How to memorize CHORDS - Part 2

[zombee38]

Very useful....thank you !

[CrazyandLazy]

Thanks man. This helped a whole lot!

[GhostsNSt00f]

Thanks for this video dude, I've been having trouble memorizing minor, major and dominant 9th chords for my grade 6 and I'm giving this a try :D

[pebberbrown]

@GhostsNSt00f Grade 6 huh?

[GhostsNSt00f]

@pebberbrown Indeed. I've been trying your method like 40 minutes now and its awesome, thank you sir.

[Caddrel]

Haha this is a good technique but I'm glad I'm not this guys student.

[kimmywimmy1st]

Hi im a girl and im bearly learning electric guitar and i wanna know wat if u have small hands and like its hard for me to stretch my fingers across the neck cuz xD they cant reach the low E string wat can i do to make em reach that string????? Plzz reply :D

[pebberbrown]

@kimmywimmy1st Stretch if you can - keep at it!

[anngrande]

im a begginer help pls



[timberland1108]

im gonna try this and get back to you and tell you how it works.. thanks man

[flatop59]

i think of chords and see them as 2 separate intervals,it works for me!

[KX5Kat]

Excellent ideas, thank you. I've been playing for 2 and a half years, I know the basic CAGED chords, and and some basic Bar chords. I'd like to seriously start memorizing a solid amount of new chords, but I'd also like to learn a number of ways to play the same chord (I think the term is inversions). Eg. I can play CMaj in 5 different positions. Is inversoins the correct term, and whats a decent number of inversions to learn for a single chord? (Into Fusion Jazz & prog Rock) Thanks

[pebberbrown]

@KX5Kat 3 note chords = 3 inversions, 4 note chords = 4 inversions.

[may23ten]

what kind of notes should i memorize first? beginner here

[pebberbrown]

@may23ten Start with the first 3 frets. Learn the 2 E stings first then the A string. After a week learn the D and G string notes - 3 frets only. then add the B string after that.

[falcorian]

Dude you're funny!

[drvioletq]

Thank you OH so much. I took lessons, well tried. But I felt so defeated, all my life because I have issues with my fingers and etc and memorizing. I've been told my hands aren't built for it. which is nutty. And your video's helped me a lot. Not walking! Thank you.

[timberland1108]

@drvioletq how are you making out now. just do it every day and you will get it.

[TheKronium]

Worked for me. 1 day. I gave all I had. Took me an hour ... i think...

[NapalmNewt]

I've been playing for a few years and seem to forget advanced chords as soon as I learn them. This is such an elegant solution, I'll finally be able to memorize those sweet jazz chords!

Thanks for the videos!

[eyssa2002]

thank you vey much for the info that helped alot !!!! :-) also u talked about this student that had really big hand and fingers !!! im the oposite kinda of him... should i get a smaller neck for the guitar ? thank very much !!! you really help !!

[LoneAmerican]

I was reforming the pattern in my head.But I was walking the chord.Thank you Mr.Pebber.Hope to be taking lessons from you soon!

[metamp]

It works I can confirm

After the 4th day my fingers start to land all at the same time

not only that I can play the progression without looking

[llwayneio]

I cant for a G chord in one movement. My 3rd and 4th fingers wont move together :( got really bad independence between those two, i fractured my pinky years ago as well so its a bit lame

[pebberbrown]

GIve it some time

[metamp]

It's very hard to do I can't form my fingers into a chord position in the air

[pebberbrown]

How long have you tried doing it?

[metamp]

great thanks for showin me the light

[audesen]

thanks so much for your input.  You hit it right on the head....keep up the great work

jim

[derikamichele]

"Form the chord in the air and land it" :)

Awesome, that was very helpful. Much love.

[Wesbug]

Sooooo helpful, sir. I have only started learning and I've been looking for some help getting my chord fingering right and this is awesome. I also like your "No BS" attitude... you cut through the nonsense and get right to the practicality of technique. Again, thanks!

[pebberbrown]

Yes thanks thanks - I have to redo all these soon as the audio kind of sucks so stay tuned.

[cubbieboy38]

@Wesbug so true

[bluegang6]

okay, i have a problem with chord walking!

lets say im doing the excerise with the D chord (triangle formation) i land my ointing finger and ring finger at the same time, but before my middle finger.

any suggestions?

[pebberbrown]

webcam yourself doing it and send me the link so I can see what you are talking about. That way we can fix it.

[bluegang6]

well i realize what i did wrong, im doing exactly what u told me, making the shape in tha air, but in the end, 1 finger is always left out, i try to prevent myself from doing that, but in the end i have to learn... :P

ps: i really dont want to go thru the trouble of posting a 7 second video explaining my problem, but i think i fixed it..

[pebberbrown]

Trouble of posting a video? Dude the only thing wrong with the internet is that I cant immediately give you a charlie horse for saying that (like we did back in the 70's.) You want MY help?

Dont tell me how inconvenient it is to post a video.

[bluegang6]

dude, okay, here is the deal, if i could videotape my laptop doing anything i would, it is as slow as hell, the above video (7:50) takes me 20 minutes to play and the words are cut off, and a 7 second video, i mean what the heck? i learned how to fix it myself after i wrote my first message, and yes i did want ur help, but not ANYMORE, i think i went over that in the previous message

[bluegang6]

"ps: i really dont want to go thru the trouble of posting a 7 second video explaining my problem, BUT I THINK I FIXED IT.." the problem is within my 7 year old laptop, okay?!? if u were me, u wouldn't be patient enough to even watch the video above, this laptop is screwed up.

[pebberbrown]

Arrrg arrrrg arrrg hardware problems! Ok well sorry I didnt know you were in equipment frustrate mode so I apologize - but ya gotta be a little bit more thick skinned around me man - dont be so sensitive! Back in the day we only gave charlie horse punches to our friends!

[bluegang6]

don't sweat it man, i was just pissed, my laptop wouldn't even get me into this page, and i had to type a thousand messages because my comment wouldn't be posted, sorry :)

[pebberbrown]

I feel for ya. The problem is always a lack of funds because the bitchen computer hardware is just waiting for us to buy. Well.....  start saving... I know how it goes believe me.

[squareric]

Very helpful. I didn't even realize how badly I was handicapping my playing until watching this but now it makes perfect sense. Thanks.

[pebberbrown]

True but I am no longer engaging in comments or discussions regarding Buckethead.

[sh4d0w07z]

Yes, sorry! Should have done some research before asking a question that has been answered maybe millions of times already...

[sh4d0w07z]

Heh. Wow, so simple, yet the end result is strikingly more effective. I'm a beginner as well, and this is by far the most powerful advice I've received. This is valuable! Consider promoting this! Out of curiosity, is it true you taught 'Buckethead'? I'm a MAJOR fan.

[wally666247]

Great tutorial for a change on YouTube! What do you do, if you are like me and you are "blessed" with TINY hands? I swear my pinky is an inch shorter than my ring finger, and stretching more than 4 frets from fret 1-6 is really hard, and big stretches on a Les Paul from 17-22 is very hard too with the small hands.

Anyway great tutorial, I must subscribe.

[pebberbrown]

Tiny hands means you have to pick only chords that you can play - it might mean only 3-4 fret spans. Tell Django Reinhardt how much you are feeling handicapped with small hands!

GOOGLE: django reinhardt

[jan1080]

This video contains valuable tips, actually.

I've done the "forming chords while blind and play it" thing for a while, and I'm about to start on ninths atm.

It's a great technique. You get great muscle memory from it, and it "shocks" your brain into learning faster.

[jan1080]

And by "start on ninths", I mean various inversions.

[pebberbrown]

Also try doing it looking over to the RIGHT

[wildhorsestudios1421]

I've seen this guy do this behind his head. And faster than EVH on a good day!

[7daysgone]

great vid man...thanx

[pebberbrown]

Yes thanks sorry about the audio quality.. stay tuned for this summer I am going to redo most of these with better audio and also add a ton more lessons. I guess if you "subscribe" to my channel, YouTube will automatically send you an email when I add a new video...?

-=>PB

[BongoMadness]

yeh pebb jimi was primitive...`i want my 8 minutes back`

[pebberbrown]

Yes for chords he was primitive. If you

dont know any better you've got a lot to learn.

You want your 8 minutes back? Was that suppossed to mean you wasted 8 minutes of your precious valuable time watching a lesson I put up here for free? Ohh poor poor baby you have my deepest sympathy, I am so sorry you had to sit through this grueling video...

Oh by the way you can click the stop button.

[hawkwinddave]

regarding your advice for folks with big hands, didfn't jimi hendrix get by ok with hid huge hands and a standard neck?

[pebberbrown]

Jimi Hendrix played mostly pentatonic scale and he only had a realy small limited vocabulary of some primitive chord shapes. He really didnt even play BARRE chords, rather he played with he first,second and third finger and lopped his thumb over the TOP of the neck to get a bass note. He played many 9 and 6/9 chords which are straight across the strings (ex C6/9 = 332233 C9=332333)

[HarDAllillA]

hi pebber.thx for new lessons.

i had a question if you can help me out.

I'm new in a band for few weeks,they just substitute their guitarist with me.

i have a problem that is , I lose my rhythm if some changes come suddenly to the song , like i have to play intro of a song , I have to start playing 2 bars solo then after that the drum part comes in the song ,, then i lose it ,,, the rhythem goes too shaky ,, is there any suggestion for this , thx a lot ( sorry if my english sux hih )

[pebberbrown]

Well you know the answer right?

PRACTICE HARDER!  Dont give up - DIG IN and

practice practice practice. Set up a private

practice session with just the drummer

and go over the songs slowly and keep at it

every day until you can do it.

-=>PB

[HarDAllillA]

thx pebber

[wildhorsestudios1421]

Hey Har,

If you drive a car and listen to the radio at the same time.

Tap out the beat on your steering wheel. No less boring a metronome than the radio. And as the man says, "Practice Harder"

[HarDAllillA]

ohhh thx man.

i going to try what you reccomand :D

but instead of tapping on wheel gonna tap on my bike hands .... hahahaaaa but thx a lot :D

A

[wildhorsestudios1421]

I'm not so sure that's a good idea if you want to be able to keep playing guitar. Bikes and headphones don't mix well.

[HarDAllillA]

yeah you'r right...in close future when i'm gonna be a rock star ,i'll go buy a brand new car with 12 speakers around it , but now im just a student, and dont have enough, right now , but ... hope for life changin miracles ,,,, hahahaaa

[pebberbrown]

I use Marshall Stack headphones.

[wildhorsestudios1421]

Yeah but the spokes in your bike are made with Di'addario 15's

[soupie]

excellent lesson!

I'm ok at the lead stuff, but fast chord changing i'm not so good at, I'm gonna try this a few minutes everyday!

cheers!

[pebberbrown]

Keep at it until you can do it

dont give up - do the opposite - practice even

harder!!!

-=>PB