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This article was co-written by Aaron Asghari. Aaron Asghari is the guitarist and lead guitarist of the band The Ghost Next Door. He received a guitar performance degree from the Guitar Institute of Technpogy in Los Angeles. In addition to composing and performing with the band The Ghost Next Door, he is also the founder and lead guitar teacher of Asghari Guitar Lessons.
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Learning how to play the guitar is a lot of fun, although at first, playing chords can seem quite daunting. Fear not, it’s no different than playing single notes: you just have to play multiple single notes at once! This article will take you through the process of practicing your fingers, and teach you how to play a few common chords. Grab your guitar and play some music!
Steps
Understanding chords
- Vertically, the strings are numbered 1 to 6, from the highest to the lowest.
- Horizontally, you will number based on the position of the frets.
- Note, the instruction “put your first finger on the 3rd fret” means that you need to place your finger between the 2nd and 3rd frets.
Use this mnemonic to memorize the note of each string, from low to high:
Noodles, La, Re, Sp, Si, Mi (in Western notation it is EA D G B E ). [1] X Research Source
- The lowest note is the 3rd fret of the A string: the C note.
- The next note is played on the 2nd fret of the D string: the E note.
- Be careful not to place your finger on the G string. We will “blank” this string when playing the C chord.
- The highest note played on the 1st fret of the B string: the C note.
- The highest and lowest strings on the guitar will not be used for the basic C chord.
- Press the 3rd finger on the 3rd fret of the A string, as described above, pluck the string, and allow it to vibrate until it stops. You just played the note C.
- Press the 2nd finger on the 2nd fret of the D string, then pluck and vibrate the string to play the note E.
- Get some rest! Play the empty G string.
- Press the 1st finger on the 1st fret of the B string, and allow the C note to ring out loud!
- Strum every note, one by one, several times. When you’re ready, quickly glide the plectrum or your fingers through the strings in the middle. You just played the C chord!
- Your hand will be a little sore the first few times, but when your hand starts to get calluses, the pain will go away.
Learn more chords
- The notes in the F chord are F, A, and C. Note that F and C will be played by the same finger: the first finger is placed horizontally on the 1st fret of both the 1st and 2nd strings.
- In general, chords are built so that the lowest note becomes the base of the chord, but in this case, the F sounds on the 1st fret and 1st string. This is called an “inversion”.
- Note that after each chord is a Roman numeral. They represent the position of the chord’s base note on the scale – regardless of finger position. Once you understand the basic chords in every key, it will be easier to see the sheet music than to spell out each chord.
- Practice until your fingers get tired, then rest, but remember to keep practicing: we’ll teach you the basic chords in E and A!
- This is one of the simpler chords to play, once your calluses appear. You can play all strings at once. With this chord, turn the Marshall amp up to 11, strum hard, and you’ll feel the beginnings of rock stardom!
- Once you get better at playing, you’ll understand that sometimes, moving too quickly from one chord to another will cause you to put your fingers in the opposite direction but still be able to play. The key here is to use all of your fingers in the most effective way, and once you’ve started the process, don’t hesitate to experiment.
- Change your strum: don’t just follow the lines on the paper.
- Note the placing of the first finger on all three strings: this is the beginning of the “barrier” chord. A full barre chord will involve a finger over every string, and is usually based on the basic form presented in this article.
- Now think of the song Down on the Corner by Creedence Clearwater Revival, and try again! [2] X Research Source <i>Harmony</i> by Walter Piston, 3rd Edition[3] X Research Source <i>Jazz Harmony</i> by Andy Jaffe, 2nd Edition
Using video chord charts
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- Play E minor just by removing your index finger from the string, leaving the 3rd string blank. [4] X Research Source
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- Play the A minor chord by playing the 1st fret, not the 2nd fret, on the B string. Its shape is similar to that of E major.
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Advice
- Once you know the basic chords, it’s easy to think about the function of the scale. For example, in the scale E, E (I) is called the Major. This is the chord that other chords want to aim for – thereby helping western music give a sense of movement. The A(IV) chord in the E scale acts as the Dome – it’s like a passive in the middle, it can happily move forward, or freely return to the Key. The ace does what its name suggests: it leads you where it wants to go. In the E scale, its role is filled by the B (V) chord, and will definitely make your brain want to return to the Key! Once you’ve gotten used to the chords, and want to sketch a tune, you can write it as I-IV-V (or variations thereof) instead of EAB. It will make the translation process easier when you realize that your singer can’t sing in the original scale!
Warning
- As Ringo Starr once shouted during a strenuous recording session, “My finger is blistered!”, so will your hand, and your finger will become painful. As guitarist George Harrison once said, “everything must pass”. Likewise, the blister will be replaced by a callus. Practice regularly, and before you know it, you won’t have to worry about finger pain anymore.
This article was co-written by Aaron Asghari. Aaron Asghari is the guitarist and lead guitarist of the band The Ghost Next Door. He received a guitar performance degree from the Guitar Institute of Technpogy in Los Angeles. In addition to composing and performing with the band The Ghost Next Door, he is also the founder and lead guitar teacher of Asghari Guitar Lessons.
This article has been viewed 35,573 times.
Learning how to play the guitar is a lot of fun, although at first, playing chords can seem quite daunting. Fear not, it’s no different than playing single notes: you just have to play multiple single notes at once! This article will take you through the process of practicing your fingers, and teach you how to play a few common chords. Grab your guitar and play some music!
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