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Monday, January 4, 2010

Learn An Essential Guitar Skill - Chords

By Jon J Tan

Learning to play chords is a big step in furthering your guitar experience. Your guitar tutorial will spend a fair amount of time walking your through the paces, because the chords unlock the full potential of the magical guitar.

You have spent hours of practice time working on your single notes. Now, your guitar tutorial will bring your skills together and show you how to form and play the chords that are so prevalent in today's music. You may even improvise a few new sounds yourself. Here are a few suggestions to mastering the chords.

Keep it simple

From your single notes, playing the chords is a natural transition. Combining the single notes to form the chords will take some time to master, but the rewards are great.

Your guitar tutorial will encourage you to begin with easier chords, like A to E, G to A or D to G. By practicing these chords you will be learning to shape and form chords. When you have mastered these elementary chords, you will be ready to move on to more challenging combinations.

Stay positive

Even these elementary chords will take time to perfect. All beginning guitarists struggle with forming their first chords. During the transition from single notes to chords, you will be on the cusp of success many times before the light snaps on and the whole process begins to make sense.

By continually referencing your guitar tutorial, you always have a handy learning tool upon which you can rely. Eventually your practice will pay off. One day, the chord will kick in and you will be on your way.

See and feel the chords

Your tutorial will show the proper finger movements. As you script the movements, try to visualize them. This will enable you to gain confidence, build your timing and soon the actual movements will be second nature. If your make a mistake, see where your fingers are and compare that image with where they should be.

Playing chords will demand stronger fingers and force the guitarist to expand your reach. Your tutorial will show you exercises to accomplish these goals.

Master one chord at a time

Don't put the cart before the horse. Stick with the plan of learning the simple chords first. Completely master the easier chords before dallying with more intricate moves. It is repetitive but rewarding practice time.

The root note is the base note of each chord. You must clearly identify your starting point and consistently launch the chord from that root note. Always, start at the beginning.

Let your guitar tutorial show you the way

Your tutorial will have diagrams for many chords. Study these diagrams as you walk through the paces. You should be able to visualize the diagrams as you practice. The key to building the proper chord sound begins with your ability to apply the diagram to your movements. Practice, practice and more practice and soon you will recognize the sound your chords emit. - 18423

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