HOW TO PLAY GUITAR FOR BEGINNERS - LESSON 3 OPEN CHORDS

Open chords are usually the first thing the beginning guitar player learns.This doesn't mean that it's very easy. Learning to work together with your left hand fingers and producing a clean sound is hard work, but if you practice you'll get the hang of it soon enough. Open chords are named this way because they always contain at least one open string. They are the most common used chords, specially on acoustic guitar. They can be used on electric guitar, but they sound better on acoustic guitar in my opinion.
Here is some info on the chords:
1. Guitar chords are named according to letters going from A to G.
2. A letter with a "7" next to it means that it is a dominant chord(C7).
3. A letter with an "m" next to it means that the chord is in minor(Em).
4. A letter without m or 7 is a major chord.

This will explain how to read the pictures:



Here's a list of basic guitar chords that every guitarist needs to know:

1. major



2. minor



The numbers 1,2,3 stand for your fingers. 1-index,2-middle,3-ring finger.
The "0" and "X" on top of both images are 0-open string and x-not played.
Here is a video of me showing some of the chords for you:



So that's all for this lesson. Comming up Lesson 3 part 2 dominant chords... They will be in another post cause they are a little more complicated. Stay tuned for more.