10 Chords + 3 Strums = 100's of Songs

As a complete novice you may be under the assumption that in order to be able to play lots of songs you need to know lots of different chords and strums. This is not the case and with a compact system of just 10 chords and 3 strums you'll have all you need to start playing a huge variety of songs.

The selected 10 chords will give you 2 Keys and combined with something known as a Capo you'll be able to transpose all those chords into many different keys to play along with the original songs in their original keys. This is very important.

The strums are universal meaning that they will transpose across a great many different songs and tempos. When you learn acoustic guitar you'll find that after some practice your strums will all become completely automatic and you won't need to think about them. Instead your attention will be all on your chords or lyrics if you are singing.

The process of simply learning or memorizing chords and strums is easy, it's when you have to change from one chord to the next fast enough to keep up with the songs that things get tricky for beginners and you'll have to put in some decent practice. People can also find connecting chords and keeping the strum going a challenge. Each of these problems though are classic for beginners and a number of good work-arounds are available to get you over these hurdles.

Things will always feel impossible at first but you'll be surprised at how easy they'll seem after a few weeks. Remember that all guitar players were once where you are now, playing guitar to them felt really hard too. Remember that when you learn to play acoustic guitar consistency over time is the key.