| The Need to Learn Guitar Chords | | | | A Few Problem you May Face While Learning |
| You must be able to learn guitar chords to be | | | | Guitar Chords |
| able to play songs. You cannot play an entire song | | | | When you learn guitar chords, you have to be |
| on a single string; you must know chords for that. | | | | able to hold down the different strings of the |
| Single string play is what kids who have no idea | | | | guitar across strategic locations on the fretboard. |
| about playing guitar do, not someone who knows | | | | Each chord has a specific positioning of specific |
| how to play the guitar. | | | | fingers. This gives rise to three basic problems: |
| Therefore, read on for pointers about things you | | | | - Acute pain in the fingers arising from holding |
| need to know before you learn guitar chords. | | | | down strings with fingers stretched. |
| During the course of this article, you will come to | | | | - Pain, numbness, and sometimes even blistering |
| know about some problems beginners face when | | | | of the soft skin on the fingers. |
| they learn guitar chords. However, we will not | | | | - Inability to switch chords rapidly. |
| leave you with problems alone; you will also learn | | | | The problems mentioned above are universal to |
| how to overcome these problems. | | | | everyone when they practice chords for the first |
| Things to Know Before You Learn Guitar Chords | | | | time. As with all problems, these too have |
| As a beginner, you must be wondering how | | | | solutions. |
| difficult it would probably be to learn guitar chords. | | | | The pain in the fingers is because they are not |
| You also must be having numerous questions | | | | used to being stretched thus. The best way of |
| running in your mind. 'Where do I start?' is a very | | | | countering the pain is to exercise your fingers |
| common question. The answer is obvious: start at | | | | before your daily practice sessions. Practice |
| the beginning; learn what a guitar chord is. | | | | stretching your fingers over the frets, playing |
| The dictionary states that a chord is the sound | | | | single strings as you do this. This exercise |
| that emanates from a musical instrument when | | | | stretches your fingers, while also enabling you to |
| you hit a minimum of three pitches simultaneously. | | | | increase the speed with which you move the |
| For someone who is learning the guitar, what this | | | | fingers across the frets. |
| means is you need to hit the strings together | | | | The numbness and blistering of the soft skin is |
| with the fingers of the strumming hand, while | | | | because of the skin rubbing against the |
| holding down the strings at specific positions on | | | | sharp-edged strings for long periods of time. You |
| the fretboard with the fingers of the other hand, | | | | can counter this by rubbing methyl alcohol over |
| to produce the required sound. | | | | the skin of the fingers prior to practice. |
| There are a number of guitar chords - simple and | | | | The stiffness of the fingers and inability to change |
| complex. When you start to learn guitar, you learn | | | | chords rapidly is because you have never done |
| the easier chords first. These chords are called | | | | something like this ever before. A good counter |
| simple guitar chords, or beginners' guitar chords. | | | | for this is to learn the finger positions for each |
| The easiest chords to learn are G Major, C Major, | | | | chord and practice changing chords slowly. |
| and D Major. Once you learn these chords, you | | | | Increase the tempo of changing chords over time. |
| can go on to work on the more complex ones. | | | | |