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If you really pay attention to every detail you will improve your memorization of the chords. Listen carefully to each sound, feel the strings and frets under your fingers, look at the patterns your fingers make on the guitar. Instead of simply playing the chords without much thought we need to really ‘experience’ them. Again we can use this when memorizing guitar chords. Our five senses are very tightly linked to our memory – think back of the last holiday you had at the beach – can you feel the warm sunlight, smell the salty air and hear the crashing waves? You are more likely to remember in detail an experience if you use more of your senses. Key Tip #1: When practicing anything, repeat it at least 20 times before moving on On the other hand, if you repeat the exercise 20-50 times and do the same thing for a few days in a row you will clearly see improvements and increases in skill. If you practice something only once, there’s very little chance you will actually improve your skills and memory.

Knowing that it takes at least 20 repetitions to start memorizing chords will help us ensure we’re practicing effectively.

This means if you only repeat something 5-10 times it won’t be enough to improve your skills or recall the information later on. Tests have found that it takes at least 20 repetitions of any task for the brain to start the memorization process. One of the most frustrating aspects of learning guitar is memorizing chords so this method should get you off to a flying start. This method builds on other tips and lessons we have on memorizing chords and it’s worth checking them out as well. Keep in mind that everybody learns in slightly different ways so if you feel like modifying this method then do so. It’s a good thing that music gives us a starting point, and even better that so many catchy songs follow the same pattern.In this lesson we will look at a few strategies to use for the best way to memorize chords on guitar. These four will open up the most doors for you to start playing guitar. If you feel overwhelmed, start by focusing only on the C, Am, F, and G chords. If this seems overwhelming at the moment, don’t worry! It’s a lot to memorize, practice, and perfect.

Stuck in the Middle with You – Stealers Wheel (G7, A7).

Have You Ever Seen The Rain – Creedence Clearwater Revival (Am7/G).

Knocking on Heaven’s Door – Eric Clapton.

Ain’t No Sunshine – Bill Withers (Em/G).

Get all of these guitar chords down and you can play all of these songs! And if you want to challenge yourself, I’ve labeled some that include other chords/variations not covered in this article. This is super helpful for learning what notes make up a triad!

The letters at the bottom of the chart, aligned with the strings, sometimes tell you what pitch you are playing.

A circle means you play the string open (not fretting that string), and an X means you don’t play the string at all.

The circles and X’s on the top of the chart represent whether or not you play a string.

(Your fingers always go in between the fret markers, never on top of them)

The black circles represent where you place your fingers.

The thicker black block at the top of the chart represents the nut of the guitar.

The space between each horizontal line is a fret.

The horizontal lines represent the fret markers.(In between are the A, D, G, and B strings). The string on the far left is the low E and the string on the far right is the high E. The vertical lines represent the guitar strings as if you were looking at the neck upright and head-on.

All chords of guitar how to#

Before you learn any chords, you’ll need to know how to read the chart. As you can see in the image above, the way we illustrate a guitar chord is by using a chord chart.