7 MUST KNOW Guitar Chords for Beginners to Unlock 1000s of Songs!

[@LaurenBateman]

✅Looking for a step-by-step system designed with beginner and older learns in mind? Check our Lauren's 7 Level Guitar System: www.laurenbatemanguitar.com/courseyt

[@AlanMckenna-v7c]

Excellent. Thanks Lauren.

[@brianf3207]

I’ve been playing for just over a year, discovering your videos has 100% made me a better player. Thank you so much!!

[@LaurenBateman]

You're very welcome! I'm glad I could help :D

[@charleshense2372]

Such a good teacher. The best in fact. Watching from Melbourne Australia 🇭🇲🇭🇲🇭🇲

[@EvanCarmichael]

Super helpful, Lauren! These chords really do open up a world of songs. Thanks for sharing! - Lhiamel

[@LaurenBateman]

Aww thanks for watching and commenting. :)

[@petermartin1967]

Lauren, you are amazing! Best teacher out there 😀👍🏻

[@LaurenBateman]

Thank you! 😃

[@jonhamly8531]

I am 67 and Love your guitar teaching methods it's helped me progress. I now practice every day its totally helped my brain.

[@moisestatis5418]

Hi Lauren, thank you so much for all the content in your channel. It is great for beginners like me. You’re gifted to teaching! Thank you for making it easy and enjoyable to learn. As soon as I have spare funds, I’d like to buy your on line course.

[@LaurenBateman]

You're so welcome!

[@bobwadsworth4799]

I love your videos. I am an older beginner working with an instructor via face time but I augment my learning with many of your videos. This video is exactly the chords we are currently working on and this video helps me tremendously. Thank you!!!

[@LaurenBateman]

Rock on!

[@kenanderson8506]

Hi Lauren when you play G C D with 4 fingers, you can also move fingers 1+ 2 from C down 1 string that is an F Cord. Also if you put same fingers on the Em strings, Yes you have Em.

[@christoffeldorfling2304]

I have a guitar for some years now and never lurned to play. Now you showed me how. I have tried but couldn't find someone to teach me. You have unlocked it. Thanks a lot ❤

[@LaurenBateman]

Glad I could help!

[@kellysterrgallery]

I am new to learning guitar and you are the first person I watched and I thank you. I am glad you said it wasn’t wrong to use other fingers because I found that when I do an A chord and put my 3rd finger on 2nd string,1st finger on 3rd string and 2nd finger on 4th string and when I change to D chord I only have to lift 2nd finger and put it on 1st string and slide hand til 3rd finger is in 3rd fret . Much easier to change

[@LaurenBateman]

Fantastic!

[@deanbadbear9711]

Hi Lauren .....Do you have a video that explains how to know where to move the cords up the neck and how you figure out what notes to fret? Thank you ...... your an amazing teacher !!! Dean

[@LaurenBateman]

Unfortunately, I did not. 😔

[@kalinaivanova9110]

I just began my guitar journey (on an electric), and your video lessons, Miss Bateman, are by far the easiest to understand and follow along! Thank you for everything! You are truly the BEST ❤

[@LaurenBateman]

Great to hear that! Glad I could help :D

[@hectornieves4469]

I couldn't get the introduction for dust in the wind with others Technics since touching these classes I am improving and getting better acquiring speed and sound even in the acoustic nylon strings ....thanks

[@stevejuststuff2779]

A really nice song for beginners is " Every Rose Has It's Thorn " by Poison. Alternating between the G major and C add9. A couple other chords and Voila! Beautiful song and easy. Love your videos. Thanks

[@AshlarMusicGroup]

Thanks!

[@LaurenBateman]

Thank you too! I really appreciate the kind donation :D

[@VikramSingh-lr4us]

Best guitar teacher❤ I love the way you explain and your very skilled! Thanks for everything you do really appreciate your hard work!

[@LaurenBateman]

Wow, thanks!

[@ronaldlaframboise9734]

Your video is clean and really one of the best for beginners and even more expérience guitarist.

[@LaurenBateman]

Wow, thanks!

[@eksanatan7569]

Watched first time Very clear, easy, explain well. Tnx lot. U r indeed good teacher.

[@LaurenBateman]

Thanks for watching!

[@ryantw19]

Thanks for the Cadd9! That will help me get going while I'm doing my finger pushups to get C-G working.

[@LaurenBateman]

Thanks for watching!

[@brandonkriegerKNSS]

Great video Lauren as always. As you mentioned as a beginner I am finding it harder to properly and quickly transition from chord to chord.

[@LaurenBateman]

You can do it!

[@BrandonKrieger]

@@LaurenBatemanany recommendations on a video you have created to help with chord transitioning?

[@jamesdilts277]

You are the best teacher I have ever seen, thank you so much, you have helped me tremendously.

[@LaurenBateman]

You're welcome! Thanks for watching!

[@Timberdam]

Great lesson Lauren !!! I struggled with F chord .. Your modification was awesome..

[@LaurenBateman]

Thanks for watching!

[@hectornieves4469]

Like the way I learn from your advice 👍🏼 really effective and professional 👍🏼

[@OtodoSimonOtira]

Thanks always Teacher Lauren

[@LaurenBateman]

You're so welcome!

[@edwtorres1]

AWESOME LESSON!!!.... AWESOME LEARNINGS!!!.... AWESOME TEACHER!!!.... I FOLLOW YOU FOR MORE!!!.... KISSES FROM MENDOZA, ARGENTINA!!!

[@LaurenBateman]

Thank you for the support!

[@tomprophet7097]

I just saw this video great job Lauren you are an amazing teacher Rock on 😎🎸🎵

[@LaurenBateman]

Thank you so much!

[@Ernie-Tech]

Yes you've donnit again! Great tips, especially the F-(ing)chord shortcut to Fmaj7 is very usable, thanks! I just wondered; classic guitars seem to have a broad neck compared to modern (rounded case) guitars. Is there a similar difference with electric guitars? Do they come too in two different sizes? My wife bought a guitar especially for small hands, and it turns out to have the same small neck/fretboard as my electric guitar, which regularly gives me troubles for being too small... It's an (ordinairy) Gretsch Electromatic guitar, but now I wonder how ordinairy it is...?

[@LaurenBateman]

Thanks for watching! There are different sizes of guitar that will suit or fit the user. It can be the same fret size of an electric or bigger. It will depend on your preference.

[@Paco-w8y]

Muy buena lección Lauren muchas gracias

[@LaurenBateman]

Thank you for watching!

[@christopherbeatty7217]

LUV YOU Ms. Bateman

[@LaurenBateman]

Thank you for watching!

[@alexahoule5501]

Thank you so much!! You’re a great teacher! I’m so glad that I have found you, because I want to honor the memory of my father and learn to play guitar. ☺️❤️‍🩹

[@LaurenBateman]

You are so welcome!

[@olagokeadewusi8235]

great teacher....i like the part,never too old to learn....

[@LaurenBateman]

Thanks! 😃

[@fifil8816]

BEST TEACHER EVER THANKS😊❤

[@LaurenBateman]

Thank you very much! 😃

[@MrGmooney]

Excellent presentation Lauren, just wondering, since you mentioned Lefties .. how do you approach left-hand players as total beginner...do you recommend them to try playing right hand at the very start? Ger the guitar man in claregalway Galway Ireland.

[@LaurenBateman]

No, I always recommend that they play as lefties.

[@tevitalewetuitovo5734]

Awesome!! Watching from Fiji

[@LaurenBateman]

Thanks for watching!

[@Paco-w8y]

Gracias Laurent muy bien explicado

[@raymondhitchings8766]

You have a lovely way if explaining❤

[@LaurenBateman]

Thanks a lot 😊

[@romeok5888]

Hi, very nice guitar strap, if I may ask, where was it purchased?

[@LaurenBateman]

I bought this from Carlino guitars in Medford

[@Eddyvnhln5150]

You can play Am with fingers 2/3/4 then slide out one fret and put down first finger barred and that’s your F . I use my middle finger layed across D,g,b, and my A is perfect occasionally mutes A string I play my C just like G moving down first and ring finger to A, D

[@LaurenBateman]

Thanks for sharing!

[@WilliamSwain-y9g]

Go job 😊

[@LaurenBateman]

Thanks for watching!

[@martinharvey2390]

Ive been playing 3 and a half years and it obviously makes sense to learn open chords and sometimes easy versions of those. However barre chords are really something that are worth spending time get to grips with. If you do that you can play virtually any chord with 3 shapes, it also gets you more familiar with the fretboard. I obviously appreciate you're focusing on maybe a specific demographic but for those who want to expand, barre chords are worth exploring. Some songs can even be played by playing on shape just in different frets. Always love the videos though Lauren

[@kennyg63]

Totally agree! 😅

[@LaurenBateman]

Thanks for sharing!

[@martinharvey2390]

@@LaurenBateman no problem, I wasn't trying to rain on your parade or anything, but I just thought getting later stage beginner/ approaching intermediate players, the effort, for those interested, is well worth it, and barre chords are definitely easier further away from the nut 👍

[@esinsonat675]

, 👍👌👍 teknik anlamda çok donanımlı, öğreticilik anlamında çok çok başarılı bir öğretmensiniz, 👋🤚👋 iyiki sizi tanıdım, iyiki varsınız, iyiki sizin gibiler var, .. (kötülüklerle, kötü insanlarla dolu şu kısa ömürlü dünya'da..) 💙💛💚 Türkiye'den kucak dolusu selamlar..🙋‍♂🙋🙋‍♀ teşekkürler, teşekkürler..teşekkürler.. 🙏🙏🙏 .. .. .. you are a very technically equipped, very very successful teacher in teaching, , it's good that I got to know you, I'm glad that you exist, I'm glad that there are people like you, .. (in this short-lived world full of bad, bad people..) Many greetings from Turkiye.. thank you, thank you..thanks.. .. .

[@LaurenBateman]

Thanks for watching!

[@richardknott2021]

Great lesson..

[@LaurenBateman]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@Dust.In.The.Wind.1980]

U should do a video about the bigest and moust important part of guitar playing for beginners. A GUITAR STRING ACTION

[@LaurenBateman]

Thanks for sharing! We'll take note of that

[@ramonster1972]

Good day Lauren! A question on behalf of every English speaking person living in Russia: we're not allowed to enter your website, is there another way to buy your courses? Warm greetings from Moscow from a Dutchman.

[@LaurenBateman]

Thanks for watching! We'll take note of this.

[@kenanderson8506]

Great video

[@LaurenBateman]

Glad you enjoyed it :D

[@bretzel30000]

what does the add mean in Cadd cchord? i know diminished and suspendet, but what does the "add" stand for?

[@RNAMusic]

A C major chord only has 3 notes. C, E and G. or Root 3rd and 5th as intervals. A Cadd or Cadd9 is a C major chord CEG that you add another note to it. In this case a D note. so a Cadd 9 is made up of CEGD. you're adding a D to the nores of a C major chord. It functions the same or serves the same purpose as a C major chord. Just a little more color too it.

[@stevesixty8]

I'll add to RNAMusic's reply. The Cadd9 can also be played with only 3 fingers if it fits the song better. Since the "regular" C Major includes the open high E string already, you can keep it open and just add the D note. This makes for a simpler transition from a regular D chord to a C, such as you might find in the Eagles song "Take It Easy" or in Simon and Garfunkel's "Sound of Silence." The open E gives it a different sound from the 4-finger Cadd9. Experiment with the song and play which sounds better. I play "Let It Be" in the key of G and will use both regular C major and the 3-finger Cadd9 in it.

[@LaurenBateman]

In music notation, particularly in guitar chord notation, the term "add" indicates the addition of a specific note to a chord. For example, in the Cadd chord, the "add" typically means that an additional note is added to the basic C major chord. In the case of a Cadd chord, the added note is usually a major 7th (B note). So, instead of just playing the basic C major chord (C-E-G), you would add the B note to create a Cadd chord (C-E-G-B).

[@ahuvanisan]

you are wonderfull!

[@LaurenBateman]

Thank you very much :D You too!!

[@dianasantiago4101]

7most now cord Nice,like,like,...😊🎉❤

[@LaurenBateman]

Thanks for the visit

[@smartfox71]

can this be used on beginner electric guitar also

[@rondesjardins-j1l]

Yes , as a matter of fact if you are new to guitar , learning on an electric is way easier and will build your finger strength and dexterity much faster. Then later when you switch to an acoustic guitar you will find it much easier once you build up callous.

[@LaurenBateman]

Thank you for watching! Yes, can also be used

[@bobpeters61]

I've been struggling with that muting of the high E string thing. Makes me feel a little better to see my online teacher still do it occasionally.

[@LaurenBateman]

Thanks for watching! Keep on playing and do finger exercise!

[@jerrystilwell7666]

Are you a veteran? I saw a couple of your instructional videos on the CAVARTS veterans channel.

[@LaurenBateman]

Thanks for watching! nope, not a veteran.

[@jerrystilwell7666]

Thanks for donating those lessons. They are a great help to those who fought for freedom. You don't know how much you really helped each one participating in that program. Thank again and God bless.

[@GijiSeema]

How much is the cost of guitar course learning

[@LaurenBateman]

Thank you for watching! You can learn more about the courses we offer via this link: www.laurenbateman.com/courses/

[@Jmg7580]

is that a classic metal works die cast in the back ground ?

[@LaurenBateman]

Thank you for watching!

[@scottmcpherson7082]

If you could gear a set of your lessons towards a blind person, it would be a big help. There are a few out there, but they all stick to the technical side of it to where it’s not fun.

[@LaurenBateman]

Awww, I'm so sorry to hear this. 😔

[@alanwilliams1457]

I am 6o andonly learning now

[@AidanTKayTKay]

And the C Barre chord is hard aswell

[@LaurenBateman]

Thanks for watching! All barre chords might be hard for beginners but through practice there will be an improvement

[@LeonWayne-uu3uc]

I ordered one of her courses ipad died tried to sign up on phone couldn't get sent a bunch of emails never got an answer finally just gave up

[@LaurenBateman]

Please email us at [e-mail]

[@Ronaldixhristian]

❤❤😊😊

[@skn-dermeinungskanal]

The problem with the F-Chord isn’t the Chord. The real problem are the teachers who told his/her students that barre-Chords are so difficult to learn. Nearly every teacher told me this. And the result is a self fulfilling prophecy: it’s hard to learn … Cordial greetings from Schwerin, Germany Sandra

[@LaurenBateman]

Thanks for watching and for sharing!

[@diegestive4167]

A, b ,c ,d,e,f,g

[@TeShan-lf7kq]

🙏🎸☯️

[@bigchief3917]

🥰💓💕

[@gordongarrett6229]

I play A Maj with 1 finger

[@LaurenBateman]

Thanks for watching!

[@JalilQurbani]

hi if you know sing for biginer let let know thanks😇😇😇😇😇😇😇

[@LaurenBateman]

Thanks for watching! For any song request please submit it to this link: www.laurenbateman.com/faq/

[@Bixll09]

A,B,C,D,E,F and G... 1000 songs,,, I bet there are even more than a thousand. LOLOLOL

[@rondouglas5147]

Agree with one finger A, hands too big.