I started my guitar journey last November. Now I know like 15+ chords different positions and can play a good amount of songs. Don't give up guys. Just practice a bit each day. All the love Justin.

That finger placement is very frustrating sometimes. But I don’t wanna give up. Just the imagination of playing any song I want is a bigger motivator than the frustration not hitting the notes.

The Bob Ross of 🎸? So glad I found your lessons.

I learned this chords for 4 days 😍 training an hour a day ! This is my first chord and I'm so happy 😁

Ah yes, the D chord! I remember picking up my older sister's Ibanez Gio GAX70 when I was in middle school and learning from JustinGuitar videos that were 480p. Fast forward 13 years, I now have ESP and Ibanez Prestige guitars. I wouldn't have grown and learn metal guitar techniques if I never learned the basics from JustinGuitar years ago. Thank you, Justin.

this was amazing but what really got me was the DOG she was soo cute!!!

I dont even have a guitar but here I am learning my first chord

Straight away, the best teacher.......period. If just half the teachers on my journey through schooling would have been as good as you, I would have been way ahead of where I am today. And I'm not just talking about guitar lessons, I'm referring about your amazing ability to really teach someone! Thanks

After going through his intermediate levels.. watching how to learn the d chord is such a good feeling

i'm on my 5th day of guitar ownership and 2 day of practicing the d chord and i've FINALLY got the position memorized! and on top of that i can just tell what finger needs to move closer to the fret or needs to be curled back a little! ughhh so exciting my hand's getting used to the position im so glad cos it was giving me grief! i hope with more practice i wont need to use the slight lower flat of my middle finger nail to press down lol...

just learned my first chord 😍

Hello guys if u r seeing this your starting now like me I am module 3 now A and d are bit tough You will have thoughts about quitting this is too hard, my fingers are paining I also experienced this. But i am going to continue. After module 1 and 2 the fun starts

Is anybody having the problem with your ring finger muting/plucking the E string (thinnest string) 😔

I love your teaching method, it feels like I'm learning from a Friend. Thanks Justin :)

After about 2 years later of my on and off guitar learning, learning consistently has been a pain with pandemic (couldn't get strings for months!), thesis work, moving to a new country and all. I have probably played only 1 year of those 2 years! However, my playing has improved miles and I can kinda play the stuff I want to play now! And it's all thanks to Justin! Keep the faith and keep learning! I don't really follow Justin anymore now that I am trying to develop my own stuff and get better at the stuff I personally want to play on guitar! But it was a terrific journey and I can't thank you enough Justin for teaching me guitar.

Amazing teacher! I've been browsing since August when I got my guitar and Justine "makes Sence" Love how easily I understand you and finally feel like I'm learning something! Also, Love that you have a dog! Thank you! Thank you for your amazing lessons!

ziggy played guitar! Love how pets just soften the mood

I am 70 years young and just starting

I follow what he says but I always have to adjust all of my fingers again after I finally got it right. Edit: now it's mainly just my second finger I have to adjust. Edit#2: I can now play the D chord after I figured out I should've had my thumb up near the first fret. It made it so much easier.

Im just now starting guitar and I love your videos the most because you mention things that other people wouldn't think too. Things like how it will be hard to reach the fret or that there will be finger pain the beginning. When I tried other videos I felt like a failure because I had these issues but now I know it'll come with practice

been doing guitar self taught for over a month now, just picked up your guitar book and it brought me here :D Easily the most in depth lessons i have seen yet.

Very detailed and informative instruction. Thanks for posting this video!

nice i nailed the d chord !

My 6 Y.O. Daughter is following this (with some help from me) and is doing great :) Next up, A and E Chords!

My fingers hurt _so_ much, but I’m making progress! Thank you, Justin. I just feel bad for my fingers. I can see a physical imprint of the steel strings in my poor red fingers a good while after practising the D chord.

Amazing teacher,lesson always well explained.🎸🎸

Your videos are the best. Thanks for the great content 🙂

I am enjoying his videos so far. I, too, am a beginner. I will practice each chord at a time.

Thank you, you have solved my D problem. I was playing it square on and it was quite frustrating. Angling the fingers works a treat.

Just going to put my thoughts down for anyone else starting out, will update when I improve :) Day 1: I found this chord incredibly difficult. I couldn't do it at first. My ringfinger kept muting the 1st string. Tried for about an hour, I eventually succeeded, but I had to strain my fingers a LOT, which makes me think I can't do this on the fly during a song. It almost feels like my fingers are too small, but I know that's not true. Day 2: I don't know why, maybe it's because I had a night to sleep on it, but I pulled it off first try. I still need to strain badly, and my fingertips still hurt because of it, but PROGRESS! Day 3: I figured out that if I exaggerate the idea of pressing the strings with the very tip of my fingers, it's easier to consistently get it right. Day 4: I'm still super super slow, but I now learned that if I push the 2nd string up a bit (so more towards the 3rd), I end up not accidentally muting the 1st string with it. My fingers still b hurting and it feels like that's because I'm still straining too much. But I have to, or it won't sound nice.

ugh, those last two strings are always muted >

05:50 - the cutest moment in history of youtube

Really enjoying these videos. Just hope I can stick with it while Covid is on the loose!

Wow so amazingly explained

Wow. Thank you so much for the in-depth details on how to play it! I was struggling trying to troubleshoot myself while watching Marty Music's videos. All he does is play and show off his skills more than actually teach smh Love these videos so far!

Its so tough, 4th day owning a guitar, fingers killing me, I'm muting loads of strings, but I've managed a few good sounding chords so I know its possible with more practice. 48yr Old enjoying learning a new skill. Thanks for great tutorials.

You are amazing buddy!

Day One of Your Course (2nd of June 2024): I started your course after a week of practising the guitar from random websites and already knowing how to play the E major Chord and A chord. I also learnt how to play the Smoke on The Water riff today, but not from your lesson. I was tired of going through random tutorials and found your curriculum. After lesson one I learned how to play the D Chord and I watched your second lesson and gained a better understanding of the A chord. I then watched your third lesson which taught me how to use anchor fingers successfully and I managed to apply anchor fingers to the E major chord too. I will be keeping track of my progress in this comment. Day Five of Your Course (6th of June 2024): I've finished the first module and am now practising chord changes, I'm getting quicker with them and can switch between E and A 30 times a minute and A and D 15 to 20 times a minute. Finger pain has mostly stopped (entirely for my index finger) as callouses have started to form from LOT'S of practice. Day Twelve of Your Course (13th of June 2024): Started your second module, already experienced with E, so I'm going okay with it. Lot's of practicing. Day Seventeen of Your Course (18th of June 2024): Still practicing second module, having trouble building up speed, but I'm working on it. LOT'S OF PRACTICING! Day Twenty-One of Your Course (22nd of June 2024): Still on the second module because I've been focusing on building up finger speed. Currently practicing crazy train riff to build up speed.

Thanks! So helpful. I am having a blast. Warmest regards.

thanks man !

This helps me so much, thanks a lot man!

Have to say for a beginner like myself, these videos are just great 👍 I only got my first guitar yesterday and struggled at first with the placement of the 3rd finger. Firstly it appeared I had no motor function so had to physically move it with my other hand (weird experience) and then once I had it somewhere near it meant to be, it would interfere with the 1st string and everything felt just wrong! Only doing short 10 minute session and this morning I watched the video again and picked up on the part about the placement of the palm and the thumb which helped immensely (my fault for not listening in the first place!). So my second session went much better and was able to place finger 3 by mind control and with a bit of tweaking manage to not interfere with string 1.

Thank you Justin ,at last someone who knows how to explain things layman's terms. I'm 53 and diesided to start arthritis in my hands but hay what the hell. I'm a status quo mad fan ,but you have to start somewhere. Please can you pictures of matchstick men. Again thank you.

Ha! Jokes on you, my first chord was a criminal re-chord.

Thanks!

Thank you so much for the content ❤

No one's gonna talk about how cute the doggy was? 😍

Thanx Justin -Cute dog!

Your video make me smile in joy and excitement of learning...just started new here 2021 .☺️

that was great!!👏👏

Thanks sir

You can also bridge with the index finger on the 3rd and 1st string with the finger flat then press on the 2nd string 3rd fret with the middle fingertip. Very easy.

So excited to get my first guitar next month..and i been building knowledge to play guitar...

i love Justin Guitar :D

Thank you Justin..... This D is one of my problem....

You made me want to start guitar again Thanks

I screwed up learning this chord from the chord chart back in the day and have always played it with the 1and 2 fingers backwards to what the chart says. I believe this is a superior way to play the D chord as it is much easier to transition into say a Dm, Am, E, and Em as the shape is basically the same with just a small twist of the writ here and there Just my two cents on the matter.

Great quality. Played guitar back in the days and never really knew what i was doing. Played in a Thrash Metal band (nog really a good one ofc) and i really like the way this guy explains it.

Even though i know a lot of open string chords i still learned something i did not know. Place down the fingers on the frets in order of fingers. Pointy finger goes down first, driving finger second and so forth. I already do this so lucky me. But i did not know that this is suggested. My first teacher, physically, took my fingers and placed them on the frets. And he always started on the pointy finger if i did not get it right.

Your videos are so wholesome

I learned in it two mins or maybe even less tysm!

I'm starting today. Gonna try my best.

I got my guitar yesterday and at first when I tried the D chord I thought “oh god my fingers how am I supposed to remember this”.. next day I played it on my first try from memory

Struggling very hard with E string on this note and hoping with the hand tips I can get it figured out

I have no problem getting the third finger to the fret, just dont know how you avoid touching the first and third string with that finger

Yay, Ziggy ❤

AMAZIUNG

I don't know how but for some reason after repeatedly practicing how to play the d chord, I eventually stopped my ring finger from muting the high e string and I don't even know how I did it lmao. Now I'm even more motivated to learn more lol

i wish i knew of this course when i first started playing guitar

Reflections, 5:12 STRUGGLING WITH THUMB PLACEMENT? READ. I struggled with this in my first week, if it was "right". TRY THIS- Let go of your fretting hand( drop it as if it's completely limp towards the floor) and shake a bit. Make sure you're relaxed. Now freeze your hand and put it around the neck without moving your fingers. Doing this you'll make sure that your thumb is in a relaxed state and you don't have you worry about it anymore! Hope it helped. [Source- Thadeus Hogarth, online teacher from Berklee, lessons on Coursera.]

started today......... people make this look easy

2:20 This mans a god. Hes got two third fingers!

THAT is why I play the piano.

Voww nice teacher

Lmao I was wondering why the e minor sounded so dull turns out I wasn’t pressing hard enough lolll now I feel the pain but it’s amazing

I do play the chord with the fingers placed differently though, because I feel like I have more strength that way to pull the strings down.

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The finger placement is really hard!😅 but I’m gonna keep at it!

You can't believe how I felt when I got it right in the first try.

Cool

It seems so difficult with my little fingers and my ring finger just doesn't stretch as far like yours? But I keep trying to tell myself if kids can learn to play then so can I! Learning the notes seem practically impossible for a beginner😣 but I hope I don't give up and can learn how to play guitar!☺🎸🙌

Thanks for the lesson, also tell ziggy i said hello

My fingers tip hurt like it got cuts!! But I'm determine to learn this! I'll continue tomorrow. Thank you so much for your teaching :)

re-recordings of old videos justin? appreciate it

I keep muting that thinnest string but I'll get this is so simple so know I can do it

So glad i found your channel about one week prior to me getting my first guitar!

Hi ziggy! 😄

omg the dog. my puppy b the same way but not so quiet lol

The finger pain is real.. first time picking up a guitar and half an hour practicing one chord and im done for the day i think

is it ok to cry in the first few days??

Awwwww Ziggy is so cute

On chord diagrams count from thinnest. Count strings vertically Count frets horizontal spaces

Gotta love the D 😂

Just started today and I can't if get the d chord easily piano is so simple

For a man I've got very slim fingers and I find it hard to not accidentally mute other strings. I have no idea how men with average sized fingers play guitar.

I spent 30 mins trying to play the D chord but my 3rd finger is always pressing also the first string...

It's my first day playing a guitar and my fingertips are purple already hahahaha

I have been practicing for two hours but I've only managed to get the D and A chords down. The fingering is really frustrating. I'm hanging it up for today and will try again tomorrow.

The highlight was your dog. Hello doggie!

It's funny. This started out pretty easy but by my 3rd day something has slipped and I need to keep readjusting to get this going properly again. I've found it is pretty easy to hold if I curl my wrist up a bit but I've heard that's a bad habit to get into. Oh well, I'll get it again.