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!
We group guitar chords into respective families based upon their type and how they are built. As a beginner you need only concern yourself with 3 main families of chords. They are Major, Minor and Dominant 7 chords. Using these you'll have the basic structure required for songs.
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.
All players go through this process when learning to play guitar chords. It can get painful until that layer of harder skin builds up however once done, playing chords will no longer hurt you.
We have two main categories of guitar chords. Open chords are the easier of the two and typically represent the types of beginner chords we all first learn. They use open strings and are stationary.
The second kind are called Barre Chords (pronounced Bar). Barre chords are much harder than Open Chords and as a result beginners will normally wait anything up to a year before learning them. Barre chords can be moved up and down the neck to form new chords without any problem. The main advantage of learning them is the new array of keys they will open for you to play songs in.
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.
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!
We group guitar chords into respective families based upon their type and how they are built. As a beginner you need only concern yourself with 3 main families of chords. They are Major, Minor and Dominant 7 chords. Using these you'll have the basic structure required for songs.
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.
All players go through this process when learning to play guitar chords. It can get painful until that layer of harder skin builds up however once done, playing chords will no longer hurt you.
We have two main categories of guitar chords. Open chords are the easier of the two and typically represent the types of beginner chords we all first learn. They use open strings and are stationary.
The second kind are called Barre Chords (pronounced Bar). Barre chords are much harder than Open Chords and as a result beginners will normally wait anything up to a year before learning them. Barre chords can be moved up and down the neck to form new chords without any problem. The main advantage of learning them is the new array of keys they will open for you to play songs in.
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.
About the Author:
The author is the inventor of Guitar in a Nutshell. A very popular system for learning to play acoustic guitar. Check out the site for lots of information on Guitar Chords and free video tutorials on how to play acoustic guitar.
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