Category: 3 Open Chords

Here’s a good article with the standard open chords and some more advanced chords – try to get these under your fingers as you feel comfortable with the basic ones.

https://www.musicradar.com/how-to/22-guitar-chords-all-guitarists-should-know

Adding more spice to open chords and the strumming hand. Good ideas to try once you feel comfortable with the standard open chords.

Keeping it simple but with “better” songs. It’s key to find stuff to play that you want to play when learning, this can turn the work of getting your fingers into fun.

Here’s a good article on colouring tones from one of the best media outlets for things guitar: Spice Up Your Cowboy Chords

Here’s some good exercises and fun songs to get beginners started on finger picking.

I like using a pick, but it’s handy to be able to use your fingers at the same time. This is called “hybrid picking”. Here’s some good tips and exercises:

Coloring tones sound great but can be confusing when you’re starting. Memorize some favorites until you feel comfortable about digging into some theory. Here’s a good introduction with some theory and some good simplifications about Seventh Chords, which are probably the most common form of “coloring tones”.