Hi guys! Andy here again, and in this guitar lesson we're covering how to play the
G major chord, which is one of the first and most played open chords for any
beginner guitar songs and even more advanced song. There are a couple of ways to
play this G chord and we're going to cover those but we want to make sure that
we've got this original and basic essential open chord; the G major chord.
So this is how we play a standard G major chord. We can strum all six strings on
this one and we have our first finger the second fret of the fifth string.
That (finger) should to be as much on the tip as possible so that it's not laying flat
and making sure that the other strings do ring out because they don't if it's too flat
Your middle finger wants to get as far at this side of the third fret
on the thickest E string as possible and it can help to be on a little bit of
an angle to enable that to happen. If they're too straight with the strings,
this will happen and it will be much more of a stretch, as you can see.
Then, the third finger goes on the thinnest E string, and that string 1, fret 3
And if we strum each of those
thats our G major chord. Now when we have chords that have a little bit more
of a stretch to them, it can be funny to know what to do with your little finger
because it's not being used but it is important I think to keep it tied next
to this third finger so they kinda get strength from each other and we're not
creating any bad habits early on this is a really great habit to develop when you
go for this G chord
That's how we can play the G major chord So first finger second fret of the fifth string,
middle finger thickest string, third fret; and the thinnest E string is where our third finger goes, 3rd finger, 3rd fret!
Now there is a variation of this G chord that's really common and I
recommend that we look at straight away and this is simply moving your third
finger up a string and adding that little finger on on the thinnest E string
3rd fret now this doesn't include any extra notes that are not already in a G chord
So, it's not called anything else. but, when we get onto the coming changes and start
playing songs you'll find that this (G chord) happens all the time and for me it can
be considered to be our standard G because it's just used so frequently.
A lot a lot of people struggle with getting their little finger involved
You know, it can be tricky at first, but perserver and you'll be able to use it in songs
So this sounds like...
and when we compared to the first one
it's not a lot different
It does as I say lead to easier changes and better sounding songs so this one again
that was a standard G
the third finger moves up by a string and the little finger adds on which is why
if you're practicing the other standard G you can leave your little finger right next
to the 3rd finger and it's already there in place for this 'other' G chord
So that's how to play a G major chord. The next lesson in this series shows us how to do the common changes with this
G chord, particularly the tricky change from G to D but that enables you to do all the
songs that level three of my beginner songs on my website at www.Andyguitar.co.uk
So you definitely want to cover the change before you go for the songs
to make those songs easier for you and that's coming up in the next lesson
I hope to see you there, bye for now!
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