Next, is the E major chord (Guitar playing). The E major chord is a 6th string chord. So, you are going to be using all six strings on this chord (Guitar playing). So, you do not have to worry about anything or just (Guitar playing) and I like that chord because I got a nice deep bass ringing there (Guitar playing).
Here is how you make the E major chord. You are going to begin by taking your second finger and placing it on the 5th string, second fret. Next, you are going to take your third finger and you are going to be putting it on the 4th string, second fret.
Finally, you are going to take your first finger, you are going to place it on the 3rd string, first fret. So, the shape your chord should look like this. Remember; keep that wrist bent under there, so you are not blocking any string. That is particularly important on this chord because the two bottom strings here are going to be open.
So, if you will lean it over a little (Guitar playing) when you start that (Guitar playing) it is not going to work. Keep that wrist bent up like this. Now, remember we are going to have three open strings on this. You are going to have the 6th string open. We are going to have the 2nd string open and we are going to have the 1st string opened.
So, when we play them all together with the fingers that are down here that I just showed you, we are going to have this (Guitar playing). That is what it sounds like playing the single note form and strummed, it will sound like this (Guitar playing).
Next, is the G major chord. Now, there is a couple of different ways to do this. I am going to tell you this that 90% of the world plays their G chord like this, using the first finger at the 5th string, second fret. The second finger at the 6th string, third fret and finally, the third finger at the 1st string, third fret.
Remember, stay out of the way of those strings because you got three open strings in the middle here. So, when you play your G chord, it should sound like this (Guitar playing) and that is good. Now, I want to offer you an alternative fingering to this chord. I am going to show you that first and then I am going to tell you why this is what I recommend.
Remember we used first finger, second finger and third finger to this right here (Guitar playing) which is, I guess the way 90% of the world plays the G chord. It seems easier at first because your three most coordinated fingers are going to be this guys right here. But I recommend that it is going to be a little harder than the beginning but in the end, it will be worth it. Trust me and I will tell you why in a second.
The alternative fingering is this; we are going to take the second finger here on the 5th string, second fret. The third finger on the 6th string, third fret and finally, the fourth finger or the pinkie, on the 1st string, third fret (Guitar playing) picked, (Guitar playing) play.
Let me show you why I recommend that. First of all, the chord C, which you already know already and G, go together like peanut butter and jelly. Where you see one, the other is bound to show up sooner or later, most likely sooner than later.
Now, if you use the first finger and we are using one, two, and three here (Guitar playing) look at how much work you have to do to switch from C to G or G to C as it work (Guitar playing). But if you use my fingering which as I said before is, second finger on the 5th string. Third finger here and fourth finger here (Guitar playing) watch what happens when we move from G to C. All you have to do is pick this up, move each one of this down the string and place this (Guitar playing).
Back to the G chord, you are going to say (Guitar playing). So, here is the movement from G to C with alternative fingering (Guitar playing). See how much easier that is? Remember, first way, here is G and C (Guitar playing). There way, my way (Guitar playing) and you can see that is about a 100 times easier. It may seem a little harder at first because, like you said, that little pinkie is going to take the little training to get it down there, but if you do it? Trust me and it will be worth that I have so many people coming to me and they will (Guitar playing) “Oh, you know, can I just do it this way Charles?” sure you can, you know.
And then later on when their skills develop a little, they are like “Men, I wish I would have learn you way men. It is so much easier.” So you got to go and kind of relearn the whole thing. So, if you can do it this way that is the way to make the G chord of my thing.
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