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Five-string A chord

Five-string A chord

From the course: Rock Guitar Lessons: Teach Yourself to Play

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Five-string A chord

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- All right, let's move onto another chord, and this is called the A chord. And again, that's short for A major. So this is an A chord, and you're gonna use three fingers, one, two and three, (guitar chord vibrates) like this. And again, don't strum the thickest string for this one. It's just these bottom five strings. (guitar chord vibrates) And you kind of have to cram your fingers together and get them on top of each other. (guitar chord vibrates) Make sure that they don't wonder off to the neighboring frets there. Keep them right on that second fret, (guitar chord vibrates) and also let that finished E string ring out. (guitar chord vibrates) And again, just practice making that chord, taking it off, making it over and over again, until it feels really comfortable and you get it fast. Okay, let's go to the next example, which utilizes that chord. Here we go. (metronome ticking) One, two, ready, go. (gentle rock music) All right, let's check out the next example, which combines the…

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