Cramming more than one or two fingers at a time onto the fretboard is usually just too hard for most students for the first few months. What if there were some cool sounding chords that are actually easier to play than the most commonly taught “beginner” chords?
Many beginning guitar students show up to their first lesson with a well-intentioned instructor and are immediately handed a sheet of chord diagrams featuring the CAGED chords as well as Amin, Dmin, and Emin. The teacher may also throw in F for good measure. They may even try to show the student a root position E shape barre chord. The problem with this approach is that, while these are essential chord forms for rock and pop guitar as well as being very useful for understanding the layout of the fingerboard, they are often much too physically taxing for soft un-calloused fingertips and weak hands.
If you are open to the idea of playing some chords that exploit open strings and jump around the neck a little bit, we can explore some colourful options that will get you playing without too much (if any) finger pain or discomfort. (It’s extremely important that you get your guitar setup by a professional to lower the action and make it as playable as possible. Most students usually have a guitar that came straight from the store. Many are fine guitars but need that extra bit of care to make them playable. Don’t cheap out on this!).
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The following is a series of chords that actually sound pretty good together and make use of only one or two fingers at a time. Several also have enough space between fingers that you won’t feel at all jammed up. Care does need to be taken to sound only the strings indicated. Don’t just start strumming all six strings and expect the magic to happen.
From this group of chords, first, try them in the order presented. See if you can get the sequence flowing smoothly from chord to chord from the beginning of the list to the end then start the sequence again. Once that starts to get easier, perhaps start experimenting with smaller sub-sets and pairs. For instance, playing Amaj9 to Dmaj9 then Amin9 to Dmin9 has a nice modal shift. Notice that this chord sequence starts on Amajor9. It then cycles up in fourths symmetrically until it gets to Cmajor7 at which point there are 4 chords diatonic (of the key) to C major. The D 6-9/F# breaks out of the key momentarily and then returns to the key of C with Fmaj13. (A really colourful IV chord.) These first chords all stay well within the lower half of the guitar fingerboard. It’s important not to get so fixated on learning the chords in the first position that the rest of the guitar gets neglected and you develop an irrational fear of the higher positions!
Bonus! Here is a simple I-vi-ii-V in Cmajor. It uses only 1 and 2 finger chords. This sequence is a very common chord progression in many styles of music. These specific colours in this particular example are fairly “jazzy” but if you were to use simple first position versions of these chords without fancy 7ths, etc (remember those difficult but simple chords your guitar teacher keeps trying to show you?) like C -Amin – Dmin – G it will give this a more pop or folky character. (How you play the chords will also dictate the style, of course.) These chords stay in the comfort of the first or “open” position.
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Double Bonus! This sequence outlines a ii-V7-I-VI7 progression in C major using only 1 and 2 finger chords. This is a common jazz chord progression that takes on a slightly impressionistic quality through the use of open strings and seconds. This sequence leaps up to the area around the 10th fret for the first pass of the progression then drops back down to the lower part of the neck for the second pass. Hopefully, this shows the beauty of learning more than one way to play a particular chord and exploring the fingerboard.
Triple bonus! Here is a I-vi-ii-V7 progression in D major using only 2 finger chords. This is functionally the same progression as the first bonus progression but in the key of D major instead of C major.
Play all of these sequences strummed with a pick or your thumb at first to hear the sounds and keep it simple. You can then try breaking up the chords with the plectrum or even fingers if fingerpicking is something you might want to explore. Follow the chord diagrams and make sure to omit any notes that have an X next to them. (Really important!) This is by no means an exhaustive or even remotely complete chord reference. It is just a selection of chords that are particularly nice sounding on their own or even mixed and matched. Try them on for size and see which ones sound good to you.
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Marc-Andre Seguin is the webmaster, “brains behind” and teacher on JazzGuitarLessons.net, online resource for learning how to play jazz guitar. He draws from his experience both as a professional jazz guitarist and professional jazz teacher to help thousands of people from all around the world learn the craft of jazz guitar.
Thomas Duflos has been teaching guitar and bass for over 10 years. He is now in charge of communication and marketing at Arobas Music. Sharing his passion for guitar and music is one of his main interests. In his free time, Thomas is also a composer and drummer of the band The Foxy Raccoons.So, you’re pretty new to the guitar and want to bolster your repertoire with some easy guitar songs? Your wish is our command! We’ve picked out five tunes today that are not only brilliant songs, but are also really straightforward and easy to play. You’ll need some basic chords but we’ll provide diagrams for you for each tune so can can quickly get the shapes under your fingers. We’ll also include a video of each original song so you can play along!
You’ll find the chords you need for each song alongside each choice, but for reference, here are all eight of the chords we need today, all in one place:
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Don’t worry too much about the ‘add9’ and ‘sus4’ parts of the chords right now. What’s important to know is that they are just variations - different voicings - of the basic chords. In other words, if you decide to play a normal C chord instead of a Cadd9, the song will still work!
G, C and D in particular tend to be the most common chords and you'll find they're used in thousands of well known songs! These chords fairly easy to learn and they sound great together.
We’ll start with this super popular hit from the Californian pop punks Green Day. Billie Joe Armstrong certainly knows plenty about using direct, straightforward techniques to write effective songs. This tune uses a loose, easy strumming pattern that alternates between the lower and higher strings. Just have a listen to the track and you’ll see what we mean!
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For the verse, it’s G | Cadd9 | D twice through, followed by two measures of Em | D | C | G before getting to the chorus, which is Em | G | Em | G | Em | D | G. That last G brings you back to the main verse part. Job done!
Here’s some good news: everything you just learned can be successfully transferred across to this tune! Sweet Home Alabama is a staple for guitar players, and whilst it may be a little while before you’re throwing out the solos, you can certainly get the basic chords down pretty fast!
The vast majority of the song is just a backwards version of the main part in the Green Day song. Play D | Cadd9 | G over and over, and try playing along to the video below to practise your timing:
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Record uses a simple four chord progression for the entire track, so there’s not too much to learn here if you want to play along!
What you’ll notice, though, is that there isn’t any rhythm guitar to speak of. Instead, U2 guitarist The Edge plays textural accompaniment parts for most of the song, whilst bassist Adam Clayton lays down a simple but authoritative bassline that drives the song. We suggest following the bass on this song rather than any particular guitar part, and you’ll have success in no time!
Bob Marley was a master at getting lots out of some simple musical moves. This upbeat, delightful tune uses three of the most basic chords out there, and it’s an absolute classic. Here are the three chords you’ll need:
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The song starts off with the chorus, which is a simple back and forth of A and D. The verse follows, which goes a little like this: A | E | A | D | A | E | A.
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