Guitar Chords
"If it has more than three chords, it's jazz."
~Lou Reed
Guitar Chord Families
There are pretty much 3 families of guitar chords
- Major family
- Minor family
- Dominant family
Each chord family has a distinct feel to it. The more you play and learn the differnet guitar chords, the more you'll get a feeling of each family.
Importance of guitar chords
If you know 3 guitar chords, you can write a song. Actually if you know 2 guitar chords you can write a song. There have been plenty of guitarists to do it.
Playing chords on guitar can be an extremely easy thing to do. But as you become a better guitarists and you start to explore a lot more, you may find that you want to check out more advanced guitar chords. And they can be pretty complex.
But if you have a solid understanding of the basic guitar chords, and some knowledge of the chord theory behind them, it will take you a very long way.
You don't have to know all the guitar chords there are. But if you have an idea how each family of chords works, well then you're on your way to becoming a seasoned guitarist.
Learning Guitar Chords
With The Guitar Suite, you will learn how to form some basic chords, like major chords and minor chords and where to play them on the neck of the guitar. You will also learn a bit how guitar chord families work and the basic feel they have behind them.
If you've ever wondered how to play other more advanced chords like 7 chords, diminished chords or augmented chords, just check out those free guitar lessons too.
All in all, we have the following lessons on guitar chords
- major chords
- minor chords
- moveable chords
- caged theory
- diminished chords
- augmented chords
- 6th chords
- 7th chords
- 9th chords
There is a lot to learn from and about guitar chords. You could literally spend a lifetime exploring all that chords have to offer to your guitar playing. But you should also learn the scales behind the chords too. You can do this with the free lessons on guitar scales or other theory lessons. If, after all the free guitar lessons, you still feel like you could use more thorough and high quality lessons, The Guitar Suite endorses Learn and Master Guitar. This is by far the most quality guitar lesson program available to you.