Learn Easy Guitar Chords

 
If you’re a beginner and want to learn how to play the 
guitar, one of the first things you’ll want to do is try 
learning guitar chords.  Guitar chords are music in 
themselves as opposed to single notes.  You won’t 
want to get into any bad habits so start with some 
easy guitar chords and build your confidence first.  
At first, memorize the notes on the first couple of strings.
Then figure out what the notes on the rest of the strings 
will be.  With a bit of practice and repetition, you’ll be 
amazed at how quickly you commit these easy guitar 
chords to memory.  In time you'll develop more of a feel 
for where the notes fall, without having to think about it, 
but that's not necessary for chord theory when learning 
guitar chords.  What you really need to be able to do is 
to be able to figure out what notes you're playing in a 
given chord.  It’s just another piece of the puzzle on the 
road to learn how to play the guitar.

 

Here we’ll include some Major and Minor Chords guitar chords. 
The following easy guitar chords use as many strings as 
possible and because of that they sound very full and 
especially good when learning guitar chords without 
accompaniment.  These are great chords for strumming 
when you want to learn how to play the guitar. 
(especially on Acoustic Guitar). 
 
C-major:
|-------|------|-------|-------|------|------|
|--(1)--|------|-------|-------|------|------|
|-------|------|-------|-------|------|------|
|-------|-(2)--|-------|-------|------|------|
|-------|------|--(3)--|-------|------|------|
|-------|------|-------|-------|------|------|
1ST Fret
 
D-major:
|-------|-(1)--|-------|-------|------|------|
|-------|------|--(3)--|-------|------|------|
|-------|-(2)--|-------|-------|------|------|
|-------|------|-------|-------|------|------|
|-------|------|-------|-------|------|------|
|-------|------|-------|-------|------|------|
1ST Fret
 
E-major:
|-------|------|-------|-------|------|------|
|-------|------|-------|-------|------|------|
|--(1)--|------|-------|-------|------|------|
|-------|-(3)--|-------|-------|------|------|
|-------|-(2)--|-------|-------|------|------|
|-------|------|-------|-------|------|------|
1ST Fret
F-major:
|--(|)--|------|-------|-------|------|------|
|--(|)--|------|-------|-------|------|------|
|-------|-(2)--|-------|-------|------|------|
|-------|------|--(4)--|-------|------|------|
|-------|------|--(3)--|-------|------|------|
|--(X)--|------|-------|-------|------|------|
1ST Fret
 
G-major:
|-------|------|--(4)--|-------|------|------|
|-------|------|--(3)--|-------|------|------|
|-------|------|-------|-------|------|------|
|-------|------|-------|-------|------|------|
|-------|-(1)--|-------|-------|------|------|
|-------|------|--(2)--|-------|------|------|
1ST Fret
 
A-major:
|-------|------|-------|-------|------|------|
|-------|-(3)--|-------|-------|------|------|
|-------|-(2)--|-------|-------|------|------|
|-------|-(1)--|-------|-------|------|------|
|-------|------|-------|-------|------|------|
|--(X)--|------|-------|-------|------|------|
1ST Fret
B-major:
|-------|-(1)--|-------|-------|------|------|
|-------|------|-------|--(4)--|------|------|
|-------|------|-------|--(3)--|------|------|
|-------|------|-------|--(2)--|------|------|
|--(X)--|------|-------|-------|------|------|
|--(X)--|------|-------|-------|------|------|
1ST Fret
 
C-minor:
|-------|------|--(|)--|-------|------|------|
|-------|------|--(|)--|--(2)--|------|------|
|-------|------|--(|)--|-------|-(4)--|------|
|-------|------|--(|)--|-------|-(3)--|------|
|-------|------|--(|)--|-------|------|------|
|-------|------|--(|)--|-------|------|------|
1ST Fret

D-minor:
|--(1)--|------|-------|-------|------|------|
|-------|------|--(3)--|-------|------|------|
|-------|-(2)--|-------|-------|------|------|
|-------|------|-------|-------|------|------|
|-------|------|-------|-------|------|------|
|-------|------|-------|-------|------|------|
1ST Fret
 
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E-minor:
 
|-------|------|-------|-------|------|------|
|-------|------|-------|-------|------|------|
|-------|------|-------|-------|------|------|
|-------|-(3)--|-------|-------|------|------|
|-------|-(2)--|-------|-------|------|------|
|-------|------|-------|-------|------|------|
1ST Fret
 
F-minor:
 
|--(|)--|------|-------|-------|------|------|
|--(|)--|------|-------|-------|------|------|
|--(|)--|------|-------|-------|------|------|
|--(|)--|------|--(4)--|-------|------|------|
|--(|)--|------|--(3)--|-------|------|------|
|--(|)--|------|-------|-------|------|------|
1ST Fret
 
G-minor:
|-------|------|--(|)--|-------|------|------|
|-------|------|--(|)--|-------|------|------|
|-------|------|--(|)--|-------|------|------|
|-------|------|--(|)--|-------|-(4)--|------|
|-------|------|--(|)--|-------|-(3)--|------|
|-------|------|--(|)--|-------|------|------|
1ST Fret
 
A-minor:
|-------|------|-------|-------|------|------|
|--(1)--|------|-------|-------|------|------|
|-------|-(3)--|-------|-------|------|------|
|-------|-(2)--|-------|-------|------|------|
|-------|------|-------|-------|------|------|
|-------|------|-------|-------|------|------|
1ST Fret
 
B-minor:
|-------|-(|)--|-------|-------|------|------|
|-------|-(|)--|--(2)--|-------|------|------|
|-------|-(|)--|-------|--(4)--|------|------|
|-------|-(|)--|-------|--(3)--|------|------|
|-------|-(|)--|-------|-------|------|------|
|-------|-(|)--|-------|-------|------|------|
1ST Fret
 
There are also two types of chord shapes that help to 
find all minor and major chords including the sharp (#) 
and flat (b) Chords.  Let’s look at a couple:
 
For example B-minor:
|-------|-(|)--|-------|-------|------|------|
|-------|-(|)--|--(2)--|-------|------|------|
|-------|-(|)--|-------|--(4)--|------|------|
|-------|-(|)--|-------|--(3)--|------|------|
|-------|-(R)--|-------|-------|------|------|
|-------|-(|)--|-------|-------|------|------|
1ST Fret
 
D-minor:
|-------|-(|)--|-------|-------|------|------|
|-------|-(|)--|--(2)--|-------|------|------|
|-------|-(|)--|-------|--(4)--|------|------|
|-------|-(|)--|-------|--(3)--|------|------|
|-------|-(R)--|-------|-------|------|------|
|-------|-(|)--|-------|-------|------|------|
4TH Fret
 
As you move this formation up or down the fretboard, 
note that the root (R) determines the name of the minor 
chord. For example if you want to find the E minor chord, 
simply move the formation up the fretboard until you locate 
the E root note on the A-String.
 
Now here’s an example of the formation for a major chord.  
Let’s start with F-Major:
|-(|)--|-------|-------|------|------|-------|
|-(|)--|-------|-------|------|------|-------|
|-(|)--|--(2)--|-------|------|------|-------|
|-(|)--|-------|--(4)--|------|------|-------|
|-(|)--|-------|--(3)--|------|------|-------|
|-(R)--|-------|-------|------|------|-------|
1ST Fret
 
G-Major as Example:
|-(|)--|-------|-------|------|------|-------|
|-(|)--|-------|-------|------|------|-------|
|-(|)--|--(2)--|-------|------|------|-------|
|-(|)--|-------|--(4)--|------|------|-------|
|-(|)--|-------|--(3)--|------|------|-------|
|-(R)--|-------|-------|------|------|-------|
3RD Fret
 

Notice that this formation is very similar to the minor formation except that all fingers have moved to the adjacent strings.  Again, you can move the formation up and down the fretboard taking note of the Root (R) which tells you which major chord you’re playing.  Try a few.  You’ll be playing these easy guitar chords in no time with a bit of repetition.

 
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