It’s a new skill to hold chords with your left hand. Holding chords with your left hands uses muscle groups that aren’t normally in use for playing guitar, so there’s a little discomfort when learning the chord shapes. It can take some time, and although it might seem like it will take a while to get there, you’ll eventually get it right.

The left-hand fingers have to be toughened up in order for you to play guitar chords with that hand; this is yet another physical adaptation that has to be made in this instance. A few weeks of playing will cause callouses to form on the tips of your fingers, but you’ll have to deal with the pain until they do.

You’ll be happy to know that actually learning guitar notes does eventually come to an end. Once you’ve learned some songs, chords, and scales, and begin to play regularly, you will notice that you are at ease with musical theory and notation; the theoretical stuff won’t even matter so much because you’ll have a feel for the music. If you’re one of those self-taught guitar players, the knowledge will get into you through constant practice and also your enjoyment of guitar playing.

Learning a basic group of chords is your first major task. This is your toolbox that will help you to begin playing the guitar.
Each chord is identified by a letter. Minor chords are letters followed by the word ‘minor’, and for major chords, the letter is just standalone.

The Root note is in the major chords, a major third above the Root plus a fifth above the Root.
Minor chords have a sadder sound, and the only difference is that they contain a minor third instead of a major third.

A basic rule of thumb for understanding major and minor chords is for a
major chord play the (1) (3) and (5) of the major scale, and for a minor chord play the (1) (3) and (5) of the minor scale.

Here’s a tip for when you start playing barre chords: If you have already learning how to play the major chord shape, it only takes you lifting one left-hand finger to play the minor chord.

The keys A, G, C, and D are the origin of the basic chords. You can play the chords at any position on the fret board, but, for beginners, they start with open chords at the first position. This means that at least one note is played on an open string.

We group the basic keys into families:
The A family contains the chords A, D and E.
The D family contains the chords D, E minor, G and A.
The G family contains the chords G, A minor, C, D and E minor.
The C family contains the chords C, D minor, E minor, F and G.

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