![]() ![]() What about in a couple of years time, when you get together with other players to form a group? That's maybe the time when you reflect on your decision not to play chords, and find the others looking for someone who can.? They're chords played note-by-note - sequentially - so you'll be playing chords anyway, unknowingly! And oft-times a tune will have two or three or more chord notes that will sound better when played so they blend into each other something like a real chord.ĭon't want to learn them 'cos they're hard? Maybe the guitar isn't ideal for you. In fact, as you continue with your melody playing, you'll meet chords in the form of arpeggios. It depends where you're going with it, of course, but most guitarists (practically all - even lead guitarists) will be able to play chords. Most beginners on guitar will start with single note tunes, but at some point, they will realise how much more there is to playing guitar. Most instruments play one (or two) notes maximum at a time - so they are hardly what one would use for chord playing. There's no rule saying you have to learn or play chords! It's just that you have an instrument that can! There is a paucity of instruments on which chords can be easily played - piano, organ, harp spring to mind. You will miss on all of those possibilities if you choose to ignore chords forever. That's what the classical guitarists do (but they're not alone flamenco guitar, jazz guitar and I'm sure many more styles do that). ![]() The guitar is a marvelous instrument: you can play melodies, or chords, or both at the same time. It would be also a shame if you ignored them. If you practice them regularly, I'm sure you will soon be fine with them. 30 min a day can take you very far but 4 hours each Sunday won't), you will be able to play pretty much anything. If you practice correctly, every day (that's very important, far more important than how much time you spend each day. Most of problems encountered in music will go away with enough practice. You correctly point out that beginners usually start by playing them, and many guitarists don't even play anything but chords. (I'd say this statement holds quite generally.)Ĭhords aren't really that difficult. ![]() If you give up whenever you meet a challenge, you won't ever make any progress. However if you play only single note melodies on it, you're certainly throwing away most of its potential for no reason. I would argue that almost nobody (myself included!) actually knows all the possibilities that the instrument has to offer. ![]() The guitar is an immensely versatile instrument. Actually "most" instruments cannot play chords at all (all woodwinds can play only one note at a time, bowed strings can play only two etc.) and they still make music. Proof: you already play three pieces without chords, so you certainly didn't need them to make music. You don't have to play chords to play music. However, there are some more points to consider: If you play just for your enjoyment, then you're the only one who gets to decide what you play. Obviously if you hate chords, there's no one to force you to learn them. Released Date: 17 September 2021 Chords Info.Produced by Ryan Tedder, KBeaZy, Blake Slatkin & Omer Fedi. ![]()
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