It Took Me 7 Years to Learn This - You Can Learn It in 10 min.

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If you want a brand new way to use chords in a key - a way that is totally unique - then you’ve come to the right place. In this lesson, I’m going to give you a method to start building a more defined sound.

It’s a sound that you’ll be able to use right away to start sculpting richer musical directions from key signatures. And, it’s easy enough that any guitarist (regardless of skill level) can apply it immediately.

A common issue for guitarists new to song-writing is they often get “stuck in a rut” using the same chords all the time. When writing music, this can have a new piece apply harmonies which sound highly similar to past compositions.

This “lack of chord options” in song-writing happens often and one thing you can do is address the issue is learn how to substitute chords from the key under new root notes. Simply perform diatonic triads under a new root in the key.

This method reveals inversions of chords, as well as, brand new chords which offer sounds different from diatonic chords you may be presently using.

Many song-writers suffer from an issue of using too many of the “same chords” all the time and that is where I believe this idea can have the most positive impact.

Andrew Wasson
(Creative Guitar Studio Inc.)
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[markguertin]

Been playing guitar for 50 years and I found out, you learn something new every day. Thanks for the great lessons.

[paulmackintosh]

We need more like this around the UK, lovely to see the WHOLE community out, enjoying the atmosphere and joining in with such a beautiful song.
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[kagenotatsumaki]

I was doing this the other day and I didn't even realize it, just randomly playing with triads and noticed it sounded amazing compared to everything I usually noodle and when I looked at exactly what I was doing, I noticed that the 3 triads I was playing, all had the same note on the B string, and then I started focusing on trying to do that more often and have come up with some MUCH better stuff then usual the past few days.

[SuperHeliboy]

I’ve been trying to learn guitar for nearly a half a century with very little results. However with your clear and concise instruction my mind is opening up to these concepts.

[voxacwithstrat]

You have to LOVE a Stratocaster. So beautiful. I bought a STrat Plus back in 1988 brand new and have never loved another guitar more.

[smackyfrog]

I like to take the bass note and move it chromatically while changing the chords diatonically and going different directions. Usually get tripped up figuring out the fingering, but its fun way to puzzle myself.

[robertYTBg]

Great to find something truly new after so many other Guitar Tutorials, subscribed for sure

[BluegillGreg]

I agree that slash notation is more practical in this progression.

GM7 is clearly named and useful. The chord after it is confusingly misnamed, though. There is no 3rd, so it's not a Major chord, it's a 5 chord. There is no 9 carried over from the previous chord, so it's not a suspension. Perhaps G5M7 add 9 would be more accurate? Plain old slash notation works best here.

Aren't the 3 upper voices played above the bass, not below it?

[johnwilson]

Yes. I agree you are best teacher. You combine theory with practicality making it simple. The results are fast good guitar training.

[BettyDrum]

As a professional classical musician, native from a non british or ex british colony country, who is slowly self teaching blues and jazz on electric guitar, I need to do quite a brain gimnastic to understand how non classical musicians (guitarist to be specific) aproach armony. And this is super weird, cause the notes are the same, the armony is the same...my armony knowledge is pretty hig (I can analyze a Wagner partiture and compose some 4 voices easy things) but thinking at music without a pentagram, instead using a guitar tab, calling notes with alphabet letters instead of using their names, and most hard thing to digest is that everything has to be seing from left hand shapes prospective (wich is reasonable, since left hand can stretch that much) losing almost completly the concept of chirds "rivolti". Your videos are super well made, hopefully will help me with this difficulties and will allowd me to aproach music in this much different electric-guitar pov.

[BlondieGuitarGirl]

I've honestly never heard of doing anything like this in my whole guitar playing life. At first, I wasn't clear on how this was supposed to be working, but then once I got the Patreon handout the ideas made a lot more sense to me. Your Patreon has been incredibly valuable, much MUCH more so than any other YouTuber's whose Patreon I've signed up for. Thank you for all that you do Andrew, it looks like so much work, but I honestly believe that I speak for all of your fans when I say that you are incredibly valuable for top-notch lessons here online. You're one of the true blue "real deals" online when it comes to guitar lessons! Thank you 100x over for all that you do! 💙💙💙💙💙

[MarkRhodesSongs]

That's a cool lesson. I've been playing a lot longer than 7 years and I had not realized this. Doh!

[michaelbarbetta]

Love your material you have a great demeanor are so easy to follow and create some really professional quality work

[johnmadsen]

So humbled ben play for 3 decades andd never knew this simple thing
I walked chirds wehen all i had to do was stay local annd put tge suitcase away unless I'm looking or a different sound with who im playing with Nnd super cool as moveable shapes

[dr.davidj.welham]

Andrew, I've noticed that most of the other YouTube guitar teachers will steal your ideas, your video titles, and your lessons in general. It reminds me of that Oscar Wilde proverb, “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness”. The other 'popular' YouTube guitar teachers will only ever be mediocre compared to your level of instruction. Thanks for all that you do. Your Creative Guitar Studio website and your Patreon are incredible resources.

[Bobsplash]

I enjoy every bits of your lessons, but I don't have a lead guitar 🎸, wish I could get one 😮?

[joelsterling]

I clicked because that Gsus9 is the main chord for John Mayers Why Georgia, and I've had a hard time playing that dang song from day one. Awesome chord, you can always count on Mayer to use tough chords like that.

[rajeshgumber]

I like the title of the video, amazing!

[dorfsteen]

If someone's thinking about learning how to play guitar do it while you're young because when you're try to do it when you're old it's a struggle it's harder to get the muscle memory everything's harder so learn it early you'll learn it easy and you will retain-it