I only need to learn 3 chords?

BandcaveMan · 01-17-2008, 11:11 PM

"Fake it 'till you make it!" -- You gotta have fun first, eventually you will realize that you want to get better (a polite way of saying you can no longer entertain yourself with your own playing, or lack thereof). This will get you motivated to start learning some theory, technique, etc... Learn some stuff then go have fun again, repeat the process, then repeat the process, etc... Everyone is at a different cycle in the learning loop. What works for you may not work for others, you gotta find what turns you on musically and what makes you want to play. For me, the payoff is playing in a full band (rather than just jamming to recorded music).

tobiran · 01-18-2008, 12:30 PM

there r some movable chords too, like A and E and the minors of those...play the bar chords up the neck and that's a lot more...it's not making sense with me typing it but you get it

austin1292 · 01-23-2008, 04:39 PM

Well first of all, there are more than 3 types of chords. Barred chords have certain finger patterns. So, barred chords can be moved up and down the fretboard. All you need to do, is find the finger patterns for those 3 types of chords and you should be set.

plothead31 · 01-24-2008, 06:34 AM

i basically started out learning the couple basic chords A, E, G, C, D. what i did was just play those chords over and over, figured out the variations myself (like how you can make a G into a G7 or a D into a Dm), played a lot of tablature (since i was and still am too lazy to read music), learned some bar chords and I was basically set to play anything I wanted. I guess what I'm saying is just play and you'll get it.

01-17-2008, 11:11 PM	#11 (permalink)
BandcaveMan Groupie Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 16	"Fake it 'till you make it!" -- You gotta have fun first, eventually you will realize that you want to get better (a polite way of saying you can no longer entertain yourself with your own playing, or lack thereof). This will get you motivated to start learning some theory, technique, etc... Learn some stuff then go have fun again, repeat the process, then repeat the process, etc... Everyone is at a different cycle in the learning loop. What works for you may not work for others, you gotta find what turns you on musically and what makes you want to play. For me, the payoff is playing in a full band (rather than just jamming to recorded music). __________________ BandcaveMan http://www.bandcave.com

01-18-2008, 12:30 PM	#12 (permalink)
tobiran Groupie Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: musicland Posts: 6	there r some movable chords too, like A and E and the minors of those...play the bar chords up the neck and that's a lot more...it's not making sense with me typing it but you get it

01-23-2008, 04:39 PM	#13 (permalink)
austin1292 Groupie Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Raleigh Posts: 8	Well first of all, there are more than 3 types of chords. Barred chords have certain finger patterns. So, barred chords can be moved up and down the fretboard. All you need to do, is find the finger patterns for those 3 types of chords and you should be set.

01-24-2008, 06:34 AM	#14 (permalink)
plothead31 Groupie Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Boston Posts: 25	i basically started out learning the couple basic chords A, E, G, C, D. what i did was just play those chords over and over, figured out the variations myself (like how you can make a G into a G7 or a D into a Dm), played a lot of tablature (since i was and still am too lazy to read music), learned some bar chords and I was basically set to play anything I wanted. I guess what I'm saying is just play and you'll get it.