Does it hurt the first time you did it: Playing your first chord

Chords are the basic building blocks of songs. A chord in music is any harmonic set of three or more notes that is heard as if sounding simultaneously. Chords can be played in a guitar either by strumming or plucking. But you can’t just strike any group of notes; you must play a group of notes organized in some musically meaningful arrangement. For the guitarist, that means learning some left-hand chord forms.

After learning all the stuff about notations used in guitar world, which is very fundamental, you can now play your very first chord. There are a lot of easy chords to choose from but let's start with the E Major chord since it is used so frequently in guitar music. It is necessary for you to learn how to play it with ease and efficiency.

Playing the E Major Chord (E)

1. Place your first (index) finger on the first fret of the 3rd string (G# note).