For someone like me who has completely pretty much suppressed every emotion because of childhood trauma this video is a complete pathway to freedom of unresolved emotions. For me this so much more than a guitar lesson. I found your channel about an hour ago and I'm going through all your videos one by one. You are an excellent teacher and even though I don't understand most of it....I can clearly tell if I spend the time and absorb the information given I will understand the content. Thank you so much for all of it🙏
I've given guitar lessons over the years, and I can tell this teacher is the real deal. I really enjoyed this way of building a solid understanding using this nice clean voicing. Thanks man!
Every time I am approaching a new concept, your videos are always the most concise, and immediately usable toward making music. Thank you so much for your effort, and empathy toward those of us less knowledgeable. It’s like you know exactly what tools we need.
In natural minor I tend to visualize everything on the fretboard in terms of the relative major. In that scheme, where the tonic is written as the vi and the bIII Is written as the I, the harmonic minor seventh chords look like this: IM7#5 iim7 III7 IVM7 V°7 vimM7 viim7b5
Another great lesson. So enlightening to know where these chords come from and how they are built. And, by the way, the evolution in the style of the videos is very nice. The graphics are much more clear and easy to follow now. And the split screen effect is very helpful as well. Keep up the good work.
These lessons are so clear and direct. I can apply all this theory to my song writing immediately. Just want to thank you for these valuable resources!
Jared, your enthusiasm for sharing your musical knowledge is contagious. I'm listening in my car and I can't wait to get home to my guitar to delve into the new things you are revealing about theory and applying it to the guitar. Thanks so much!
Hey Jared, I don't know how I will ever thank you! You are the best teacher ever. I have been playing the guitar for a while but my theory knowledge has been rusty since I started playing. (7 years now). I must say your series has really opened my eyes to a whole new world on guitar. The theory, which a lot of books makes complicated, you are the true solution! You make the whole process exciting and maaan! I truly don't know how I can pay you back for your channel. Big thanks!
Wow, this is so great to hear! I'm so glad that the videos are helping you out and filling in information. I totally agree that a lot of theory books make things more confusing and complicated than they could be and end up not helping much. Your comment means a lot and helps me know that I'm on the right track with wanting to help people learn this stuff in a way that works and is fun and interesting. Cheers! -Jared
I'm running out of good things to say. Thanks for producing this incredible content! So nice to have this 'missing' piece explained. I have often wondered whether a major 7 existed in a minor context, I didn't realize that Harmonic Minor was the answer.
Glad you found this one useful! Thanks for the comment. That minor-major7 chord also exists as the "i" chord of the melodic minor scale, which is next week's vid ;) so it could come from either one.
this info is hard to find on YT. years ago i sat down with pen and paper to construct the chords from the scale myself because I couldn't find it anywhere (especially the 7th chords). good content, thanks!
I have been looking for this video for years. I'd like to comment on the section where you were explaining why you were going fast and feeling slightly bad about it. There are very, very few courses on youtube ( that are any good) for intermediate players. I already had all the theory training to understand this without a blink or hesitation, but I couldn't find it after years of looking, someone to just walk through building the chords, with the screenshottable graphics that were really nicely made. The same thing happens with intermediate foreign language speakers, who have learned on the street, but can only find extreme beginners or extreme advanced lessons. I am very subscribed now and will go through all your lessons but really wanted to say thank you thank you.
Great lesson! the other parts of this series is also among the best out there on this topic. I will have to watch everything on this channel now :) Keep up the good work and eventually you'll probably be one of the big guitar channels on Ytube. Explaining music theory in a quick and concise manner is rare
Don t worry it takes time. I M slow and it took me a good 10 years because i wanted shortcuts there is no shortcuts . If I was listening in 1 year i ll be ready So I re invent the wheel 😂 Like he said you have to learn how to create a triad three notes. Basically let say you skip 1 note and play the next like C D bE F G bA B So C bE G that s what we call triad Than D F bA etc etc and just play note by note 1st on the same string just to get the taste of the sound After that go for his full lesson He is amaising Don t be hard on yourself Music is a lifetime process Cheers mate!!!!!
It’s okay, harmonic minor is a bit of an advanced concept. You can begin to understand it only after knowing the chords of the major scale which isn’t as difficult as it sounds :) Basically a set of notes like CDEFGABC (c major scale) allow you to make chords by taking note, skipping a note, taking a note, skipping a note. (The first, the third, and the fifth) When you do that for all of them it creates your chords for C major. But for your purposes, I would just try to memorize the major scale sequence of 1major, 2minor, 3minor, 4major, 5major, 6minor, 7diminished Once you know that you can learn about the 3 minors and their purposes. Because as you’ll learn, altering one note in the scale will change the set of chords and their polarity in a progression
Jared do you have the basic bar chords in major and the 3 minors, with the roots on the 6th and 5th strings, tabbed out like this? What is the interval distances, how far apart should we place these chords going up the neck?
What about harmonizing the chords in major and natural minor too? And what about with roots on the 6th string and 4th string? Why do you only have them with roots on the 5th string?
I think that my chord theory playlist would be a great series of videos to go through for this goal. As well as my songwriting playlist and song learning playlist. Some of the videos overlap but youtube will show you which one's you've watched already. • Chord theory series playlist: czcams.com/play/PLho65cYn4nF1FXo8IWbKUb9_k0pMhgbtr.html • Songwriting playlist: czcams.com/play/PLho65cYn4nF0oHnu1_L8OAaXcfBcr-WzP.html • Song learning playlist: czcams.com/play/PLho65cYn4nF2MopvfHRh90eigfR69m4j7.html Hope that helps! -Jared
@@soundguitar Can you show us how to play major and minors with bar chords with roots on 6th string? I can not find that anywhere, Can not find out how to play the vii chord, that would be diminished or minor 7 flat 5 with root on 6th string.. can not find it anywhere!
Good question. In this video there are a bunch of examples becuase the V chord in harmonic minor is used all the time: czcams.com/video/m3xc4O6785E/video.html.
If all your strings are tuned a whole step down you can just play it like normal and everything you play will technically be a whole step down but you can still think of it in standard tuning if that's what you're used to. If you play other people though or are using chord symbols to read off of then you need to transpose what you're playing thinking a whole step up. Do if the chord symbol says C then you need to play a D shape to play a C chord, but thinking that way only matters if you're needing to have the correct labels. Playing on your own you can just play whatever as a normal guitar. Does that answer the question? Let me know if not. Thanks! -Jared
Which videos do you got that show the notes in the chords and scales so we know them fast? Which videos do you got that tie it all together real well, so it flows as music? Right now it is like pieces that go together slowly, but I am not able to just quickly use it instantly and compose and play all this stuff smooth.
Hi Michael. Thanks for asking. I'm happy to direct you to specific videos that might help with your specific goals, but I'm not totally sure on what you're looking for. Are you wanting to use the information for improvising? composing? song learning? or just theory in general? I can help you with some video recommendations if you give me a few more details about your goals. Thanks!! -Jared
They're used briefly all the time but not strictly. Any song that's minor with the V chord as major is borrowing it from harmonic minor. Songs that have diminished 7 also are often borrowing it from Harmonic minor. The others are more rare.
Ah good question!! That's totally just a mistake in the diagrams. The Xs shouldn't be on those strings for the 7th chords. I didn't even realize that was messed up, thanks for pointing it out!! -Jared
that was basically playing down the A Harmonic Minor scale starting on the 5th scale degree (with a quick slur up to b6 and back first), then landing on the 7 (G#) on the 6th string and making a diminished chord off of that note (which is the 7th chord of the scale just like I teach in the lesson), then resolving to A minor. hope that helps! :) -Jared
Can you show s how to play these chords with roots on the 6TH STRING? Why do you only show it with root on 5th string? Bar chords harmonizing in major and minor, root on 6th string. I can not find that anywhere on youtube!!
That is the re-harmonisation of harmonic minor scale ,,1=minor,,2=dim..b3=aug...4=minor,,5=dominant,,,b6=major,,,7=dim...in every modes there are chords color which are the added notes of the mode...
@@soundguitar I mean that statement as a term of endearment! I've learned priceless information from your lessons Jared! Thanks for all the time you put into making these lessons!
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What key are you playing this in?
Can we get a lesson on how to use that Unicycle 🤔 in the bacc round
I like his teaching technique and the calming voice.
Thanks! :)
For someone like me who has completely pretty much suppressed every emotion because of childhood trauma this video is a complete pathway to freedom of unresolved emotions.
For me this so much more than a guitar lesson.
I found your channel about an hour ago and I'm going through all your videos one by one.
You are an excellent teacher and even though I don't understand most of it....I can clearly tell if I spend the time and absorb the information given I will understand the content.
Thank you so much for all of it🙏
I feel the same way. Music is the only form of love.
thank you so much for the love and comments 🙏 ~~ Jared
Jesus would be the only thing better. ;)
I've given guitar lessons over the years, and I can tell this teacher is the real deal.
I really enjoyed this way of building a solid understanding using this nice clean voicing. Thanks man!
That means a lot! Many thanks! :) -Jared
Every time I am approaching a new concept, your videos are always the most concise, and immediately usable toward making music. Thank you so much for your effort, and empathy toward those of us less knowledgeable. It’s like you know exactly what tools we need.
I'm glad to hear that! Thanks so much for the donation and for the positive feedback :)
In natural minor I tend to visualize everything on the fretboard in terms of the relative major. In that scheme, where the tonic is written as the vi and the bIII Is written as the I, the harmonic minor seventh chords look like this:
IM7#5
iim7
III7
IVM7
V°7
vimM7
viim7b5
Another great lesson. So enlightening to know where these chords come from and how they are built. And, by the way, the evolution in the style of the videos is very nice. The graphics are much more clear and easy to follow now. And the split screen effect is very helpful as well. Keep up the good work.
Glad you liked this one. And thanks for the feedback on the editing style!
Probably the best series out there covering chord building. Great work and explanation/graphics of intervals
Thanks so much! Glad you're liking the series. ~~ Cheers, -Jared
These lessons are so clear and direct. I can apply all this theory to my song writing immediately. Just want to thank you for these valuable resources!
Jared, your enthusiasm for sharing your musical knowledge is contagious. I'm listening in my car and I can't wait to get home to my guitar to delve into the new things you are revealing about theory and applying it to the guitar. Thanks so much!
Fantastic.Taking the time to address those awkward macro versus micro local numbering , really highlights your dedication.Thank you
Hey Jared, I don't know how I will ever thank you! You are the best teacher ever. I have been playing the guitar for a while but my theory knowledge has been rusty since I started playing. (7 years now). I must say your series has really opened my eyes to a whole new world on guitar. The theory, which a lot of books makes complicated, you are the true solution! You make the whole process exciting and maaan! I truly don't know how I can pay you back for your channel. Big thanks!
Wow, this is so great to hear! I'm so glad that the videos are helping you out and filling in information. I totally agree that a lot of theory books make things more confusing and complicated than they could be and end up not helping much. Your comment means a lot and helps me know that I'm on the right track with wanting to help people learn this stuff in a way that works and is fun and interesting. Cheers! -Jared
I'm running out of good things to say. Thanks for producing this incredible content! So nice to have this 'missing' piece explained. I have often wondered whether a major 7 existed in a minor context, I didn't realize that Harmonic Minor was the answer.
Glad you found this one useful! Thanks for the comment. That minor-major7 chord also exists as the "i" chord of the melodic minor scale, which is next week's vid ;) so it could come from either one.
If you take away the root note you can play the 2 remaining notes it makes it a lot easier to run the neck. Just two positions, major-minor format.
So run the scale in arpeggios but skip each root note? I'm gonna try that!
I like that idea, Robert! Thanks for sharing :)
Amazing tutorials, learnt more about guitar harmony in the last couple of days than I have in the last 10 years. Thanks for sharing.
Great lesson ! This is the best lesson I’ve seen so far about minor scale
Glad you liked it! Thanks so much -Jared
this info is hard to find on YT. years ago i sat down with pen and paper to construct the chords from the scale myself because I couldn't find it anywhere (especially the 7th chords). good content, thanks!
I have been looking for this video for years. I'd like to comment on the section where you were explaining why you were going fast and feeling slightly bad about it. There are very, very few courses on youtube ( that are any good) for intermediate players. I already had all the theory training to understand this without a blink or hesitation, but I couldn't find it after years of looking, someone to just walk through building the chords, with the screenshottable graphics that were really nicely made. The same thing happens with intermediate foreign language speakers, who have learned on the street, but can only find extreme beginners or extreme advanced lessons. I am very subscribed now and will go through all your lessons but really wanted to say thank you thank you.
I like it fast , straight on point...no gibberish
Right on
Very nice! Glad I checked out your post on reddit. Looking forward to the next installment :)
Thanks for stopping by! :) -Jared
You're a great teacher and I love your voice. (fellow music teacher)
great explanation of these ideas of the Harmonic Minor scale
G O L D ! Full watch man!!! Great lesson. I always learn new ways of thinking theory from you!
haha, thanks Joel! :)
I agree, pure gold here.
Fantastic video sir, you have a very laid back yet conscientious way of teaching.
Thank you!
This is the best video on the Internet
haha, thanks Nahid! :) ~~Jared
loads of love for the lessonn
Excellent! VERY clearly explained. Best I’ve seen on CZcams. Strongly recommend the whole series. Thank you for posting.
I was looking for such a lesson years!!
Thank you so much for sharing.
Great teaching, great lesson 🤟🏿
I’m a lawyer, i don’t really have that much free time to study music theory, this has saved millions of hours to me. Thanks.
the most _important_ part being... _I´m a lawyer._
😂
thanks man
heavenly beautiful chord progression ..
Great lesson! I'm speechless. That made so much, make so much sense. I lost count of all the dots that just got connected. Thank you!
Glad it helped! ~~ Jared
Great lesson! the other parts of this series is also among the best out there on this topic. I will have to watch everything on this channel now :)
Keep up the good work and eventually you'll probably be one of the big guitar channels on Ytube.
Explaining music theory in a quick and concise manner is rare
Thanks so much, Martin!
really great lesson Jared, easy to follow
Thanks, Mitch! :)
Beautiful! Beautiful! Beautiful! Many thanks! Can you please do a lesson exactly like this on double harmonic minor.
Fantastic! I will be making great use of this. Thanks
Wow. Learned a lot. This scale sounds quite like baroque music.
Excellent teaching
Thanks a lot
Really useful, thanks a lot.
Glad it was helpful!
This was freakin awesome! Thank you for sharing!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I like you tutorial, from Indonesian 🎸🔥
Thanks, and hi! 😃
It was a lovely lesson :)
Hi dude, straight forward video lesson; keep going
Thanks, Nicolas!
Great video and clear explanation. I got exactly what I needed. Thanks!
Glad it helped! cheers, -Jared
Hi Jared, really glad I subscribed to your channel. Your delivery, passion and content is great. Thank you.
Wow, thank you, Chris!! :)
Great lesson. Thank you!!
I’m kinda lost, I need a little bit more time to understand this.. I feel so stupid…. 😢
No crap
Don t worry it takes time.
I M slow and it took me a good 10 years because i wanted shortcuts there is no shortcuts .
If I was listening in 1 year i ll be ready
So I re invent the wheel 😂
Like he said you have to learn how to create a triad three notes.
Basically let say you skip 1 note and play the next like C D bE F G bA B
So C bE G that s what we call triad
Than D F bA etc etc and just play note by note 1st
on the same string just to get the taste of the sound
After that go for his full lesson
He is amaising
Don t be hard on yourself
Music is a lifetime process
Cheers mate!!!!!
It’s okay, harmonic minor is a bit of an advanced concept. You can begin to understand it only after knowing the chords of the major scale which isn’t as difficult as it sounds :)
Basically a set of notes like CDEFGABC (c major scale) allow you to make chords by taking note, skipping a note, taking a note, skipping a note. (The first, the third, and the fifth) When you do that for all of them it creates your chords for C major. But for your purposes, I would just try to memorize the major scale sequence of
1major, 2minor, 3minor, 4major, 5major, 6minor, 7diminished
Once you know that you can learn about the 3 minors and their purposes. Because as you’ll learn, altering one note in the scale will change the set of chords and their polarity in a progression
I really love that intro idk why
Glad you like it!
Thank you for sharing, really good lesson, just can give you my subscribe 😅
I recently found this channel. Great contents
Jared do you have the basic bar chords in major and the 3 minors, with the roots on the 6th and 5th strings, tabbed out like this? What is the interval distances, how far apart should we place these chords going up the neck?
Hi Michael. I sent you these a while ago via email. Did you get them?
What about harmonizing the chords in major and natural minor too? And what about with roots on the 6th string and 4th string? Why do you only have them with roots on the 5th string?
Working with triads, you can move these anywhere, top set, middle set, bottom set
@@scrapkingfilms I was mentioning the basic bar chords.
I need to really learn how to put all this together..make songs out of it.
I think that my chord theory playlist would be a great series of videos to go through for this goal. As well as my songwriting playlist and song learning playlist. Some of the videos overlap but youtube will show you which one's you've watched already.
• Chord theory series playlist: czcams.com/play/PLho65cYn4nF1FXo8IWbKUb9_k0pMhgbtr.html
• Songwriting playlist: czcams.com/play/PLho65cYn4nF0oHnu1_L8OAaXcfBcr-WzP.html
• Song learning playlist: czcams.com/play/PLho65cYn4nF2MopvfHRh90eigfR69m4j7.html
Hope that helps!
-Jared
@@soundguitar Thanks.
@@soundguitar Can you show us how to play major and minors with bar chords with roots on 6th string? I can not find that anywhere, Can not find out how to play the vii chord, that would be diminished or minor 7 flat 5 with root on 6th string.. can not find it anywhere!
Great video!
Thanks, Julian! :) Cheers, -Jared
Hey I really liked this lesson. Thank you, just subscribed
Thanks for the sub!
You need to get a radio dj job with PBR. You have a very PBR (Public Broadcasting Radio) type of voice
6:37 Sweet dreams!
Next, could you please go through jazz standards and explain what is happening harmonically?
Do you have any suggestions for songs that use the chords referenced in this amazing video?
Good question. In this video there are a bunch of examples becuase the V chord in harmonic minor is used all the time: czcams.com/video/m3xc4O6785E/video.html.
There is one thing i dont understand if my guitar is tuned a whole step down do i need to play all the chords a whole step down also ?
If all your strings are tuned a whole step down you can just play it like normal and everything you play will technically be a whole step down but you can still think of it in standard tuning if that's what you're used to. If you play other people though or are using chord symbols to read off of then you need to transpose what you're playing thinking a whole step up. Do if the chord symbol says C then you need to play a D shape to play a C chord, but thinking that way only matters if you're needing to have the correct labels. Playing on your own you can just play whatever as a normal guitar. Does that answer the question? Let me know if not. Thanks! -Jared
Great material - very informative and good collateral - if I may ask - what program do you use to create the chord diagrams?
Which videos do you got that show the notes in the chords and scales so we know them fast? Which videos do you got that tie it all together real well, so it flows as music? Right now it is like pieces that go together slowly, but I am not able to just quickly use it instantly and compose and play all this stuff smooth.
Hi Michael. Thanks for asking. I'm happy to direct you to specific videos that might help with your specific goals, but I'm not totally sure on what you're looking for. Are you wanting to use the information for improvising? composing? song learning? or just theory in general? I can help you with some video recommendations if you give me a few more details about your goals. Thanks!! -Jared
@@soundguitar EVERYTHING! To use it to play, write, compose music. To actually use it. I was extremely specific the first time.
Absolute great 👏👏🇧🇷
Thanks!! :)
You know of any Songs using diatonic chords of harmonic minor?
They're used briefly all the time but not strictly. Any song that's minor with the V chord as major is borrowing it from harmonic minor. Songs that have diminished 7 also are often borrowing it from Harmonic minor. The others are more rare.
Tuning is in what?
brilliant lesson....just one question. why are we fretting muted strings on the 7 chords please?
Ah good question!! That's totally just a mistake in the diagrams. The Xs shouldn't be on those strings for the 7th chords. I didn't even realize that was messed up, thanks for pointing it out!! -Jared
@@soundguitar ah cool I kinda guessed in the end cus the chords sounded beautiful, thanks for the lessons you are a brilliant teacher!
@@JesusLordOfLords455 Thanks so much!! Glad you like those chords :)
What was that shred thing you did in the intro
that was basically playing down the A Harmonic Minor scale starting on the 5th scale degree (with a quick slur up to b6 and back first), then landing on the 7 (G#) on the 6th string and making a diminished chord off of that note (which is the 7th chord of the scale just like I teach in the lesson), then resolving to A minor. hope that helps! :) -Jared
Can you show s how to play these chords with roots on the 6TH STRING? Why do you only show it with root on 5th string? Bar chords harmonizing in major and minor, root on 6th string. I can not find that anywhere on youtube!!
why are we staring root on a sttring
That is the re-harmonisation of harmonic minor scale ,,1=minor,,2=dim..b3=aug...4=minor,,5=dominant,,,b6=major,,,7=dim...in every modes there are chords color which are the added notes of the mode...
Great lessons - ... I'd like to introduce you to my mother.
I'm free this Friday
Dude is the Bob Ross version of guitar teachers
😂
@@soundguitar I mean that statement as a term of endearment! I've learned priceless information from your lessons Jared! Thanks for all the time you put into making these lessons!
@@Vazaqin I definitely take it as a huge compliment! Thanks ☺🎨
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The melodic minor video
thanks for linking to it!
The III chord sounds hideous, like the guitar isn’t intonated properly or is out of tune by a half step…
I hear you. It's just a dissonant chord, that's all :)
Can you see my comments just checking
Roger that captain :)
Over smarting stuffs. All fancy stuffs 😜
Scales come from chords. Context matters.
Oops, you flipped it. Chords come from scales :) Harmony is secondary to melody
Talks far too fast, needs to slow down.
settings > playback speed > 0.75 ;)
I'm sorry..his finger placement didn't match his chart. He lost me there. 01:57. I stopped watching.
Great lesson! Thank you so much.
thanks!