His Own Shot" was a factor of inspiration when it came to making my own songs. I actually used the chord Dadd9add11 in a song I wrote called "Passages" if you're interested in listening! It's on my spotify and all that stuff :)

@therickroller2358

2 жыл бұрын

@@ianjakerobleza it's funny because my name is also Ian and I also write songs and alot of my inspiration comes from brand new, I haven't released anything yet aside from a test track or 2 on my friends bandlabs just for fun but Ill definitely give it a listen

This video helped me find some chords that I was looking for in a song I've been stuck on for a bit. Thank you for sharing and hope we can pick your brain for more neat chords

Haven't seen your videos before. But after 1 video.. immediately subscribed. So good! Appreciate your time and effort! Will definitely check out your course as an option 😎

The Dadd9add11 is also used in “Mouthful of Cavities” by Blind Melon from 92’ as he slides up from a C. Done in “Footsteps” by Pearl jam also. sure he uses it. Always a great alternative to a Standard D major.

The Dadd9add11 is used in pearl jam's 'Breath' in a very simple Emajor to Dadd9add11 progression, and it sounds fantastic.

@springall5150

2 жыл бұрын

I second this

@BeSpinafied

2 жыл бұрын

Also in Footsteps and the live boot of Falling Down!

@BeSpinafied

2 жыл бұрын

Stone must’ve really liked that chord

Fantastic video 👌😍 Thank you for this!

Love when a new chord pattern inspires me to play something differently. The Asus Thing got me playing some rhythms and progressions I had never considered before. Thanks for the suggestions, great vid!

Dadd9add11 is in Bob Dylan's 'It ain't me Babe'. Also for a Canadian example, Gord Downie sits on that chord for awhile at the beginning of 'Vancouver Divorce' but with an A in the bass. Also Tom Petty's 'Yer So Bad' going into the second verse

@zadtheinhaler

2 жыл бұрын

It's obfuscated by the DADGAD tuning, but it's also in "38 Years Old"

@bedgegog

2 жыл бұрын

Yep! I rushed to the comment section as soon as I heard about the Dadd9add11 chord.

@JeremieSchudel

2 жыл бұрын

Came here to say it ain’t me babe. 👍🏽

I once wrote a riff using the C major 7 3rd inversión drop 2. It sounded tense and dissonant UNTIL I played bass on top of it. Suddenly the A and the C made it feel "at home"

The daddadd rift was so relaxing/feel good... would love to hear a longer version of that... also wow lots talking about this chord too.

Such a great video!! so useful, thank you bro!

Hey Samurai, the Dadd9add11 chord is used in Temple Of The Dog’s “Times Of Trouble.” Great song, give it a listen. This is also one of my favorite chords

There is a track from Wolf’s Rain called “Could You Bite The Hand?” arranged by Yoko Kanno but played and sung by Steve Conte. The Dadd9add11 is F#add9add11 since there’s a capo on the fourth fret, but I believe there’s an added 12th in there I might be wrong though. The chord is around 0:19. Honestly this song has so many nice chords in it and I’m trying to learn it, but there is hardly any tabs for it online. I managed to find some but there was a part that wasn’t accurate to the song so it had me stumped trying to figure out what it was.

@tambourinewaffle0189

2 жыл бұрын

Good Find! Didn’t think this would come from an anime

6:53 this chord is awesome and I love using it in worship. The acoustic player uses it a lot and usually when I'm doing more ambient things on electric I'll use it in like a picking pattern, beautiful chord to substitute D with

@benmeyers1203

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I thought it was funny how he asked for examples because I literally call this "the Bethel chord" because it's used so often in their music. It's used in tons of worship music.

Nice double entendre towards the end! Your delivery was so subtle!

The chord progression for Coming Home by City and Colour has a great use of the Dadd9add11 sliding into an open C I think. Or it might have the same shape with the A on the 5th fret E string, but I don't play it with that and it sounds glorious.

@VanNowe

2 жыл бұрын

as soon as he hit the chord my brain when to this song :)

@TheRollingStone11

2 жыл бұрын

City and Colour was first thing that came to mind for me. Sleeping Sickness, at least a live version, used the chord.

@atomicguava9856

2 жыл бұрын

City and Colour was also my first thought, altho the song I was thinking of is with capo. It's 'The Girl'

Dadd9add11 (D20) is also in “Jumper” by Third Eye Blind, or at least something very close to it. Right before the choruses

you have me DYING during your entire c69 discourse! So many great puns there delivered so deadpan. 11/10, man. 11. Out. Of. TEN!!

Ho the Dadd9add11 I play quite often since my beginning, love it. Nice highly appreciated lesson! Thanks

In the bridge of the song "Taylor," Jack Johnson actually slides up from an open C major into the Dadd9add11 and actually continues sliding the shape up the neck. It's lovely.

@PhilConry

2 жыл бұрын

Great acoustic tune, I think this may have been where I first came across it too. As a few others have already pointed out the verse to Dylan’s ‘It Ain’t Me Babe’ applies the same technique, but in reverse. When I was learning I remember it blew my tiny mind to discover you could make cool new chords by just sliding your good ol’ fashioned cowboy chords around!

I always thought of the Irish little wing chord as the Chrono Cross intro song chord. It's what I always end up playing when I pick up a 'coustie.

@sciros

2 жыл бұрын

Yep as soon as he played it that's what I thought of, as well.

Two examples of Dadd9add11: Resist - Rush. The song is on D Standard, so its actually a Cadd9add11, but the chord shape is the same. Entre Caníbales (Among Canibals) - Soda Stereo. Awesome song by argentinan band. They use it in a very cool way by finishing the intro with that chord.

Great episode with lots of fantastic ideas! Missing my favo(u)rite chord shape though - the m7add11. E.g Bm7add11 - 7X7755 (I use my thumb for the low strings). It's a great chord substitution to throw in place of regular minor chords. Try it with your Irish Little Wing and use it in place of the Bm & Am. It's like your guitar is dripping maple syrup it's so sweet!

@samuraiguitarist the D add 9/add 11 is also used quite a bit in "Love Alive" by Heart. Heart's greatest song in my opinion. But it's especially used at the end. I can't believe this song wasn't more popular, to be honest.

Dadd9/add11 is in "Oh Me" by Meat Puppets, my preferred version is Nirvana's rendition for MTV Unplugged. They use the progression C-Dadd9add11-E which resolves really beautifully.

@makainwiginton5967

2 жыл бұрын

I was going to comment this as well. Love the Meat Puppets.

@terryjamieson8567

2 жыл бұрын

@@makainwiginton5967 Same lol. Great band, great song!

Great lesson!! Love it

C69 also works great for playing in the key of G. Sounds great and makes the change between G C and D very easy. You can also leave your pinky and ring fingers planted on fret 3 and use your others to play a normal Em or Asus2 shape over it for some beautiful chords (that also work in G)

6:40 A fantastic use of this chord is in "I see it too" by Brave Little Abacus. Its an absolutely beautiful song

@Synthulhu

2 жыл бұрын

great band.

@dari9616

2 жыл бұрын

Nice to find a fan of midwest emo in samurai guitarist’s comment section!

Also try playing Dadd9add11 in double drop D, it's gorgeous!

Fantastic video!!! Thank you!

I play most of these chords ALLLLL the time! they're bread and butter for a jazz musician... but I've never played Dmi11 with the open strings. Thats beautiful. Gonna have to add that one to the bank. Thanks Samurai!!

we love all this sexy and weird sounding chords, the single best way to make sure nobody hears your song and says “wait doesn’t this sound kinda like…”

Here's a good chord to play around with. Start with a basic open E shape, simply lift your finger off the A string, and then mute the low E string. It's a very simple chord you could use to get a really basic but nice sounding I-IV chord progression. The sound of the add9maj7 is commonly used in midwest emo and also math-rock. The popular tuning FACGCE is actually just an Fadd9maj7 chord in the key of C, and is one of my favorite tunings to play in. I often play around with tuning an open E into EAEG#BE, and it's a lot of fun to let strings ring out while doing all kinds of stuff across the fretboard.

@jaliebs3988

2 жыл бұрын

minor nitpick, an add9major7 is just a major9. also, facgce could just be an f chord in they key of f

@Mayyde

2 жыл бұрын

@@jaliebs3988 You would usually play the add9maj7 as the fourth chord in the scale. It's basically constructed the same as the tonic chord but with the root moved to the IV root i think its the same as playing a barred B with an open E string on the bottom if you were playing in the key of B. The place of the scale that the chord is used at is specific to how this trick works because it builds tension that resolves back to the tonic chord.

The Dadd9/add11 shape shows up fairly frequently in Phoebe Bridgers' work. The album Stranger in the Alps definitely uses it a lot, but played on a baritone instead of a standard tuned guitar

Thank you. This lesson is helping me pull out of a rut with my creativity.

Chord good me like

On Live Forever, Noel Gallagher plays the D after C as Dadd9add11. He often finds easier to play stuff similar to the C shape, like the F without barring.

@gregorylenzo1923

2 жыл бұрын

It's called the daddy didn't love me chord

@mr_leemur

2 жыл бұрын

I thought it was just the demo he used that on?? Thought on the record it was standard D??

Asus2#11 is killer!! Can’t believe I didn’t know such a simply voiced chord before, thank you for such a gem Sammy G

I love that you’re spreading the knowledge of Dave chords

Dave Matthews chords are dashboard confessionals' bread and butter. For multiple albums. Please note that skill doesn't mean great songs.

It's not the chords that are bland and boring. It's the songs that most people write that are bland and boring.

Dude you absolutely NAILED IT with the Dave Matthews chords😆

Nice little “Summertime” arrangement, well done! , had to steal that one, thx!

definitely useful for acoustic players it sounds beautiful. thank you Mr. Samurai!

I love my chords full of a good time 😆 Thanks for the video!

Thanks Sammy G! I definitely learned something from this video. Some of the chords are a little hard to play but I’ll get it with practice.

Dadd9add11 is also used in “Closer to Fine” by Indigo Girls (capo at 2nd) and the outro to “Starship Trooper” by Yes.

I love the Dadd9add11. A friend showed me how he uses it in softer sections of songs that tend to be in the key of G. Cmaj7 -> Dadd9add11 -> Gadd9 is a wonderful progression. Although I love the way you borrowed A dominant 7 and resolved to the D911

I play fingerstyle guitar a lot and I like to make up my own little mini-tunes from time to time. One of my favorites to play is that Dadd9add11 chord with a little bass line below it. I'll try and post it, it's a neat little exercise for dexterity as well!

That c chord shape is the first chord on Neil young’s sugar mountain. Amazing tune!! Great video man.

Dadd9add11 is used in "Give in to me" by Michael jackson. Thats where I learned it, when I was a beginner.

I've been using the dm chords since you first mentioned them and they slap so hard

Very educational! Well done!

Dadd9add11 is also found in “Though You Slay Me” by Shane and Shane. Beautiful chord. It’s also one of my favorites.

Your favourite chord: D add9/add11 was used briefly during the bridge of ‘Why Georgia’ in John Mayer’s debut album ‘Room for Squares’! Great video Samurai!

Dadd9add11 is used in the song "inside my head" by the Dutch band Di-rect. A friend of mine always plays it

Those Dave Matthew chords are also used in Hey Rosetta's 'Bricks' and in a couple Mumford and Sons songs, 'I Gave You All' and 'After the Storm'. Great shapes, really fun to use Oh and how could I forget! Matt Corby's 'Runaway' uses those chords too! Amazing song The Dadd9add11 is the core of the John Mayer song 'Great Indoors', it and variations are used throughout the whole song

I got more out of this than any tutorial I’ve watched. Wow. Great vid.

You can hear the Dadd9add11 chord in the song "Textos" by "Usted Señalemelo", an argentinian band. They use It a lot

Summertime is one of my favorite songs. It was nice to hear it.

Thanks. Very informative

Hi from a fellow Manitoban (stuck in the Gap now)! Love your videos and these kind of chord reviews are among my favourite to see. Those "Dave Matthews Chords" remind me a lot of some used in the Rival Sons' "All Directions"; give it a spin and you'll hear all kinds of nifty chords in it as well. That guy is a helluva guitar player! My favourite Unknown Chord is Dsus2sus4 (which ties in with your add9add11). I'm a keyboard guy, bit a guitar player, but I've learned a lot about how guitar players approach chords thanks to my friends, so maybe doing it on guitar with, say, a full D chord and adding the E and G works better but I just love letting the D-E-G ring out and then resolve to either a Dsus4 and/or the root D chord while the other instruments fill in the rest. Would love to see you do a piece on some other "famous chords" like the Lifeson Chord or Steely Dan's "mu" chords!

Dadd9add11 is used in Found by the band Riverside. They move that shape around during the main chord progression, and it's just beautiful!

This is what high quality guitar videos look like. The DMB chords are also Collective Soul's World I Know *and* sound fxcking amazing on BASS.

I substitute Dadd9add11 for D when I play at church quite a bit, but I had absolutely no idea what it was called! I just know it sounds good. Thanks, Sammy G!

I love the D add9add 11. It's one of those shapes you can slide around too and has so much texture. I think it's played with a chorus at the outro of Queensryche's Della Brown if you're looking for another example.

Cool video! I’ve heard the D add9/add11 chord in Jumper by Third Eye Blind, and it’s right before the chorus hits. I think some other people already said that in the comments, but that’s the only other song I know of with that chord haha

I’ve used the Dadd9 add11 a lot as a substitution for a Gmaj7 or Gmaj9 as long as the bass player is picking up the root. It just allows for an expanded range that sustains well. Especially useful on ballads.

We're on the same wavelength! I was just looking the other day for unique and intetesting chords for some tracks I'm working on and Sammy G comes through!

I actually use the D add9add11 chord in a song I wrote. I didn't even realize I was using it until I watched this video! Thanks for the clarification!

The song that taught me that Dadd9/add11 was the song If You Could Only See by Tonic. Loved the sound and definitely use it as much as I can too. 😉👍

Im a fulltime busker and this video has just revealed literally all the tricks I've developed over the years I've been busking.

That guitar sounds really nice! I use the Dadd9/add11 often as an embellishment. Doesn't work with every song but it does sound out there with that dissonance. Super easy too, just shift the C chord up two frets.

The Dadd9add11 is also the final chord before the choruses of "Solid Ground" by The other favorites. Really fun to play and a personal favourite of mine to listen to.

The Dave Matthews Chords are super popular in worship style music. “No other name” by hillsong they’re used as a lead electric line that’s very prominent. One of my all time favorite songs “all in all” by lifehouse they’re used in the verses with a capo on the second fret.