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There are 12 major chords (you know, the chords named A, A#, B, C, C#, D, D#, E, F, F#, G, and G#). You could learn them using 12 different “open chord” finger positions which you have to memorize and switch among. Or using movable “barre chords”, which are hard for beginners’ hands and fingers. Both approaches are slow to learn.

At GuitarTamer.com, we start by showing you how to play all 12 major chords with a single finger. You can learn all 12 major chords in a few minutes, and get good at playing them with a few hours of practice. We sometimes call this lesson’s finger position “Shape 1”, because that’s the least work we could do to come up with a name.

The Video

Note: We’ve got a follow-on video where you can practice this with us.

Where to Put Your Finger

With this “Shape 1” single finger method, you learn to play a chord with a single finger, and then to play all the major chords by just moving your finger to the right guitar fret for that chord, as shown in this table:

Fret Chord (Note on String 3) 0 (open strings) G 1 G♯ / A♭ 2 A 3 A♯ / B♭ 4 B 5 C 6 C♯ / D♭ 7 D 8 D♯ / E♭ 9 E 10 F 11 F♯ / G♭ 12 G 13 G♯ / A♭ 14 A 15 A♯ / B♭ 16 B 17 C etc... etc...

Note: ♯ means “sharp”; ♭ means “flat”.

Practice The Chord Progression We Used in This Video

Here’s a table showing all 12 flavors of the I-IV-V chord progression we used in this lesson. By practicing each of these, you will learn all the major chord locations on the fret board using this lesson’s chord fingering “Shape 1”.

I IV V A D E A♯ / B♭ D♯ / E♭ F B E F♯ / G♭ C F G C♯ / D♭ F♯ / G♭ G♯ / A♭ D G A D♯ / E♭ G♯ / A♭ A♯ / B♭ E A B F A♯ / B♭ C F♯ / G♭ B C♯ / D♭ G C D G♯ / A♭ C♯ / D♭ D♯ / E♭

Note: ♯ means “sharp”; ♭ means “flat”.

Keeping the Beat

You should practice to a steady beat. Please see our recommended metronome and drum loop web sites and apps on our Tools page.

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