Ask most people what they first learned to play on guitar and they will probably tell you "guitar chords". This tends to be the shortest route to producing some kind of music from the instrument especially in the early stages of learning.
As a beginning guitar player you really don't need many chords to get you going. Even a basic set of 10 chords will open the door to 100's of popular songs instantly!
Guitar chords are grouped into different families and this is decided by how the chord is built, in other words, it's structure. As a beginner you only need to worry about learning 3 families of chords. These are the most important and form a basis upon which all others are constructed. They are Major,Minor and Dominant 7 chords.
For beginners it can be quite a challenge to sound guitar chords clearly, even the easier ones. Most find that learning the shapes are relatively easy however. If you are not used to playing guitar it's likely that your fingers will hurt until a layer of harder skin has built up. This normally takes a month or two.
I refer to this as a kind of 'pain barrier' which all guitar players must go through. After a few weeks the skin on the tops of your fingers will harden and once this happens, playing guitar chords will no longer hurt you.
The main distinction we make between chords is whether they are moveable or not. Chord shapes which cannot be moved are normally referred to as Open Chords and generally involve the using of open strings on the guitar. These normally represent the beginner guitar chords we all start of learning.
Barre chords however conversely are movable shapes and simply by transposing the shape to different parts of the neck we can produce different chords. This are harder to perform since it requires using the first finger as a bar across 5 or 6 strings. It requires strength to perform this so all notes sound clearly.
Don't try to learn 100's of guitar chords because probably you'll never use them. It's far better to stick to the main chords and families and try to put them into action as soon as you can through songs you like. Guitar chords are fun, just have patience to practice and they will come. - 16887
As a beginning guitar player you really don't need many chords to get you going. Even a basic set of 10 chords will open the door to 100's of popular songs instantly!
Guitar chords are grouped into different families and this is decided by how the chord is built, in other words, it's structure. As a beginner you only need to worry about learning 3 families of chords. These are the most important and form a basis upon which all others are constructed. They are Major,Minor and Dominant 7 chords.
For beginners it can be quite a challenge to sound guitar chords clearly, even the easier ones. Most find that learning the shapes are relatively easy however. If you are not used to playing guitar it's likely that your fingers will hurt until a layer of harder skin has built up. This normally takes a month or two.
I refer to this as a kind of 'pain barrier' which all guitar players must go through. After a few weeks the skin on the tops of your fingers will harden and once this happens, playing guitar chords will no longer hurt you.
The main distinction we make between chords is whether they are moveable or not. Chord shapes which cannot be moved are normally referred to as Open Chords and generally involve the using of open strings on the guitar. These normally represent the beginner guitar chords we all start of learning.
Barre chords however conversely are movable shapes and simply by transposing the shape to different parts of the neck we can produce different chords. This are harder to perform since it requires using the first finger as a bar across 5 or 6 strings. It requires strength to perform this so all notes sound clearly.
Don't try to learn 100's of guitar chords because probably you'll never use them. It's far better to stick to the main chords and families and try to put them into action as soon as you can through songs you like. Guitar chords are fun, just have patience to practice and they will come. - 16887
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