Music : Fast Guitar Lesson - 6 Quick Tips For Mastering Guitar Chords
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By: Kyle Hoffman
 
Date Submitted: 2010-02-17 18:10:56 - Article Views: 20145
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This fast guitar lesson is about getting you better acquainted with the foundation of songs which is chords. Sooner or later you're going to come across chords so you should be informed of how to play them properly and efficiently to get the full sound that you require.
Oddly enough, you'll find that the more songs you learn, proportionally you won't learn quite as many chords since the same ones are used over and over again. However, chords are very important to get right the first time, so check out these 6 fast tips to better your chord-playing technique.
1. Take it one hand at a time. Say you've found a song that you're really excited to play, but the strumming rhythm is difficult to match up with the chord formations. What do you do? Simply take your strumming hand out of the equation when you first start with some new chords and use it later when you feel comfortable enough to proceed.
2. Get a chord chart. Nothing makes a fast guitar lesson go faster than knowing all the necessary chords ahead of time and this can be achieved through a chord chart. Chord charts can be found online or you can purchase one as a poster to hang on your wall. After a few weeks of reference you'll find the chords becoming much easier to remember.
3. Learn the names. If you're looking for all of your song chords from the internet, many of them don't like to post the actual chord formations but just the names. In these cases you're going to need to know your chord names.
The simplest thing to do is to drill maybe five chords a week. In a month you'll have a very large number of formations ingrained in your memory.
4. The real problems are in the transitions. If there's one thing that you take away from this fast guitar lesson, it should be that all your problems with chords will arise from poor transitions. The only way to combat this nuisance is to practice relentless switching between two chords until you're ready to pass out. When you're done however, you'll be one mean chord-playing machine.
5. Keep nice posture and a curve in your hands and fingers. Early guitarists do some pretty weird things to compensate for finger formations that appear to be too difficult at first, but it's these strange compensations that cause more trouble later. For every chord, try to keep your hand and wrist running perpendicular to the fret board so that your fingers are equidistant from each note and can function easier.
6. Place your fingers closer to the frets. In this fast guitar lesson you'll learn that just because it's easier to play your fingers directly centered between the frets on the neck, that's doesn't necessarily help the notes' sustain. For a longer sustain and less twang in your strings, place your fingers closer to the fret markings when you press onto the neck. |
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