Beginner Guitar Chord – The E Major Chord

The E Major Guitar Chord is found in the E Major Scale: E F# G# A B C# D# E. It is made up of the 1 (root note), 3 and 5 of this scale. Meaning the notes E, G# and B. In order to add more depth to the sound of the chord you add 2 more E’s and a B. The E note is at the root of the chord meaning the top of the chord shown in the diagram below.

E Major Chord notes: E B E G# B E

Here is a key that will help you read the chart:

The E Major Guitar Chord is definitely one of the easiest chords to learn and play. Just be certain that you are pressing down on the strings firmly enough. Play each string one at a time to be sure that you are producing a clean sound. If any of the strings buzz or sound muted, then something is not right.

The video below will further demonstrate how to correctly play this chord.

Enjoy!

E Major Chord Video

Basic Beginner Guitar Chords – The C Major Chord

The C Major Chord is one of the easiest acoustic guitar chords to learn and play.  The C Major Chord is found in the C Major Scale: C D E F G A B C. It is made up of the 1(root note), 3 and 5 of this scale. Meaning the notes C, E and G. Now to add more depth to the sound of the chord you add another C and E.

The C note is at the root of the chord meaning the top of the chord shown in the diagram below. Make certain you are only strumming the first five strings as indicated in the diagram below.

C Major Chord Notes: C E G C E

Here is a key that will help you read the chart:

C Major Chord Video

Free Acoustic Guitar Chords Chart – Basic Chords for the Beginner

Here is a basic acoustic guitar chord chart that I put together to help the beginner guitarist quickly learn chords.

I also included a list of video demonstrations on how to play the guitar chords.

Play each chord slowly making certain that you have a clean sound when you play each note individually. If you don’t get a clean sound you are not pressing down the strings hard enough, or one of your fingers is touching another string.

This is common so do not get discouraged!

Do not try and master all of these chords all at once. Take on a few at a time and then move on.

Here are a couple of easy chord progressions:

GMajor, DMajor, CMajor: Knocking on Heavens Door by Bob Dylan

Emajor, AMajor: For What Its Worth by Buffalo Springfield

Click the thumbnail image below to open the Acousic Guitar Chord Chart:

Here are the guitar chord video lessons:

E CHORDS
E Major Chord:	E Minor Chord
E 7 Chord
A CHORDS
A Major Chord	A Minor
A 7
D CHORDS
D Major	D Minor
C CHORDS
C Major Chord	C Minor
C7 Chord
G CHORDS
G Major Chord	G Minor Chord
G7 Chord
F CHORDS
F Major Chord	F Minor
B CHORDS
B Major	B Minor
B7 Chord