Use These Guitar Chord Roadmaps To Play In Any Key (And Never Get Lost) - The Number System

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In this guitar lesson, I'll be taking a deeper dive into the guitar chord roadmaps. We'll start off by looking at the four basic bar chord shapes you'll need to know to utilize these roadmaps, and then go over a little bit of basic guitar music theory so that we know how to figure out the chords in a key. From there, we'll look at our two different chord roadmaps. One rooted on the low E string, and the other rooted on the A string. With the knowledge of both of these roadmaps, you'll be able to easily play all the chords in any key without worrying about learning any new shapes.

We'll even touch on using the number system with non-diatonic chords, as well as a method for using the number system with open chords instead of bar chords. It's a lot, so be sure to use the chapter markers to jump around. Thanks for watching, and let me know in the comments if you have any questions!
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Chapters:
0:00 - Intro (don't forget to subscribe!)
0:49 - The 4 bar chord shapes
0:28 - Quick disclaimer
4:36 - The number system
6:30 - Chord roadmap 1 (E-string root)
10:24 - Chord roadmap 2 (A-string root)
13:58 - The benefits of these roadmaps
15:03 - Non-diatonic chords with the number system
18:21 - Open chords + capo
24:12 - Final thoughts
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[andrewclarkeguitar]

I made this video to answer a few of the most-asked questions on my other videos. I hope you find it helpful! Let me know in the comments if you have any other questions or future lesson requests :)

[wardengrn]

Best teacher I have seen on all of YouTube. Keep it up

[eidolon]

So many youtube channels that try to teach guitar just go from "Here are 8 open chords" to "So now that you know everything let me flex and assume you understand"
You're filling in so many gaps for me and I can't thank you enough.

[pkrishna]

Writing after a few months of practice. Truly grateful to you for getting me out of the darkness of googling for chords over the last decade. Thank you❤

[Ryk.]

You are the best teacher I have seen on YouTube so far, so simple and organized 🙏

[vietvan]

OMG! You are a guitar genius. Learn guitar could not be easier with your clear and logic roadmap method. Please make a video about the licks linking the chords together. Again, thank you so very much.
Whenever I see your video, first thing I do is to Click LIKE without seeing it yet bc I already know it’s another excellent lesson.

[vetrunaspetkus]

I needed this badly. Just learned all the essential theory thanks to you after delaying learning it for years. Every time i tried learning theory, noone could ever explain it this well, thank you

[TheSingingDoctor]

Yes - a lesson on chords and licks would be much appreciated.

[katariina]

Yesss, make a video with riffs linked to chords please, I'd love to learn about that! Your lessons really are the most useful I've come across, I feel like I've found a treasure chest. :)

[neilisabass]

Yes. I would enjoy a video about linking chord and licks.

[DFAInteresting]

Thanks for ‘Roadmaps To Play In Any Key’! It’s been a game-changer for me.

[otimelyofficial]

i cant help but leave another comment because you are genuinely opening up the fretboard for me in ways i thought would take years.... just in a couple of short videos. You have taught me in 30 minutes so much more than i have learned in years being self taught. All these other youtubers just tell me WHAT i should learn, but they never implement it or show how it relates to everything on the fretboard. They try to push a course to get all the good info, but you give the good stuff up front. When I have the means I will definitely be looking to support the channel. Thank you so much

[clnorris]

After 30-plus years of playing, tinkering, and messing around with guitar, this video made it all click. The fretboard has been unlocked for me. I have watched countless videos, studied theory, and run through hundreds of tabs. For the first time, I know what I am doing and it all makes sense. Thank you, Andrew, you have changed my guitar-playing life. I just got done playing several songs by ear using your teaching and it worked. The future has never looked brighter and my dreams of playing live just for fun in local bars with others is no longer just a pipe dream. Here's to your success and knowing you are well on your way to millions of subs.

[oswaldcobblepot]

Great video, a video on the licks in between chords would be great 👍

[edwardrice]

thanks for this video....cleared the mud out of my eyes by putting names on what I had instinctively been doing for years.

[michaelkozenczak]

This is really great teaching...things I have never understood but heard and watched before were lost until now....appreciate it as a beginner at an older age!

[clevergorejena]

an outstanding instructor; God bless you Andy:

[bigdemi]

You have a real talent for explaining these concepts. Subbed and eagerly awaiting more videos!

[RythmGkwd]

So glad that you've posted another lesson, these have been helping a lot in understanding the technique and improving my playing 👍🏼

[andytengsram]

The best amazing legendary teacher, I'm wowed.❤