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Questions and Answers
For Beginning Guitar Players
by Dan Emery

Do I Have the Necessary Talent to Learn to Play Guitar?
What is the Fundamental Secret of Playing Guitar Successfully?
How Much do I Need to Practice?
How Many Chords do I Need to Learn?
Do I Need to Learn to Read Music?
What Type of Guitar Should I Play?

How Many Chords
do I Need to Learn?


You may know that a chord is a little arrangement of your fingers pressing down on the strings of the guitar. Further, you may have heard guitar playing friends throw around many names of chords, such as "C major, D minor, E seventh, and F suspended flat five". "How many of these things will I have to learn?" you ask yourself in dismay, for the prospect seems daunting.

Fear not! With only a baker's dozen of chords, you can play most of the songs ever turned into radio waves and sent through the skies of America! This basic guitar course at Brooklyn Guitar School will teach you those chords. If you like, you may stop after these 12 or 13 chords and get by admirably! If you do prefer to continue studying, you will find that additional chords tend to be physical and mental variations of your first chords, and thus much easier!