Beginner Guitar Chords You Can Learn Right Now

Want to learn some easy guitar chords fast? Today’s post is going to teach you three different three string guitar chords you can learn in probably an hour or less. Of course to master these chords you should incorporate them into your daily practice routine. Remember when learning something new on the guitar start out practicing it slow to perfect your technique and then introduce some speed to it.

A note about how to read the TAB I’ve used for the chords below. Each line represents a string, the X’s on a particular string mean don’t play that string, numbers on a string represent the fret to press on and a 0 means just play that string open without pressing on any frets.

C Chord on 3 Strings

E — 0 —
B — 1 —
G — 0 —
D — X —
A — X —
E — X —

To play this 3 string C chord place your first finger on the first fret of the B string and strum the bottom three strings.

G Chord on 3 Strings

E — 3 —
B — 0 —
G — 0 —
D — X —
A — X —
E — X —

To play a 3 string G chord place your third finger on the third fret of the E string and strum the bottom three strings.

D7 Chord on 3 Strings

E — 1 —
B — 2 —
G — 1 —
D — X —
A — X —
E — X —

To play the D7 chord you place your second finger on the 1st fret of the E string, your third finger on the 2nd fret of the B string and your first finger on the 1st fret of the G string. This will feel a little uncomfortable at first but it will get better with practice.

Now that you know how to make these three chords it’s time to practice them. I suggest first playing the chords on their own and strumming, stopping your strumming, switch to another chord and strum that one. Once you feel confident in making the shapes and positioning your left fretting hand you can begin to strum and switch between each one.

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