Now that you've learned the E minor seven chord, and a couple different ways to play it, let's take a look at the famous G chord. This chord is used in a lot of songs, so it's important to learn how to do it well as best you can right now, it can be a little tricky for beginners, so I'm gonna really break it down for you. And you're totally Welcome to pause the video and just work on whatever you need to do in order to get the core down. Let's get started. You're gonna place your middle finger on the third fret of the low E string, even even play that note, it's actually a G note. See if it rings out.
Now, please your index finger on the second fret of the AC String you can pick that string to a string, second fret. Now if you want, you can just try try to strum the first even just use your thumbs jump first three strings are so it's all part of the G chord at this point. So you might need to pause the video and just get that down just get those first couple strings ringing out. Once you're comfortable with that, then let's go to the next half of the G chord. So you're gonna place your ring finger on the third fret of the B string. Okay, now you can stop or pick it, pick the B string, see if it's ringing.
Do the best you can to keep those other two fingers pressed down. And then to finish the G chord, you place your pinky finger on the third fret of the high E string. And there's your G chord. Now, I've seen a lot of beginners either kind of give up a bit on the first half of the G chord or the last half or something like that, when they strum it kind of like they just let it it just gets let go. So try to press them down as firmly as you can all of the fingers to get them all to ring up. Now if you're really struggling with that, again, just go back to the first half and get those two ring out.
Okay. And you can also just try the last half, you can just put your ring finger and pinky finger down and just strum the last For strings, almost like you're strumming a D chord. And then try putting your other two fingers down. So give all those techniques a try, if you can to learn the G chord, I know it can take a bit of time. So don't worry, if you have it absolutely nailed down, you can still play through the key of D chord progression, even if not every string is wringing out. The more you practice it though, obviously, the more it's gonna get smooth and the strings are going to ring out more clear.
And again, there might be some fingers that are getting in the way. So for example, your index finger might be getting in the way of that D string, make sure to prop it up, curve it up. And there's your G chord.