Guitar Chords for Beginners: A Beginners Guitar Chord Book with Open Chords and More Paperback

Publisher: Intuition Publications (20 Jan. 2014)

Language: English

Paperback: 33 pages

ISBN: 9780957650664

Guitar Chords for Beginners contains 65 different chords arranged in easy fingerings.

- Technique

Fretting hand technique for playing guitar chords is looked at in detail with diagrams. Where necessary, some chords are taught incrementally because taking on only the harder aspects of a chord’s fingering first means our hand is freer to adjust. Other chords are shown with different fingerings for you to choose which you prefer. Playing guitar chords may seem like a contortion for the hands of the beginner so there is some basic guidance on stretching to keep the hands flexible.

- Audio and More

Each guitar chord has a downloadable audio example enabling you to hear if you have played it right, or to hear what you need to work towards. There is an introduction to moveable power chords and barre chords, in which barre chords are shown as easier cut-down versions of full barre chord shapes. At the back of Guitar Chords for Beginners there is a list of suggested songs that contain chords from within the book.