8 Guitar Chords You Must Know – Beginner Guitar Lessons (VIDEO)
This beginner guitar lesson covers 8 guitar chords that every guitarist must know. You’ll learn to play: G major, C major, D major, F major, E major, A major, E minor, and A minor. It also covers valuable tips for making your chords sound clean and your transitions sound smooth.
Here are in-video links to the chords in this guitar lesson:
G Major Guitar Chord – 01:22
C Major Guitar Chord – 02:57
D Major Guitar Chord – 04:31
F Major Guitar Chord – 06:04
E Major Guitar Chord – 06:38
A Major Guitar Chord – 08:14
E Minor Guitar Chord – 09:19
A Minor Guitar Chord – 09:48
All future beginner guitar lessons can build off of this solid foundation, so it’s important that you work through each of these guitar chords. Take the time to memorize the finger positions and practice until you can transition between each of them smoothly.
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If you are a guitar player, there are eight guitar chords that you must know. In this lesson, Nate Savage teaches these essential chords and provides tips for making them sound great and clean, as well as helping with chord transitions. According to the late great Chet Atkins, “I never made a dime above five.” Atkins was referring to the fifth fret, specifically open chords. As a virtuoso, Atkins emphasized the importance of open chords in guitar playing.
The eight chords that Savage covers in this lesson are G major, C major, D major, F major, E major, A major, E minor, and A minor. If you are concerned about remembering all of them, don’t worry. You can space them out over several weeks or months and take them at your own pace.
Savage starts with the G major chord, advising that you pretend to hold an apple when holding the guitar and to place your thumb on the back of the neck while relaxing your hand. You can use either the first, second, and third fingers or the second, third, and fourth fingers, although Savage strongly encourages using the latter. To make the G major chord, place your third finger on the third fret of the low E string and make sure to come down on the very tip of your finger and right behind the fret wire. Next, place your second finger on the second fret of the A string and your pinky on the third fret of the high E string, then strum all six strings.
The next chord is the C major chord, for which Savage suggests not kinking your wrist too far when making chords as it can hurt after a while. To make the C major chord, place your third finger on the third fret of the fifth string, your second finger on the second fret of the D string, and your first finger on the first fret of the B string. Strum the top five strings and make sure to come down on the very tips of your fingers to avoid buzzing.
Savage emphasizes the importance of using the second, third, and fourth fingers to make the G major chord, as you will be switching between the G and C chords frequently. The change is much easier to make if you use these fingers instead of the first, second, and third fingers. Overall, these eight chords are essential for every guitar player, and it is important to take your time and learn them properly to improve your guitar playing skills.
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mala tu wea xd
The F Chord hates me
Got the first chord down
Who else's fingers won't cooperate?
this is like playing twister with my fingers
3.50 is the Howcast intro.
No hate intended here but…
Am I the only one who thinks he looks like a fusion of Eric and Joey from Vat19?
I recommend learning these chords:
G major, G5
D major, D minor, D5
E major, E minor, E5
C major, C5
A major, A minor, A5
F major, F5
B5
You'll be able to do a LOT of stuff with these chords. But there's over a hundred other chords out there.
Me and Nate have the same last name wow, I never thought I would find another person who ddi
War if your fingers are really short cuz I'm getting really frustrated
my guitar is older, i got it from some antique thrift store for around $87, the nut is worn and i can't get it to tune properly so i can't even try to learn on it as i can't play anything on it 🙁
This helped me a lot my dad helped me too 🤘💪
my hands are too tiny to do g with my 2,3 and 4 fingers smh
thanks a lot this really helped me
M a newly guitarists I want 2 be a good guitarist
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Love ya guitar lessons dude👍❤
You sound like jim halpert
I'm on my 13th day of learning to play the guitar, these tips are awesome, thank you so much.