[tommy79]

I was looking on the internet to try to figure out what chords or anything else to learn when a person is just starting out to play a guitar. Someone suggested that when a person is just starting out to learn to playing a guitar is to learn a,b,c,d,e,f,g, and a7,b7,c7,d7 e7,f7,g7 and Am, bm, dm, Em, F#m. what is your suggestion to learn when a person is just starting out to learn the guitar?

[si16]

If you leave out any B or F chords then that is a good list Tommy. It should keep you busy for a while.

[allthumbs]

You might find the CAGED system a good thing to learn.

[Korruptive]

I like a lot of rock music, so I learned the basic power chord positions first then started learning the normal chord positions. Honestly, I wish I would have worked on the more traditional major and minor chords (more specifically D, G, A and C) but at least I could have some fun after learning the easy power chords. I'm starting to go back and learn them now along with bar chords and holy crap do those hurt.

[tommy79]

I was wondering is it a good idea for you to learn as many scales as you can for your fingers will become more limb and strengthen up?