More Guitar Chords 8
Hi there, welcome back for Lesson #8 the Beginner Guitar 101 for Grownups. Were gonna teach
you two more chords. And since you�ve been practicing the D chords, I hope you�ve been
practicing the D chord a little bit. Were gonna use that same approach to learning these
next two chords.
Were gonna start from the D chord so major D chord that�s the first finger second fret
third string, second finger first string second fret both on the second fret and then the
third finger over here on the third fret. By the way, sometimes your hand will kinda
turn this way, that�s okay but try the best you can to get your hand so its kinda hanging
up perpendicular to the guitar. Kinda (0:44) with the ground just as close as you can.
The idea is to relax so its just not enough pressure to hold the chord there but no more
if you let go a little bit your hand just fall, that just takes practice by the way.
Most people put more tension in the beginning than they need to. And little by little, you
learn to lighten up by adjusting your hand just right. So you got the D chord now, right?
Good. Check it out. Okay. No matter how it sounds (1:08) that�s okay.
From the D chord, I want you to put the pinky down on the first string third fret. This
is the first string and this is the third fret right next to the third finger so normally
the pinky is gonna weak but when you put it next to the third finger, it kinda give some
support.
Your next move is to move the second over to the fifth string third fret, that�s the
third fret and the first finger over to the fourth string second fret that�s your entire
chord. Technically its called the Cadd9 or you can call it a Cadd2, its one and the same.
Let�s try it again.
Take your fingers off, shake it a second, back to the D chord. Put your pinky down,
move the second finger over to the fifth string. On the first finger just one over there to
the fourth string, just going one string the same fret, second fret. Now let�s try it
and see how it sounds. Huh, beautiful chord. What? You didn�t sound like that? Don�t
worry. Believe me, hardly anybody got it when they first tried it. Maybe something like
that. Try it again.
D pinky down all along now, second and first finger I am moving both, that�s where you
wanna get to. Dont worry if you�re not there yet and then try it. So practice the D going
to the C add 9. I�ll stay there for now and then go back. And I know, its gonna sound
more like this at first. Most everybody that�s what happens. That�s what youre aiming at.
Now one more chord. Next to this one is easy. It�s kinda just a small change. So you wanna
work on. First I will just go from D to C add 9 and again, don�t worry about getting
perfect just practice a little bit each day.
Next were gonna move this two fingers over. I should do it both at once over to the fifth
and sixth strings. So right now, we will do one figure at a time just to make sure you
got it. Take this second finger over to the third fret sixth string, that�s right there.
You see that? And then the first finger over one string to the fifth string second fret.
They stay on the same frets just moving lower. Believe it or not that�s lower one string,
that�s a G chord by the way.
So again, C add 9 move the second finger over third fret, first finger over second fret.
I�m on now the sixth string fifth string and I�ve got my pinky down the first and
my third finger down the second string so practice that. Practice is just going from
the C add 9 and try to get to where you can move both fingers over at once. Sounds good,
huh. So here�s where you�re headed.
The D chord, put your pinky down. Move these two fingers over to the fifth string and the
fourth string. Then move the two fingers over to the sixth string and fifth string and back
to the D and take the pinky off, that�s the full motion. Okay, we�ve got some work
cut out for you but its gonna sound great. Be patient a little bit each day. I look forward
to seeing you in the next lesson. I�ll give you some tips on how to add some strumming
to that.