So what I'm gonna show you, I'll show you four chords today. Which most of them
we're only going to need to use two fingers. All right. And they're gonna be a
G chord a C chord an E minor chord and the last one which will be the hardest
is the D chord. We're gonna have to use three fingers on that D chord. So what
I'm going to do is I'm going to start with the first chord which is our E
minor. So we're gonna need two fingers. We're gonna use the first finger and the
second finger on this chord. And what I'll do is I'll show you all the chords
and then I'll go in for a close-up so that you can see them from both angles.
So the first chord is E minor . Ad what we're gonna do this is a great chord
because you get to play all strings six strings you get to strum. So we're
gonna take our first finger and just as a reminder if you don't know so the
bottom string is one two three four five and the sixth string is your top string
the big fat string at the top so we're gonna start at the big fat string at the
top and we're going to go down one string so we're gonna end up on the
fifth string and we're gonna be in the second fret so these little chunks are
called frets and what we're gonna do is we're gonna move from the G sorry from
the first string here this top string to right here the second to the top which
is the a string and we're gonna put our first finger right on that string and
right below it we're gonna put our second finger so I have two fingers down
both of them are in this second fret so it's gonna be the first finger is going
to be on the fifth string second fret the second finger is gonna be on the
fourth string second fret so it will sound like this
so let's do that again so we're gonna take our first finger we're gonna go to
the top string move it down one so we're on that fifth string second fret we're
gonna take the second finger just put it right below that first finger on the
fourth string let me get to strum all six strings very nice very nice so the
way to get to your next chord which is going to be a G chord we're going to
just move one finger so this is why it's good to have a solid foundation of a
minor so we're gonna go back to that Imai noir chord so as a reminder first
finger is gonna go the second fret fifth string the second finger is gonna go on
the second fret fourth string so they're both piled in that second fret and then
all we're gonna do we're gonna leave the first finger right where it is
and we're gonna move the second finger up to the top string third fret and this
is going to be our easy g chord so we go from E minor we're gonna move that
second finger up to the top string and over one fret to the third fret
and that is gonna be our G chord so for this I'm gonna let you strum all of the
strings on this so to go back to E minor we're gonna take this second finger and
we're going to move it back to the second fret underneath the first finger
here we go again so we're gonna do second finger uh and that's gonna move
to the third finger or sorry the third fret top string
so I'm going to go in for a close-up to show you these two chords and the chord
changes so that you can see what you need to do before we move on to the next
set of chords so let's take a look at this chord change for a minor to G we're
going to start with our E minor chord so if you remember its first finger on the
fifth string and then we're gonna put our second finger right below it on the
fourth string of the second fret now to get to G all we're gonna do is we're
gonna lift up our second finger here and we're gonna move it up and over so it's
up and over to the third fret on the top string and you can strum all six strings
for this if you want so to get it back we're gonna lift up that second finger
scooch back the first and put that second finger right underneath to get
back to G we're gonna lift up that second finger bring it up scoot you
everything over and up a fret so we're gonna end up on that third fret of the
top string and strum so back to E minor
and back to G just lifting move that second finger
a minor
and gee one more time second finger under for a minor second finger up and
over for G so the next set that we're going to learn we're gonna move from E
minor to a C chord now the great thing about this is you also only have to move
one finger so if we go back to our E minor chord so first finger second fret
fifth string and then second finger second fret fourth string we have our E
minor chord what we're gonna do is for the C chord we're gonna move our first
finger so the second finger is gonna stay right where it is and we're gonna
move the first finger down to the second string first fret and we're only gonna
play five star sorry the bottom four strings so if you can only hit the
bottom four that would be awesome so to get back to E minor we're gonna lift up
the first finger and move it back to the second fret fifth string
and to get back to see we're gonna take the first finger lift it up and move it
down to the first fret of the second string and only strum the bottom four
strings of your guitar one more time we're going to go back to E minor so
lift up that first finger put it on the second fret of the fifth string
and to get back to see we're gonna lift up that first finger put it down on the
first fret of the second string and strum and that is your E minor to C
chord switch I'm gonna go in for a close-up so that you can see exactly
what I'm doing with my fingers we're gonna take the first finger we're gonna
go for the top string to the fifth string on the second fret and then we're
gonna put my second finger right underneath it so if you see I've got
both fingers in this second fret and we strum all six strings to that C chord
we're gonna lift up the first finger and we're gonna bring it from the fifth
string to the second string so the first strings here second string first fret so
that's your C chord so to go back to E minor we're gonna
lift up the first finger put it right above the second finger to get back to C
we're gonna lift up the first finger move it down to the first string second
fret so it's right here and then to get back to E minor we lift up that first
finger and we put it back on that fifth string one more time so we have D minor
lift up the first finger move it down to the first second string first fret
you're Secord last chord we're gonna go over is a D chord the D chord is going
to be the most difficult chord for you in this set because it uses all three
fingers unfortunately there's no way around it you got to use the three
fingers but it's good because you can practice getting in out of those other
easier chords to get into deep so what we're gonna do is we're gonna start with
our first finger and we're gonna put that on the second fret of the third
string and then what we're gonna do is we're gonna put our second finger on the
bottom string second fret so we've got the third string second fret first
string second fret and then we're gonna form it like a little triangle here
we're gonna take the third finger and we're gonna put it on the third fret of
the second string and for this chord we get to strum the bottom four strings so
let's do that again so we're gonna take our first finger we're gonna put it on
the third string second fret we're gonna take our second finger and put it on
that bottom string second fret and the third finger is gonna go on the second
string third fret so it's sandwiched in between now for practicing we're
gonna go back to that Imai Newark Ord because what do you know the first
finger and the second finger are used in the E minor chord and the first finger
is on top of the second finger so this is great because when we move to a D
chord what I want you to do is I want you to move these two fingers down and
just spread them out so that there's a string in between them so let's go back
to E minor so we're gonna move the fingers down first fingers gonna go
third string second fret second fingers are gonna go bottom string second fret
and then we're just gonna add that third finger to the second string third fret
so when you're first practicing just practice moving those two fingers just
getting those two fingers to move between a minor and D E minor D and then
you can add the third finger so what I'm gonna do is I'm going to go in for a
close-up so that I can show you guys this transition so that you can practice
going between the different chords all right so I'm going to show you the
close-up of the D chord before we go to the chord switches so here we're gonna
start with our first finger we're going to count up one two three strings second
fret and our second finger is gonna go on that bottom string second fret so you
see they're both in that second fret and then this third finger is gonna come up
and it's going to end up on the second string in between on the third fret and
you can play the bottom four strings for this core now when you first play
you might get some you might get some muting it probably means that your
fingers are laying flat you really want to play on your fingertips and that
takes a little bit of time and practice to get that so if you're hearing that
muting don't worry about it too much for now worry about getting the chord shape
correctly and then straightening out those fingers so that you play with the
fingertip you can probably see where the string is digging into my fingers you'll
get play on the fingertip as opposed to the pads of the fingers so here's our D
chord again we got the first finger on the second third fret
sorry second fret third string second finger on the first string second fret
and then third finger on the third fret of the second string
so now if we're gonna go from E minor let's go back to our E minor chord so we
have our first finger and second finger we're gonna move these two fingers down
first fingers gonna go to the third string second finger is gonna go to the
first the first string let's put that back so back to E minor first finger
down to the third string first finger down our second finger down to the first
string once again II minor first finger down to the third string second finger
down to the first string and third finger is gonna come right in the middle
on the third fret of the second string so we're gonna go a minor
to D E minor to D
d minor 2d
one more time a minor first finger to the third string second
finger to the first string third finger to the second string third fret
and that's how you transition between a minor and deep so there you have it
those are my four basic guitar chords for success usually what I do for my
students is I have them practice switching between all the chords so e
minor to C e minor to G E minor to D and then I'll have you switch between C and
G and C and D and then the last one would be going between a G chord and a D
chord if you can learn these four basic chords you have access to thousands upon
thousands of songs that you can play just as a beginner guitar player even if
you didn't learn any other chords on the guitar if you just learnt these four
then you would be able to play thousands upon thousands of songs so that's why I
teach these four chords to my students first I would recommend just sitting and
practicing these chord changes until you get them down pat because then you'll
have access to start playing songs strumming more and having a lot more fun
with your guitar so take your time learn these chords go back and forth and then
you can visit my website which is Lauren Bateman calm I have lots of little chord
charts on there that actually use some of these chords so you can go ahead and
figure that out now some of you have probably said hey Lauren I looked up a C
chord before and it's actually three fingers and I looked up a G chord and
that's also three fingers you're absolutely right these are not full
chords I like teaching students to get control of two fingers at a time I've
worked with a lot of students who learnt those three finger chords and weren't
even able to play simple songs or do simple strumming or chord changes with
this two finger method you're able to get into playing the guitar much quicker
than you would if you learned all those other chords with the full chords
it's easier to move two fingers than three fingers and it's once you get
those down pat it's going to be easy to add those third fingers at the end so
start with these simple two fingered chords and once you have them down pat
then you can move on to the bigger three fingered chords so have fun and I'll see
you in the next video