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    Guitar Chords for Beginners: A Beginners Guitar Chord Book with Open Chords and More
    Guitar Chords for Beginners: A Beginners Guitar Chord Book with Open Chords and More
    Guitar Chords for Beginners: A Beginners Guitar Chord Book with Open Chords and More
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    Guitar Chords for Beginners: A Beginners Guitar Chord Book with Open Chords and More

    By Gareth Evans

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    “It's a very comprehensive book containing chords from the beginning stages and beyond. Everything is very well explained with no stone left unturned. I'd highly recommend it to anyone who's starting out with the guitar.” Nigel Elliott, Guitarist & Tutor (N.Ireland)

    Guitar Chords for Beginners contains 65 different chords arranged in easy fingerings.

    - Technique

    Fretting hand technique for playing guitar chords is looked at in detail with diagrams. Where necessary, some chords are taught incrementally because taking on only the harder aspects of a chord’s fingering first means our hand is freer to adjust. Other chords are shown with different fingerings for you to choose which you prefer. Playing guitar chords may seem like a contortion for the hands of the beginner so there is some basic guidance on stretching to keep the hands flexible.

    - Audio and More

    Each guitar chord has a downloadable audio example enabling you to hear if you have played it right, or to hear what you need to work towards. There is an introduction to moveable power chords and barre chords, in which barre chords are shown as easier cut-down versions of full barre chord shapes. At the back of Guitar Chords for Beginners there is a list of suggested songs that contain chords from within the book.

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    "Looks fab. I particularly like the different ways of playing the A chord. The physical warm-up exercises for flexibility are also good. It is good that movable major and minor barre chords are shown as partial versions to make them initially easier, and beginners might find extra interest where near the back of the book easy open versions of other more exotic chords are shown, such as Dm(maj7), the "James Bond" chord." Campbell Murray, RGT & MU Registered Tutor (Scotland)
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherIntuition Publications
    Release dateJan 2, 2014
    ISBN9780957650688
    Guitar Chords for Beginners: A Beginners Guitar Chord Book with Open Chords and More

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      Guitar Chords for Beginners - Gareth Evans

      Table of Contents

      How to use Fret-board Diagrams

      Technical Issues for Beginners

      Flexibility

      Techniques

      Chords

      Major Chords

      C major

      A major

      G major

      E major

      D major

      Minor Chords

      E minor

      A minor

      D minor

      Dominant 7th Chords

      A7

      G7

      E7

      D7

      Minor 7th Chords

      Em7

      Am7

      Dm7

      Major 7th Chords

      Emaj7

      Amaj7

      Dmaj7

      Cmaj7

      Fmaj7

      Suspended 2nd Chords

      Asus2

      Dsus2

      Fsus2

      Gsus2

      Suspended 4th Chords

      Asus4

      Csus4

      Dsus4

      Esus4

      Fsus4

      Add 9 Chords

      Cadd9

      Eadd9

      Fadd9

      Power Chords

      Fret-board Note Diagram

      Beginner Barre Chords

      Other Chords

      G 6th

      A Dominant 13th suspended 4th

      D minor 7th flat 5

      D augmented

      A diminished

      E diminished

      A minor 7th flat 5

      E minor 7th flat 5

      A Dominant 11th

      A minor 11th

      C major 13th

      E minor 13th

      G minor 13th

      C major 7th sharp 5

      E Dominant 7th flat 5

      E Dominant 7th suspended 4th

      D diminished 7th

      D minor / major 7th

      D 6th

      E minor added 9th

      C Dominant 9th suspended 4th

      Song Suggestions with Easy Chords

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      Written by Gareth Evans

      Photography, Diagrams and Cover design by Gareth Evans

      Copyright © 2014 by Intuition Publications

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      Welcome to Guitar Chords for Beginners. This book will take you through all of the chords you will need to know as a beginner and more. Some chords are approached as a gradual process making them easier to learn, while others are given with more than one way of fingering. Getting techniques correct from the start is

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