Easy to Learn Beginner Guitar Chords G, C and D7

Chords, they're what makes up a song, and are probably the primary reason you first picked the guitar in the first place. I know when I first started it was to learn songs I knew and those songs were made of chords so I couldn't wait to start learning chords.

In this lesson and video (below) I'm going to introduce you to three beginner guitar chords. These chords only require you to play the bottom three strings of your guitar and all but one of them only uses one finger on a single fret.

Practice them, get familiar with forming the shapes and switching between them while strumming. Don't get discouraged if the D7 chord is difficult at first. It will become easier as your practice.

Just before you get started the tablature below explains which frets you press on, which strings you don't play and which strings to just play open. The X's stand for strings not to be strummed, the 0's are the strings to play open and the numbers represent the frets you should be playing.

Beginner C Chord

E —- 0 —-B —- 1 —-G —- 0 —-D —- X —-A —- X —-E —- X —-

For this 3 string C chord you only need to use one finger. Use your first finger on the first fret of the B string and strum the bottom three strings.

Beginner G Chord

E —- 3 —-B —- 0 —-G —- 0 —-D —- X —-A —- X —-E —- X —-

For the 3 string G chord use your 3rd finger on the third fret of the E string and strum those bottom three strings.

The D7 Chord

E —- 1 —-B —- 2 —-G —- 1 —-D —- X —-A —- X —-E —- X —-

This chord will be a bit more challenging for you. To make the D7 chord place your 2nd finger on the first fret of the E string, your 3rd finger on the second fret of the B string and your f1st finger on the first fret of the G string.

The D7 chord will be tough and will take some time practicing it to get it to sound nice and clean. When practicing first master making the chords sound good on their own and then begin changing between the chords as you strum. Now watch the brief video below that explains the chords in more detail and explains the best way to start practicing them.



By Guest Blogger - Ian Fraser