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Your Very First Guitar Chords

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your very first guitar chords
Lesson ID: A0059

Brand new to guitar and wanting to learn how to play country music? You’re in the right place! In this guitar lesson, you’ll learn the four most common guitar chords used in country music. If you know these four chords, you’ll be able to play a ton of the songs you hear on the radio. We’ll also go over some good chord progressions that you can use to practice your left hand chord changes.

Chord Charts
x = Mute String
o = Let Ring Open
   

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Chord Progressions

Red = Two Down Strokes
Green = Four Down Strokes
Blue = Eight Down Strokes

   
Chord Progression 1
G – C – D – G

Chord Progression 2
G – C – Em – C

Chord Progression 3
Em – G – C – G – Em – G – D

Chord Progression 4
G – D – C – G – Em – D – C

Chord Progression 5
G – C – G – Em – G – D

Chord Progression 6
G – C – G – C – G – D

Lowering Your Guitar’s Action

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lowering your guitar's action
Lesson ID: A0058

When you’re first learning how to play guitar, it can really hurt to press down your guitar strings. The majority of guitars straight out of the box from the factory come with high action which means the strings are far away from the fretboard and tough to press down. To fix this, you can have your guitar set up by a guitar tech — they can lower your guitar strings by lowering your saddle, adjusting guitar neck relief, etc. This can make a cheap starter guitar feel like an expensive high quality guitar.