Beginner Chords
When you first begin to learn guitar chords can be a challenge. It's not easy to hit them cleanly
and switch chords fast. If you start with these chords it will help your progress and allow you to build up to
more difficult chords such as bar chords. From my experience learn one chord and be able to play it clean then
add another chord and switch between the two and continue building from there. And in no time you will have a
whole bunch of chords mastered. Let's take a look at the first chord you should learn.E Major
E Major uses three fingers and you play all the strings. And is show with the suggested fingering. Work on playing it cleanly and once you have that down work on hitting it fast from by pulling your finger away from the fretboard and then hitting the chord.
C Major
The next chord we are going to look at is C Major. It is also played using three fingers but you only hit the bottom five strings, it can be easy to accidently hit the top string but be mindful that you only play the bottom five strings. Get use to playing this chord and then work on switching between E Major and C Major. Start slow making sure you play them cleanly then work on building your speed.
G Major
The next chord we will look at is G Major. Again this chord is played using three fingers and all of the strings. Master this chord and then switch between E Major C Major and G Major. Start slow when switching and gradually build up your speed.
A Major
A Major our next chord is just like E Major but one course or string down. Once you have mastered E Major A Major should be easy for you. One other differece with A Major is you don't hit all the strings but only the bottom four strings. As your practice work all the previous chords you have learned and switch between them.
D Major
The last chord we will look at in this beginner section is D Major. This chord is three fingers and you only strum the bottom four strings.
Once you are comfortable with these chords you have the basis for many hundreds of great songs And you can move on to more challenging chords and power chords.
