How to Spell Any Chord | Why My Forearms Hurt When I Play

How to Spell Any Chord | Why My Forearms Hurt When I Play Do you have trouble finding the notes of a chord? How to spell every chord — then why wrists and forearms hurt on guitar, piano, and sax, and how to stop that. how to spell chords · every kind of C chord=CEG · chord stacks · use a letter skip a letter · guitar forearm pain · piano wrist position · saxophone strap height · forearm pain practice 0:00 Do you have trouble finding the notes of chords? 0:19 Headphones down — watching the meters 0:29 Welcome — To Play and Sing #90 1:55 Why do my forearms, hands, and wrists hurt? 2:13 Not a doctor — musician, not medical advice 3:44 Physical ergonomics: line the instrument up with the body 5:00 Persistent pain in wrists, forearms, back, shoulders? 5:19 Tension usually means the body is doing something odd 6:23 Don’t blow off pain that keeps coming back 7:14 Don’t jump from zero to two hours — about 10% a week 8:26 Fretted instruments: guitar, mando, bass, uke, banjo 8:49 Straight wrists — the pipe test 10:09 Guitar on: neck at 20–40°, fingers at 90° to the strings 11:41 Raise the neck and the left wrist unbends 12:31 Don’t scoop the instrument body out — keep the face almost flat 13:25 guitar on the left leg vs the right — wrist and reach change 14:44 twist the torso instead, if you keep it on the right leg 15:26 sit-to-stand: left-leg + strap, the neck does not jump 16:14 extra help if you carry more weight 17:14 left hand: neck angle + tiny scoop 19:09 right hand hangs relaxed, then onto the strings 20:33 hitchhiker check — thumb in line 21:09 your heroes skip this until the hard chord; then they use it 22:14 easy chords can be sloppy; a hard chord forces the good hold 22:54 move to piano 23:05 don’t break the knuckles / high bent wrist 24:13 Piano: relax the forearms as you play faster 24:40 Sit at D above middle C — keyboard center is E above middle C 25:15 Elbow, forearm, wrist in a straight line 26:24 Saxophone — strap, rotation, keys - full horn demo 26:57 Strap height: mouthpiece comes to you, head level 27:36 Adults: horn in front, not on the hip 28:00 Rotate the body for even left/right forearm pressure 29:35 Hook holes, thumb rest, fingers may overshoot the pearls 31:15 Extreme constant pain — see a doctor 31:23 How to spell any chord 31:59 Seven letter-sets, A through G 32:25 Use a letter, skip a letter — that is the stack 32:54 Every kind of C chord still uses C E G 33:21 Stacks: all D9s are some kind of D F A C E 34:17 Say the seven triad stacks: CEG DFA EGB FAC GBD ACE BDF 34:45 There are exceptions: ex: sus chords and power chords 35:11 Sevenths: every kind of G7 is some kind of G B D F 35:40 Every kind of C7 is some kind of C E G B 35:55 Say the seven four-note stacks 37:03 Walk around the house saying the stacks 37:23 Recap: spell any chord + wrist and forearm pain 38:00 One-hour assessment — 30 to 90 day plan 38:21 Have Fun. Be Awesome. Last week: how to play and sing at the same time, then maj7 vs 7 vs m7 on guitar and piano - the next step chords after Major and minor. https://youtube.com/live/Oo9DhUFvTKE NOT WEEKLY LESSONS: If you want a one-hour Playing & Singing Assessment ($150) and a 30-90 day plan: https://www.markteachesmusic.com/teac... All instruments. All styles. All levels. Questions? Leave a comment or email mark@dallasmusiclessons.com Online and in-studio lessons: https://www.markteachesmusic.com Have Fun. Be Awesome. #HowToSpellChords #GuitarWristPain #MusicTheory #LearnGuitar #ForearmPain #LearnPiano #Saxophone #MarkTeachesMusic