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Beginner Lesson: How to Play Guitar Chords

We have teamed up with our friend Nate Savage of the Beginner Guitar System to bring you a series of guitar chord lesson that will help you get started fast.

When you’re first starting out learning how to play guitar chords, before you try to make a single shape you should have the basics of technique down,

Ensuring you learning the proper hand positioning to make chords in the open position will help you out as you progress to bar chords, power chords and more technical jazz or blues chords later on.

The above video first covers the basics of learning how to play guitar chords correctly and then introduces you to the 7 most important guitar chords for beginners you should learn.

With these 7 chords you’ll be able to start playing a variety of songs you hear on the radio and it will give you a great foundation to build on for guitar chords.

Once you’ve mastered this lesson you may want to consider watching our bar chords lesson and power chords lesson.

If you’re ready to get serious about learning the guitar you should check out the best beginner guitar course online, Nate’s Beginner Guitar System.