Power Chords

Power Chords are played like this: The photo shows F5 (the F power chord) but moving this shape up two frets would give G5. They can also be played with the root on the A string, when you do this, make sure you block the E string as you're playing by touching it lightly with …

Barre Chords

Barre chords are notoriously difficult when learning the guitar, so don't be discouraged if you can't play them perfectly right away. They are however extremely useful as once you can play the G / Sol (shown in the photo below), you can play all the other major chords too, by simply sliding up and down …

Intermediate C, F, and G

Once you can play the C / Do, F / Fa, and G / Sol from the previous post, you'll want to try and learn these versions, which are much more widely used, albeit a little more tricky: C / Do F / Fa G / Sol