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Exercises 13-14 – Inside The Book: 50 Chord Exercises for Beginners

These two guitar chords exercises are featured in the book 50 Acoustic Guitar Chord Exercises

On this chords exercise sheet, we will be working with four chords: E7, Em7, G6 and Am7.

Exercise 13

E7 is used a lot in Blues music and Em7 can be used as a variation on the Em chord, but it’s not used as often.

The strumming is D 2 DUDU, D 2 DUDU.

The counting is 1 (2) 3 + 4 +, 1 (2) 3 + 4 +

Exercise 14

G6 and Am7 can be used as simplified chords of G and Am but are both individual chords in their own right.

The strumming is Down 2 3 Down, Down 2 3 Down.

The counting is 1 2 + (3) + 4, 1 2 + (3) + 4

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Exercises 11-12 – Inside The Book: 50 Chord Exercises for Beginners

These two guitar chords exercises are featured in the book 50 Acoustic Guitar Chord Exercises

On this chords exercise sheet, we will be working with four chords: Cadd9, Em7, D and Dsus2.

Exercise 11

Cadd9 and Em7 are 2 very popular open chords, and are used in particular a lot on pop covers using a capo.

The strumming is DUDUD rest, DUDUD rest.

The counting is 1+2+3+(4), 1+2+3+(4).

Exercise 12

D and Dsus 2 are also used a lot on songs using a capo but they are also very common in rock songs.

The strumming is Down 2 3 Down, Down 2 3 Down.

The counting is 1 (2 3) 4, 1 (2 3) 4.

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Exercises 9-10 – Inside The Book: 50 Ukulele Chord Exercises for Beginners

These 2 ukulele chord exercises are featured in the book 50 Ukulele Chord Exercises

On this chords exercise sheet, we will be working with four chords: Em7, Edim7, F and Fadd9.

Exercise 9

Whilst we don’t usually play diminished chords at beginners level, this one is not very difficult because it is an open chord, and all you do is move the Em7 shape down one fret, from frets 2 to frets 1 with both fingers.

Counting:
1+2+3+4

Exercise 10

moving from F to Fadd9 is an esay change on ukulele; take your 2nd finger off to move from F to Fadd9. Incase you were wondering what an add9 chord is, it’s a full major chord with an added major 2nd or major 9th note added (major 9th and major 2nd are the same notes, but major 9th is an octave higher.

Counting:
1 2 3 4

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Exercises 9-10 – Inside The Book: 50 Acoustic Guitar Chord Exercises for Beginners

These two guitar chords exercises are featured in the book 50 Acoustic Guitar Chord Exercises

On this chords exercise sheet, we will be working with four chords: Em, Edim7, Fmaj7 and Fadd9.

Exercise 9

Whilst we don’t usually play diminished chords at beginners level, this one is not very difficult because it is an open chord, similar to an A7 chord shape with an added finger.

Counting:
1+2+3+4

Exercise 10

Fadd9 is a moveable chord. We sometimes forget about these simple moveable shapes and get stuck playing only barre chords and power chords. Move it up 2 frets and you have Gadd9. Two more frets up and you have Aadd9. Incase you were wondering what an add9 chord is, it’s a full major chord with an added major 2nd or major 9th note added (major 9th and major 2nd are the same notes, but major 9th is an octave higher.

Counting:
1 2 3 4

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Exercises 7-8 – Inside The Book: 50 Ukulele Chord Exercises for Beginners

These 2 ukulele chord exercises are featured in the book 50 Ukulele Chord Exercises

On this chords exercise sheet, we will be working with three chords: A, A7 and Dsus2.

Exercise 7

The first strum is worth 2 beats. You can see that the note is not coloured in and it has a stem, so that makes it a minim, worth 2 beats (also known as a half note because it lasts for half of the bar). This is followed by two cotchets, which are 1 beat each. Here is the counting that you should use for this exercise (strumming on the parts in bold font).

1 2 3 4

Exercise 8

The rhythm for this exercise is almost the same as exercise 7. All we do is add an up strum after beat 3. Here is the counting that you can use to help:

1 2 3 + 4

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Exercises 7-8 – Inside The Book: 50 Acoustic Guitar Chord Exercises for Beginners

These two guitar chords exercises are featured in the book 50 Acoustic Guitar Chord Exercises

On this chords exercise sheet, we will be working with three chords: A, A7 and Dsus2.

Exercise 7

The first strum is worth 2 beats. You can see that the note is not coloured in and it has a stem, so that makes it a minim, worth 2 beats (also known as a half note because it lasts for half of the bar). This is followed by two cotchets, which are 1 beat each. Here is the counting that you should use for this exercise (strumming on the parts in bold font).

1 2 3 4

Exercise 8

The rhythm for this exercise is almost the same as exercise 7. All we do is add an up strum after beat 3. Here is the counting that you can use to help:

1 2 3 + 4

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Beginners Ukulele Chord Exercises 5-6 of 50

These 2 ukulele chord exercises are featured in the book 50 Ukulele Chord Exercises

Here are 2 beginners ukulele chord exercises using C, am and F chords. On this sheet, we start to work on strumming rhythms. Exercise 5 uses C and Am chords and the rhythm is down up down up down down. Exercise 6 uses F and Am chords and the rhythm is down down up down down. On the video I show you how to practice these using a metronome. You could use this sheet and follow this video for a quick 10 minute lesson on practicing the C, Am and F chords, which are fundamental to learn and practice on the ukulele.

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Exercises 5-6 – Inside The Book: 50 Acoustic Guitar Chord Exercises for Beginners

These two guitar chords exercises are featured in the book 50 Acoustic Guitar Chord Exercises

On this sheet, we start to work on strumming rhythms. Exercise 5 uses C and Am chords and the rhythm is down up down up down down. Exercise 6 uses F and Am chords and the rhythm is down down up down down. On the video I show you how to practice these using a metronome. You could use this sheet and follow this video for a quick 5 minute lesson on practicing the C, Am and F chords, which are fundamental to learn and practice on the guitar.

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Exercises 3-4 – 50 Acoustic Guitar Chord Exercises – Beginners & Grade 1-2

These two guitar chords exercises are featured in the book 50 Acoustic Guitar Chord Exercises

Here are 2 beginners guitar chord exercises using A7, A, C and Cmaj7. There are very simple rhythms in each exercise. Use the video below to help you with knowing how to count them.

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Exercises 1 and 2 – 50 Acoustic Guitar Chord Exercises – Beginners & Grade 1-2

Here we have 2 guitar chords exercises for beginners. The chords are Cmaj7, Am7 and Am. The first exercise has single strums, lasting for 4 beats, and the second exercise has 2 strums per chord, each lasting for 2 beats.

Here is a video demonstration:

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