This Simple Pattern Tells You Every Chord In Every Key (this blew me away!)

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I've met with an old guitar teacher of mine recently, and he taught me this simple pattern that is a real game changer!

With it you can figure out what are the chords in any Major or minor keys!

Usually, if you want to learn all chords, you have to study harmonization by knowing all the notes on the fretboard, knowing your tone semi-tone scale sequences, memorization the order of chord structures...

But this easy pattern does it all for you! You can instantly know where are your Major, minor and diminished chords in your key within seconds.

If you know how to play a power chord with 2 fingers, you can already do that stuff!

This is going to be a trick I will teach a lot to my future students and especially beginners who want to start building their own chord progressions even if they don't have all the basics mastered yet.

Tell me what do you think in the comments! Did you already know this trick?

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[jvz]

Over the years, I’ve come to realize that the notes on the fretboard just live where they live. They don’t move. They don’t DO anything. Learning to play is really a matter of discovering all the different ways to “see” the relationships between the notes. Eventually, this knowledge starts to build on itself and you start conceptualizing the same information in different ways. This is one such way, and it’s one I hadn’t really encountered before. Super helpful and very enlightening. Thanks so much! 🙏👍

[bradriccardo]

Normally skeptical of videos called “one little trick” or “one simple pattern” but this is legitimately a very useful thing to know and very simple too.
Great stuff

[carlcizek]

35 years I’m playing the guitar and I never knew that, absolutely brilliant.

[aniket]

Are you kidding me???? you have no idea how easy you made my playing and jamming with folks....this is incredible.

[brianway]

I've been playing guitar now for about 15 years, and have NEVER seen this relationship between major/minor chord-shapes and positioning. I feel like I understand it a whole lot more now, and am so appreciative of this tip you received and am so grateful you shared it with the world. This is big for me, and I hope it's helpful to others. THANK

[olofeimir]

After studying music and guitar theory with several different teachers for about 20 years none has ever conveyd this simplex and effective way of looking at the fretboard. I'm blown away!

There are sooo many YouTube guitar vids that have a title like this: "learn this simple trick it will make you a genius in 17 seconds..."

This is one of the rare ones where that's not false advertising. This is really helpful.

[phlooney]

This is the greatest video ever posted on YouTube.

[dapeep]

Damn dude. This one elevated my playing immediately to the next level. Finally my fingers are able to match what my ear tells them to do! A beautiful feeling

[azarealbheri]

I knew this. Learning guitar by memorizing patterns and not notes is the key to faster growth, and in my opinion the only right way. The first time i learned this just like you my mind was blown! A fresh new perspective was unlocked for me.

[UnforgivenIV]

Now that line "You check out guitar George, he knows-all the chords..." in 'Sultans Of Swing' makes sense!

[RinnNetherton]

Intro 0:37
Pattern for major keys 2:08
Pattern for minor keys 7:58
Pattern from 5th string 9:51

[Christian-qlvw]

One of the best music theory lessons I’ve ever seen on YouTube

[schecterdiamond]

I’ve been playing for most of my life. Self taught and can really play almost anything if I practice it enough. However I don’t know theory and have a very basic knowledge of chords and that’s over stated. This video is wonderful and I will use it to broaden my knowledge of chords AND scales. Thank you for sharing.

[JamJockey]

This is such an incredible lesson for beginner players trying to figure out how to play chord progressions based on major/minor scales using Barr chords. I’ve just recently learned (and am still honing) my Barr chords and had little to no idea what to do with them till I found this vid 😂 thanks a ton for the tips!

[Chk]

This was uoww, 15 years studying eletric guitar and I never think in that way, thanks a lot

[RobSoundtrack]

My brain exploded. Decades later, first I've ever heard of this! Bravo!

[vincet]

Learned this the hard way over 40 years, but I’ve never heard it articulated this way, thanks Antoine!

[richardwelkincraft]

Yeah! Among the thousands of "tricks" that promise you to "unlock the secrets of the fretboard" this is a very good working shortcut.
Even when you haven't heard of relative keys it gives you a feel of things to come.
Very practical.
Thank you for sharing that!