| Some beginner guitar students end up quitting lessons | | | | from one chord to the next accurately. This will seem |
| because the initial process of learning to play can be | | | | awkward or maybe even impossible at first. Just |
| too slow and not very gratifying. In fact, even the | | | | practice these chords for 10 minutes a day. Be sure |
| best video guitar lesson programs risk losing the | | | | to quit before you get too tired and begin to make |
| interest of young students if they offer too much | | | | more mistakes. |
| information before getting to the fun stuff. | | | | If your fingers ache or become sore just take a |
| Before jumping into a complete instruction course it | | | | break or even skip a day of practice until they feel |
| sometimes makes sense to first learn a few easy | | | | better. Soreness is normal and necessary to toughen |
| chords that form a simple but familiar song. These | | | | the skin on your finger tips but pain should never be |
| chords should be easy to move between like the C F | | | | part of learning to play guitar. |
| chords for example. | | | | Be extremely patient with yourself. In just a week or |
| The idea is to get a quick taste of the fun and | | | | two of practicing 10 - 15 minutes per day you will see |
| satisfaction of actually learning a simple song or two | | | | improvement. |
| that can be performed for sympathetic friends and | | | | Examples of 2 Chord Songs |
| family. If the plan works it will be inspire new | | | | - Tulsa Time by Don Williams |
| students to hang in with the more tedious but | | | | - Achy Breaky Heart by Billy Ray Cyrus |
| essential lessons of a full instructional course. | | | | - Farmer In The Dell |
| The Minimum Requirements For Playing 2 Chord | | | | - 3 Blind Mice |
| Songs | | | | - Songbird by Oasis |
| 1. Learn to read chord diagrams. These are neat little | | | | - Blow The Man Down |
| drawings or photos of part of the guitar neck with | | | | - Clementine |
| dots superimposed on the strings to indicate where | | | | - Paperback Writer by The Beatles |
| to place your fingers. | | | | - Deep In The Heart Of Texas |
| 2. Locate some two chord songs by googling the | | | | The Problem With Two Chord Songs |
| phrase guitar tabs. These tab websites will | | | | Sometimes using only two chords ends up being an |
| sometimes permit searching the songs by the | | | | over simplification and therefore a compromise that |
| number of chords required. Above the words of the | | | | does not always work perfectly in some songs. |
| songs are written chord names like C F or Am for | | | | Often a least one more chord is needed to play the |
| example. Initially be sure to select songs that you are | | | | key change found in the middle part of many songs. |
| very familiar with because the melody and strumming | | | | Tab websites usually offer different versions of the |
| rhythm is not always included with the tabs. | | | | same song that utilize more chords. However, do not |
| 3. Look up the chord fingerings in an online chord | | | | let this be a deterrent to having fun while learning to |
| chart. One option is to visit the animated Chord | | | | play. |
| Finder at that shows the fingerings to hundreds of | | | | An early sense of success can often generate the |
| common guitar chords. Just go to the main page and | | | | motivation and patience required to learn a more |
| look under guitar tools. | | | | rounded mastery of the guitar. So if you are a |
| 4. Practice changing smoothly from one chord to the | | | | complete beginner try learning a few 2 chord songs |
| other. Go as slowly as needed to be able to change | | | | first. |