Beginner Guitar Lesson #2 - How to Play Guitar Chords

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Learning how to play chords is the central topic of this guitar lesson. Playing chords is where you first start making actual music, so watch the video lesson many times and learn them well.

The beginner guitar chords you learn in this lesson will enable you to play hundreds, if not thousands of songs later on!

By watching this lesson, you'll:

- have a basic understanding of chords
- know the difference between major and minor chords
- learn many basic chords you can practice
- develop your hand strength and muscle memory

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[zingahallic]

i have a stagg and when ever i play majors they sound low any help?

[TomFontana]

@zingahallic Maybe your guitar is out of tune?

[GaaraLover1792]

I have very small hands and I can't hit any of these chords... Any tips?

[TomFontana]

@GaaraLover1792 You'll probably get it, just need more practice.

[thegreenrrow6054]

its official im below beginner

[Kman979]

@TomFontana how do you get your fingers to not interfere with the other strings, its seems so impossible.

[chancestreak]

@Kman979 By using your fingertips, not the pads of your fingers

[MrHybirdmonkey]

d major is the hardest for me

[PHYCOGAMER]

@GaaraLover1792 play the mandolin. nah im joking i had the same problem, once you've been playiing for long enough it gets easy

[geo0o0o]

@ScreamoFann you could try with AP Tuner. I'm a bigginer so I don't know much but a friend of mine who's been playing guitar for some years recommended me this program

[84milker]

these are probably the best guitar videos for beginners on youtube, thanks :)

[84milker]

@the0Slayerking0 no, for example the A major is easy to do like that just be careful you dont cover any other strings

[ScreamoFann]

How do i tune a guitar?

[dansmi54321]

@frilundovich ACDC - Back in black

[frilundovich]

someone, who knows what the name of the intro song is? :)

[zingahallic]

@TomFontana

when i got i tuned ti sounded the same, the ones that sounded lower were c major and d major but both e major and minor sound the same and so do both Es