benefit to learning basic chords?

[TOMAMI]

LEARN THE BASIC CHORDS AND BARRE CHORDS.... Take three @ a time like D , G and C to start. Watch for finger placement and make sure it sounds clean when you strum. Then change between the chords in a timed pattern counting 1234 on the D chord and 1234 on the G chord and so on.
make sure you can flow from one chord to the next without a long pause between them. when this is working come back on the board ask for songs
that contain C D G chords. WE have alot of great guitar players on this board and each one would like to help you. make sure you touch your guitar at least ounce a day.

P.S. After learning crash your fingers will love these chord structures.

[snoopdoug1]

Thanks buddy!

I think I'll start doing some chords and also try to learn halloween I feel so proud to actually say that I can play crash pretty well! 8) Or at least well enough you can figure out what I'm playing!

[gravedigger]

a good way to practice basic chords is to practice them together in a given key. here are 4 major keys used all the time.

key of G: G: 3-2-0-0-3-3, C: x-3-2-0-1-0, D: x-x-0-2-3-2. Em: 0-2-2-0-0-0, Am: x-0-2-2-1-0, Bm: x-2-4-4-3-2

key of C: C: x-3-2-0-1-0, F: 1-3-3-2-1-1, G: 3-2-0-0-3-3, Am: x-0-2-2-1-0, Dm: x-x-0-2-3-1, Em: 0-2-2-0-0-0

key of D: D: x-x-0-2-3-2, G: 3-2-0-0-3-3, A: x-0-2-2-2-0, Bm: x-2-4-4-3-2, Em: 0-2-2-0-0-0, F#m: 2-4-4-2-2-2.

key of A: A: x-0-2-2-2-0, D: x-x-0-2-3-2, E: 0-2-2-1-0-0, F#m: 2-4-4-2-2-2, Bm: x-2-4-4-3-2, C#m: x-4-6-6-5-4.

now there are only 6 major chords and 6 minor chords being used here. so 12 chords to learn and you can play 13 billion songs. oh but then there's rhythm and timing. but that comes with practice.

[matt2053]

Here's something to start off with:

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e:--0---x---0---2---0---0---3		e:--3--3--		    e:-----5--
b:--2---3---1---3---0---1---0		b:--3--4--		    b:--5--5--
g:--2---4---0---2---1---2---0		g:--4--5--		    g:--5--5--
d:--2---4---2---0---2---3---0		d:--5--5--		    d:--5--5--
a:--0---2---3---0---2---3---2		a:--5--3--		    a:--5--3--
e:------------------0-------3		e:--3-----		    e:--3-----

    A   B   C   D   E   F   G		Barre Chords		 Power Chords

Barre Chords and Power Chords can be played anywhere on the fretboard as long as you keep the finger spacing the same. Hope that helps, if you need help with the fingerings let me know.

your d and f chords are wrong too (make sure the root note is a d or f)

You tabbed a D/A and an Fmaj7/C, and yeah those aren't quite power chords.

[snoopdoug1]

a good way to practice basic chords is to practice them together in a given key. here are 4 major keys used all the time.

key of G: G: 3-2-0-0-3-3, C: x-3-2-0-1-0, D: x-x-0-2-3-2. Em: 0-2-2-0-0-0, Am: x-0-2-2-1-0, Bm: x-2-4-4-3-2

key of C: C: x-3-2-0-1-0, F: 1-3-3-2-1-1, G: 3-2-0-0-3-3, Am: x-0-2-2-1-0, Dm: x-x-0-2-3-1, Em: 0-2-2-0-0-0

key of D: D: x-x-0-2-3-2, G: 3-2-0-0-3-3, A: x-0-2-2-2-0, Bm: x-2-4-4-3-2, Em: 0-2-2-0-0-0, F#m: 2-4-4-2-2-2.

key of A: A: x-0-2-2-2-0, D: x-x-0-2-3-2, E: 0-2-2-1-0-0, F#m: 2-4-4-2-2-2, Bm: x-2-4-4-3-2, C#m: x-4-6-6-5-4.

now there are only 6 major chords and 6 minor chords being used here. so 12 chords to learn and you can play 13 billion songs. oh but then there's rhythm and timing. but that comes with practice.

Wow, thanks Gravedigger. This may sound like a stupid question, but what is a "key of." I have a feeling this isn't going to be a short answer.

Also, how do you suggest practicing those? Just take one key, and go one by one and try to move from chord to chord?

Thanks guys!

[Pickles]

a good way to practice basic chords is to practice them together in a given key. here are 4 major keys used all the time.

key of G: G: 3-2-0-0-3-3, C: x-3-2-0-1-0, D: x-x-0-2-3-2. Em: 0-2-2-0-0-0, Am: x-0-2-2-1-0, Bm: x-2-4-4-3-2

key of C: C: x-3-2-0-1-0, F: 1-3-3-2-1-1, G: 3-2-0-0-3-3, Am: x-0-2-2-1-0, Dm: x-x-0-2-3-1, Em: 0-2-2-0-0-0

key of D: D: x-x-0-2-3-2, G: 3-2-0-0-3-3, A: x-0-2-2-2-0, Bm: x-2-4-4-3-2, Em: 0-2-2-0-0-0, F#m: 2-4-4-2-2-2.

key of A: A: x-0-2-2-2-0, D: x-x-0-2-3-2, E: 0-2-2-1-0-0, F#m: 2-4-4-2-2-2, Bm: x-2-4-4-3-2, C#m: x-4-6-6-5-4.

now there are only 6 major chords and 6 minor chords being used here. so 12 chords to learn and you can play 13 billion songs. oh but then there's rhythm and timing. but that comes with practice.

Wow, thanks Gravedigger. This may sound like a stupid question, but what is a "key of." I have a feeling this isn't going to be a short answer.

Also, how do you suggest practicing those? Just take one key, and go one by one and try to move from chord to chord?

Thanks guys!

keys are the chords that sound good together. for example: in the key of G, the D, G, and C chords would sound good, but F most likely wouldnt. please note this is from my inferior guitar knowledge.

[driggers]

basically yes, keys are what chords and notes sound well together. but keys are based on the key signature. every piece of music has a key signature. it basically tells you what notes are flat or sharp.

[heathcliff]

I am enjoying this thread, because I am right between "learning and playing guitar", it's been about two years for me.

My $.02, you have got to learn chords and you have to also learn other music, this will ultimately make it easier to learn DMB songs.

It is such a cool feeling to pick up a guitar book and play most of the songs inside versus only memorizing a couple of DMB songs.

I learned most chords by playing some simple Dylan songs.

[bugman96]

Here's something to start off with:

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e:--0---x---0---2---0---0---3		e:--3--3--		    e:-----5--
b:--2---3---1---3---0---1---0		b:--3--4--		    b:--5--5--
g:--2---4---0---2---1---2---0		g:--4--5--		    g:--5--5--
d:--2---4---2---0---2---3---0		d:--5--5--		    d:--5--5--
a:--0---2---3---0---2---3---2		a:--5--3--		    a:--5--3--
e:------------------0-------3		e:--3-----		    e:--3-----

    A   B   C   D   E   F   G		Barre Chords		 Power Chords

Barre Chords and Power Chords can be played anywhere on the fretboard as long as you keep the finger spacing the same. Hope that helps, if you need help with the fingerings let me know.

your d and f chords are wrong too (make sure the root note is a d or f)

The D and F chords are fine. The root note of the chord doesn't have to be the bass note. The D chord, for example, was given A as the bass note; A is part of the D major triad (the 5th) so it's still a D chord. When a note other than the root of the triad is the base, it's called an inversion.

EDIT: I didn't see a previous post that pointed out that the F was actually Fmaj7; I didn't see that open high e.

Inversions