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Easy Beginner Guitar Chords - One Chord Contour Around Rule Them All

C major is the granddaddy of all guitar chords, so we might as well start playing it immediately.

I often don't turn to C major right from the start with my total beginner students since it does involve stretching the fingers a bit, and it also requires that the fretting fingers come down very vertically on the fingertips lest the nonvertical fingers accidentally mute other strings.

But let's live dangerously-C major it's for us.

To make C major, in case you've forgotten: place your index finger on the 1st fret of the 2nd string. Then, place your middle finger on the 2nd fret of the 4th string. Finally, place your ring finger on the 3rd fret of the 5th string. Strum all the strings on the guitar with the exception of the 6th string. Ta da! C major!

Now, if you're able to make C major with what we call "1st position," which is the section of the guitar fretboard nearest to the head of the guitar the location where the strings tie off on the tuning pegs, then you're more than halfway there. It really is easier to play that same chord shape elsewhere on the guitar. And that is exactly what we're going to do.

Without engaging in a bunch of inevitably confusing music theory stuff, I cannot be able to tell you just what chords you're about to play using that C major shape. I'll be referring to the chords we play instead as "some kind of" whatever lettered chord we're making. Just roll with me at night on this and you'll be making sweet music in no time.

So here's what we're going to do. Start with your C chord. Participate in it normally, and be sure to savor it. Then, slide your three fretted fingers up two frets toward the soundhole of the guitar. This makes some sort of a D chord. Go on and strum the chord along with your fingers now two frets up each. This puts the index finger on the 3rd fret of the 2nd string, your middle finger on the 4th fret of the 4th string and the ring finger on the 5th fret of the 5th string.

Once you have grown a little bored playing that D chord, slide your fingers up which means that your ring finger is on the 10th fret of the 5th string. The other fingers remain in a similar relationship to one another such that they all still resemble the initial C major chord fingering that we began with.

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Then, slide your fingers back down now two frets toward the top of the guitar. This puts your ring finger on the 8th fret of the 5th string with all the other fingers yet again maintaining the C shape orientation.

It is a sort of F chord.

So there, you have four different positions in places you can play the basic C major chord shape to get pretty cool results that immediately enable you to get 1) playing different sounds and 2) learning how to slide up and down the neck of the guitar.

I wrote a song a few years back using exactly this sequence of chord changes, plus it sounds way harder laptop or computer actually is. Let's just say non-guitar players will totally purchase your parlor trick in the event you play this sliding C-shape chord sequence at the next backyard BBQ or campfire shindig.

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