A Beginner’s Guide to Open Chords
A lot of you beginners have mentioned to me that you’re at the stage where you’re working on chords, so I thought that today I would bring you a handy little video which very simply focuses on open chords, how you play them and what they sound like.
I’ve included a chord chart beside each one I teach right inside the video.
The major chords that are covered in here are: A, B, C, D, E, F, G
The minor chords that are covered in here are: Am, Bm, Cm, Dm, Em
I fully realize there are a LOT more chords out there, but with the handful I’ve just listed you can play probably 90% of the songs that are out there. Cm doesn’t even need to be in that list, I kind of threw it in because it is just like Bm, but moved up 1 fret.
If this lesson is about the right speed for you, you might consider checking out Jamorama. Their entire course is chock full of these types of examples, though done much more professionally than I’ve done here! =)
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Thanks for the cords> You make it look soooo easy
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Hi John,
I’m really at the beginning of playing guitar, at this time, I only know 6 notes on 2 strings… I couldn’t do this right now… LOL
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A nice presentation,J
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Can you tell me how to tune a guitar so all strings on one fret makes a cord? and which fret is which cord?
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@Ted – there are many different alternate tunings that you can do with your guitar – just google ‘alternate guitar tunings’ and you’ll find tons. I’m going to be doing some lesson on them in the future – but a quick tip – just think of what notes are in the chord you want, then try tuning your guitar that way…
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