The guitar is perhaps the most popular musical instrument today. This is for a number of reasons -- you don't need any other instruments to create music, it has a beautiful sound to it, it is cheap to buy and relatively easy to transport, and it is very rewarding to play.
Whilst some of you may want to dive straight in and jam some lead guitar riffs, you should first learn some beginner guitar chords. The reason for this is that this is a better investment of your time at first. You will be able to play more songs quickly if you learn beginner guitar chords than if you learn a few single strings to hit from guitar tablature. Also, after a little practice and learning a few basic chords, you will come to recognise chords in other music and even be able to create your own music naturally and instinctively.
A quick tutorial for those who do not know -- chords are where you place several fingers on the fret board and then strum, usually all the strings. They produce a wondrous and warm note of several harmonies given by each string vibrating at a different frequency.
Many guitar tutorials will throw 20 beginner guitar chords at you to learn straight away and this steep learning curve sees many people give up on the guitar and not survive past lesson 1. Don't worry, I won't do that here!
First of all, get yourself a beginner guitar chords chart so that you can follow what we will do next. My recommendation is that you go to Google and type in "beginner guitar chords" and click on "Images". This will bring up a few basic charts from which we will start by learning only a few.
Some beginner guitar chords basics -- on the chart, the numbers next to the finger positions tell you which finger to use on the string, the "x" tells you not to strike that string when you strum, and an "o" tells you to strike the string but no finger will be on the fretboard for that string.
OK, to start, I recommend that you start with three easy and basic beginner guitar chords: G major, C major and D major. Don't learn anything else until you have mastered these three starting chords. The great thing about these chords is that they are easily progressed to other chords once you have mastered them.
If you wish to learn more about how to play these chords and how you can master the guitar in as little time as possible, there are a number of great sites that are not just about reading the web -- interactive lessons and video are equivalent to a one to one coaching program but in the convenience of your own home and not as expensive.
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