if you want to start playing chords you don't have to learn the "full" chord.
ex.
in the key of C major
you can start making songs as easy as using two chords
first chord is
0
1
0
x
x
x
second chord is
3
0
0
(0)
x
x
To understand what I just wrote just imagine the six lines of numbers as strings. The first line indicates the skinniest string, the top E string, the last line refers to the sixth string, or the low e string.
The numbers themselves indicate the frets that you have to fret. So in the first chord the 0 on the top line means you don't fret anything on the first string; you just need to pluck the string. However, the second line of the first chord means you have to fret the first fret on the second string.
The "x's" mean that you don't play those strings. So for both of these chords you don't have to play the bottom three strings ie keep the 4,5, and 6 strings completely muted. This can be achieved by two means.
1. You can just not pick them. Start your strum on the third string and head towards the first string.
2. You can palm mute the 4, 5, and 6th strings. This is harder to do so just stick with the first method for now.
SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
once you know how to play them you can make a song.
First Chord--Second Chord--first chord--second chord--and then end with the first chord in an artistic way lol..you can use your hand to give the bridge a "whammy" effect.
I hope this made sense.
my bad if I gave you a mundane lesson, but you can do this with any chord. All you need is three notes to make a regular chord. Not every string has to be sounding.
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