Let's start with the G Major chord as it's a little tougher to play.

The first chord we will learn is the G major chord – this chord has the following notes in the chord: G (root note) – B (3rd) and the D (5th) looks like the following below:

Fingering for the G chord is as follows:

Place your index finger on the 2nd fret of the A string (5th string). This is the string that is closest to the low E string and is typically played with your index finger.

Place your middle finger on the 3rd fret of the E string (6th string). This string is the lowest-pitched string on the guitar and is typically played with your middle finger.

Place your ring finger on the 3rd fret of the E string (1st string). This string is the highest-pitched string and is typically played with your ring finger.

Try to place your thumb in the middle of the neck when playing this chord so you get wrist to push out towards the front of the guitar. This way your fingers will put the tips on the strings and get your finger tips close up to the frets.

Strum the chord (remember not to strum start on the E string and pick each string individual so to make sure your notes are clear and ringing out nice and clean.

Great if the notes sound clear and you can hear each note - now strum the chord all together. Congratulations that is the G Major Chord. Take your fingers off the fretboard and try again.

Next we will try the A minor chord. The A minor chord consists of the following notes. The Root note A, the third note C# and the 5 note E.

The chord looks like the following:

The A minor chord is played with the following fingering:

Place your index finger on the 2nd fret of the B string (2nd string). This string is the second highest-pitched string on the guitar and is typically played with your index finger.

Place your middle finger on the 3rd fret of the D string (4th string). This string is the fourth-lowest-pitched string and is typically played with your middle finger.

Place your ring finger on the 3rd fret of the G string (3rd string).

Again thumb position would be in the middle of the guitar neck.

Pick each string starting from the lowest A string (5th string) and make sure each note is played clean (get your finger tips on the strings closest to the fret as possible). Picking each string down to the 1st string.

If all the notes are clean then you can strum the chord.

Now take all your fingers off the fretboard and try the A minor chord again.

Once you have the G and the A minor chords sounding clean and you can take your fingers off the fretboard and do the same chords over again. It's time to do an A minor chord to a G chord change.

Start slowly at first and make sure your chords sound clean there are no muted notes and go between the A minor and the G chords and just do one strum to start with and slowly very slowly build up your speed between the 2 chords.

Once you can do a clean change between the 2 chords you could do some different strumming on each chord to make up your own song.

Now if you have the G and A minor chords sounding good you could combine the chords we have learned from part 1 the D and E minor chords and practice switching between the 4 chords. You could do the following patterns or make up your own:

Pattern 1:

G - Em - Am - D

Pattern 2:

Am - G - Am - D

Pattern 3:

Em - D - G

Happy Playing!