Let's play chords using only two fingers. Thanks to the open strings, they will sound more complex than they are.

How to play a song in the style of Ry Cooder

Typical 80's rock style riffing in combination with open strings and E blues scale.

When we refer to open chords, we usually thinks to the basic positions played by beginners on the first three frets, to start learning guitars. They are a mixture of fretted notes and open notes, that's way open chords. The same concept can be applied to any chords creatively, building beautiful sounding new shapes.

This is the place for all you beginning guitarists to get started on your journey to great guitar playing. To start off with, we are going to learn a few open chords in the key of E major.

E 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.

Recycle all your licks simply by playing them in the open position!

Application of open position strumming in block chord arrangements.

Simple riff / bass line over a I IV V chord progression.