12 Basic Guitar Chords For Beginners

Basic chords which are played on guitar and they are very easy to learn for beginners. In music language the Guitar chords are actually the notes which are played on Guitar. There are 12 basic chords on guitar which are important to learn for beginners and easy to learn. If someone understands the basic chords then he/she play some tunes easily on guitar.

So it’s very important for beginners to understand the language of guitar by these notes or chords like some of the chords are given below

·        A chord guitar

·        B chord guitar

·        D chord guitar

·        C chord guitar

·        E chord guitar

·        F chord guitar

·        G chord guitar

·        Major chord guitar

·        Minor chord guitar

·        Common chord

·        Diminished triad

·        Power chord

The beginners or new learners must understand these basic chords to play guitar or any lyrics (songs) on guitar.

Now we just touch that what are these chords,

1.  A CHORD GUITAR

A chord is one of the most commonly used  chord during playing guitar. beginners must learn to play this one. The best way to play A chord is like,

·        Index finger on the 2^nd fret of 4^th string.

·         Middle finger  on the 2^nd fret of the 4^th string.

·         Ring finger on the 2^nd fret of the 2^nd string.

2.  B CHORD GUITAR

B chord is a common guitar chord it is mostly used in pop songs. It is played very commonly as a bar chord in the second fret.

 

3.   D CHORD GUITAR

D chord is one of the important guitar chord   beginners  should  learn.

·         Put your first finger on the second fret of 3^rd string.

·         Put your 2^nd finger on 2^nd  fret of 1^st string.

·         Put 3^rd finger on 3rd fret of 2^nd string.

·         Strum  only  the  highest four string.

It is one of the most common chord as a bagging  guitarist its often the first chord you learn.

Finger positions for C chord,

 

4.   E CHORD GUITAR

The E Major chord is one of the most important and popular chord on guitar. This chord is used to plsy countless songs or tunes

Finger positions,

 

5.  F CHORD GUITAR

 

Fingres positions to play this chord,

·         Index finger on the 1^st fret of 2^nd string

·         Middle finger on the 2^nd fret of the 3^rd string

·         Rink finger & pinky will play the 3^rd fret on the 5^th &4^th string

6.  G CHORD GUITAR

Finger positions,

·         Index finger on the 2^nd fret of the 5^th string

·         Middle finger on the 3^rd fret of the 6^th string

·         Ring finger on the fret of the 1^st string.

7.  Major Chord

The made up of three notes is major chord it contain 1^st,3^rd and 5^th notes of a major scale.

8.  Minor Chord

It   is one of the important type of chord in music.  The sound of the minor chord is usually described as sad.

9.  Common Chord

In short, the three most used chords, or most popular guitar chords, are G Major, C Major, and D Major. These chords are the most popular for a variety of reasons and are the best guitar chords to learn for beginners. ... G, C, and D Majors are some of the most common chords in your favorite songs

10.             Diminished triad

A diminished triad is built from two minor 3rds stacked on top of each other. A minor 3rd is an interval with the size of 3 semitones. For example, here is a C diminished triad (also written as Cdim)

Power chord

11.             Power Chord

. Power chords are commonly played on amplified guitars, especially on electric guitar. Power chords are a key element of many styles of rock especially heavy metal and punk rock.