guitar chords
First of all I welcome you and thank you for entering my site. My aim in this site is to help you beginners out there learn some basic guitar chords. Diagrams have been done in order to help you.
In order for you to understand fully, I recommend you to read thoroughly this first page.
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The key terms used:
Neck: The neck of the guitar is the thin long bit protruding out of the guitar's body.
Frets: Frets are those vertical iron bars found on the guitar's neck.
Pick: There are other terms for this device, but pick is the most simple one. It is that piece of plastic used to pluck out the strings.
Open string: This string can be played without putting your hand on the neck, that is, just plucking the string!
Octave higher: Same note sound but with higher pitch
Octave lower: Same note sound but with a lower pitch
*NB: (Especially) Maltese people should note the difference between the words 'strings' and 'chords'. A string is that piece of nylon/steel. I'm saying this, because in Maltese, a string is referred to as "Korda", and sometimes people end up confusing this term with the term 'chord'.
You must also know a basic concept, that is, in music, there are 7 notes, which are: A, B, C, D, E, F and G. For each note, there is a chord. Then there are alterations, such as, for example A# (spelled A-sharp) or Eb (E-flat!). One should note that basically, there are two variations for each chord, the major and the minor. Obviously, there are more chord variations for a single note, but until now let's stop here.
In the links below, you'd find diagrams containing numbers found in a circle. These refer to the finger which must be used. Number one refers to the index finder, number 2 to the middle one, number 3 to the annular finger, and number 4 refers to the smallest finger. And X means that you shouldn't play that string, not even touch it! Strings which aren't marked can be played open.
It is better to note that I'm going to display the sharps only. Don't panic! This is because some sharps and flats are the same. Below, there's a complete list of the notes with their sharps and flats, so grab a piece of paper and a pen, jot these down and keep them in front of you when playing until you've learned them by heart.
* Usually, these chords aren't written with their sharps, but immediately to the respective note. Example: usually you don't have written an E# but an F.
It is important to note that when you find have a lot of 1's on top of each other in the diagrams, you must put your index finger on all 6 strings! This might hurt a bit, I know :)
Under each link, you'll find the chord's variations and the different ways to play the same chord. So grab your guitar, follow the links below and rock on!
*NB: The links below are put in order of complexity. The E-chord is the simplest.
1) The E-Chord 2) The C-Chord 3) The G-Chord
4) The A-Chord 5) The D-Chord 6) The F-Chord
7) The B-Chord
