Basic Guitar Chords for Beginners - The 14 Chords to Know

Basic guitar chords for beginners can span a huge range of chords. In this lesson I focus on the 14 basic guitar chords that I recommend beginners learn. Some are easy, some are harder, but they're all important to start working on. ***Get my FREE chord options guide: https://bit.ly/32UF6cQShow more

Content Outline with Timestamp Links:
0:00 - Lesson Intro
0:42 - 14 Chord Shape Diagrams Explained
4:46 - Chord Demonstrations
9:03 - Lesson Outro

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The blog post version of this lesson: https://www.soundguitarlessons.com/blog/how-to-learn-guitar-chords-1

Series mentioned in this video:
How to Learn Guitar Chords Series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLho65cYn4nF1FXo8IWbKUb9_k0pMhgbtr
• Ep. 1: Basic Guitar Chords (for beginners and beyond)
• Ep. 2: The Source of Chords (scale theory)
• Ep. 3: Labeling Chord Notes (chord tones)
• Ep. 4: Chords in a Key (chord numbers)
• Ep. 5: Finding Other Chord Tones (chord scales)
• Ep. 6: Adding the 7 (seventh chords)
• Ep. 7: More Chord Tone Options (extended chords)
• Ep. 8: Inverted Guitar Chords
• Ep. 9: Simple Jazz Chords
• Ep. 10: Advanced Jazz Chords

Get any of my FREE PDF downloads that are awesome for guitarists:
• Chords with Color - An Interchangeable Chord Options Chart for Creative Guitarists: https://www.soundguitarlessons.com/chordswithcolor
• Any Jazz Chord - How to Play the Chords of Any Jazz Tune Using Just 8 Simple Chord Shapes: https://www.soundguitarlessons.com/anyjazzchord
• The Top 3 Pentatonic Scale Patterns for More Melodic Soloing: https://www.soundguitarlessons.com/3patterns

The guitar is a special instrument because it's melodic and harmonic. It can play a supporting role in music or be featured as a lead.

Nearly half of our job as students of the guitar is to be studying harmony and chords. That's why I'm launching a multi-video series on how to learn guitar chords from the ground up. 

This lesson series will cover everything from basic guitar chords for beginners to complex seventh chords, chord extensions, inversions, rootless chords, and much more. 

Most importantly I'm going to be talking about how to think about chords, how to see them on the fretboard, how to analyze them, and how to create them from scratch using music theory. 

Instead of being locked in to certain shapes learned from chord diagrams, I want you to have options and creative control. 

Check out these related lesson playlists and my other videos on similar topics:
• Chords Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLho65cYn4nF3o1un8ZupI3KLtgP7iZVsf
• Music Theory: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLho65cYn4nF1mCmTK-fLknDWjvuElendp
• Songwriting: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLho65cYn4nF0oHnu1_L8OAaXcfBcr-WzP
• Beginning Guitarist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLho65cYn4nF31iNBwu1bUHcCa9TD-QzNm
• Songlearning: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLho65cYn4nF2MopvfHRh90eigfR69m4j7
• Rhythm Guitar: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLho65cYn4nF1SrpodMoNfUUDMszAnJzox

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If you're interested in how to learn guitar chords I recommend going deep and learning music theory on the fretboard. In this series I'm going to take a theory based approach to give you everything you need to know about how to learn guitar chords from the ground up. From basic guitar chords for beginners all the way to advanced concepts like inversions and extensions, I want you to understand chords on the guitar. I want you to know where they come from, how to label them, how to talk about them, and how to manipulate them, so you can have creative control - and not just find yourself playing physical chord shapes without knowing why. Basic guitar chords are definitely an important first step, but learning how to label them unlocks a ton of possibilities, which is what we'll work towards understanding in the next few lessons.
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