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Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.31,0:00:12.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hey, how're you doing? Justin here again, coming at you
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.62,0:00:15.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this time for a D minor.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.47,0:00:17.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, the other two minors were pretty easy: \Nthe A minor was
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.96,0:00:21.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very similar to an E \Nand an E minor was an E with a finger lifted off.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.47,0:00:24.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, D going to be really simple as well?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.39,0:00:25.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do I get into this D minor?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.39,0:00:28.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unfortunately not. It's not a particularly hard chord,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.34,0:00:31.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's not the big dreaded F chord that everyone dislikes.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.18,0:00:34.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it requires a little bit of a kind of awkward
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.57,0:00:36.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,finger stretch for some people.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.94,0:00:38.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't find this one too bad,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.38,0:00:40.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had a lot more trouble with G chord \Nwhen I was learning guitar.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.21,0:00:42.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But a lot of people struggle with Dmin.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.60,0:00:44.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I'm going to show you a couple of \Nlittle variations around it as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.99,0:00:48.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, let's go to a close-up and check out this new chord.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.20,0:00:55.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Okay, here we are, looking at the D minor. \NNow, doesn't look too bad, does it?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.85,0:00:57.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know what you're thinking. You're thinking
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.44,0:00:59.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Justin just said it was going to be a bit difficult and that
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.23,0:01:02.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doesn't look that hard".
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.30,0:01:03.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, it is that hard.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.81,0:01:04.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, you can see here,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.57,0:01:05.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the third finger has got to stretch
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.33,0:01:07.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's fingers one, two and three.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.33,0:01:10.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, for a lot of people, that's a little bit difficult.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.53,0:01:14.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't find it that hard now, and some people find that they angle their fingers a little bit like that,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.58,0:01:16.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is kind of okay,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.23,0:01:20.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I think you're better off trying to get it a little bit squarer on this one, for now.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.02,0:01:23.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what we've got here, let's start off with the usual:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.56,0:01:26.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,first finger, first string, first fret.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.50,0:01:30.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Second finger, second fret, third string,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.16,0:01:32.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and third finger has to move, you can see there, just the
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.86,0:01:35.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,way my fingers had to go from here and then go out,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.70,0:01:38.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's going to the third fret of the second string.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.36,0:01:42.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's that third finger that causes a lot of people problems, trying to play this chord.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.67,0:01:45.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If that's you and you really struggle with this chord,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.01,0:01:48.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the other fingering option is to use the fourth finger.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.54,0:01:50.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which I must admit that was the way I played Dm
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.84,0:01:54.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a long time, using fingers one, two and four.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.02,0:01:56.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It really doesn't make very much difference whether
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.77,0:02:01.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you use your third or your fourth. \NI prefer using my third these days,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.54,0:02:04.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mainly because I can use a little chord trick called a suspended chord.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.58,0:02:06.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a slightly more advanced lesson.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.57,0:02:09.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I think fingers one, two and three are better,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.26,0:02:13.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you can stretch it. \NBut if you can't, you can always go for whacking
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.08,0:02:15.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the old fourth finger down there.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.22,0:02:17.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, when it comes to playing it,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.06,0:02:19.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of course if you look at the chord diagram,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.59,0:02:23.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you'll notice that you shouldn't touch the \Nthickest two strings.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.50,0:02:26.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So starting at the fourth string, you should do your strum
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.47,0:02:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,. . .
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.00,0:02:29.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pick out the notes one at a time
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.46,0:02:31.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,. . .
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.18,0:02:33.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those three should be pretty straight forward,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.25,0:02:34.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,. . .
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.05,0:02:36.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's usually this last note, the thinnest string,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.36,0:02:38.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it just sounds like this for people:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.42,0:02:40.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,. . .
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.20,0:02:43.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And all again, it's the third finger lying down too much.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.12,0:02:45.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As soon as you lift it back up a little bit,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.28,0:02:46.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,. . .
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.94,0:02:49.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You'll find that that's what'll give you that nice roundness
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.29,0:02:52.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in your fingers and it'll allow you to get that note.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.19,0:02:54.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which is the note F, actually.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.13,0:02:55.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,. . .
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.89,0:02:58.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here, on your D minor chord.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.34,0:03:01.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is a really, really good chord, D minor,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.26,0:03:03.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and even if it does feel a little bit stretchy,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.33,0:03:05.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nearly everything that you do that's new,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.31,0:03:07.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's a little bit hard is going to be stretchy.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.68,0:03:09.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's just a matter of getting used to it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.20,0:03:11.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Especially for the next stage, we've got G and C,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.81,0:03:14.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which are again, even stretchier.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.43,0:03:16.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But one thing that can help with these chords
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.42,0:03:17.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that have got a little bit of a stretch
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.41,0:03:20.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to think to rotate your hand outwards.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.13,0:03:21.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if you've got your hand flat like this,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.96,0:03:24.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to think of your thumb down toward the ground,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.49,0:03:25.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so as you're doing it,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.51,0:03:27.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,try and think that you're pushing this part of your hand
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.91,0:03:30.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,up toward the guitar neck a bit more.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.02,0:03:31.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That can often help with the stretch.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.54,0:03:34.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If it's too long like this, feels a bit too,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.17,0:03:36.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,see your third finger is going to be a bit long there,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.100,0:03:38.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so by doing that,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.12,0:03:40.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it helps curl up those fingers
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.01,0:03:41.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and gets them in a good position.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.65,0:03:43.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, that might be something to think about there as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.96,0:03:46.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, have fun with your D minor.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.15,0:03:47.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now we're going to try to put them together.