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Basic Guitar Playing - Part 3 - Chords
Alright, so just a reminder that this is Step 3, if you are interested in learning about starting on playing guitar, refer to Part 1. If you are more advanced and would like to know about slides, bends, hammer-ons, and fret-board tapping refer to part 2
Let’s get started with normal chords
In a chords tab, they will look like this
Im going to use Hotel California as an example.
Bm
On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair.
The Bm is a chord, and is played when those lyrics are sang.
In different songs different chords will be above the text, you just need to know different chords.
Here are some basic chords
E-2- This is a "D" chord
B-3-
G-2-
D-0-
A-
E-
E-3- This is a "G" chord
B-3-
G-0-
D-
A-
E-
E-0- This is a "C" chord
B-1-
G-0-
D-2-
A-3-
E
E-0- This is a "A" chord
B-2-
G-2-
D-2-
A-0-
E
E-1- This is a "F" chord
B-1-
G-2-
D-3-
A
E
If you are interested in finding a Full chord dictionary just punch it in on www.google.ca
Power Chords
These are used in almost every rock song
A power chord looks like this
E------
B------
G------
D------
A----5-
E----3-
If you want, you can add a third note to make it sound more full
E------
B------
G------
D----5-
A----5-
E----3-
Well and that’s basically it, remember if you want to learn more to check out my other eggs, please vote, and have fun with it!