Okay, so you’ve never picked up a guitar before. You’ve thought about it, you’ve dreamed about it, but you haven’t quite jumped over the edge.
Let’s change that today. In fact, let’s not only pick up the guitar – let’s learn how to play something right now.
This is your first easy rock guitar lesson, and you can play this on an electric guitar, or an acoustic guitar.
I’m going to assume you’ve got six strings on your guitar, and they are at least close to being in tune. The reality is, however, that you will only really need three strings to pull this off!
Let’s learn our first rock guitar chord. It’s an E5, and it’s played like this:
E—————
B—————
G—————
D—————
A——-2——-
E——-0——-
That’s it. Just two notes. Take your first finger, and put it on the 2nd fret of the 5th (A) string – and play that note along with the open 6th (E) string. Easy!
Now here’s the second chord. It’s an A5, and it’s played like this:
E—————-
B—————-
G—————-
D——-2——–
A——-0——–
E—————–
The A5 is formed exactly like the E5 in the previous example, only it is played on the 4th and 5th (D & A) strings, instead of the 5th and 6th.
The third and final chord is the B7, and it’s played like this:
E—————–
B—————–
G—————–
D——-4———
A——-2———
E——————
Play this by placing your first finger on the 2nd fret of the 5th (A) string – and your third finger on the 4th fret of the 4th (D) string.
In all the examples, only play the two notes that are indicated, don’t play the other strings.
Now you know three basic rock chords on the guitar. You can put them together to play a standard rock or blues chord progression by playing them in the order you learned them – or in various combinations.
Enjoy!
