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Learn to move between these chords quickly. If you do learn, you will be able to change between any other chords easily. These chords you can find on practically any guitar site so begin and play the guitar now! In as little as a couple of weeks, after practicing every day, you will notice how much easier the chords seem to play. I know that many instructors tell you to learn rhythm. At first you will need to learn the proper finger and thumb positions of the left hand with regards to the neck of the guitar. Download a video-audio file by guitarist Peter Vogl demonstrating the correct positioning of your left hand (arch or fingers, position of thumb on the neck) as well as the proper right hand technique for holding the pick for strumming.

Watching this video will make it easier to play chords, stretch your fingers across several frets, and increase your speed. Next, you want to play 5 basic chords. These chords are C, A, G, E, & D. Why these chords you may ask? They are the foundation to most songs, with a few variations. You should also l right away and not just chords. However, the songs you want to play have been heard by you so many times before. You should be able to tell if your song sounds correct. Plus, when you begin to sing a song with the chords, the rhythm will come naturally. I'm not saying you're going to be an excellent guitar player right away. What I am telling you is that you can start playing your favorite songs right away. Just like the chords, you can find your favorite songs on the internet. Most of the songs will have the lyrics with the chords located right above the words. These are not just the chords to the songs. The chord name (ex. G) must be located above the exact word that the chord change is made. Once you learn the main chords you should easily be able to play other chords. Also, most songs have a minor chord in them somewhere. These will be easy to play after learning the basic major chords.

C, A, G, E & D. Also known as the CAGED method. This method is designed to get you to be able to change chords into the various different shapes quickly when practicing them in consecutive order. At first, it is not easy. However, there is a good reason for you to learn this chord progression. Learning the CAGED method benefit the most dexterity in you hand making learning everything else seamlessly easy. Download a video audio file demonstrating the caged method by guitarist Dan Denley. Practice with Dan until you've mastered these chords. Next, you can add Em and Am to the progression for variation and color.

Basic guitar strumming consists of a series of down and up strokes. When you put these strokes in different orders or patterns, you give a song its own rhythm. Example: Strumming Down, Down, Up ... Up, Down Up. This chord progression makes up the background for many songs. Download the mp3 audio file using this pattern with chords G, Em, C, C in that order and then play along with the mp3 file until you can strum it confidently. After you've mastered that common chord progression, strum the 8 bar variation of that strum by downloading and listening to the mp3 audio file of that version and play along using chords G, G, Em, Em, G, D, G, G in that order and you have the basis for playing such songs as: Stand by Me, Stay, Every Day, Always Look on the Bright Side of Life, Blue Moon, Dreams be Dreams, I Will Always Love You, The Kiss. You should practice these different patterns along with the CAGED method and you're on your way to playing the guitar. See, it's not so difficult. For additional strumming patterns and variations, for folk, country, rock, blues, etc., download and print the PDF file for reference and practice.

To practice chord progressions, download the zip file video lesson by guitarist Peter Vogl that will teach you how to play a very popular chord progression that works for acoustic or electric guitar. The progression will cover the D, Cadd9, and G chords and then teach you a strum pattern to go along with it. This demonstration will also cover how to change chords quickly and smoothly.

For a complete video-audio lesson on the five most popular strumming patterns, download the zip file and play along with guitarist Dan Denley as he demonstrates the 5 most popular strumming patterns every beginning guitarist should know. A PDF file is included in the zip file to help you learn and play these popular strumming patterns.

It is finally time to start playing some of the songs you like. You can easily find them on the internet. The lyrics will simply be written like a poem with the guitar chords or chord names directly above the words in the song.

To get you started playing songs from the internet, download a zip file containing a flv file of Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain. Also included in the zip file is an mp3 file for use on a portable player and a simple PDF arrangement for you to play guitar and sing along.

So, go ahead and try it. Go to any guitar website that features guitar lessons for beginners. They should have these chord examples and diagrams on them. Start by playing the first chord to the song. This will give you the key. Then, start singing your song. When you get to the words with the chord above it, play that chord. It's not difficult. So start learning your favorite songs today?

As long as you practice it shouldn't be too long before you'll be playing songs.