Added by on 2013-07-16

www.GuitarTipsWeekly.com – Sign up for FREE Guitar Lessons! A number of beginning guitar players have asked me about root notes on chords, and how they work, and why. It seems people commonly get confused with what the ‘low’ note is, and what the a ‘high’ note is on the guitar. This video will explain that. Typically, the root note is the lowest note in the chord, however as you start using more advanced chords you’ll notice this isn’t always so. 9 times out of 10 though, the root note is the lowest, and in pretty much ALL of the chords that beginner guitar players use, the root note is indeed the lowest note.

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10 Comments

  • XcressenagirlX 11 years ago

    you’re great at teaching, but honestly i need guitar lessons explained to me like how they would be explained to a five year old. :c i barely got my guitar a few days ago and no matter what i look up i’m always confused

  • dragns 11 years ago

    I learned something new! Of course everything is new at this point, since i’ve only been playing a couple of weeks.

    One thing I’d suggest is breaking stuff up a little more. We beginners start getting overwhelmed with too much information. I see so many videos about the guitar on here that start with a good basic point, but then devolve into “oh… and you could play the chord like this…. or like this… or like this”… and I end up walking away confused.

  • dibnah46 11 years ago

    great lesson thanks!

  • 0934101 11 years ago

    I got distracted by the ticking clock.

  • bumbees2 11 years ago

    Good explanation! Thanks

  • bumbees2 11 years ago

    Good explanation! Thanks

  • bloc22 11 years ago

    cool thanks

  • toksandman 11 years ago

    Thanks Jonathan that lesson was explained excellently.

  • GuitarTipsWeekly 11 years ago

    Haha, yeah, well if I had actually demolished the wall I think my house would fall over, but I did indeed get a fancy new background. I still kind of liked the bricks a little though… I guess the jury is still out on that one :-)

  • DamianSix66 11 years ago

    Great lesson Jonathan , I see you have demolished that wall from the other videos !