How to Play a Few Guitar Chords (beginner)
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How to Play a Few Guitar Chords (beginner)
How to play eight guitar chords, the power chord shape and two songs using these chords - House of the Rising Sun and Fade to Black.
ps.Although i do play guitar it is my brother in the pictures-in case you get any ideas about me having massive hair.
ps.Although i do play guitar it is my brother in the pictures-in case you get any ideas about me having massive hair.
Major Chords
These are the happy sounding ones.
Just follow the tabs - the crosses at the top (above the strings)mean you dont pick that string, and the O's mean you do (it's an open string).
Just follow the tabs - the crosses at the top (above the strings)mean you dont pick that string, and the O's mean you do (it's an open string).
Major Chords Continued
Same again.
Minor Chords
These are the sad ones.
I figured you would have worked out how to read the tab by now and so have not included any more photo's of Jimi (My Brother).
I figured you would have worked out how to read the tab by now and so have not included any more photo's of Jimi (My Brother).
Power Chords
These aren't needed in the two songs i have previosly mentioned but they're really useful as you can move them up and down the neck, so you get every chord in the chromatic scale.
Power chords comprise of 2 different notes - the root note (the one you play with your first finger) and a fidth up from the root. There is an octave of the root note (which you don't have to play but i usually do just to beef up the tone).
Power chords comprise of 2 different notes - the root note (the one you play with your first finger) and a fidth up from the root. There is an octave of the root note (which you don't have to play but i usually do just to beef up the tone).
Song 1 - Fade to Black
The chords for this song go:
Amin Cmaj
Life it seems, will fade away
Gmaj Emaj
Drifting further every day
Amin
Amin (slid up 2 frets)
Amin Cmaj
Getting lost within myself
Gmaj Emaj
Nothing matters no one else
Amin
Amin (slid up 2 frets)
Amin Cmaj
I have lost the will to live
Gmaj Emaj
Simply nothing more to give
Amin
Amin (slid up 2 frets)
Amin Cmaj
There is nothing more for me
Gmaj Emaj
Need the end to set me free
Amin Cmaj
Life it seems, will fade away
Gmaj Emaj
Drifting further every day
Amin
Amin (slid up 2 frets)
Amin Cmaj
Getting lost within myself
Gmaj Emaj
Nothing matters no one else
Amin
Amin (slid up 2 frets)
Amin Cmaj
I have lost the will to live
Gmaj Emaj
Simply nothing more to give
Amin
Amin (slid up 2 frets)
Amin Cmaj
There is nothing more for me
Gmaj Emaj
Need the end to set me free
Song 2 - House of the Rising Sun
Amin Cmaj Dmaj Fmaj
There is a house in new Orleans
Amin Cmaj Emaj Emaj
They call the rising sun
Amin Cmaj Dmaj Fmaj
And its been the ruin for many a poor boy
Amin Emaj Amin
In the house of the rising sun!
Once you can just strum the chords try playing every note individually from bottom to top note and then back (so for Amin it goes Astring,Dstring,Gstring,Bstring,Estring,Bstring,Gstring).
On the 4 note chords play the top string twice.
There is a house in new Orleans
Amin Cmaj Emaj Emaj
They call the rising sun
Amin Cmaj Dmaj Fmaj
And its been the ruin for many a poor boy
Amin Emaj Amin
In the house of the rising sun!
Once you can just strum the chords try playing every note individually from bottom to top note and then back (so for Amin it goes Astring,Dstring,Gstring,Bstring,Estring,Bstring,Gstring).
On the 4 note chords play the top string twice.
Rule of Rock
Use the rule of rock!
The rule of rock is where if you hold your right hand out like metal horns (little finger,first finger and thumb sticking out) and assign your little finger a note (say A).
Then you count along your fingers in notes so each finger has a note ( in this case 3rd finger being b, second c, first d and thumb e ).
The fingers sticking out will be chords that sound good together (A, D and E).
Now go play those songs to your mum or who-ever is around.
The rule of rock is where if you hold your right hand out like metal horns (little finger,first finger and thumb sticking out) and assign your little finger a note (say A).
Then you count along your fingers in notes so each finger has a note ( in this case 3rd finger being b, second c, first d and thumb e ).
The fingers sticking out will be chords that sound good together (A, D and E).
Now go play those songs to your mum or who-ever is around.