20 Ways To Play The Same Guitar Chord

Have you ever seen a guitar player play something and thought “what kind of crazy shapes are they playing”? Well in this video, Nate Savage is here to show you twenty different ways to play the same chord. This is a great way to shake up your playing and give you the tools you need to play more interesting variations of the chords you already know.

One of the huge benefits of these new shapes is something you’ll notice when you’re playing with another guitarist. Instead of being stuck playing the exact same thing as the other player, you can now play a different version of the exact same chord. This immediately sounds a lot better since you’ll be playing two distinct parts designed to fit together in harmony.

Don’t feel like you need to grasp every single shape in this lesson right away. Grab a few and work on them until you know them as well as your other chord shapes. Every time you master one, add another. Before you know it, you’ll have all twenty shapes in your back pocket!

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[victor]

This was outstanding. Just using the open chords makes songs sound the same, this is super cool

[kasramojami]

Thanks but can you also make a video about minor chord shapes ?

[Lee_music]

Very simplified, honest, and no frills. Great video.

[larryherbert]

Real good instruction, you get right to the point, no long explanation before getting into the instruction. Thanks Much

[ambarishroul]

I was playing those same shapes again and again but never new that there are so many different voicing within those chord shapes.
Thanks Nate

[landon.cunningham]

Good video - kind of teaching CAGED without teaching CAGED.

One thing I picked up on lately that is helpful too is your E, A, and D shapes all have the same structure of 5, 1, 3 with the 3rd being on the high string. This is cool to keep in mind because you might want to manipulate the 3rd and it's always the high string for those shapes.

[machineforthegreatest]

I love how you just give us the info we need instead of choking us with your life story for 15 mins. Amazing video.

[BestBeginnerGuitarLessons]

Good video Nate. Great info for all guitar players, newbies as well as intermediate players.

[cryinginthewilderness]

Great video. Made it easy to understand and learn.

[markhrabe]

Thanks for putting this out! Very helpful.

[louiskynardjr.]

Nice! Great lesson Nate, such a neat way to get folks to learn the CAGED system...

[benjaminjohnson]

My eyes have been opened...

Really appreciate it dude, such a simple concept that I've never learned.

Good stuff

[saepiumv]

That awesome thanks! I know cage and I've done music theory and my e and a shape barre chords but I stopped there and even though I knew the caged system I never really thought about it till now! Thanks so much for this video!

[alexpapa]

That's cool man, I always thought of a barre as a moveable nut. It's cool to see someone else teach it the same way.

[ChristianRobinson]

FINALLY SOMEONE EXPLAINS IT IN PLAIN DIRECT "MOVABLE NUT" BRILLIANT!

[jasonkeith]

U've got some really nice videos man good job keep it up.

[yngvardforskvist]

Great video! You can actually reduce basic triad chords to twelve shapes. Pick one of four string sets (EAD, ADG, DGB, GBE), pick one of three voicings (135, 351, 513). 3 x 4 = 12. Easy to learn and memorise (most if not all of those are parts of basic CAGED shapes, as shown in the video) and your armed to the teeth with chord shapes to play all over the fretboard for more interesting rhytmic playing, riff composing and chord soloing. That's also a greay gateway to jazz, if you're into that.

[dieselman]

Thanks lad from Ireland great info cheers and take care !!! Brian

[JimKernix]

You missed one of my favorites - bottom 4 strings of a G voicing - for G major it would be x-x-12-12-12-15 played barring the 12th fret with your index and pinky on the high E