8 Guitar Chords You Must Know - Beginner Guitar Lessons

This beginner guitar lesson covers 8 guitar chords that every guitarist must know. You'll learn to play: G major, C major, D major, F major, E major, A major, E minor, and A minor. It also covers valuable tips for making your chords sound clean and your transitions sound smooth.

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Here are in-video links to the chords in this guitar lesson:
G Major Guitar Chord - 01:22
C Major Guitar Chord - 02:57
D Major Guitar Chord - 04:31
F Major Guitar Chord - 06:04
E Major Guitar Chord - 06:38
A Major Guitar Chord - 08:14
E Minor Guitar Chord - 09:19
A Minor Guitar Chord - 09:48

All future beginner guitar lessons can build off of this solid foundation, so it's important that you work through each of these guitar chords. Take the time to memorize the finger positions and practice until you can transition between each of them smoothly.

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[MusoraMedia]

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[Felix-vutz]

only took a global pandemic for me to get off my ass and finally start learning guitar again

[shobihill]

For people who are beginners and are learning how to remember the chords (eadgbe) is Eddy ate dynamite, good bye eddie

[JanezWorld]

Ad guy: "learning guitar, wait, don't touch that skip button-"
Me: i wasnt going to...but now that you've told me not to...im definitely skipping

[shthwk]

Me without a guitar or any guitar experience: *hmmmm this will be helpful*

[thephotographer]

Em: easiest chord ever
A: second easiest chord ever
D: triangle chord
E: third easiest chord ever
C: crooked diagonal line
F: diagonal line
Tell me if i did anything wrong. My opinion

[moarinternets]

G major: 1:55
C major: 3:20
D major: 4:52
F Major: 6:19
E major: 7:08
A major: 8:17
E minor: 9:40
A minor: 9:58

If you keep coming back to this video for reference, this might be helpful to you.

[rackal]

Dude I've only been trying to learn for two days and I'm afraid I have permanently damaged my nerve endings in my fingertips.

[tytongaming]

Spent years wanting to learn guitar but wasted so much time bc I was intimidated by all the steps and had no idea where to begin. Found this video and committed to learning each chord step by step. 2 days ago I could not consistently play the G major, because of pinky dexterity (or lack thereof). Now I’m playing a quick lil fiddle smoothly transitioning between G major, C major AND D major…thank you for the start I was looking for!!!

[sciencelearnremember]

Now I understand why guitarists smash their guitars on stage...I kind of feel like doing that now because it's so frustrating how difficult it is to press these steel strings down in such a small space.

[recoveringsam]

Took me about a week to get all these basic chords down, I’m finally done with this video and now I can move on. Thank you sir for being so helpful

[miss_fandom]

I FRIGGIN- my fingers can't reach some of the strings...

[quahntasy]

*Who else is here during covid 19 trying to learn guitar?*

[hannahc]

This video really struck a chord with me

[greciabarraza]

For anyone that has a hard time with their pinky, i have never struggled with my pinky because i play violin. My violin students strugle with their pinky a lot, so i recomend them doing "pinky push ups". Ypu just put your hands on your knees so that they curve, and keep that same shape (like if you were holding a ball) and move it to a flat surface (like a table) and only touch it with the tips of your fingers (but keep the curved hand) and lift your pinky up and down several times. Make sure your pinky stays curved when you lift it, you are lifting it up, not making it straight.

This is for your left hand, and you can do this anywhere and anytime. I assign that for a week and for the next lesson they are ready to use their fourth finger. Playing power chords with the third and fourth finger (ring and pinky) also help, make sure you arpegiate the power chord to make sure it sounds clean. Your pinky will be strong in no time!

Disclaimer: i am not a guitarist and i am barely teaching mysel, but i have progressed decently fast due to my background on violin. I also teach piano and this is an excercize i apply both to my violin students and my piano students and it works great!

[do_haegh]

Everything was fine untill I pulled out my pinkie on the fret. That finger has ambition on its own. It's not listening to me 💀

[therighteducation]

At 77 years old with no music background and a beginner guitar player you have removed the mystery of basic cord placement. I look forward to your other video's as I try to improve. Great teaching method.

[scrateshooter]

I got my teenage son a guitar, trying this showed me new arthritis I didn't know about.

[dadoization]

Even though I'm struggling with the G Major one, this lesson was really valuable and educational, obviously, so thank you so much! This has helped a lot!

[dorionreville]

Has to be the best guitar lesson on YouTube, he’s the only one who gets on with it and doesn’t talk shit like half of the other guys begging for people to subscribe and like their videos