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A Bit About Acoustic Guitar Chords
An acoustic guitar chord is several notes all played at once. There are a lot of different acoustic guitar chords, but if you can learn a few basic ones, you can then play hundreds, if not thousands, of songs. There are some of the major chords, which have a brighter sound whilst the minor chords have a darker or sadder sound.
Guitar chords are notated with chord diagrams. Acoustic guitar chord diagrams are similar to guitar tabs, except that the lines representing the strings run vertically (up and down) rather than horizontally (side to side). When you look at a chord diagram, you will see a grid.
The vertical lines represent the strings. The horizontal lines represent the frets. The dots represent where you are to hold the string down. You will also see numbers, either at the top or the bottom of the diagram which represent which finger you are to use to hold down each string, with 1 meaning index, 2 middle, 3 ring and 4 pinky.
Where you see a number 0, that string is left open and played. Where you see an X, that string is left open and not played. The thumb isn't used too often, but when it is, it's noted as T.
However, the first acoustic guitar that we are going to be talking about in this article is the G-Major chord. In order to play this particular chord you need to place your middle finger (No 2) on the 6th string at the 3rd fret. Your index finger (No 1) should be placed on the 5th string at the 2nd fret and your ring finger (No 3) on to the 1st string at the 3rd fret. Now all you need to do is play each one including along with open strings one at the time.
Make sure you can hear each note clearly and there aren't any odd sounds like buzzing or rattling. If you hear something off, try pressing the string down harder on the fingerboard or move your finger closer to the fret. Also make sure that your fingers aren't touching each other or any of the other strings. Once all of the notes sound good, strum them all at once. That's a G-major acoustic guitar chord.
The next chord, which we are going to show you how to play on the acoustic guitar in this article is the one known as E-Minor. For this one you need to place your index finger (No 1) on to the 2nd fret of the 5th String, your middle finger (No 2) on the 2nd fret of the 4th string. But when doing this you need to make sure that each finger has sufficient room between them to ensure that they do not touch each other. If you are unsure about the position of your fingers then try each note out and adjust them until you get the clear sound that you are after. But with this could once you have the sound right rather than playing each note separately you strum them together. As you will notice, the sound made when playing this minor chord is much darker than that when playing the G-Major one.
The other basic acoustic guitar chords that all would be guitarists should learn in the beginning are C-Major, D-Major, A-Major and A-Minor. As well as learning about positioning of the fingers in order to play these chords in order to become really proficient a person should spend a great deal of time practicing them. The more a person's practices then the more likely they are to get their fingers into the right position more quickly and fluidly and so the sound quality they produce as they play will be greatly improved.
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