I noticed that a lot of beginner guitar players appreciate the easy step by step approach of learning new chords. That’s why I decided to chop things up a bit into a series of easy to follow chord posts, so you don’t get overwhelmed by the infinite amount of chords that are spread around the internet.
In one of the previous post I showed you The 8 Most Important Open Chords For Beginners. Today I show you “The Second 8 Most Important Chords For Beginners”. This way you can expand your chord vocabulary in the appropriate order that works best for learning new beginner songs and expanding your beginner path.
In Part I we learned the C, A, G, E, D, Dm, Am and Em chords. Today we learn the A7, B7, C7, D7, E7 and G7 chords. We call these dominant 7th chords (dom7). They are often used in pop music and essential chords in blues music. Also the F chord and Bm chord are a great follow up and common chords in every style of music.
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I used to be amazed by guitar players who’s fingers ran smoothly up and down across the fretboard while improvising.
Jasmin guitars are a more affordable range from the well-known Takamine brand. It’s one of the most affordable and still decent guitars you can get. The Jasmine-S35 has a dreadnought body shape with a select spruce top and nato back and sides. Nato is often referred to as “eastern mahogany” and has similar properties to mahogany. The overall guitar has a nice clear sound and great for the beginner guitar player.
Guitar playing is fun and enjoyable, but also challenging and frustrating at times. You want to get to the point of mastery and accomplishment, but in order to get there you have to overcome the necessary obstacles and challenges to reach your goals.