Kids

Four chords. One downstrum. Two songs. No barre chords here.

Sit tall. Guitar on your right leg. Left hand on the neck. Right hand brushes the strings toward the floor. Click a picture to hear it. Numbers on the dots are fingers: 1 pointer, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky.

Em, G, C, D

Tap a picture. Make every string ring. Slow is good.

Down, down, down

Hold Em. Brush all the strings toward the floor four times. Count 1 2 3 4. Then try G, then C, then D.

Song 1 — Ghar (home)

An original campfire loop. Not a radio song. Four chords, one down each: G · C · D · G. That is home, away, away-more, home.

| G    | C    | D    | G    |

Say the letter before you strum. If it is too high or too low for a singer, put a capo on fret 2 and keep the same pictures.

Song 2 — Four-chord

The same four letters grown-ups use for lots of famous songs. We only play the chords — no tune, no words. G · D · Em · C.

| G    | D    | Em   | C    |

More loops

Sources: Hal Leonard Book 1 (downstrokes first, then G–C–D songs) · Berklee habit of counting 1 2 3 4 out loud before adding a pattern.

When you are ready

This page stays simple on purpose. When four downs and two songs feel easy, grown-up pages have more:

  • Open chords — two more shapes, then sevenths.
  • Play along — beginner, intermediate, and advanced loops.
  • Quest — start on Beginner.

Still no barre here. F and Bm wait on the grown-up Barre page.