Topic: chords??

right....ive only been playing guitar for half a year and ive been teaching myself so far......lately ive been thinking if i should take up lessons for a bit of help on lerning chord names and suchlike do i actually need to lern tehse names????

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Re: chords??

I would say yes it is important, especially if you ever intend to play with other musicians.

Learning chord names is not too hard - you may not even need lessons for this. Just try and learn the name of one chord you already know per week. You will never forget them once you have learnt.

Hope this helps

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Re: chords??

Just learn the names of the notes on the first two strings (the fattest two) up to the 7th, then 12 frets. The chords you will learn to start will all have the lowest note (the note on the fattest string) on one of these notes. Looking down while you are playing, left is flat and right is sharp.

for example:
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the first 3, is G the chord is G
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the first 3, is F the chord is F
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the first 3, is #F the chord is #F
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the first 3, is A the chord is A minor (the shape here is a minor shape)
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the first 3, is C the chord is C (You don't play the X on the fattest string)

That's a start.

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