Your Next 3 Guitar Chords: E minor, A minor and B7

In today’s tutorial, we will look at how to play E minor, A minor and B7 chords.

First, let’s look at the chord fingerings…

Remember that your fret-hand fingers are numbered as follows:

The “X” symbol means that you don’t play the indicated string. The “O” represents an open string. This is a string that is played

with no fingers on it.

Now let’s apply these chords to a strumming pattern.

You should find the E min and A min chords fairly easy. The fingering for B7 can be a bit tricky, so be sure to spend some time just

placing your fingers on the appropriate notes for the chord. The strumming pattern for this chord progression involves a combination

of up-strokes and down-strokes and uses quarter and eighth notes. Listen to the audio track to hear how the rhythm is to be

performed.

This lesson is excerpted from The EDGE: CORE Beginner Guitar Lessons Volume 1.