What do y'all think I've been browsing lately?

DallasTeleAg said:

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Look guys... said:

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Most of what you're saying is way over my head. It's ok. Everything makes more sense as I learn more.

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You say you have learned many chords. Let's start there. Let's start with the key of G. Do you like Pink Floyd?

https://www.justinguitar.com/songs/pink-floyd-wish-you-were-here-1-4-chords-tabs-guitar-lesson-st-301

Let's bypass the opening part of the song and go to the verse. The chord progression in the verse for Wish You Were Here is:

C, D, Am, G
D, C, Am, G

I am simplifying this chord progression because I believe there are some "slash" chords, hammer-ons/pull-offs, and augmented chords in there.

Now, let's understand what saying "The Key of G" means:

The ROOT for the key of G Major is G. The G Major key includes:

G Major - The first chord/note in the key. or the "I" chord.
A Minor - The second chord/note in the key, or the "II" chord.
B Minor - The third chord/note in the key, or the "III" chord.
C Major - The fourth chord/note in the key, or the "IV" chord.
D Major - The fifth chord/note in the key, or the "V" chord.
E Minor - The sixth chord/note in the key, or the "VI" chord. Also the "Relative Minor" of G. You can worry abou that later.
F# dim - The seventh note or chord in the key, or the "VII" chord. Let's forget the diminished chords for now. No reason to deal with this for the basics.

Every Major key follows the EXACT same pattern. Just slide your hand up and down the fretboard, and you are playing that new major scale.

https://www.theguitarlesson.com/guitar-theory/guitar-chords/key-g-major/

Now that we have learned that, go back to that progression that you can learn to play. What are you actually playing?

The progression is: IV, V, II, I then V, IV, II, I

There is some very basic music theory for you. Now, when people say a common chord progression is I, IV, I, V, you can apply those numbers in the key of G. Eventually, you learn what a 7th is and you may change that progression to I, IV, I, V7, to spice it up a bit.

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So I watched this video when you posted it and gave up trying to play it. I was able to follow along really well today and was able to play the intro pretty easily. It's amazing what a few weeks can do. And I love this song so this is awesome.

That's all it takes. Keep learning songs, and you start to eventually learn newer ones faster.

I had learned the Rain Song in the DADGAD tuning that Page uses on the record. It's one of my favorite songs to play because of how simple and beautiful it is. However, just busting it out and playing it in standard tuning is not something I could do.

Simple YouTube search and found this great version you can play in standard. Spent an hour on saturday knocking it out, and now I can play the Rain Song whenever I want, which makes me happy: