Absolute Beginner Part 1: Chords
So…you’ve just bought your first guitar? Now where do we go? This lesson covers the basics of what you should be learning on day one.
Learning about guitar chords, how they are made, what notes they contain and why you should learn the notes is an important step for beginners. As you move beyond the beginner level you’ll want to improve at changing chords smoothly and start making barre chords without too much fuss. Check out our handy guitar chord dictionary for help with the most common guitar chords.
So…you’ve just bought your first guitar? Now where do we go? This lesson covers the basics of what you should be learning on day one.
Difficulty in changing chords is often the result of bad habits. We’re going to look at a couple supposedly easy chords and make sure we practice good habits.
Diminished chords are very cool, and easy to understand. Just like all bar chords these are universal shapes and can be moved anywhere on the fretboard.