{"id":30,"date":"2021-04-13T12:53:36","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T19:53:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.guitareo.com\/blog\/?p=30"},"modified":"2021-08-26T10:16:55","modified_gmt":"2021-08-26T17:16:55","slug":"8-beginner-chords","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.guitareo.com\/riff\/8-beginner-chords\/","title":{"rendered":"8 Beginner Guitar Chords You Should Know"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chord Chart<\/a><\/p>\n

Ever hear people talk about the basic chords that are in \u201cevery\u201d song? If you know these chords, you can play 90% of popular songs.<\/em> When you\u2019re first learning guitar, that\u2019s the best thing you\u2019ll ever hear. And because they\u2019re used frequently, every beginner guitarist should know how to play these chords. So let\u2019s learn them!<\/p>\n

The chords you\u2019ll learn are called open chords — which means one or more strings aren\u2019t being fretted by your fingers. In other words, most of the chords only require a couple of fingers, making them simple to play.<\/p>\n

In this lesson, these are the eight basic chords to master:<\/p>\n

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  1. E Major<\/li>\n
  2. E Minor<\/li>\n
  3. A Major<\/li>\n
  4. D Major<\/li>\n
  5. C Major<\/li>\n
  6. C Major7<\/li>\n
  7. G Major<\/li>\n
  8. *Special* G Major<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Download the chord chart<\/a> so you can practice these chords — after all, you\u2019ll be playing them a lot.<\/p>\n

    Practicing these shapes as a beginner builds dexterity in your fingers preparing you for more advanced chords (like those scary bar chords). So get comfortable playing around with them and transitioning between each chord shape. And when you\u2019re confident, search how to play one of your favorite songs. There\u2019s a high chance at least one of these eight chords will be there. And you\u2019ll have no problem strumming it out!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Learn how to play eight open guitar chords that every beginner guitarist should know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":352,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.guitareo.com\/riff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.guitareo.com\/riff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.guitareo.com\/riff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.guitareo.com\/riff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.guitareo.com\/riff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.guitareo.com\/riff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":414,"href":"https:\/\/www.guitareo.com\/riff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30\/revisions\/414"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.guitareo.com\/riff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.guitareo.com\/riff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.guitareo.com\/riff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.guitareo.com\/riff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}