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Top 3 Essential Guitar Chords for Absolute Beginners (With Finger Numbers)

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Top 3 Guitar Chords for Absolute Beginners, With Fingers
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This guitar chord chart is designed for those who have never picked up a guitar but want to play something straight away. I've mindfully removed all distractions to let you focus on just placing your fingers and actually playing the chords. There are hundreds of chord variations on a guitar but these are the top 3 essential chords that every beginner player should learn. They are also not random chords but the ones which work and sound good together.

Features and focus of this compilation

  • For beginners with no experience
  • Easiest chords spanning max 2 frets
  • No confusing theory and symbols
  • All chords sound good together
  • All chords have 1 or more open strings
  • All chords are major (i.e. sound "happy")
  • Only one basic type of chords—triads
  • No hard-to-play barre chords
  • Shows which fingers to use
  • Chords that are used by popular songs

Once you get past this stage of familiarizing yourself with these 3 easy chords I recommend you move on to the top 5 guitar open chords for beginners which introduce you to a couple of new but still very easy chords.

Chords in this collection

A, D, E

Work together

These 3 chords belong to one "family" (A-Major) which means you can play them basically in any order, and they will all sound good together. Try it. Here are some options:
  • A → D → E → A (repeat)
  • E → D → A → A (repeat)
  • D → A → E → E (repeat)

Easily playable

Chords themselves and notes that make them up have been carefully chosen so that if you've never picked up a guitar before you could play them all and make music from day one. They are also special in that they span no more than 2 frets which is particularly important for beginners—they give your fingers the least possible stretch thanks to close finger positions.

Used by famous popular songs

Every song uses a specific collection (or "family") of chords which gives that song its concrete sounding (happy, sad, chill-out, etc.). The interesting fact about this compilation of chords is that they form the basis of hundreds of insanely successful pop songs. Great music should not be complicated just like these chords.

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Date added May 20, 2022
Date last updated June 3, 2024
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