lesson 2

To play guitar, you will need to learn some chords. The first chord I was ever taught was Em or E minor. This is probably the easiest note there is besides D. At first, it is probably not going to come out pretty unless you press them down really hard and strum. It will hurt but then you will develop calluses which is a thickened and hardened part of the skin. You develop this from having to press down on the strings so much.

This is an Em. You only have to use two fingers for this chord.

 The two and the three are your fingers. The two being your second finger and the three being your third finger. Make sure you put your fingers in the 2nd fret. To tell that it is the 2nd fret, you go to the nut and count the first fret then then second fret. Put your fingers behind the 2nd fret and there is the Em.

To play the D chord:

You put your 1st finger on the 3rd string of the 2nd fret. Then put your second finger on the 1st string of the 2nd fret. After that, put your 3rd finger on the 2nd string of the 3rd fret. That is how you play a D chord.