The ability to play chords is a basic technique, and probably the most popular. It requires much less effort than brute force, but it can still be difficult for beginners.
Instructions
Step 1
Write out the chord fingerings. It is not at all necessary to try to memorize them - the skill will come by itself. At first, it will be enough to be able to rearrange the chord "with a hint". Choose the type of recording to your liking: you can draw a column of six numbers, each of which indicates the fret on which the string is clamped. If this method does not seem clear to you, then draw a 6x3 field, where 3 are frets and 6 are strings, and mark the location of the fingers on the strings.
Step 2
Be consistent. Better to start with chords using two or three fingers: A, Am, E, Em, D, Dm. Learn to freely move your fingers between different combinations before moving on. When the root chords will automatically "come up", add C and G to this list. Some fingerings say that these chords have three strings, but there is also a variation with four. Keep going through different combinations, you can even search for songs.
Step 3
Barre chords and modifications are the last to master. To clamp F or H, you need to have already trained fingers, because the index finger has a very large (for the first pores) load. However, “modified” chords such as Hmadd4 or Ddim # can be even worse. Such accords are built from the original ones by changing some notes. Their distinctive feature is that they have very complex fingerings, which are very difficult to put (let alone remember).
Step 4
Change your guitar if it's too hard for you. The most correct instrument to learn how to play is a guitar with a wide neck and nylon strings. They are very soft in structure and most likely will not cause pain at all. Moreover, a wide neck will increase the distance between the strings and it will be easier for the fingers to "hit" where they need to at first. However, if you study on "acoustic" guitar - metal with a thin neck - then you will certainly overtake calluses.
Step 5
Do not hurry. The standard time for hardening of the skin on the left hand is from two weeks to a month. During this period, your fingers will probably go crazy with happiness that has fallen on your head and it is best to play 2-3 hours a day, or an hour and a half in the morning and evening. However, for especially fanatical guitarists, the "adhesive plaster method" is suitable, which simply consists in gluing fingers torn into blood and continuing to play. Despite the obvious disadvantages, this approach has an advantage: corns are formed in a week.
