Easy Beginner Guitar Chords to Get You Started

Three of the easiest chords Peeps play on the guitar are A, D and E. that is not to say that there aren't other chords that are just as simple to play, but for the sake of that article and because these three chords go together so well, they fit naturally into many popular tunes. Let's start with the A chord, that is also known as the A major chord.

Seeing as I can't draw you a picture, due to the nature of the article directory, I will must write it in such a way that you'll know where to put your fingers on the fretboard.

First thing we'll must do is give every finger on your left hand a number. If you hold your left hand out in front of you with your palm facing towards you, your thumb should be pointing left. The index finger will be finger 1, the one next to it will be 2, then 3 and 4 (The pinkie).

Next up we must number the strings. The thickest string is the 6th string and the thinnest one is the first string, and every string in between is numbered accordingly, simple enough. Then we get the frets. Frets are those metal bars across the fretboard that you put your fingers behind to press a chord. First we have the nut, which is where the string sounds from if you don't press anywhere. The nut will be written as a 0, and every fret after that will be numbered 123 etc.

Here is how you play the A major guitar chord.

6th string - Don't play

5th string - student consolidation loan information or open string

4th string - fret school loans consolidation - finger 1

3rd string - fret 2 - finger 2

2nd string - fret 2 - finger 3

1st string - 0 or open string

Here is how you play the D major guitar chord.

6th string - Don't play

5th string - Don't play

4th string - 0 or open string

3rd string - fret 2 - finger 1

2nd string - fret 3 - finger 3

1st string - fret 2 - finger 2

Here is how you play the E major guitar chord.

6th string - 0 or open string

5th string - fret 2 - finger 2

4th string - fret 2 - finger 3

3rd string - fret 1 - finger 1

2nd string - 0 or open string

1st string - 0 or open string

When playing these guitar chords, try and keep your fingers as perpendicular to the fretboard as possible.

That will assist to make the notes play as clearly as possible without one finger blocking off the sound of an adjacent string.

I hope that helps you get started. If you're starting out on an acoustic steel string guitar, you have my deepest sympathies. I learned to play guitar on an electric guitar, and it was so much easier on the fingers. Sure, I got blisters, but they weren't as serious as the blisters from my first acoustic, which I sold very quickly.

A little note about these beginner guitar chords. They are the major chords in the key of A. I think my first try at songwriting was with these three chords. Have fun and never give up.

Andrew Webber is a professional guitarist and occasional songwriter. You can visit his site for pictures of driskillfan.tripod.com/how-to-play-electric-guitar-dvd/beginner_guitar_chords.htmlBeginner guitar chords and driskillfan.tripod.com/how-to-play-electric-guitar-dvd/Guitar lessons on DVD