Learn How To Play Guitar Series Lesson 2

[TheGanjaga]

Wht about the strumming

[TheMslivelaughlove]

You're good at teaching, all the little tips help A LOT!

[analogkid86]

Great stuff! Appreciate all the help.

[TheNarniaFreak]

For the C chord, do you include the top string when you strum?

[TheNarniaFreak]

What is the difference between an accoustic guitar and a classic guitar?

[jamw598]

thankyou

[henrybing1944]

Playing guitar can be fun and easy with 2DAYGUITARCOURSE(DOT)INFO. I learned in just 48 hours

[pataxisawesom3]

@FioriSama yes they are



[Sudarshankunwar]

man you are so good. i am learning it so fast.... its been 3 days and am moving on so nicely ..thanx man!

[FioriSama]

man my sister started to have guitar lessons but she left them and we have a guitar at home and noone using it.so i think im going to start having those lessons...are they good?

[dedicatedtotomfelton]

your the best guitar teacher! in 2 days i learnt how to play 4 songs using your techniques!!

[nate7d2]

i am learning from you very quickly. once i get a little better a donation might be do possibly. saved me money from guitar lessons and am flying through it this way learning some very good basics!

[d3w3y123]

Best vid I've seen yet! Helpin a lot man! Thanks

[MrsRobinNL]

Ahh mannn those drills are HARD! But they really help :) Thank you so much! <3

[J4m3z1]

@cmf914

Try the way Joseph teaches in the video, where you use all ur fingers except the pinky. So you use the finger next to your pinky for the high e string, and the other 2 fingers for the other string.

[zbin96]

My pinky finger sucks. Awww. It seems like it has its own brain.. :3

[1028posse]

Your teaching is very good. I've been a drummer for more than 35 yrs, but I've ALWAYS wanted learn the guitar. I've picked up my son's guitar and am having a lot of fun! Thank you! But...ouch...the fingers are sore as I dont have those callouses quite yet...HA

[1028posse]

Your teaching is very good. I've been a drummer for more than 35 yrs, but I've ALWAYS wanted learn the guitar. I've picked up my son's guitar and am having a lot of fun! Thank you!

[slappyvodafonenet]

Thank you soo much...Just got my guitar today, and have been hanging out to practice your drills and methods. I have a guitar book covering the basics, but I prefer to practice using your method. Cheers again.

[JetzEzraRomance]

hey, am, you help me a lot but why is it only a chord C and chord G?, how about the other chords?, are they important?

[rrockzilla]

Hi .First of all, your videos are awesome. I started learning guitar like few days ago from your videos. I am having problem with my left hand. My fingers on my left hand start to become really slanted after the top fret. Thumb starts to go horizontal ( from vertical) as i move down the fret. What is the proper thumb position in left hand?

Thanks.

[xcreberx]

@rrockzilla try imagining that you have an egg on your palm when playing. that will help you in your left hand. and that your thumb wont make be horizontal to the neck. and also will make you really comfortable. and try elevating the neck of the guitar so it will be easier on your part. like your neck is almost on the level of your own neck or chest and try putting the body of the guitar between your legs and elevate the one leg where it lays.

[maddnificent3]

this video's gun too ;

[vegetaks1]

hello man, I really appreciate yours videos......

I recently bought a new guitar....

But the problem is that my fingers don't move very quickly......

Can you help me to practice some 'finger stretch'

Thanks man...

[bhsbuck12]

thanks, very helpful

[TauroTemplates]

Hi, i have the same guitar like you but i am left-handed, can i play with that guitar in the other direction? thanks for help.

[slussen]

Thank you Mr., your lessons are great

regards from

Ludz - Stockholm, Sweden

[HeWhoLaughsAtAll]

What do you mean when you say the chord is open?

[fortoate]

@HeWhoLaughsAtAll It means no fingers on the string you're playing on.

[MsDemi95]

goooooooodness many thnx thats really helpful....

[jokerman118]

i dont realy understand how to do the drills :/

[ScarletxCrimson]

Hey! These lessons have helped me sooo much! I've got G down pretty well, I think, but when I try to go back to C chord, I feel like I have to keep counting the strings or looking at my left hand to get my middle finger right, lol. I feel like even if I become better, I'll still run the risk of accidentally fretting the wrong string...

[trickyricky123]

on the open g chord where do you put your 2nd finger?

[PhantomRX]

Your first few lessons are awsome for Acoustic Guitar!  Thank you very much for getting me started. Wish you had more, but I think we all understand that you have a life to live outside of youtube.

[gocards26]

i love you josephkim. your so goddamn cute

[lakeladie]

I saw your first lesson completely by accident. I enjoyed the lesson so much I wanted to download it. So I had to sign up for youtube, and I lost you. I spent about two hours looking for it again. I am so glad I found it again. I think this first and second lesson will get me really started. I use to play the violin, but am no longer able. I think you are a skilled teacher and your lessons will be a great help.Sincerely Lakeladie

[TheWalkingNerd]

You know, not only are you great at guitar, but you're also a skilled teacher. Like how, in the first leasson, you tought us two simple songs that were easy to learn, but still gave us a sense of accomplishment! I gave up guitar lessons 'cause i felt like i wasn't learning anything. But i feel like i've learned something in the last two days just by learing those songs! Thanks a lot, man!

[bellarose1212]

U are a really good teacher I learnt in 4 days what my friend learnt in 1 month I'm not joking and she has a guitar teacher!!

[Andrewheeler]

@bellarose1212 Yes, but the teacher proberly wants them to learn slowly so they get more money out of them.

[grbmark]

when you play the cords you play them all from the 6th string and down?or you start from the 5th or 4th?

[shermintwilighter]

if u wanna play an acoustic guitar is the chords the same as a classical guitar?

[CodeM1994]

Yes, the chords are the same for all guitars.

[hayderatrah]

for long time i was looking for guitar visaul lessons, i finally found them with this guy. these are themost well-explained lessons.

[freckleface96]

after playing for a while my left wrist starts to hurt. is this normal? will the pain ever go away?

[nonamedg]

I think it's normal according to the way you're holding / playing on the fret board.

[banhdaungot108]

don't worry, maybe u lift up left hand much, just free your left hand , but the elbow MUST NOT touch the body... :D

Maybe it's help

[ElBluesummer]

Man I wish I could take lessons from you in person... I'd gladly pay you 50$ an hour as opposed to this dude I've started with....

[jgirlfromca]

thanks! this is really helpful!

[argonac1911988]

man, you are awersome, thank you very much, I taught of private lessons but this is much better. THANKS

[kasooooooooooool]

hey maan yur awsome!!!

but i have a small prob

tht the sound of c dsnt like the sound of mine

i mean i cnt doo the same sound as u :S

like i ddnt get it hw 2 play it after we make our fingers corect thn wat !!

wich 1 we should heat it !

[kylesgrlxoxo]

wow! this really helped me!! thanks a lot! =]

[tmalderson]

hey man great lessons- i understand you much better than this local guy i payed to take lessons from. thanks!

[sayhi87]

love youu!! you are a great teacher... ha! i keep doing that warming exercise and now i acgtually now the name s of two chords!!lol

[ccinhou1]

Great stuff, great class - Thanks again!

[turkmenlerden]

good job Jo!

[inukag9]

great lesson. I'd like to learn to play incubus drive, but the other vidoes i've checked are sort of confusing. i'd better understand if u could teach it. pleaseeee thanks you!!

[Trigger07]

On the first Chord, does he include the Low E (sixth string, his counting way)... because i cant tell if he does or not

[fruitdrankje]

I saluut you sir. Excellent lessons. Thanks a million.

[sattargintoki]

dude ur the best guitar teacher ever (honestly). ive been to many web sites to learn and u teach better than them thanx for uploading.

[iwatchedurvid]

you teach good : )

[TDoanLe]

G chord you strum all notse, C Chord you strum the bottom 5, excluding the 6th note.

[dibira1979]

MY FINGERS HURT! but its the good kinda hurt! really good lessons helps a ton! and that is a kick ass les paul wow!

[caz7703]

I have only got to lesson two, so dont know how many there are left - but i hope there's more!! Your the best online lesson I have found on youtube yet! please dont stop.

Thank you so much!

[jralman86]

Do you strum all the strings for both cords?

[Deciphor20]

I'm wondering the exact same thing. Do you only strum the strings u are pressing, or do you strum all 6 strings? (BTW I'm having trouble strumming with my pick, it's like I'm pressing too hard)

[MadBagOfHorses]

Strum all strings.

[MadBagOfHorses]

Ahh, I was mistaken. Bottom 5 only on 'C'.

[kare027]

awesome

[kare027]

I justs have a question about the drills, I have been doing them faithfully but I am no where near as fast as you, so should I stick to lesson 1 until I can be as fast as you? Please respond I think your teaching is great.

Kare

[josephhkim]

keep moving on.

theres no need to be extremely fast or anything.

and you should keep doing the drills from the previous lessons anyways.

[hlams]

I got the same question too. Than I will practice drills all the time! :)

I cant load this video! :(

[DeMiDeRaNgE]

your lessons are really helpfull :)

its actually quite funny because I had the pause between c and g chords, but i like the way you play g much better its so much easier.

[BAMxitsdanielle]

YOU are so helpful =)

i just started ..and i already know my C chord and G chord! thankk you!

<3,Danielle

[guitarindotcom]

Hi there nice teaching and there is nothing wrong with the audio or vid clip either and if any one wants to learn how to play guitar then check me out.>

[jimmyevo]

1 big difference between this guy and you, guitarindotcom.

he's doing it for free.

[guitarindotcom]

Hi there jimmyevo, yes he is doing a great job for free but if you check out my website then you will see that if you sign up to my course then you too can learn to play the guitar for free as well. I do not charge anything for anyone to sign up to my course. You can learn for free.

[themicster]

hey bud, thanks, I have a guitar teacher off line and now online. I get to see you more! Thanks again glenn

[hannahbanana785]

THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH!!!!! I found my dad's old guitar that he never played and I was determinted to learn! I found your video and you're a great teacher! THANKS AGAIN!!!

[kingstondoesntsuck]

Hey, your lessons are GREAT!!! Thank you sooo much!!! BTW - I always thought 'behind the fret' meant like, if you are pressing down a string on the second fret, your finger would be as close as possible to the fret towards the neck of the guitar, like, to the left, if looking down at it, so 'behind' is in relation to the neck of the guitar - but does 'behind' the fret actually mean in relation to the body of the guitar - so, finger should be to the right if looking down at it? So confused?

[josephhkim]

look down at your fingers.

your finger should be just LEFT of the fret from your perspective while looking at the guitar.

[kingstondoesntsuck]

Thank you so much!! I've had it wrong all this time! Wld you believe I even had a number of individual lesson and my teacher never picked it up!! UR lessons are great!! :-)

[Silvabacck]

What kind of guitar is that? I have a Palmer pc13 it looks like mine

[w7big8wave7w]

hi thanx for all your vidoe am try to play in my quitar ^_^

[Paintballingpro3]

Thanks so much for making these lessons, there really helpful!

[dakaproductions]

thank u so much i woke my mom up and she was so impressed!

[BigTeXX324]

i play as i listen it works im learning fast had my guitar a day and i can play the nirvanna thing alrdy..... thanks mucho

[longveiw1]

5:50 reminded me of at the bottom of everything by bright eyes i was just playing that today!

[littlemissunshine306]

i thought u were going back to the nirvana song u were teaching on the 1st lesson.:(

i didn't get it the first time

[escaladepoppin]

your really a helpfull teacher, im sacing money this way instead of having to go to personal lessons

[ChemicalSRomance]

thank you sooo much

i have a guitar that I haven't played in a very long time.

Thanks to these videos, I can finally play a song.

[norseman47]

how did u do that?

[paintballcrazy94]

i love all of your videos !!! and webcam quality was nice thank you Joseph kim

[bossmanbeatz]

thanx man

[smurray1986]

ive had a guitar that i got for christmas at least 5 years ago, and after watching your first lesson i actually can play something now! thanks for the lessons man!

[FallenAngelHarrie]

your good but myne sounds nothing like that and do u strum all the string on th chords

[danielgbr]

hey! this is great! I live in Brasil and work most of the day... and these lessons are absolutly awsome... keep this up! Every day im here watchin with my Les Paul...rsrsrs

[studio9011]

This was an apsolute amazing lesson! He reviews with you the drills you learned the 1st lesson and than teaches you 2 new chords, C and G. (You might need to write them on a piece of paper) Thanx so much dude!

[nickelite]

Very cool, if you have time I would like to learn the basics to White Zombie - Thunderkiss 65. Thanks!

[nyfantana]

your videos are really good keep making more pls!!!!

[HimeChi92]

ahhhh. I feel like my fingers to small :/

[llollipop0]

THANKS!!!!!!!!

[blahhxx]

This is exactly what I've been looking for!

Short, simple, and informative!

Thanksssss!

You have a gift for teaching.

: )

[spider7575]

Keep those video's coming! Your lessons are very easy to fallow.

[maloi7]

thanks a lot for making these videos. your helping me out a lot. your great.

[heartagold555]

go acoustic!!

[tanne1993]

Could you please also just keepclassic to. its really nice! thnx so much !

[ubbi96]

takk fyrir this is iclandic thanx

[jaypayne]

thank you for making these videos. They have helped me very much in getting to know my guitar.

[locoguatemalteco]

mein....tnx for da vids,,,,rewally helpful...im sorta trying to learn by myself...an it helps...:)

so...tnx..

[genix133]

thanks for the vids man, they're really helpful... now if only my fingers could move faster :D

[SnobbyPunkcess]

sweet, gives me something to do for the break. I just finished lesson 1 in like 15 minutes..totally suck still but You're good... can't wait to learn more.. stupid fingers...gR!!!

[sameeoh]

lol joseph ur really into youtube huh? nice job w/ the how to vid

[josephhkim]

Lesson 3 is out.

Thanks for the nice comments. Helps motivate me to keep making them.

I'll get more into electric stuff next lesson, since i've been doing all classical thus far.

[vladimirvajagic]

Oh Yea i got a Classic acoustic so stick to that forget eletric for now ... THANx :)

[vladimirvajagic]

I found lesson number 4 i hope lesson 5 is comein ...

Thanx buddy

Vlad

[vladimirvajagic]

I'm waitin for lesson 3 please keep it comein i just started playin and ur doin a good job teachin me

Thanx Vladimir from Niagara Falls

Thanx buddy please keep it comein

[Finkpad]

Once again.... THANKS!  I'm following your training videos and think there great. So, at least *1* person out here in cyber space is appreciating them ;) Cheers.

[JesseGuitar07]

good stuff:)sounds so awesome:)

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