Chords for How to STOP Muting Strings When Playing Guitar Chords
Tempo:
72.15 bpm
Chords used:
C
Eb
E
Gb
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Am] [A] Guitar Heroes!
Eric Andres, your guitar sage here for part 3 of how to keep your chords out of the [F] poop zone.
So we've talked about this, right?
Are you having problems with buzzing [Am] or muted notes?
Or do you find yourself having to contort your body and [Ab] drop your shoulder and do all
these crazy things to play your chords right?
Well, if you're new to chords, that's probably the case.
Or if you've been playing for a bit and you're having some issues over time, it's probably
that your technique didn't develop the correct way because you weren't shown the right way.
That's what this three part series is about.
Part 1, I talk about the importance of observation and this idea of neural paths.
I know it sounds crazy, but I promise you it's very helpful.
And in part 2, I talked about the importance of having some space in between the palm of
your hand and the guitar neck.
Really important.
And in this [E] part here, [Gb] we're [B] talking about the importance of keeping your knuckle curled,
right?
You want a knuckle sandwich?
You ever hear that one?
You want a knuckle sandwich?
That's to help you remember this, okay?
I don't know ever in the history of ever where [G] someone would answer, yes, I do want a knuckle sandwich.
You want a knuckle sandwich?
No, [B] thank you.
I've just eaten.
That's [C] what I would say.
But I guess they said that back in the 50s maybe.
[Ebm] So talking about knuckles here, [G] it's really uber important that you understand the importance
of curling this last knuckle.
I'd say every single day in my program in the Unstoppable Guitar System, I have somebody
[Eb] that emails me and says, oh my gosh, that one trick about the knuckle has revolutionized
the way that I play guitar.
I can play clean chords now.
All of a sudden, they just, the light switch went on.
So it's important.
And here's what I mean by this, okay?
So think about it a minute.
If you're doing karate, right, and you've got this hand, a lot of times [G] they'll pull
the fingers in because you don't want to be hitting somebody with, I mean you can, but
a lot of times they'll teach you to do this, to pull your knuckles in.
Or at least they did in my taekwondo, in my hapkido class.
So if you're chopping somebody, chopping, they don't call it chopping, but you don't
want to hurt your fingers, break a finger.
[N] So you do that, you're pulling them in, you're putting more weight into the hand, that sort of thing.
So that's what I want you to think about, is I want you to think about that right there.
And I want you to think this last knuckle, curling it as much as possible.
So without the guitar, right now, take your hand, put it up in the air, and curl that
last knuckle until it's absolutely white, okay?
You want to just really force it like that, to where it's like a 90 degree angle.
That is going to be your ultimate goal when you're playing these chords in the beginning.
You want to go to the far [E] end of what you've been doing, which is like a lazy chord, okay?
And so when you curl that last knuckle, watch what happens here.
Now I'm going to observe the first two parts [G] in this series, but I'm going to leave out
the third and see what happens.
So I'm observing where my fingers are at, I'm right behind the fret, I'm right on my
fingertips, I'm going to drop my thumb so I have some space [Ab] here behind, or some space
here in between the neck and the guitar.
[Eb] So I'm going to do that.
So I'm doing all those things that are necessary, but I'm not curling the last knuckle, but
I'm doing everything else right.
Listen to this chord.
[C] So I've got two notes sounding.
Why is that?
Okay, the reason being is because these [E] knuckles, the last knuckle, the one that's closest to
the fingertip, is not being curled.
And so in order to do this, what we need to do is we need to think rolling those, curling
those fingers up like that.
That's all you have to do.
Here I am at the chord, I just think about curling that knuckle.
Now [B] doing that actually allows me to bring, as I've been playing for a bit, allows me
to bring [C] my thumb over the top of the neck.
Now for those of you that are new, I wouldn't suggest that, but if you're going, if you're
just dead set on having your thumb up here, try curling that knuckle as much as possible.
And I guarantee you, you're going to be, you're going to have better sounding chords.
You're going to be in a better place.
So curl that last knuckle, that's really going to allow these chords to sing out because
now the back [Em] of that, the pad of that finger is [Fm] not touching [E] the string below it, which
is the usual case.
[C] Alright my friends, hey, that is it for this series.
Hopefully you [Eb] liked it, so if you did, please hit thumbs up.
Please share with your buddies, with your guitar buddies, subscribe.
The best thing you could be doing if you like my videos is to [Gb] share on social media and
to like and do all that because that helps other people know, it helps them come to me.
Maybe I sell them a [F] pick and I can keep the lights on for another two seconds, that sort of thing.
So let me know how I can help, my friends on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, [Eb] Snapchat,
[Bb] MySpace, I think I am on MySpace actually, long time ago, all those other places.
Please let me know how I can help.
Yourguitarsage.com slash 30, lots of free [Ab] information in that free course.
My gosh my friends, that course is easily worth $1000, I give it away for free.
If you were visiting me here in Nashville, I'd be teaching [Gb] you the same stuff in this
course [C] and I provide it for free.
[Gb] So just because it's on the screen, don't freak out, you can come to me here in Nashville,
I'm going to charge you $100 an hour or go and get the free course at yourguitarsage.com slash 30.
[Abm] I specifically made it for you and the other folks around the [C] world who can't be with me
here in Nashville.
So go take advantage of that.
As always my friends, stay in to your animals, be kind to one another, don't trust the [Eb] man
and practice your guitar.
I'll see [A] ya.
Peace.
[Am]
[A]
Eric Andres, your guitar sage here for part 3 of how to keep your chords out of the [F] poop zone.
So we've talked about this, right?
Are you having problems with buzzing [Am] or muted notes?
Or do you find yourself having to contort your body and [Ab] drop your shoulder and do all
these crazy things to play your chords right?
Well, if you're new to chords, that's probably the case.
Or if you've been playing for a bit and you're having some issues over time, it's probably
that your technique didn't develop the correct way because you weren't shown the right way.
That's what this three part series is about.
Part 1, I talk about the importance of observation and this idea of neural paths.
I know it sounds crazy, but I promise you it's very helpful.
And in part 2, I talked about the importance of having some space in between the palm of
your hand and the guitar neck.
Really important.
And in this [E] part here, [Gb] we're [B] talking about the importance of keeping your knuckle curled,
right?
You want a knuckle sandwich?
You ever hear that one?
You want a knuckle sandwich?
That's to help you remember this, okay?
I don't know ever in the history of ever where [G] someone would answer, yes, I do want a knuckle sandwich.
You want a knuckle sandwich?
No, [B] thank you.
I've just eaten.
That's [C] what I would say.
But I guess they said that back in the 50s maybe.
[Ebm] So talking about knuckles here, [G] it's really uber important that you understand the importance
of curling this last knuckle.
I'd say every single day in my program in the Unstoppable Guitar System, I have somebody
[Eb] that emails me and says, oh my gosh, that one trick about the knuckle has revolutionized
the way that I play guitar.
I can play clean chords now.
All of a sudden, they just, the light switch went on.
So it's important.
And here's what I mean by this, okay?
So think about it a minute.
If you're doing karate, right, and you've got this hand, a lot of times [G] they'll pull
the fingers in because you don't want to be hitting somebody with, I mean you can, but
a lot of times they'll teach you to do this, to pull your knuckles in.
Or at least they did in my taekwondo, in my hapkido class.
So if you're chopping somebody, chopping, they don't call it chopping, but you don't
want to hurt your fingers, break a finger.
[N] So you do that, you're pulling them in, you're putting more weight into the hand, that sort of thing.
So that's what I want you to think about, is I want you to think about that right there.
And I want you to think this last knuckle, curling it as much as possible.
So without the guitar, right now, take your hand, put it up in the air, and curl that
last knuckle until it's absolutely white, okay?
You want to just really force it like that, to where it's like a 90 degree angle.
That is going to be your ultimate goal when you're playing these chords in the beginning.
You want to go to the far [E] end of what you've been doing, which is like a lazy chord, okay?
And so when you curl that last knuckle, watch what happens here.
Now I'm going to observe the first two parts [G] in this series, but I'm going to leave out
the third and see what happens.
So I'm observing where my fingers are at, I'm right behind the fret, I'm right on my
fingertips, I'm going to drop my thumb so I have some space [Ab] here behind, or some space
here in between the neck and the guitar.
[Eb] So I'm going to do that.
So I'm doing all those things that are necessary, but I'm not curling the last knuckle, but
I'm doing everything else right.
Listen to this chord.
[C] So I've got two notes sounding.
Why is that?
Okay, the reason being is because these [E] knuckles, the last knuckle, the one that's closest to
the fingertip, is not being curled.
And so in order to do this, what we need to do is we need to think rolling those, curling
those fingers up like that.
That's all you have to do.
Here I am at the chord, I just think about curling that knuckle.
Now [B] doing that actually allows me to bring, as I've been playing for a bit, allows me
to bring [C] my thumb over the top of the neck.
Now for those of you that are new, I wouldn't suggest that, but if you're going, if you're
just dead set on having your thumb up here, try curling that knuckle as much as possible.
And I guarantee you, you're going to be, you're going to have better sounding chords.
You're going to be in a better place.
So curl that last knuckle, that's really going to allow these chords to sing out because
now the back [Em] of that, the pad of that finger is [Fm] not touching [E] the string below it, which
is the usual case.
[C] Alright my friends, hey, that is it for this series.
Hopefully you [Eb] liked it, so if you did, please hit thumbs up.
Please share with your buddies, with your guitar buddies, subscribe.
The best thing you could be doing if you like my videos is to [Gb] share on social media and
to like and do all that because that helps other people know, it helps them come to me.
Maybe I sell them a [F] pick and I can keep the lights on for another two seconds, that sort of thing.
So let me know how I can help, my friends on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, [Eb] Snapchat,
[Bb] MySpace, I think I am on MySpace actually, long time ago, all those other places.
Please let me know how I can help.
Yourguitarsage.com slash 30, lots of free [Ab] information in that free course.
My gosh my friends, that course is easily worth $1000, I give it away for free.
If you were visiting me here in Nashville, I'd be teaching [Gb] you the same stuff in this
course [C] and I provide it for free.
[Gb] So just because it's on the screen, don't freak out, you can come to me here in Nashville,
I'm going to charge you $100 an hour or go and get the free course at yourguitarsage.com slash 30.
[Abm] I specifically made it for you and the other folks around the [C] world who can't be with me
here in Nashville.
So go take advantage of that.
As always my friends, stay in to your animals, be kind to one another, don't trust the [Eb] man
and practice your guitar.
I'll see [A] ya.
Peace.
[Am]
[A]
Key:
C
Eb
E
Gb
G
C
Eb
E
_ _ _ [Am] _ [A] Guitar Heroes!
Eric Andres, your guitar sage here for part 3 of how to keep your chords out of the [F] poop zone.
So we've talked about this, right?
Are you having problems with buzzing [Am] or muted notes?
Or do you find yourself having to contort your body and [Ab] drop your shoulder and do all
these crazy things to play your chords right?
Well, if you're new to chords, that's probably the case.
Or if you've been playing for a bit and you're having some issues over time, it's probably
that your technique didn't develop the correct way because you weren't shown the right way.
That's what this three part series is about.
Part 1, I talk about the importance of observation and this idea of neural paths.
I know it sounds crazy, but I promise you it's very helpful.
And in part 2, I talked about the importance of having some space in between the palm of
your hand and the guitar neck.
Really important.
And in this [E] part here, [Gb] we're [B] talking about the importance of keeping your knuckle curled,
right?
You want a knuckle sandwich?
You ever hear that one?
You want a knuckle sandwich?
That's to help you remember this, okay?
I don't know ever in the history of ever where [G] someone would answer, yes, I do want a knuckle sandwich.
You want a knuckle sandwich?
No, [B] thank you.
I've just eaten.
That's [C] what I would say.
But I guess they said that back in the 50s maybe.
[Ebm] So talking about knuckles here, [G] it's really uber important that you understand the importance
of curling this last knuckle.
I'd say every single day in my program in the Unstoppable Guitar System, I have somebody
[Eb] that emails me and says, oh my gosh, that one trick about the knuckle has revolutionized
the way that I play guitar.
I can play clean chords now.
All of a sudden, they just, the light switch went on.
So it's important.
And here's what I mean by this, okay?
So think about it a minute.
If you're doing karate, right, and you've got this hand, a lot of times [G] they'll pull
the fingers in because you don't want to be hitting somebody with, I mean you can, but
a lot of times they'll teach you to do this, to pull your knuckles in.
Or at least they did in my taekwondo, in my hapkido class.
So if you're chopping somebody, chopping, they don't call it chopping, but you don't
want to hurt your fingers, break a finger.
[N] So you do that, you're pulling them in, you're putting more weight into the hand, that sort of thing.
So that's what I want you to think about, is I want you to think about that right there.
And I want you to think this last knuckle, curling it as much as possible.
So without the guitar, right now, take your hand, put it up in the air, and curl that
last knuckle until it's absolutely white, okay?
You want to just really force it like that, to where it's like a 90 degree angle.
That is going to be your ultimate goal when you're playing these chords in the beginning.
You want to go to the far [E] end of what you've been doing, which is like a lazy chord, okay?
And so when you curl that last knuckle, watch what happens here.
Now I'm going to observe the first two parts [G] in this series, but I'm going to leave out
the third and see what happens.
So I'm observing where my fingers are at, I'm right behind the fret, I'm right on my
fingertips, I'm going to drop my thumb so I have some space [Ab] here behind, or some space
here in between the neck and the guitar.
[Eb] So I'm going to do that.
So I'm doing all those things that are necessary, but I'm not curling the last knuckle, but
I'm doing everything else right.
Listen to this chord.
[C] _ _ _ So I've got two notes sounding.
_ Why is that?
Okay, the reason being is because these [E] knuckles, the last knuckle, the one that's closest to
the fingertip, is not being curled.
And so in order to do this, what we need to do is we need to think rolling those, curling
those fingers up like that.
That's all you have to do.
Here I am at the chord, I just think about curling that knuckle.
Now [B] doing that actually allows me to bring, as I've been playing for a bit, allows me
to bring [C] my thumb over the top of the neck.
Now for those of you that are new, I wouldn't suggest that, but if you're going, if you're
just dead set on having your thumb up here, try curling that knuckle as much as possible.
And I guarantee you, you're going to be, you're going to have better sounding chords.
You're going to be in a better place.
So curl that last knuckle, that's really going to allow these chords to sing out because
now the back [Em] of that, the pad of that finger is [Fm] not touching [E] the string below it, which
is the usual case.
[C] Alright my friends, hey, that is it for this series.
Hopefully you [Eb] liked it, so if you did, please hit thumbs up.
Please share with your buddies, with your guitar buddies, subscribe.
The best thing you could be doing if you like my videos is to [Gb] share on social media and
to like and do all that because that helps other people know, it helps them come to me.
Maybe I sell them a [F] pick and I can keep the lights on for another two seconds, that sort of thing.
So let me know how I can help, my friends on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, [Eb] _ Snapchat,
[Bb] MySpace, I think I am on MySpace actually, long time ago, all those other places.
Please let me know how I can help.
Yourguitarsage.com slash 30, lots of free [Ab] information in that free course.
My gosh my friends, that course is easily worth $1000, I give it away for free.
If you were visiting me here in Nashville, I'd be teaching [Gb] you the same stuff in this
course [C] and I provide it for free.
[Gb] So just because it's on the screen, don't freak out, you can come to me here in Nashville,
I'm going to charge you $100 an hour or go and get the free course at yourguitarsage.com slash 30.
[Abm] I specifically made it for you and the other folks around the [C] world who can't be with me
here in Nashville.
So go take advantage of that.
As always my friends, stay in to your animals, be kind to one another, don't trust the [Eb] man
and practice your guitar.
I'll see [A] ya.
Peace. _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Eric Andres, your guitar sage here for part 3 of how to keep your chords out of the [F] poop zone.
So we've talked about this, right?
Are you having problems with buzzing [Am] or muted notes?
Or do you find yourself having to contort your body and [Ab] drop your shoulder and do all
these crazy things to play your chords right?
Well, if you're new to chords, that's probably the case.
Or if you've been playing for a bit and you're having some issues over time, it's probably
that your technique didn't develop the correct way because you weren't shown the right way.
That's what this three part series is about.
Part 1, I talk about the importance of observation and this idea of neural paths.
I know it sounds crazy, but I promise you it's very helpful.
And in part 2, I talked about the importance of having some space in between the palm of
your hand and the guitar neck.
Really important.
And in this [E] part here, [Gb] we're [B] talking about the importance of keeping your knuckle curled,
right?
You want a knuckle sandwich?
You ever hear that one?
You want a knuckle sandwich?
That's to help you remember this, okay?
I don't know ever in the history of ever where [G] someone would answer, yes, I do want a knuckle sandwich.
You want a knuckle sandwich?
No, [B] thank you.
I've just eaten.
That's [C] what I would say.
But I guess they said that back in the 50s maybe.
[Ebm] So talking about knuckles here, [G] it's really uber important that you understand the importance
of curling this last knuckle.
I'd say every single day in my program in the Unstoppable Guitar System, I have somebody
[Eb] that emails me and says, oh my gosh, that one trick about the knuckle has revolutionized
the way that I play guitar.
I can play clean chords now.
All of a sudden, they just, the light switch went on.
So it's important.
And here's what I mean by this, okay?
So think about it a minute.
If you're doing karate, right, and you've got this hand, a lot of times [G] they'll pull
the fingers in because you don't want to be hitting somebody with, I mean you can, but
a lot of times they'll teach you to do this, to pull your knuckles in.
Or at least they did in my taekwondo, in my hapkido class.
So if you're chopping somebody, chopping, they don't call it chopping, but you don't
want to hurt your fingers, break a finger.
[N] So you do that, you're pulling them in, you're putting more weight into the hand, that sort of thing.
So that's what I want you to think about, is I want you to think about that right there.
And I want you to think this last knuckle, curling it as much as possible.
So without the guitar, right now, take your hand, put it up in the air, and curl that
last knuckle until it's absolutely white, okay?
You want to just really force it like that, to where it's like a 90 degree angle.
That is going to be your ultimate goal when you're playing these chords in the beginning.
You want to go to the far [E] end of what you've been doing, which is like a lazy chord, okay?
And so when you curl that last knuckle, watch what happens here.
Now I'm going to observe the first two parts [G] in this series, but I'm going to leave out
the third and see what happens.
So I'm observing where my fingers are at, I'm right behind the fret, I'm right on my
fingertips, I'm going to drop my thumb so I have some space [Ab] here behind, or some space
here in between the neck and the guitar.
[Eb] So I'm going to do that.
So I'm doing all those things that are necessary, but I'm not curling the last knuckle, but
I'm doing everything else right.
Listen to this chord.
[C] _ _ _ So I've got two notes sounding.
_ Why is that?
Okay, the reason being is because these [E] knuckles, the last knuckle, the one that's closest to
the fingertip, is not being curled.
And so in order to do this, what we need to do is we need to think rolling those, curling
those fingers up like that.
That's all you have to do.
Here I am at the chord, I just think about curling that knuckle.
Now [B] doing that actually allows me to bring, as I've been playing for a bit, allows me
to bring [C] my thumb over the top of the neck.
Now for those of you that are new, I wouldn't suggest that, but if you're going, if you're
just dead set on having your thumb up here, try curling that knuckle as much as possible.
And I guarantee you, you're going to be, you're going to have better sounding chords.
You're going to be in a better place.
So curl that last knuckle, that's really going to allow these chords to sing out because
now the back [Em] of that, the pad of that finger is [Fm] not touching [E] the string below it, which
is the usual case.
[C] Alright my friends, hey, that is it for this series.
Hopefully you [Eb] liked it, so if you did, please hit thumbs up.
Please share with your buddies, with your guitar buddies, subscribe.
The best thing you could be doing if you like my videos is to [Gb] share on social media and
to like and do all that because that helps other people know, it helps them come to me.
Maybe I sell them a [F] pick and I can keep the lights on for another two seconds, that sort of thing.
So let me know how I can help, my friends on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, [Eb] _ Snapchat,
[Bb] MySpace, I think I am on MySpace actually, long time ago, all those other places.
Please let me know how I can help.
Yourguitarsage.com slash 30, lots of free [Ab] information in that free course.
My gosh my friends, that course is easily worth $1000, I give it away for free.
If you were visiting me here in Nashville, I'd be teaching [Gb] you the same stuff in this
course [C] and I provide it for free.
[Gb] So just because it's on the screen, don't freak out, you can come to me here in Nashville,
I'm going to charge you $100 an hour or go and get the free course at yourguitarsage.com slash 30.
[Abm] I specifically made it for you and the other folks around the [C] world who can't be with me
here in Nashville.
So go take advantage of that.
As always my friends, stay in to your animals, be kind to one another, don't trust the [Eb] man
and practice your guitar.
I'll see [A] ya.
Peace. _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _