Introduction: How to Play a Few Guitar Chords (beginner)
How to play eight guitar chords, the power chord shape and two songs using these chords - House of the Rising Sun and Fade to Black.
ps.Although i do play guitar it is my brother in the pictures-in case you get any ideas about me having massive hair.
Step 1: Major Chords
These are the happy sounding ones.
Just follow the tabs - the crosses at the top (above the strings)mean you dont pick that string, and the O's mean you do (it's an open string).
Step 2: Major Chords Continued
Same again.
Step 3: Minor Chords
These are the sad ones.
I figured you would have worked out how to read the tab by now and so have not included any more photo's of Jimi (My Brother).
Step 4: Power Chords
These aren't needed in the two songs i have previosly mentioned but they're really useful as you can move them up and down the neck, so you get every chord in the chromatic scale.
Power chords comprise of 2 different notes - the root note (the one you play with your first finger) and a fidth up from the root. There is an octave of the root note (which you don't have to play but i usually do just to beef up the tone).
Step 5: Song 1 - Fade to Black
The chords for this song go:
Amin Cmaj
Life it seems, will fade away
Gmaj Emaj
Drifting further every day
Amin
Amin (slid up 2 frets)
Amin Cmaj
Getting lost within myself
Gmaj Emaj
Nothing matters no one else
Amin
Amin (slid up 2 frets)
Amin Cmaj
I have lost the will to live
Gmaj Emaj
Simply nothing more to give
Amin
Amin (slid up 2 frets)
Amin Cmaj
There is nothing more for me
Gmaj Emaj
Need the end to set me free
Step 6: Song 2 - House of the Rising Sun
Amin Cmaj Dmaj Fmaj
There is a house in new Orleans
Amin Cmaj Emaj Emaj
They call the rising sun
Amin Cmaj Dmaj Fmaj
And its been the ruin for many a poor boy
Amin Emaj Amin
In the house of the rising sun!
Once you can just strum the chords try playing every note individually from bottom to top note and then back (so for Amin it goes Astring,Dstring,Gstring,Bstring,Estring,Bstring,Gstring).
On the 4 note chords play the top string twice.
Step 7: Rule of Rock
Use the rule of rock!
The rule of rock is where if you hold your right hand out like metal horns (little finger,first finger and thumb sticking out) and assign your little finger a note (say A).
Then you count along your fingers in notes so each finger has a note ( in this case 3rd finger being b, second c, first d and thumb e ).
The fingers sticking out will be chords that sound good together (A, D and E).
Now go play those songs to your mum or who-ever is around.
18 Comments
9 years ago on Introduction
According to me this is one of the silly
questions, this question is similar to ask that How many songs are there in earth ?
My
dear reader, since music has no end then similarly guitar chords has no
end too, you can create your own chords also! according to your scales.
So stop thinking more about guitar chords and start play your own
created one!
http://sqeets.com/articles/guitar-chords-for-beginners-26-guitar-chords-you-must-know-to-begin-with-guitar/
9 years ago on Introduction
According to me this is one of the silly
questions, this question is similar to ask that How many songs are there in earth ?
My
dear reader, since music has no end then similarly guitar chords has no
end too, you can create your own chords also! according to your scales.
So stop thinking more about guitar chords and start play your own
created one!
http://sqeets.com/articles/guitar-chords-for-beginners-26-guitar-chords-you-must-know-to-begin-with-guitar/
9 years ago on Introduction
According to me this is one of the silly
questions, this question is similar to ask that How many songs are there in earth ?
My
dear reader, since music has no end then similarly guitar chords has no
end too, you can create your own chords also! according to your scales.
So stop thinking more about guitar chords and start play your own
created one!
http://sqeets.com/articles/guitar-chords-for-beginners-26-guitar-chords-you-must-know-to-begin-with-guitar/
9 years ago on Introduction
According to me this is one of the silly
questions, this question is similar to ask that How many songs are there in earth ?
My
dear reader, since music has no end then similarly guitar chords has no
end too, you can create your own chords also! according to your scales.
So stop thinking more about guitar chords and start play your own
created one!
http://sqeets.com/articles/guitar-chords-for-beginners-26-guitar-chords-you-must-know-to-begin-with-guitar/
9 years ago on Introduction
According to me this is one of the silly
questions, this question is similar to ask that How many songs are there in earth ?
My
dear reader, since music has no end then similarly guitar chords has no
end too, you can create your own chords also! according to your scales.
So stop thinking more about guitar chords and start play your own
created one!
http://sqeets.com/articles/guitar-chords-for-beginners-26-guitar-chords-you-must-know-to-begin-with-guitar/
14 years ago on Introduction
Your Bro's Hair looks like John Butlers Can u get me a list of chords that have : Bb, F, Cm, Gm, Dm and as many others as u can get? (I can never find a good list) (\_/) (0.o) EBIL BUNNY!!!! (>_<)
Reply 14 years ago on Introduction
i don't understand what u meen by a 'list' Do u want all the fingerings for the chords?
14 years ago on Introduction
Your Bro's hair reminds me of John Butler
14 years ago on Step 1
thanks for this 'ible iv been needing one.
Reply 14 years ago on Step 1
No problems-any suggestions to improve it?
Reply 14 years ago on Step 1
not really the songs are a little confusing,but i wasn't that interested in learning them.
Reply 14 years ago on Introduction
I did put the chords so they were over the word that they needed to be strummed on but stupid instructables deleted all the 'unnecasary spaces'
Reply 14 years ago on Introduction
yea that sucks.im doing this whole thing learning guitar where i take a lesson every week,but i learnon my own,too.yesterday,my teacher said that we were covering chords and when i aaid i had learned some of them already,he said "holy crapwhat have you been doing?"
Reply 14 years ago on Introduction
Nice! How did you get the writing to be smaller? Iv'e allways wondered that...
Reply 14 years ago on Introduction
i think that after you type so much, they make the writing smaller to make sure that it fits
Reply 14 years ago on Introduction
oh,ok-but why not make all of the text a little bit smaller rather that just a bit at the end really small? Who knows,Never mind
Reply 14 years ago on Introduction
ok well if you search for "word formatting"on instructables,there i a bunch of 'ibles there i recommend the one by plasmana
Reply 14 years ago on Introduction
K cheers