An Easy Way To Learn Guitar Chords?

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If you want an easy way to learn guitar chords, the solution is practice. Everyday practice. It is a prickly question for the new guitar player, “when am I going to stop being a newbie?” The answer is gradually. Every day you start again from the get-go. That sounds hard, but over time it becomes second nature to slow down and relax and let your mind, body and emotions learn to play guitar music at their own pace. Then one day you will discove yourself playing the guitar like a professional.

There is no yesterday in practicing guitar chords. Today’s practice time is a new experience, so you must let your muscle memory show you the right way to start. Yesterday when you completed your guitar practice, you were warmed up. You recall that now as you start today and you want to keep playing at that speed. It is better to forget how great you sounded yesterday and start your practice with what your muscles are capable of today.

What can make learning guitar chords a little easier? Start by buying or downloading some chord charts for songs you really like. Songs you are hot to learn to play. If you know which chords are in your favorite songs, you will know which chords you want to learn, and applying your knowledge of your chords to the songs you want to play will help you know where you are in your guitar playing progress. You can even try imitating the solos in your songs by using the notes in the chords you are learning. There are many different ways to play any chord. It is quite interesting to experiment with how the different chord fingerings at different positions on the guitar fretboard sound. And do not forget about bar chords. They are a necessary part of your guitar learning, so the earlier you start, the better. And the identical rule applies to learning bar chords – practice slowly – your muscles will do the learning for you if you treat them right.

You might also be interested in learning to play, or at least get to know, the many variances there are in all chord shapes. Any major chord can be played around a dozen different ways. You do not have to learn them all off by heart but you can look them up in your chord charts and play them through to see how different they all sound.
If you can find a chord that you can call your favorite, that is a help while you are still learning. For some guitarists their favorite chord can only be found in exotic tunings like D A D G B D. Other guitar players love to hear the D minor chord in the first position. Or maybe you like the E minor chord – two finger chord used to great effect in many songs.

Here is a video guitar lesson on chord variations: