The D Major Guitar Chord is found in the D Major Scale: D E F# G A B C# D. It is made up of the 1, 3 and 5 positions of this scale. Meaning the notes D, F# and A.  The D Major Chord is a very easy chord to play and one of the first most beginners learn. The only challenge to this chord is making certain you do not strum the Low E and A strings as indicated in the chord chart below. If you … [Read more...]

The C Major Chord is one of the easier beginner  guitar chords to learn how to 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, 3 and 5 positions of this scale. Meaning the notes C, E and G. Below are two versions of the C Major Chord for you to learn. The first is the most common version of this chord, followed by the C Chord played … [Read more...]

Learn how to play the easy basic beginner guitar chord A Major with this free tutorial. The A Major Guitar Chord is found in the A Major Scale: A B C# D E F# G# A. It is made up of the 1 , 3 and 5 positions of this scale. In other words, the notes A,C# and E. This chord does give some guitarists a bit of trouble, because all three fingers have to fit on the second fret on the second, third … [Read more...]

What Are Power Chords? Power chords are used quite often in rock and heavy metal music on electric guitars, but you can also hear them in other types of music. Technically speaking, power chords are not true chords. A chord is made up of 3 or more notes. Power chords are only made up of 2 different notes. Before you can fully understand what a power chord is, let us take a look at a true … [Read more...]

So you got all of your basic open chords down, you are playing along swimmingly and ready to learn a new song or two and then BAM, the infamous F Major Barre Chord.  So you shrug your shoulders in frustration and move on.  Well no longer my friend.  Today you are finally going to be able to play any song this chord appears in with this little cheat. It is true.  The F Major … [Read more...]

The following post is going to show you a series chord progressions that you can add to your practice routine.  A chord progression is  a series of chords played one after another in a particular order. This is a great way to put all of those beginner chords you worked so hard at learning into practice, but in a way that feels more like playing guitar and not so much like a boring practice … [Read more...]

Below is a downloadable PDF ebook that contains 50 easy guitar chord charts for beginners.  These charts are easy to read and will help you learn how to play them quickly.  With these chords in your arsenal, you will be able to play hundreds of easy guitar songs.  Learning guitar songs is one of the best ways to  learn all of these basic guitar chords. ===> Follow this link to download the … [Read more...]

Below is an awesome introductory video lesson that I came across while doing a search the other day.  Its a lesson created by guitarist and instructor Peter Vogl.  In this tutorial, Peter will show you step by step, an easier method to help master these challenging chords. Bar chords are probably the most avoided, most despised aspect of learning guitar that beginners will face.  I know when I … [Read more...]