Basic Chords
Instructor: David OToole
Difficulty: 1-3 (of 10)
Focus: This is usually the first step for a beginner. With this information you will be able write and play hit songs, create beautiful acoustic arrangements, or record strong backings for your solos.
Guitar Chords Lesson 1 - key of C
by David OTooleThis first part covers the basic chord group from the family "C". These are possibly the easiest chord shapes - as well as the most commonly used.
Tags: C major, major tonality, major key, barre chords, open chords, chord knowledge, chord shapes, learning chords, chord progression, blues key1Difficulty1
Chords - key of G
by David OTooleThere's only one barre chord to play in this one, the B minor, so it's an easy enough one to pick up for beginners. Most of the time you won't hear the m7b5 chord being used in songs as it isn't a very strong sounding chord.
Tags: G major, major tonality, major key, barre chords, open chords, chord knowledge, chord shapes, learning chords, chord progression, blues key2Difficulty2
Chords - key of D
by David OTooleD is a very popular guitar key with simple-to-add D embellishments such as and D sus2 (used in the outro) and Sus4 (covered later). Contains two barre chords.
Tags: D major, major tonality, major key, barre chords, open chords, chord knowledge, chord shapes, learning chords, chord progression, blues key, triplet rhythm patterns3Difficulty2
Chords - key of E
by David OTooleE is a popular key and it uses the lowest E note available on a standard tuned guitar, and is a powerful Rock and Blues key standard.
Tags: E major, major tonality, major key, barre chords, open chords, chord knowledge, chord shapes, learning chords, chord progression, blues key4Difficulty3
Chords - key of F
by David OTooleThe key of F is not used as often for guitar because it has a lot of barre chords and not a lot of ringing open string ones. It can be a difficult key for beginners uncomfortable with barre chords.
Tags: F major, major tonality, major key, barre chords, open chords, chord knowledge, chord shapes, learning chords, chord progression5Difficulty2
Chords - key of A
by David OTooleA is a very popular guitar key with the 3 main chords A D E - which are easy to play, and all feature the open strings. This gives the key a very full sound on the guitar. There's more songs out there in A than you can shake a stick!
Tags: A major, major tonality, major key, barre chords, open chords, chord knowledge, chord shapes, learning chords, chord progression6Difficulty2
Chords - key of B
by David OTooleB is a key that is not used too often on the guitar because of the barre chords - and not too many open chords.
Tags: B major, major tonality, major key, barre chords, open chords, chord knowledge, chord shapes, learning chords, chord progression7Difficulty3
