Learn the Basic Chords on an Acoustic Guitar
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Method 1: (A) Chords
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Contents
- 1 Steps
- 2 Video: Learn Basic Chords on an Acoustic Guitar A Chords
- 3 Steps
- 4 Video: Learn the Basic Chords on an Acoustic Guitar (B) Chords
- 5 Steps
- 6 Video: Learn the Basic Chords on an Acoustic Guitar (C) Chords
- 7 Steps
- 8 Video: Learn the Basic Chords on an Acoustic Guitar (D) Chords
- 9 Steps
- 10 Video: Learn the Basic Chords on an Acoustic Guitar (E) Chords
- 11 Steps
- 12 Video: Learn the Basic Chords on an Acoustic Guitar (F) Chords
- 13 Steps
- 14 Video: Learn Basic Chords on an Acoustic Guitar G Chords
- 15 Comments
Steps
- 1In this video, we are going to show you some of the most common A chords.
- 2Now that we have learned about the guitar, about the strings and about everything, we are moving to chords now.
- 3In this video, we are going to show you three of the most common A chords.
- 4We can see here on the G string.I can show you three of the most common A chords.
- 5As we have talked before about how to find out the exact note of each individual frets.
- 6We can say this is the G string, so the open string is the G.
- 7And then off to G, A, B, C, D, E, F, G.
- 8There is one gap between G and A.We go back to A.
- 9That means this fret here, the second fret on the G string is an A note.
- 10Keep that middle finger on the second of the G string.So the first A chord we are going to look at is A major.
- 11Then with this finger here, place the index finger on the second fret of the D string.
- 12Then with the ring finger, placed that on the second fret of the B string.
- 13So it's a bit of a squeeze. You want to try and get them in there as much as possible and give each string a pluck and see how it rings.So we got three fingers all on the seconds frets.
- 14If it sounds like this.
- 15You know that does not sound right.
- 16So you put more pressure so that the ring is clear and true.
- 17You can put the index finger on the second fret of the G string.If it is difficult you can do it in different way.
- 18The middle finger on the second fret of the D string.
- 19The ring finger on the second fret of the B string.
- 20This gives us a bit of groove.You see this is a different pattern.
- 21It allows you easy access to the other chords.First of all, you want to try and do the other way - the first way I have shown you because that is the way most common way.
- 22So try and get those fingers in as much as possible behind the fret.
- 23We are going to strum every string - all 6 strings.
- 24So that is the first A that we have, the A major.
- 25We are going to put the index finger on the first fret of the B string.Next is the A minor - staying in the same area.
- 26The middle finger on the second fret of the D string.
- 27And the ring finger on the second fret of the G string.
- 28Okay so give them a pluck.
- 29See how they sound.
- 30Once again, we are going to strum all the 6 strings.
- 31If you take your first finger off, the first fret of the B string, you'll get a different sound there that you can play around with.With this chord is a smooth variation.
- 32So instead of the first fret to B string, place the finger on the third fret.You can also move the index finger off and place the little finger on the third fret of the B string.
- 33Once you are learning this new chord, then you could just play around a bit. Get some intimate sound and be creative in your practices.I'm just giving you some other variation to play with.
- 34This is more of a bluesy sound.The next thing we are going to do is play A7 chord.
- 35Then, for the little pinky, place that on the third fret of the lower A string.It is the same position as the A minor - same thing to the position as you see here.
- 36That gives more of a bluesy sound.Do you hear that?
- 37You can hear the difference in sound there. The other alternative A7 seven is to place the middle finger on the second fret of the D string and the ring finger on the second fret of the B string.Now, a different element.
- 38You can hear that bluesy twang.Just the two fingers there.
- 39That is another popular A chord that you can try and practice.
- 40So to recount we have the A major chord, which is the three fingers on the second frets of the D, G, and B strings.
- 41With some alterations and some minor adjustments, take off the index finger.The A minor, which is to move the index finger to the first fret of the B string.
- 42And we have the A7 which is the A minor with the little finger on the third fret of the E string.
- 43So you can have an A minor.Give that a practice try those different chords out and try to use them with the E chords that we have learned already.
- 44Finger positions moving up one string. You can try and play with them.We have an E minor try and just moving the same position.
- 45Throwing that little finger in the end there gives it a bluesy feel.
- 46If you have any questions or suggestions you can leave them in the section below, where you will also find a list of the links to the other videos in this series of videos. You have been watching VisiHow, goodbye!So you have been watching a video on the A chords for the guitar.
Video: Learn Basic Chords on an Acoustic Guitar A Chords
Method 2: (B) Chords
Hello and welcome to VisiHow. Welcome to our series of videos on how to learn guitar for the complete beginner. In this video, we are going to show you a couple of B chords. So, no further ado, let's show you.
Steps
- 1The first chord we have is the B major.
- 2This is going to be very difficult, considering the other chords we have learned, but give me the go and let's see what happens.
- 3So we are going to bar the second fret - right behind that piece of metal.The first thing we do is to make a bar with our index finger.
- 4Make a bar - like this. Push down a little pressure. With your thumb at the back, you are going to create a clamp.The first five strings - not the top E strings.
- 5Put your thumb at the back flat.
- 6We are going to try and create a clamp so that your index finger is really clamped down on those five strings.
- 7We are going to place that in the third strings. The third fret of the B string.Then with the middle finger.
- 8We are going to place the ring finger on the fourth fret of the D string.
- 9And also, the pinky of the fourth fret of the G string.
- 10As you can see here, this kind of pattern. Try to keep your finger straight in the straight line so you do not bend it. This is a very hard oneWe are trying to make this kind of pattern.
- 11Then, we could strum it.
- 12So that we can here what is wrong.
- 13This guitar requires a lot of practice.This is a hard chord play.
- 14Stretch into those sessions. Apply enough power to hold down the strings so they are not bending, fracturing around and not loose.Get your fingers loosen up.
- 15As I said, it is a bluesy kinda chord and to make that we are going to place our index finger on the first fret of the D string.The next chord we have for you is the B7.
- 16The middle finger goes on the second fret of the A string.
- 17The ring finger goes on the second fret of the G string.
- 18And the pinky goes on the second fret of the E string, right at the bottom.
- 19Hear that bluesy twang.I'll be playing this all together.
- 20There is two B chords for you to practice. They are both quite difficult but try to practice them. Try integrate and incorporate them into you practices and your jamming and try and use them with the other chords.There you go.
- 21So we have the B - the B major.
- 22Then, the B7 - it's always nice with the A major.
- 23If you have anymore questions or suggestion about this video, please leave them in the section below. You will also find the links to the other videos in this series so check them out and see what's happening with them. You have been watching VisiHow, goodbye!So this has been a video on the B chord for your guitar - your electric or acoustic guitar.
Video: Learn the Basic Chords on an Acoustic Guitar (B) Chords
Method 3: (C) Chords
Hello and welcome to VisiHow. Welcome to our series of videos on how to play the guitar for the complete beginner.
Steps
- 1We've looked at A and E. In this video, we are going to look at the C chords. We can find the root of the C chord is so cool because of the C note.As you have seen on the previous videos, we are now working with some guitar chords.
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We can find the A string which is the fifth string - so this is an open A
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And we are going to find B - so B is one step after
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This is the C root - third fret of the A string
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This is the C note and from this note we can make the C chord
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To make the C chord we are going to put the ring finger on the third fret of the A string
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Then with the middle finger, we are going to place that on the second fret of the D string
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Then the index, we are going to place on the first fret of the B string
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So just like all the other chord we have practice try and keep your fingers as close to the fret as possible - just behind the fret
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We can get some variation with this code by taking our index finger off the string
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That is just the way to get a little bit variation while we are learning about chords and practicing
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You can see these three different ways you can play this
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And the other two is taking off the index finger or put the pinky finger on the third fret of the B string
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That is just the variation
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If we want, we can also add variations while using this C major which is the first one that I showed you - the C major
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The middle finger on the second fret of the D string
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And the ring finger on the third fret of the A string
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You can also put the pinky the little finger on the third fret of the E string
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So there you go
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That is the C chord, C major and C major with some variations
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Try moving these two fingers around to create some variation sound
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The other option we have is to create a C7 chord, which is the bluesy strum
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You hear it's sound
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That is the other chord I am showing you today - the C7
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So, this has been a video on how to play the C major chord and the C7 chord, with some variations formed in there to make it a bit more exciting
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If you have any questions or suggestions about this video, then please leave them in the section below where you can also find the links to the other videos in this beginners series
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Video: Learn the Basic Chords on an Acoustic Guitar (C) Chords
Method 4: (D) Chords
Hello and welcome to VisiHow. Welcome to our series on how to play guitar for the complete beginner.
Steps
- 1So the D chord and the D major can be found at the bottom of the strings.In this video, we are going to show you some D chords.
- 2We are going to find the D root - the D root with the B string.
- 3B string is here.
- 4We already talk about this on other videos about how to find the note in each fret so check out those videos.And we have B and C.
- 5Then, we go straight from B to C there is no gap.Talking about frets and so we have B.
- 6This is C and there is gap between C and D.
- 7The third fret of the B string is the D root
- 8We can play the D major chord by putting the index finger on the second fret of the G string.
- 9The middle finger is on the second fret of the lower E string.
- 10D root is the third fret of the B string.We are going to place the ring finger on the D root.
- 11That is clear.So it should look something like this.
- 12So here...
- 13...here,
- 14...and here
- 15Get those fingers as close to the fret as possible.Now, we can strum it so make sure we press it down correctly.
- 16With this chord, we do not play the top two strings - the E and A (we don't play these). We are just going to strum from the third string down.That sound pretty good.
- 17For example, we can take off our middle finger and place the little finger on the third fret of the E string.There are variations we can make with this D major chord.
- 18Also, we can take both of these fingers off and just have these two fingers here.You can hear what it is like when I alternate between them.
- 19Also, we can do this variation which is just to the have the index finger on the second fret of the G string.That's some variation.
- 20And the middle finger on the second fret of the E string.
- 21So those are the different variations we can do with D major.
- 22To make the D seven we are gong to put the index finger on the first fret of the B string - here.Next, we have the D7.
- 23We can put the middle finger on the second fret of the G string here.
- 24The ring finger on the second fret of the lower E string.
- 25We give that a pluck.
- 26Like all 7's, it is a bit of bluesy chord.
- 27That is alternating between D major and D7.
- 28We are going to place our index finger on the first fret of the E string - the bottom hereNow, we can look at the D minor.
- 29The middle finger on the second fret of the G string.
- 30Spread out like this. This is a mournful chord. You can hear the mourn from this.The ring finger on the third fret of the B string.
- 31You can hear the pulsating mourn.When you are playing this chord a little trick to variation is to leave off the index finger.
- 32Practice them. Move them right.That's some variations on the different D chords that you can try and experiment with.
- 33We have different variations of that.To recap them once more, we have the D major here, the second fret of the G string, second fret of the E string and the third fret of the B string.
- 34We have the D7 which is first fret of the B string, second fret of the G string and second fret of the E string.
- 35Finally, we have the D minor chord - the first fret of B string, second fret of G string and the third fret of the E string.
- 36Experiment and see what you can discover. Try and prove. Also, try and combine them with other chords that we have talked about in other videos.So play with it.
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- 38D major...
- 39...to the A minor.
- 40C major.
- 41You have been watching a video on the D major chord, D minor chord, and D7 chord. If you have any more questions and suggestions please leave them in the section below where you can also find the links to the other videos in these series - check them out. I hope you can carry on progressing and evolving your guitar mastery. You have been watching VisiHow, goodbye!Experiment again and see what you can create and enjoy yourself.
Video: Learn the Basic Chords on an Acoustic Guitar (D) Chords
Method 5: (E) Chords
Hello, welcome to VisiHow. In this series of videos, we are showing you how to play the acoustic guitar for a complete beginner. In this video, we're going to focus on the E chord and different variations of the E chord.
Steps
- 1To play the E chord, put the index finger on the second fret of the fifth (A) string.
- 2That's the E major chord.Put the middle finger on the second fret of the fourth (D) string.
- 3Strum all of the strings. That is the E minor.If you want to play the E minor chord, we're just going to place the index finger on the first fret of the third (G) string, the middle finger on the second fret of the fifth (A) string, and place the ring finger on the second fret of the fourth (D) string.
- 4Those are the two most common E chords.If we take off the index finger, we have the E major again.
- 5While in the position of E minor, put the pinky on the third fret of the second string (B). This has a nice bluesy sound.We can play an E7.
- 6It's just those two.You can also play an E7 by putting the middle finger on the second fret of the fifth (A) string and place the index finger on the third fret of the third (G) string.
- 7E major, E minor and E7. Play around with them and get your fingers comfortable with that. You can check out the other videos in this guitar series to learn more. If you have and comments or questions, leave them in the comment section below.These are three of the most common E chords.
Video: Learn the Basic Chords on an Acoustic Guitar (E) Chords
Method 6: (F) Chords
Hello and welcome to VisiHow. Welcome to our series of videos on how to learn guitar for the complete beginner.
Steps
- 1F chords are very difficult. After learning the A chords and the C chords that were showed on the other videos, you will always come across an F. As you start learning songs and when they start that F fret, it becomes so much harder than the other chords.In this video, we are going to show you how to play a couple of F chords.
- 2You have to bar all of the strings on the first fret. So as if your finger was a piece of metal like a capo, you want to stick on there and squeeze it tight.It is a power chords - this version of F, the F major.
- 3Use your thumb here to really squeeze that tight.
- 4It is a very hard chord to play.All the strings should ring clear when you strum them.
- 5So that is the first stage, you should bar all the first frets.One is going to require a lot of practice.
- 6The middle finger goes on the second fret of the G string.
- 7The ring finger goes on the third fret of the A string.
- 8And the little finger goes on the third fret of the D string.
- 9So, that is the F major chord.
- 10To play an F7 chord, we are just going to take off the little finger.
- 11If we want to play an F minor chord we can just take off the middle finger.
- 12There is an alternative way to play the F chord. Simply what the people use when they are learning to play the guitar and they just starting off like you are- that is to bar with this index finger.That is the F chord - F major, F minor and F7 chord.
- 13Only bar the bottom two strings E and B.
- 14Then, place the middle finger on the second fret on the G string.Bar them with your index finger.
- 15The third finger - the ring finger is placed on the third fret of the D string.
- 16D, G, B, and E. Just strum the bottom 4.We are just going to strum the bottom 4 strings:
- 17Pluck each one of them to see how well they ring.
- 18That is an alternative way to play the F chord - the F major chord.
- 19See how they feel and see. Don't worry about not being able to get this chord straight away. You are going to want to practice more of the C chords and A chords and move on to F chord as you get better - your fingers gets stronger and more agile.Give them a practice.
- 20Where you also find the links to the other videos in this series. So go and have a look at and see how they can help you. You have been watching VisiHow, goodbye!If you have any questions or suggestions about this video, then please leave them in the section below.
Video: Learn the Basic Chords on an Acoustic Guitar (F) Chords
Method 7: (G) Chords
Hello! Welcome to VisiHow. Welcome to our series on how to play guitar for the complete beginner. In this video, we are going to be focusing on the G chord and the G7 chord.
Steps
- 1Moreover, we can find E chord because after E come F. So this is E opening. After E comes F. There's no space between E and F. We've talked about this process before in other videos, so check them out if you are not quite sure what I am talking about. You can find links with them in the section below this video.To find the root of the G chord, we are going to look at the top E string.
- 2There's only one space between E and F and also B and C., So we go from E straight to F, it is at the first fret of the E string.
- 3There's one space between F and G., So we are going to jump one space to G.
- 4This is where we are going to base our chords around. To make a G chord, also one of the most common chords used in popular music. We can put the index finger on the second fret of the A string.This fret here is the G root.
- 5Get an excellent blues bend in there.Moreover, we can place the middle finger on the third fret of the E string right at the top.
- 6Right at the bottom, on the third fret.So then with the ring finger, we are going to place that on the third fret of the lower E string.
- 7So we are going to strum each string individually just make short sounds okay. Sounds all right. So this is the G chord. We can strum a bit.So now this is our position, and this is the G chord, G major.
- 8So place it one fret higher or one string higher on the third fret of the B string. So then place the little finger on the third fret of the E string, the lower E string.One form of variation we can add is to take off the ring finger.
- 9Also, then I am going to go back the G major.So now we got all four fingers on the strings in the positions I've told you, and we are going to strum this.
- 10That is the G major with the variation.
- 11Next we can also make a G7 chord.
- 12Then our second fret, our middle finger on the second fret of the A string. Here. So then ring finger right at the top on the third fret of the E string. So this, the G7 also gives us a little bluesy sound. We can listen to the difference between standard G major chord.To do that, we are going to place our index finger on the first fret of the lower E string under the bottom.
- 13You can alternate between them as a form of practice.I am going to put my pinky here on the third fret of the E string.
- 14Also, variation by moving your fingers between the E and B strings and also how to play an E7. So experiment with them. Play some stuff, use some other chords we've learned from other videos and try some variations. See how it sounds, try some different strumming patterns, explore, experiment and enjoy and see what you can create, or you can discover. You've been watching a video on the G, G major and G7 chords. If you have any questions or suggestions then please leave them in the section below. You can also find the links to the other videos in this series. So please have a gander with them. You've been watching VisiHow.This has been a video on how to play the G major chord.
Video: Learn Basic Chords on an Acoustic Guitar G Chords
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