Spend Your Time Learning Guitar Chords To Jump Start Your Guitar Playing

by Douglas Taylor


Learning guitar chords are one of the first steps to great guitar playing. You will be surprised how many different songs you will be able to play just by mastering a few simple guitar chords. By learning the G, C, D, A and E chords you will be able to play a lot of popular music. Learning guitar chords are one of the secrets to playing real music.

You need to start with the basics when you first start learning guitar chords. Chords consist of three or more notes played together. Every chord has a unique fingering on the frets and strings. If you want to master playing the guitar you will need to spend plenty of time getting your fingers in just the right position. Take enough time to memorize each one until it becomes natural to do. Repeat this over and over until your fingers remember the right spot to go on the guitar neck.

There are many different ways to learn how to play chords. It would be great if you have a friend or teacher to show you the way. When you get stuck it always helps to have someone you can turn to help you learn things the right way. However if you do not know anyone who can help you out there are many good guitar books.

Another way to learn how to play is to use a guitar chord sheet. These can be found in many books and all over the Internet. Chord sheets are pictures that show you where to put your fingers. There are lines that show you which string to use and tell you the correct fret to be on.

Although the basic chords are pretty simple to learn, as you advance in your playing you will find some of the fingerings will get hard. These will take you a little longer to get down but once you can combine both the simple and hard chords you will be well on your way to becoming a great guitar player.

You will not believe how many great tunes you can play just by mastering two or three chords. Once you learn a couple of chords it is time to get busy making music.

If you want to master guitar chords you can do it with practice. It is not that hard but it will not happen overnight. Spend as much time as you need learning guitar chords right so you will not have to undo any bad habits. Once you get it you will have a skill that will be with you all of your life.


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Guitar Chords For Country Songs

by Mike Hayes


If you have just started playing guitar you probably want to know what are the guitar chords for country songs, how many chords should I learn, what happens if the chord shapes are difficult to play.

Acoustic guitars are great to take with you anywhere and are ideally suited to playing country songs. The guitar chords you use for country songs will depend on whether it's a two chord or three chord song.

The best guitar-friendly keys for your country songs are: G, D, A and E.

Two chord songs.

Guitar chords for country songs in keys G, D, A, and E.

Key of G = G and D7

Key of D = D and A7

Key of A = A and E7

Key of E = E and B7

Here is a short list of some country tunes using two chords.

Jambalaya

Tulsa Time

Achey Breaky Heart

Deep In The Heart Of Texas


Country artists don't sing songs, they tell stories.

Country songs are about real life--memories and reactions to real things that happen to everyone. It's about the story the singer is telling it has nothing to do with how many chords a song has, remember that many successful song have only three chords.

Country music evolved out of the tradition of working cowboys singing cowhand ballads such as 'Texas Cowboy' around the campfire or on the range and was later popularized in Hollywood by singers such as Gene Autry and Roy Rogers. However, the image of the cowboy was enshrined in country music by Hank Williams.

Three chord songs.

Guitar chords for country songs in keys G, D, A, and E.

Key of G = G, C and D7

Key of D = D, G and A7

Key of A = A, D and E7

Key of E = E, A and B7

Here is a list of some country tunes using three chords.

Am I That Easy To Forget?

Blue Eyes Cryin' In The Rain

Bonapart's Retreat

Cold Cold Heart

Coward Of The County

Crazy Arms

Folsom Prison Blues

Green, Green Grass Of Home

I Fall To Pieces

I Walk The Line

Jealous Heart

King Of The Road

Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys

Okie From Muskogee

Please Release Me

Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms

Six Days On The Road

The Gambler

Truck Drivin' Man

Wabash Cannonball

When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again

You Are My Sunshine

And hundreds more ...


Songs like Your Cheatin' Heart, people still like that, it doesn't matter what year you sing it in or where you came from.

If you find that a song is in the wrong key or the chord shapes are difficult to play use a capo to make things easy.

Here's what happens when you put a capo on the first fret.

G chord now becomes G#/Ab

C chord now becomes C#/Db

D7 chord now becomes D#7/Eb7 ------------------------

D chord now becomes D#/Eb

G chord now becomes G#/Ab

A7 chord now becomes A#7/Bb7 ------------------------

A chord now becomes A#/Bb

D chord now becomes D#/Eb

E7 chord now becomes E#7/F7 ------------------------

E chord now becomes F

A chord now becomes A#/Bb

B7 chord now becomes C7

When you practice your guitar chords for country songs listen carefully and you will notice how so many country songs are strikingly similar.Many great country songs just use G, C, D or G, D, A or some combination thereof.

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