What chords to learn?
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DoubleBlade
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The major chords first followed by the minor chords before going on to the 7th chords , Aug chords , Dim chords etc...
guitarman78
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Clive: It depends on how far you want to go and how much you are interested in knowing about Chords.
Just a single C Chord has so many different voicings and inversions. I can play 20 over positions of C chord but there are so much more that i have yet to discover.
Soft is right .... play with your heart ... play the songs that makes you feel good. Figure them out and learn them.
But if you are really interested in Chords, voicings and inversions ... learn all. But it's a really tedious process. i'm still learning.
Just a single C Chord has so many different voicings and inversions. I can play 20 over positions of C chord but there are so much more that i have yet to discover.
Soft is right .... play with your heart ... play the songs that makes you feel good. Figure them out and learn them.
But if you are really interested in Chords, voicings and inversions ... learn all. But it's a really tedious process. i'm still learning.
I actually would put the chord book away for a bit and learn some songs instead.
If any of your favourite songs have any interesting chords, try to analyse them. All you would need to do is know what key you're in and then analyse the chord against the scale of the key you are in.
This is a really good excercise as its a practical way of getting comfortable with theory. It also enables you to know your neck better because you are learning the notes in harmony rather than melodically as you would if you were only practising scales.
One of my favourite common yet unconventional chord is Fmaj7#11. Sounds complicated? Just play a F Maj barre chord in root position from the 1st fret but let the high B and E strings open.
F-C-F-A-B-E.
F, C And A is the major triad, the B is the #11 and the E is the 7th.
"edited for a stupid typo"
If any of your favourite songs have any interesting chords, try to analyse them. All you would need to do is know what key you're in and then analyse the chord against the scale of the key you are in.
This is a really good excercise as its a practical way of getting comfortable with theory. It also enables you to know your neck better because you are learning the notes in harmony rather than melodically as you would if you were only practising scales.
One of my favourite common yet unconventional chord is Fmaj7#11. Sounds complicated? Just play a F Maj barre chord in root position from the 1st fret but let the high B and E strings open.
F-C-F-A-B-E.
F, C And A is the major triad, the B is the #11 and the E is the 7th.
"edited for a stupid typo"