Learn Guitar Lesson - Guitar Chords Made Ridiculously Simple
It's time to stop pulling your hair out with frustration trying to play difficult chord shapes on your guitar.
Remember, we are supposed to be playing guitar for fun aren't we? Have ever wondered if you were really cut-out to play guitar, after all the guy's and gal's on the videos seem to make it look so easy! Despite our best intentions the reality of guitar playing really hits home once we get our guitar out of the case; there's sore fingers, impossible chord shapes and nothing seems to sound anything like remotely like music.
But what if there was an easy way to play chords on the guitar, well the good news is there are many ways to play easy chord shapes on the guitar here are just a few to get you started! Here is a sample of a few "one finger" chords: G -3-- -0-- -0-- -x-- -x-- -x-- G7 -1-- -0-- -0-- -x-- -x-- -x-- Gm -3-- -3-- -3-- -x-- -x-- -x-- "One finger" chords, I can't possibly get any easier than that can it? How about a "no finger" chord! Em -0-- -0-- -0-- -x-- -x-- -x-- No kidding, that is a correct E minor chord without using any fingers.
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Another set of popular chords that turn up often in songs are "E" chords, here are a few "one fingered", "E" chords for you to try.
Em7 -0-- -0-- -0-- -0-- -2-- -0-- E7 -0-- -0-- -1-- -0-- -x-- -x-- E -0-- -0-- -1-- -x-- -x-- -x-- You can make any difficult chord shape easy to play once you understand which individual notes make up a particular chord, e.
g.
, a "C" chord is usually quite difficult to play especially for newbie players, here is a simple one-finger version for you to try.
C -0-- -1-- -0-- -x-- -x-- -x-- Now, it's time you to expand your chord vocabulary how about some two fingered chords Em -0-- -0-- -0-- -2-- -2-- -0-- D69/F# -0-- -0-- -2-- -0-- -x-- -2-- Don't be put off by the complex chord name "D69/F#" this chord is really simple to play and works well with the "Em" chord, in fact these two chords are all you need to play the song "Horse With No Name" by the group America.
Horse With No Name Em /// | D69/F# /// | Next I've included a couple of two finger variations of popular chords for you to try.
C -0-- -1-- -0-- -2-- -x-- -x-- D6 -2-- -0-- -2-- -0-- -x-- -x-- The "D6" makes for a good substitution for the standard "D" chord.
Summary: Chords are like musical words, once you learn how to spell a chord you will discover many new (and easy) ways of playing that chord on the guitar.
Remember, we are supposed to be playing guitar for fun aren't we? Have ever wondered if you were really cut-out to play guitar, after all the guy's and gal's on the videos seem to make it look so easy! Despite our best intentions the reality of guitar playing really hits home once we get our guitar out of the case; there's sore fingers, impossible chord shapes and nothing seems to sound anything like remotely like music.
But what if there was an easy way to play chords on the guitar, well the good news is there are many ways to play easy chord shapes on the guitar here are just a few to get you started! Here is a sample of a few "one finger" chords: G -3-- -0-- -0-- -x-- -x-- -x-- G7 -1-- -0-- -0-- -x-- -x-- -x-- Gm -3-- -3-- -3-- -x-- -x-- -x-- "One finger" chords, I can't possibly get any easier than that can it? How about a "no finger" chord! Em -0-- -0-- -0-- -x-- -x-- -x-- No kidding, that is a correct E minor chord without using any fingers.
Moving right along...
Another set of popular chords that turn up often in songs are "E" chords, here are a few "one fingered", "E" chords for you to try.
Em7 -0-- -0-- -0-- -0-- -2-- -0-- E7 -0-- -0-- -1-- -0-- -x-- -x-- E -0-- -0-- -1-- -x-- -x-- -x-- You can make any difficult chord shape easy to play once you understand which individual notes make up a particular chord, e.
g.
, a "C" chord is usually quite difficult to play especially for newbie players, here is a simple one-finger version for you to try.
C -0-- -1-- -0-- -x-- -x-- -x-- Now, it's time you to expand your chord vocabulary how about some two fingered chords Em -0-- -0-- -0-- -2-- -2-- -0-- D69/F# -0-- -0-- -2-- -0-- -x-- -2-- Don't be put off by the complex chord name "D69/F#" this chord is really simple to play and works well with the "Em" chord, in fact these two chords are all you need to play the song "Horse With No Name" by the group America.
Horse With No Name Em /// | D69/F# /// | Next I've included a couple of two finger variations of popular chords for you to try.
C -0-- -1-- -0-- -2-- -x-- -x-- D6 -2-- -0-- -2-- -0-- -x-- -x-- The "D6" makes for a good substitution for the standard "D" chord.
Summary: Chords are like musical words, once you learn how to spell a chord you will discover many new (and easy) ways of playing that chord on the guitar.
