7 Fun & Easy Guitar Chord Progressions For Beginners

A chord progression is basically a series of chords played one after another in a particular order. But before you learn how to play the following 7 chord progressions, you must know how to play the chords.

Here are the chords you will need to know in order to play these chord progressions:

A, A Minor, C, D, D Minor, E, E Minor, G

I have included videos below which demonstrate how to play these chords:

The A & E Chords:

The D Chord:

The A Minor, E Minor, D Minor, C, G

Watch the videos above and practice those chords first. Then start practicing the chord progressions below.

For the , strum each chord 4 times with a down up down up strumming pattern. Go very slow in the beginning so that you will be able to change chords smoothly and accurately.

You can test and see if you are playing each chord accurately by playing one string at a time on the chord. If you hear any buzzing , or if any of the notes sound muted, you are either not pressing down hard enough, or one of your fingers or your hand is touching another string.

Here are the Chord Progressions:

G - C - D - G

G - Am - D - G

D - G - A - D

D - C - G - D

D - E Minor - A - D

C - Dm - G - C

E - D - A - E

I know this all seems very difficult in the beginning, and it may seem that way for some time.  The most important thing to remember is to never give up.

Eventually your hands will become stronger, your chords will sound cleaner and your chord changes will become faster.

Enjoy and Happy Guitar Playing!

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7 Comments on "7 Fun & Easy Guitar Chord Progressions For Beginners"

  1. This is magic & fantastic! Keep on developing this on Sun, 17th Aug 2008 2:20 pm 

    Its very funny since i started learn guitar using your site.
    Thanks

  2. KK on Sun, 24th Aug 2008 1:08 am 

    HOW DO FIX A STRING

  3. rserpe on Wed, 27th Aug 2008 6:00 pm 

    Thank you for your wonderful comments and your questions. I am happy you are enjoying the website.

    KK: You asked, How to fix a string?

    The only option you have is to replace the string.

    Replacing a string takes a bit of practice, but it’s not as difficult as it may seem.

    I put together a post not too long ago that includes links and videos which demonstrate how to change your guitar strings.

    Here is the link:

    http://www.learn-acoustic-guitar.com/how-to-change-strings-on-an-acoustic-guitar

    I hope this helps!

  4. Joe on Sun, 21st Sep 2008 9:35 pm 

    Just started playing today, your videos have helped a lot thank you! ;-D

  5. rserpe on Tue, 23rd Sep 2008 12:24 am 

    Hi Joe,

    You are most welcome.

    Thanks for stopping by and the best of luck with your guitar playing!

  6. Daniel on Thu, 9th Oct 2008 9:25 am 

    Hey i haven’t bought a guitar yet, but im looking into it. Anyways yeah i looked at the videos you have posted and i think you will save me alot of money. Thank you so much for posting these videos to help out beginners. You have made me more intrested in learning how to play.

  7. Daniel on Fri, 23rd Jan 2009 5:39 pm 

    I started playin a day or two ago. because of your help im already playin correct chords and learning progressions. thanks a ton!!!

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