Starting with two strums of an E power chord on the 7th fret, you’ll instantly feel like a rock god! That strong chord is followed by a cool little hammer-on riff in the same position and E, A, and D power chords in a steadily down-picked fashion. Raise your rock hands because “Paranoid” is perhaps one of the most legendary metal songs in existence. Want to get creative? You can move chords further up the neck with a handy capo, like the Fender Dragon, for interesting key changes! The dots on the top indicate which strings need to be played and which you should leave muted. These diagrams represent the neck of a guitar, with the dots on the grid showing you which fingers (1 is index, 2 is your middle, 3 is your ring, and 4 is your pinky) to place on which frets. Some good ones to start with are C, D, E, and G in the open position. In terms of difficulty, open chords are generally easier as you don’t have to hold down multiple strings with one finger or stretch your fingers too much.

Barre chords don’t have any open strings in them, so they can be moved around the guitar neck to change the pitch of the chord.

Open chords are played near the nut (headstock of the guitar), with some strings left to ring openly – without you pressing down any frets.

You’ll see two types of chords referred to in guitar speak: open chords and barre (pronounced ‘bar’) chords.

Put simply, a chord is a group of notes played together at the same time. What should a beginner guitarist learn?.

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