LESSON OF BASIC CHORD GUITAR FOR BEGINNER - LATIHAN KUNCI GITAR UNTUK PEMULA
Here's something to chew on. If I'd had this information at 17 I'd be
famous by now - this is:
Uncle Dave's Master Chord Chart and Other Useful Info
For Beginning Guitaris
The chord chart is coming (below) but first some advice:
---Playing along with records is one of the best ways ever
to learn your instrument. In a minute I'll lay out a
bunch of chords that go together on millions of tunes.
But first - KNOW THIS:
If you want to play along with your recorded music, be
advised that tuning is often a problem for several
reasons: 1. You might be out of tune
2. The cat on the CD might be RECORDED out of
tune
3. Cassette tapes stretch, tape drives get
worn
4. Phonograph turntables might be a couple of
rpms out of phase with standard tuning.
----The best thing you can do is stay in tune yourself.
Now to stay tuned up to standard, buy yourself a little
Electronic keyboard, or purchase a battery powered
tuner and tune to these notes fat, wound string (6) to
skinniest unwound string (1): E A D G B E
Low To High 6 5 4 3 2 1
(This is known as Spanish or Standard Tuning.)
Stay in tune and guitar playing is infinitely more fulfilling!!!
To begin getting some fretting chops, line up some
recorded FOLK or BLUES (easy stuff with few chord
changes). Listen to the first few bars of music and
fret up the high E string until you find the note that
sounds in tune. The fret you stop on is will tell you
(generally) the key the song is played in:
For example, if the open (unfretted) E sounds good
during the first few bars of "Since my baby left me.."
you are going to be playing in an E or A (maybe C) type
key.
Note Placement for 12 frets in Spanish Tuning:
Key of:|
Fret 0 -> E A D G B E <----- This is important stuff
(open string)
Fret 1 F Bb Eb Ab C F
Fret 2 F#/Gb B E A C# F#
Fret #3 G C F Bb D G
Fret #4 Ab C# F# B Eb Ab
Fret# 5 A D G C E A
Fret #6 Bb/A# Eb Ab C# F Bb
Fret #7 B E A D F# B
Fret #8 C F Bb Eb G C
Fret #9 C#/Db F# B E Ab C#
Fret #10 D G C F A D
Fret #11 Eb/D# Ab C# F# Bb Eb
Fret #12 E A D G B E
O.K.
Here's the chart - use it in good health. At the end,
there are some popular tunes everybody knows with the
chords that make them happen.
Ground Rules:
=========== -this is fret "0" at the nut
| | | | 1 | a 1 here means put your index finger here
----------- -this is fret 1
| | 2 | | | a 2 means put your middle finger here
----------- -this is fret 2
| 3 | | | | a 3 means put your ring finger here
----------- -this is fret 3
x | | | | | an x means don't strike this string
----------- -this is fret 4
| | | | | |
----------- -this is fret 5
CHORD CHART
The chords below work like this:
Three Basics (for verses maybe?)
& Three Relative Minors (for choruses??)
Key of C - Basic Chords
Tonic - I Sub-Dom IV Dominant-V
C F G7
=========== =========== ===========
X | | | 1 | X X | | 1 1 | | | | | 1
----------- ----------- -----------
| | 2 | | | | | | 2 | | | 2 | | | |
----------- ----------- -----------
| 3 | | | | | | 3 | | | 3 | | | | |
----------- ----------- -----------
Key of C - Relative Minors
Tonic - I Sub-Dom IV Dominant-V
Am Dm E7
=========== =========== ===========
| | | | 1 | X | | | | 1 | | | 1 | |
----------- ----------- -----------
| | 3 2 | | | | | 3 | | | 3 | | | |
----------- ----------- -----------
| | | | | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | |
----------- ----------- -----------
Key of G Basic Chords
Tonic-I Sub-Dom -IV Dominant-V
G C D7
============ ===========
| | | | | | same as x | | | 1 |
----------- above -----------
| 2 | | | | | | | 2 | 3
-----------
3 | | | | 1
Key of G Relative Minor Chords
Tonic-I Sub-Dom -IV Dominant-V
Em Am B7
=========== =========== ===========
| | | | | | | | | | 1 | x | 1 | | |
----------- ----------- -----------
| 3 2 | | | | | 3 2 | | | 2 | 3 | 4
----------- ----------- -----------
Key of D Basic Chords
Tonic-I Sub-Dom -IV Dominant-V
D G A7
=========== =========== ===========
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
----------- ----------- -----------
| | | 1 | 3 | 2 | | | | | | 1 | 3 |
Key of D Relative Minor Chords
Tonic-I Sub-Dom -IV Dominant-V
Bm Em F#7
=========== =========== ===========
x x | | | | | | | | | | x x | | | |
----------- ----------- -----------
| | | | | 1 | 3 2 | | | | | 1-1-1-1
----------- ----------- -----------
| | | | 2 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | |
----------- ----------- -----------
| | 3 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Key of A Basic Chords
Tonic-I Sub-Dom -IV Dominant-V
A D E7
=========== =========== ===========
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | |
----------- ----------- -----------
x | 1 2 3 | | | | 1 | 3 | 3 2 | | |
----------- ----------- -----------
| | | | | | | | | | 2 | | | | | 4 |
Key of A Relative Minor Chords
Tonic-I Sub-Dom -IV Dominant-V
F#m Bm C#7
=========== Same as above ===========
x x | | | | | x | | | x
----------- -----------
| | | 1-1-1 | | | | 1 |
----------- -----------
| | 2 | | |
-----------
3 | | 4 | |
Key of E Basic Chords
Tonic-I Sub-Dom -IV Dominant-V
E A B7
=========== =========== ===========
| | | 1 | | Same as above Same as above
-----------
| | 2 | | |
-----------
| 3 | | | |
Key of E Relative Minor Chords
Tonic-I Sub-Dom -IV Dominant-V
C#m F#m G#7
=========== =========== ===========
x x | 2 | | x x | 1-1-1 x x 1-1-1-1
----------- ----------- -----------
| | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2
----------- ----------- -----------
| | | | | | | | 3 | | | | | | | | |
Key of B Basic Chords
Tonic-I Sub-Dom -IV Dominant-V
B E F#7
=========== =========== ===========
x x | | | | Same as Above Same as above
-----------
| | | | | 1
-----------
| | | | |
-----------
| | 2 3 4 |
Key of B Relative Minor Chords
Tonic-I Sub-Dom -IV Dominant-V
G#m C#m D#7
=========== =========== ===========
X X | | | | Same as above x x 1 | | |
----------- -----------
| | | | | | | | | | 2 |
----------- -----------
| | | | | | | | | 3 | 4
----------- -----------
| | | 1-1-1 | | | | | |
Now all the majors from F# through Gb are very gruelling
on the fingertips.
My advice is this - if someone is determined to play in a Sharp or
Flat key - just you whip out your trusty capo and slap it on the
appropropriate fret and play. Your fingers think you are playing in
a major key - but your guitar is singing in a flat or sharp.
Here's an example:
James Taylor plays an old standard "The Water is Wide"
and on my CD palyer he's in the Key of F. (Chords F Bb C7)
Now I hate to play a Bb - this makes me a wuss - I admit it.
BUT - by capoing on the first fret (refer to the fingerboard
chart above) I play in E and sound like F
The Water Is Wide -- (Capo 1st Fret).
E The water is wide
A I can't get E over - and neither
C#m have I
A wings to
F#m fly - give me a
G#m boat - that will carry
E two - and both will
B7 cross - my love and
E I --------------- out//
Well - there t'is kids. If you can fret these basic chords
(and I didn't give you all of them) you can play 90% of the Folk,
Country, Western, Blues (Do E Baby!), and Rock 'n Roll ever recorded.
(Not to mention everything that Black Sabbath ever did!)
You can buy Dan Baird's solo album - crank it up and play right along.
To Recap - tune up, have yer capo at the ready, practice them chords,
Now the chord to some old fav's:
Across the Alley from the Alamo - D A G7
San Antonio Rose - D G A7
What a Friend We Have in Geezus - C F G7
Blue Moon of Kentucky - E A B7
One of These Days/Boulder to Birmingham - C D G
Think It Over (Buddy Holly) - E A B7
The Road's My Middle Name/After Midnite/Myself In You - E A B7
Amazing Grace / Just as I Am - C F G7
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