Click on the chord you want to learn
 
| A major
| A minor
| A7
| B major
| B minor
| B7
| C major
| C minor
| C7
| D major
| D minor
| D7
| E major
| E minor
| E7
| F major
| F minor
| F7
| G major
| G minor
| G7
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Beginner Guitar Lesson Online
Introduction to Fingering Chords

The purpose of this beginner guitar lesson online course is to teach you how to play the 21 basic chords in open position as individual events and to train your "new" guitar muscles to learn and perform basic chords without shifting.

These lessons does not try to teach you how to change fluently, from one chord to the next. That is another subject and booklet.

This beginner lesson online lesson course teaches you the open position chords that you are most likely going to be changing to and changing from. With those chords established, then we can look at changing between them.

Having said that, when you follow these instructions and perform these chords effectively you will find that you actually have some ability to change chords.

Changing chords is a slightly different exercise but the common skill is the skill of holding a chord formation in your muscles, whether or not your fingers are on the fingerboard.

If you are very new to guitar playing, I recommend that you consult the free guitar videos before you try playing these chords, as described.

For maximum, mistake-free, beginner guitar lesson online, learning benefit, I recommend that you use a metronome and a kitchen timer when you learn these chords

A metronome
A metronome is to the guitar player what a stop watch is to an athlete. Your metronome is an essential mistake-free learning tool for your muscles and motor system. Your metronome is an essential accelerated learning tool.

Sabon Intellitune Tuner / Metronome $59.95. Boss TU80 Tuner / Metronome $69.95


A kitchen timer

A kitchen timer that allows you to set times frames to minutes and seconds is an essential mistake free learning tool. Time frames are essential for accelerated learning results and training your brain specifically and very quickly.

Electronic Clock Timer $29.95

By the way, if you prefer to experience these lessons on your hard drive and free your telephone connection, you can download the ebook version now.

Hope you enjoy this beginner guitar lesson online lesson course.

Have fun!

 

Taura Eruera
Auckland
June 2002


Click on the chord you want to learn

| A major | A minor | A7 | B major | B minor | B7 | C major | C minor | C7 | D major | D minor | D7 |
E major | E minor | E7 | F major | F minor | F7 |G major | G minor | G7 |