Beginner Guitar Chords

According to "the science" - the 23 guitar chords below are some of the most useful ones to know as a beginner.

Together, they'll allow you to play the majority of songs you hear on the radio.

Learning them in this exact order will help you unlock the most potential music at each stage.

Before you start, make you sure understand how to:

• Hold the Guitar (Video & Article)
• Tune Your Strings (Video & Article)
• Read Chord Charts (Video & Article)

It also helps to know how enharmonics work. In music notation, A# and Bb are 2 different ways of writing the same chord. And the Chord Genome Project always defaults to whichever enharmonic version comes first alphabetically.

For more on this, be sure to check out this Video or Article.

Lastly, there are many ways to play the same chord. And I created the diagrams below for my tiny elf hands (and fat dwarf fingers). If you'd prefer to use different fingerings, you can find alternate versions here.