Happy Thanksgiving to You and Your Family!! Thanks for watching this video my friends! Let me know in the comments below if you enjoyed it. e :)

But honestly the best guitar advice I’ve ever gotten is “just play the damn thing”

dude dont worry about all these people telling you to talk less people just have short attention spans, just do what you love and thanks for the great information

I've been playing guitar for 24 years, but I never say I know it all...and although I didn't necessarily learn anything new I still genuinely like this man.

Not clear instructions. My guitar is stuck on the ceiling.

I’m 17 and I have no idea what my passion is or what I want to go to college for next year or do for the rest of my life. I’m kind of (scratch that, terrified) of it so I’m really trying to research some of the things that I enjoy and seeing if I could make a career out of it. Musical theatre used to be my first option, but now I’m not so fond of the prospect of having to move to NYC at least. I’m gonna try harder to write presentable music and produce it myself to see if I have enough of a chance, lol. sorry for the minor rambling. had to get it off my chest.

I’m a lifelong keyboard player ...now learning the guitar and you have taught me more about theory (I hate that word) but you’ve taken theory and made it real and practical for me!! So what I’m saying is as I’m learning to play the guitar I’m really becoming a much better keyboard/piano player! Awesome and thanks so much!!

been playing for 40+ years and that:s as practical and easy to digest explanation as i:ve ever heard. Well done!

When he started playing G Em C D, I was like, “I found a love,” hahah #Perfect

Erich, how timely of a video this one is! I finally have enough confidence and understanding of the guitar and music theory (thanks to you!) to consider the possibilities of writing my own songs. There was a worship song that I wrote back in the '70's and I think that experience stirred my soul to write something more meaningful. Nothing says it like music, and I know you understand and promote your students to learn and advance. I'm so grateful for your instruction and time that you devote to making us all better players.

I have never watched a lesson or learned a song from my years of playing that was so informational and straight to the point. You are the first person I really understood, your such a great teacher thank you for this blessing.

You rock my brother! I’ve been playing guitar for 20 years (I’m primarily a drummer) but have never written a song tho I’ve wanted to for YEARS. After watching this video at work a am so excited to get home to my guitar and put this wonderful info to practice. I finally feel confident I can write my first song….thank you

i’m just very excited because once you started listing stuff out i broke out my notebook to take notes, and i wrote out the major scale with w and h. then you said to do exactly that😌 strange thing 2 be proud of but here i am

Major scale :- WWH WWWH ""Wick Was Having White Wine With Him"" Minor Scale :- WHWWHWW ""When He Was Walking He Walked Wisely""

Hey Erich I've been playing guitar for almost 3 years now. Never took any formal lessons, just learning by watching youtube videos. I gotta say your methods of teaching are outstanding. I love how you want to get the best out of people, getting them to play the instrument even if they don't fully understand the theory behind it. This lesson is right on time as I was lately thinking about the songwriting process. Thank you so much for everything! Cheers from Canada :)

Thanks for this video, great info. This one really hit home! I'm self-taught, play by ear, and learning theory late in life. Your videos on theory and expanding chords have turned on the light for me and helped me to expand my music knowledge and playing. Back to Basics with Theory and understanding added! Have a great Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year from my family to yours.

I've become pretty loyal to this channel. You explain things very well, and I appreciate the way you break things down simplisticly. It helps, as I play more by ear and don't understand much theory. The incredible amount of helpful content you make available for free makes me more interested in going and getting the paid content, and I think I will come pay day. Thank you.

Eric has one of the most detailed lesson plans available. Man is he a great guy!

This video definitely helped me a lot. Watching more from your channel. Thank you🙌

I'm a professional songwriter and this has been a great reminder for coming up with new ideas. Sometimes we forget the basics and want to come up with "new" chords. Thanks for the video. I'll recommend it.

Great. Thanks for sharing dude.

You are awesome.....in addition to being a great teacher, I love your side anecdotes and metaphors

Awesome video and very helpful. Thanks Erich! Watching and learning from you has improved my playing and learning.

"Fumblina" lol. Thanks for this video. I've been struggling with putting chords to my lyrics for awhile now -- time to get a pen and write out what you were talking about

Another great video Erich. I like the way you break apart music theory and explain it to where it makes sense. I've only been playing a month when you made the wonderful offer for veterans to have your Unstoppable Guitar System for free and I see myself making improvement.. I've thanked you before but can't help myself to thank you again along with 500 other veterans. Bless you my friend.🙂

Thank you so much for your video. Ive watched many basic chord theory tutorial but you are the first one to explain it in a way i could understand.

Thank You --- very nice of you to share this knowledge with us; great video!

SUPER helpful! I play a lot of worship music, but have always been clueless about writing my own stuff. This is going to be fun 🤩

Glad you uploaded this video I've been songwriting for a while now and really needed this. Although I didn't know I needed it.

Oh my!! This changes everything!! Thank you my good man ❤️

Hey. You’re making a lot more sense than others. Thankyou so much and i am looking forward to sign up for your class. Cheers!

Thank You very Much, Guitar Sage, this is exactly the information I needed 😀

Great informative video! Thanks Eric!

Your Guitar 'sage' indeed. Thanks for giving your valuable knowledge and information to the followers

It took me a lot of time to understand 50% of this staff by myself. Its by far one of the best videos i ve seen!

This is great. I must have watched 12 "progression" videos today and walk away scratching my heard. But this video was easy to understand. Thanks Eric!

Love the video, Excellent information . Thanks for sharing

Man great job,thank you for your videos. Really helpfull content!

Had to pause the video halfway through to comment about how great of a teacher this guy is. Only 10 minutes in and I'm learning so much.

hey man, thanks for this lesson, and for the music theory stuff, learned a lot! cheers!!!

I enjoy it. Thanks for the knowledge.

this guy... He's realy realy clear at the time to express. thanks a lot

Fantastic! Great to find some pointers for song writing, not just playing other people’s songs! THANKS MAN!!

Hi erich! Thank you for this. If you wanna know I have been writing songs since i was in middle school. And now i am in my senior year. Finally through your teaching it encourages me to finally put those songs into the guitar. Wrote few decent ones. Lastly I'm thankful for your vids because it gives me encouragement to go to a music school. Next i will be going to a university. Wish me luck. Hope i get in. I still have a lot to learn but your free 30 lessons was helpful. It shed light to topics i have a hard time with. Thank you. Bow. Hehe

Watching this makes me think I can learn much more about theory. Thanks.

Thank you. Finely found someone who talks about the "theory" behind good song composition. Everything you say makes sense. Thank you.

Very very helpful! Thanks so much.

You change lives with this stuff, thank you

WWH WWWH Major minor minor major major minor diminished

Thank you this was amazing! I maybe a musician but have always struggled and still don't understand theory but you explained this perfectly for me. 🔥🙏🏾🔥

You are absolutely delightful. Thank you for this

Great content man... It gives me a clearer view in finding the chords I need for songwriting...

You are fantastic. Very well taught and so easy to understand you. Great Job!!

the way you talk like a real person makes your videos so helpful and easy to follow. it’s not boring i really feel like i’m learning. literally thank you so much

Ha! I have had the very experience you talk of in learning something I never got before. I home schooled my children and when it came to math I had struggled some even though I took higher level math in high school, but when I began teaching math to my children I picked up a lot of little things I missed and all of a sudden math was fun! I could do math, but never enjoyed it, but once all the pieces are there, it is fun! I'm certain it's the same with guitar playing. I'm excited to have found you and will be going through the courses and looking forward to getting all the pieces so I can really have fun playing. Thanks!

Cheers man. Love the video, made notes, off to practice!

Very well done, laying down some theory without getting too far into the weeds. Great advice regarding learning theory as well, as it will save a ton of time wandering around the fretboard aimlessly. I've been playing for 30 years and was surfing for a little songwriting inspiration, feeling a little stale and stuck in the box. It's good to get another musician's perspective at times when the fretboard seems to be only five frets long. Great video and thanks for the help. Best from the Bay Area. MK

Everything real good explained, learnt a lot with your vid cheers

What a great video, helps a lot thanks man keep it up!!

Thank you! God bless!

New drinking game: Take a shot every time Erich mentions the free course.

I just levelled up with this video 😊👏

Great video man! Lots of great information!!

This was great, thank you!

This video was right on time for me. Thanks.

Good starting point for basic theory not making it too complicated. I liked the way he teaches going to check out more of his stuff.

This is so so interesting! Thank you for sharing this videoo

Totally awesome my friend thank you so much excellent job..happy thanksgiving to you and your family...

I just uploaded my original song today with a guitar am learning since three months. and now I find this. Thank you😁

6:35 basically just played the cure

Amazing video and easy to understand Thank you so much

That's a good explanation. I went through the 30 free lessons on the Unstoppable Guitar System and found them extremely helpful but they don't take you that far. I wish I had access to all of it.

Omg, nice Sage ! Ty.

Love this guy!

I hv learned whole fret board through your teachings,thank you so much sir.

Hallelujah’s lyrics just made a little more sense to me now :) “the minor fall and the major lift” 💚

This was pretty helpful. Subscribed!

Great video! Great teacher...Well done!!

OMG!! I LOVE YOUR GIBSON GUITAR BTW THANKS FOR THE TIPS

Man I learned alot from this video. It makes sense now. It's like a whole new instrument lol

Known this for years but never really understood why. Thanx Gtr. Sage.

Your the man. I needed this

great teacher ! many thanks !

Wow, couldn’t imagine that will so “easy”. Thanks for the lesson

Great video. Do you have any videos on figuring out the chord progression for a particular melody? For instance, I have written out the notes for a lullaby for my grandaughter. How would I figure out the chord progression for that song? After that, I would really like to create a fingerstyle version of that song. Thanks!

Amen indeed Thnx 4 the upload

Thanks.This VIDEO Is sort of a "Godsend".Now my ideas will make more sense to start writing my own songs.

Nice guitar brother!!!🤘🤘🤘🛸👌

I like all your Videos Thank you and please keep doing them.

I have to admit it soon as you said not very good when talking about atonal music I searched it and it’s perfect, for a Movies horror scene, which I kind of like but I also don’t at the same time.

great info!thnx!

Bless you Sir

WOW, I was so amazed with this video, it is so easy to find the chord!!

I appreciate this knowledge. Thanks so much for this

I liked your video because, i've written songs that can't be put together with loops, Im older ,there was no you tube coming up

God bless KZfaq and you my dude! Thanks 🤘

Thanks man this really made this alot easier for me

With four days off I finally found some time to work on something than just my cover songs. Good lesson Ehric!

This was AWESOME!!! 8D

Love your videos!