Is there any point in learning the entire chord chart in guitar?
I dont get how chords work and have an entire 10 page chord chart thing. Should I learn it?
there is a point to it, and here’s what it is:
you know the saying, "it’s all been done before"?
that saying is largely true. now look at all of the biggest bands in the world… they took what had been done before, and made something entirely new out of it. not all of them did it through extensive chord knowledge, but many of the most important ones did — the Beatles are a prime example.
the more paints you have in your tray, the more beautiful a painting you can create.
10 Responses to “Is there any point in learning the entire chord chart in guitar?”
Man In the Box on July 27, 2009
Yes, you should learn it.
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One girl revolution on July 27, 2009
You should first learn how the finger positions work, because if you don’t understand the chord charts, memorizing is fairly pointless. Now after you learn how to understand the finger positions, then you should start to learn them. The point to learning the chord chart is to know how to play the chords.
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sofia b on July 27, 2009
10 pages is a lot to lean, so first learn the majors and minors cuz those you will really need, then do the rest.
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my guitar teacher
HeyitzNikkeh. on July 27, 2009
yep. learning would help lol.you’ll be greatful when you do
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Disintegrator Leech on July 27, 2009
actually, you should just start with barre (power) chords, of which you can make major or minor
those can be positioned all along the fretboard
after you develop a basic understanding, then you should learn all the TYPES of chords…major, minor, diminished, etc…
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bluekid on July 27, 2009
Yeah, I would recommend learning the chords. Maybe not all of them immediately, but the more chords you know, the better, whether you’re playing cover songs or writing your own. The most important to learn first would be major, minor, 7th, and minor 7th; that will give you a good start. But I am confused about what you mean when you say "I don’t get how chords work" do you mean you don’t know how they work together in keys and stuff? If so, it is very easy to learn; Google music theory. For a book, I would recommend Music Theory, A Practical Guide for All Musicians by Barrett Tagliarino. Learning theory is not fun, but it’s definitely worth it.
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Andrew on July 27, 2009
there is a point to it, and here’s what it is:
you know the saying, "it’s all been done before"?
that saying is largely true. now look at all of the biggest bands in the world… they took what had been done before, and made something entirely new out of it. not all of them did it through extensive chord knowledge, but many of the most important ones did — the Beatles are a prime example.
the more paints you have in your tray, the more beautiful a painting you can create.
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Michael N(gh2) on July 27, 2009
To be really good, you should
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Joe N on July 27, 2009
yes so you can rock
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Wynne on August 6, 2009
First, to give you a little bit of background about me, I have played for 22 years. Played in lots of bands, played until my fingers had blood under them, and calouses that were so thick I had no feeling left in my fingertips. I learnt everything I could, but most of it was trash!
OK here is my advice to you in terms of learning chords. Learn them in groups; take the key of C Major for example. There are 7 notes in the C Major scale, and you can build a chord based on each note in that scale: C Major, D minor, E minor, F Major, G Major, A minor, and a weird B minor chord.
The point is that it is pointless learning abstract chords and saying \"hey I know 261 chords\". Big deal. That wont help your playing.
What will help your playing is knowing the chords to play in a particular key. That is the basis for starting to play songs by ear the instant you hear them.
Next, start learning some variations on the chord shapes that you have learnt for that key center. So now you would learn all the 7th chords that could be built in C Major: so that would be C Major7, Dm7, Em7, F Major7, G dominant7, Am7, B crazy chord that sounds whacked. Then next you would learn the 9th variations, and the 11th variations etc.
This approach is a millions times more useful to you. I suggest starting with just one key center, and the simplist is C Major.
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