How fingers are numbered
Before we go on any further, it would be a good idea to recognize the fretting hand fingers (the fingers used for pressing down chords) by the numbers that represent them.
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Primary Guitar Chords
Basically chords can be broken down into three types, and they are:
1. Major Chords
2. Minor Chords
3. Dominant7 Chords
Knowing these three types of chords will enable you to play pretty much any songs that you wish to play.
Below are the fingerings to 7 of the most commonly used chords in all three types:
* The numbers below the chord grids should tell you what finger to use.
X = Don’t play this
0 = Open string
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Before we go on any further, it would be a good idea to recognize the fretting hand fingers (the fingers used for pressing down chords) by the numbers that represent them.
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Primary Guitar Chords
Basically chords can be broken down into three types, and they are:
1. Major Chords
2. Minor Chords
3. Dominant7 Chords
Knowing these three types of chords will enable you to play pretty much any songs that you wish to play.
Below are the fingerings to 7 of the most commonly used chords in all three types:
* The numbers below the chord grids should tell you what finger to use.
X = Don’t play this
0 = Open string
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Back to Beginners Lessons
