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Learn to play your first guitar chords and your first two songs on guitar. Beginner Guitar Chords you will learn are A minor Chord and C Chord. Songs are really easy and fun for beginners to play on guitar.
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00:00 Intro
00:32 What are Guitar Chords?
01:08 Proper Way To Hold chords
01:57 A minor Chord
02:42 How To Get a Clean Sound
03:05 Thumb Position For Playing Chords
04:28 A minor Chord
05:05 Down stroke and up stroke
05:31 A minor Chord Exercise 1
06:16 Exercise 1
06:59 Exercise 2
08:58 C Major Chord
11:50 C Major Exercise
12:20 Exercise 3
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hello and welcome to yet another lesson and in this lesson you're going to learn how to play
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your first guitar chords and you will be also learning your first two songs. So let's get started
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Okay so before we get started let's learn what are chords actually. When I group one or more
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notes together it's called a chord. So for example if I play my second fret on my third string
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and I also play with it my first fret on my second string. Right? If I play these two
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note together it's called a chord all right so chord is basically two or more notes grouped
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together and played together so let's learn our first chord the first chord that you're going to
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learn to play is a minor chord before you learn the chord i just want to let you know that the
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proper way to use your fingers is not like this not do not put it on the guitar like this as a
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flat use your tip of your fingers put put your fingers down like this not like this but like
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this so even your second finger goes not like this but like this if this is the fret surface
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put it flat flat put it use your tips on the guitar all right so do not go like this
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but rather use your tips. So use your tips to fret your guitar
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So keep in mind it's not like this. You fret it like this. So any finger you're using, use your tips
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So the first guitar chord that you're learning is A minor. To play an A minor chord on your guitar
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we need to fret your first finger on the first fret of your second string
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Your second finger on the second fret of your fourth string. Again your third finger
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On the second fret of your third string Alright Now the E string
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That is the first string It is open It is not fritted And your fifth string is also open Alright
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We do not play the sixth string Generally in A minor chord So it's gonna go
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So this is A minor chord Alright What you want to achieve here is a clean sound
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from all the five strings. So first ring should be open. What will probably happen
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your first finger or your second finger will be touching the first ring
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So it might be coming out like this on the first ring
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So if this is happening, all you need to do is you need to bring your thumb a little bit more down
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and your hand will come a bit forward. All right. Now, another important aspect
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is your thumb position. Do not put your thumb like this in the front all right when you are when you're fingering your guitar for the chord shape do not
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have your thumb like this this will make it very difficult for you do not have your uh this what
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you call it elbow up up above your fret all right do not go like this now if you have a thumb all
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the way up what will happen is you will have very less movement space with your hand and you will
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not be able to switch between chords easily all right so make sure your thumb is back here like
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this if i show you uh just like this uh here on the back if i i can show you my thumb is like this
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try and tilt it towards the left if you can see here try and tilt it towards the left all right
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keep your thumb back on the back of your fretboard all right not here keep it back here tilt your
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thumb a little bit towards the left a little bit out do not keep it damn straight all right
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so your thumb goes back you have five four all right all the strings are hanging out in my case
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it will take time it will take a lot of effort be patient keep on trying it will come all right
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so your a minor chord is first finger on your first fret of the second string
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alright second finger on the second fret of your fourth string and your third finger on the second
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fret of your third string and fifth and first string are open so this is the A minor chord
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if it is not playing in this manner be patient keep on trying it will come make the adjustments
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that you need try not to touch any other string with your fingers try to apply the adequate
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it pressure and use your thumb properly keep it back up here okay I hope you're getting a decent
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sound out of your A minor card now the next thing we need to learn is about the right hand when we
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pick a right hand in a downward motion it is called a downstroke when we move it in an upward
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motion it is called an upstroke all right we're not going to use upstroke in this lesson we are
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just gonna use downstroke as of now and we will gradually use to upstroke in future lessons. So
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let's try a very easy exercise and get acquainted with the A minor chord. All right the exercise
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goes like this. So I'm gonna count to four beats that is one two three four. On every first beat
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I'm gonna hit a downstroke. So the exercise goes like one two three four one two three four one two
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three four one two three four i hope you get the idea try not to hit the sixth string in your down
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stroke the chord starts from the fifth string and it goes with a down stroke picking out all the
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strings ringing out loud try to do that with me all right let's try and do this exercise together
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so let's start i'm gonna count a bar and then on the second bar i'm gonna start so one two
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3 4 and down so 1 2 3 4 down 2 3 4 down 2 3 4 down two three four down two three four and down
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All right, very nice. If you got it, very nice. If you are not able to get that clear ringing sound, keep on trying, it will come
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Keep on trying, keep on repeating this exercise. So if you got the one, two, three, four exercise, a hold of the one, two, three, four exercise
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let's try one and three at the downbeat so what we are gonna do is on the every
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first beat and the third beat now we are gonna hit the downstroke exercise goes like one two three four one two three four one two three four and one
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all right okay let's try this exercise with me are you ready so let's get started
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1 2 3 4 and 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 and 1
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all right if you are able to do this great if you are not getting a hold of 1 2 3 4
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on the a minor as of now keep on trying it will take time it might take days all right stick with
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it keep on trying keep on going with that keep in mind your thumb position is right you're not
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your other strings are not buzzing because some other part of your finger or your right hand may
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be touching other strings try try to figure out what is causing that buzz on the other strings
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it may be on the first or it may be on the fifth or it may be on the third you need to figure out
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it is generally because your hand your fingers are touching one and other strings than what they're
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supposed to be touching all right try to figure it out keep a good thumb position keep it keep it
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aligned a little bit outside and behind your neck all right be confident with your strokes
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all right once you get a hold of the a minor chord you're ready to learn the c chord so the
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next chord that we are going to learn after the a minor chord is the c major chord so the c major
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chord goes like first finger on your first fret of the second string just like the a minor all right
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your second finger on your second fret of the fourth string just like a minor but now your
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third finger rather than being on the second fret of your third string it's going to move
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from your here to fifth string so with the third finger you're going to fret
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third fret on your fifth string here is your C major chord
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you can pick all rest all of the strings open you can also start the C major chord from your
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fifth string if you like but sixth also sixth string open also sounds good
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so this is your C major chord so once again your C major is first finger
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on your first fret of your second string second finger on your second fret of your
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fourth string and third finger on the third fret of your fifth string all right rest all strings are open
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so this is a little bit more tricky chord than the A minor because you will need to stretch your
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fingers out all right all right you will need to stretch your fingers out for this chord you can
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bring your thumb a little bit up you can move it a little bit up because you will need to stretch
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and need support for certain chords you can move your thumb a little bit up for other chords you
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move it a little bit down and towards the lift. So try and pick every string individually and try
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to make them ring. Alright, try to get a clean ring out of every string. If any buzz is there
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let's say sixth string is buzzing, it is probably because your third finger here is also touching
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the sixth string so try and pick it up and put it back again on the fifth until you get a clean sound
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look out for what whatever string is buzzing and try to locate why it is buzzing
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probably because your finger is touching that particular open string as well or if any freck
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string is buzzing if your fifth string is buzzing let's say it is because you're not applying adequate
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pressure on the fifth it's relatively easy if you keep on trying all you need to do is give it some
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time give it some some flow and keep on going have the patience it will come it will come
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all right so now let's practice c major in the one two three four beat and let's do down strokes
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on the very first beat so the exercise goes like you fret your c major and we're gonna do one two
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two three four one two three four down two three four down two three four and
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all right so that is the exercise so let's do it together once so i'm gonna count the first
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baron and we're gonna start from the second bar so let's do it together all right so let's get
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started one two three four and down two three four and down two three four and down two three four
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and down two three four and down all right so if you got the whole of the very first beat downstroke
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let's try a downstroke on the first beat and the third beat with your c major chord so let's start
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with the exercises. I will count you in down strokes on the first and your third
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strokes. So I'm gonna count you in with the four bars and then on the second we
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are gonna start. One two three four and down two down four and down two down four
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and down two down four and down two down four and down two down four and down very nice all right if you got the hold of one
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downbeat and downbeat on the first and third great you can also try downbeat all all the four
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strokes now so it goes like downbeat on one two three and four. So it goes like down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down
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down, down, down, down, down and down. All right, you can try doing that as well. So if you got the
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hold of playing A minor and C with all the strings ringing out completely clean
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now you can try switching between A minor and C it's going to be challenging it will take you time
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it might take you hours or it might take you days all you need to do is stick with it keep on trying
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it will come you will need to stay patient and you will need to put in the effort to start learning
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how to switch between A minor and C we are going to do a very simple exercise first we are going to
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pick A minor chord on the with a downstroke on the very first beat for four bars then we are going
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switch to C and hit the downstroke on the very first beat again for four bars. So the exercise
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goes like 1 2 3 4 2 2 3 4 3 2 3 4 4 2 3 4 and C 1 2 3 4 2 2 3 4 3 2
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three four four two three four and a minute is coming a minor again back all right all right
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this is how the exercise goes so a downstroke on the first beat of every bar do it for four bars
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then switch to c then do the downstroke on the first beat for four bars and then switch back to
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a minor and if you are able to do that that is a big achievement let's try and do this exercise
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with me. Are you ready? I'm gonna count you in and then we're gonna get started. 1 2 3 4 A minor
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1 2 3 4 2 2 3 4 3 2 3 4 4 2 C is coming. Alright C. 1 2 3 4 2 2 3 4
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3 2 3 4 4 2 Prepare for A minor. Alright. 1 2 3 4
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2 2 3 4 3 2 3 4 4 2 3
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Now to the C. 1 2 3 4 2 2 3 4
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3 2 3 4 and A minor and we are done for the exercise so if you got the hold of
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hitting a downstroke on the first of every beat and switching between a minor
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and C try doing downstrokes on the first and the third beat all right once you
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get that try doing downstroke on the first second third and fourth beat so
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what I mean here is try doing one two three four and to see two three four all right this is what
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I mean here so do the a minor for four bars then do the C for four bars and hit a downstroke on the
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first beat and the third beat if you get that easily as well try doing downstrokes on every
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one two three four every four beats now once you get all of the these exercise down your like down
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your fingers down your memory and it becomes easy to you it will take some time it will take you
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maybe a day maybe two days maybe four days maybe five days learn at your own pace keep coming back
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to this lesson whenever you start to whenever you sit to practice come back to this lesson if you
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need a revision keep on trying keep on going it will come to you definitely come to you
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just try to keep every note clean and every note ringing All right. Try to try to achieve that. Now once you are comfortable switching between A minor and C
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Bravo Now what you can do is shorten your bars earlier we were doing
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Every chord for four bars now what you can do is switch to doing every chord for two bars
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So let's try that exercise So what I mean here is I will do a minor for two bars and then I will switch to C for two bars
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so I will count you in and let's get started with that one two three four a
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minor one two three four again a minor one two three four now to the C one two
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three four C two three now coming a minor one two three four two three four
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Now to the C. 1, 2, 3, 4, 2, 2, 3, 4
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Back to A minor. All right? So what we did here, rather than doing four bars
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we cut it down to two. Once you get hold of two, try doing switch at every bar
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So that what I mean here is, try switching at every bar like this
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1, 2, 3, 4, 2, 2, 3, 4, 3. 4, 3, A minor, 2, 3, 4. I'm back to C, 2, 3, 4 and A minor. Alright. So what I'm doing here is I'm
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switching at every bar. Once you achieve switching, once you are able to switch at every bar
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congratulations. You can play two songs now. Now those two songs are, the very first song is
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Let It Be by Beatles. I understand there are more chords than just C and A minor but this is a more
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easy version of let it be by the beatles due to youtube copyright policies i cannot play it along
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with you but what you can do is you can open the lyrics try play let it be and the other song that
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you can also play is with or without you by youtube so how the song goes i will just give
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you a hint here so the let it be song it starts at c okay there are other chords but we are going skip those chords and we are just gonna do the easy version with C and A minor so the song was like
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all right now I'm switching quite fast quite fast what you can do is
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Alright, here I'm switching after every one bar
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You can just open the lyrics, listen to the song and try and play it with the C and M and R
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Come up with any version of yours. We are learning, we are growing. We can make our own version of every song at present
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We need not be perfect with songs. all we need to do is just enjoy that so try doing this
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now i'm strumming a lot more all you need to do is downstroke as of now
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all right and you will be able to enjoy let it be i would love to do that with you but due to youtube restrictions i cannot do that
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other than that the second song that you have learned is with or without you by youtube again this is
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chord the chords in the song are a lot more there there is c there is a minor there's if there's g
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but we are going to do the easy version of this song as well all right so you're going to stick
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to the c and a minor only and you're going to switch between these two so open up the lyrics
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try and figure out the rhythm and try to play along with just c and a minor how you can do the song is
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Na na na, na na na na. Alright? So you go C for once
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then you go A minor for the second bar, then you go again A minor for the third bar
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and then you come back to the same. Alright? In the original song, it goes C, A minor, F, G
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but you need to go C. Just forget what I just said
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Alright? Just forget that. All you need to remember is C for the very first bar
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Na na na. Alright, if you are that fluent, if you get to this point then you can do
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1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
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1 2 3 4 Bravo! Bravo! You have achieved something new. You have learned two songs here in this lesson. You have done the A minor chord
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You have learned the C chord Just stick to downstroke as of now to start with the
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Downstroke on the first beat then go to downstroke on the first and third beat then go to downstroke on all four beats
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Alright start with one and then one two three four then started one two three three four then go to one two
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three four if you can do all of this then you can play these two songs let it be and with or without
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you for sure another thing to keep in mind it will take time patience and effort give it five
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minutes ten minutes every day if your finger are the hurtings give it five minutes play it for five
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minutes keep your guitar aside then come back again five minutes ten minutes whatever feel
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comfortable to your fingers all it if it hurts a lot stop if it hurt a lot and you cannot bear it
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stop give it a day's rest try on the next day if you think you can play go go back again if you
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can't play for more than 10 minutes that is amazing all right for beginning just try to do
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that five minute part just try to do this two three four two three four all i try to do this
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for five minutes and try to do the string that exercise these exercises will actually build
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strength so now you know two songs the c major chord the a minor chord and you you know how to
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shift between them and you know what the downstroke and you know the downstroke on the first and all
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the beats all right once we have achieved all of this you can move on to the next lesson if you
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haven't achieved this do not move on to the next lesson stick with this lesson keep on practicing
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it until unless you get a clean sound until unless you get a hold of it do not move over to the next
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lesson if you switch over to the next lesson you will get a lot of information but your memory and
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your fingers will not adopt and if you keep on switching between lessons you might give up so do
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not do that stick to this particular lesson try to place the play these two songs sing it out to
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your mother to your family to your friends whomsoever you want to and once you have a hold
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and once you can do the downstroke on all the four beats and switch between c and a minor then move on
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to the next lesson watch this lesson over and over again if you want tabs or if you want the
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core diagrams head over to my blog i will i have provided a pdf there you can print them out keep
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them in front of you and practice try and practice over and over you can uh come back to this lesson
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and switch to the practice session and just practice along with me as well stick with it
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keep on doing keep on trying you will definitely get it and then move on to the next lesson so if
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