First chord you play? (Officially the dumbest question ever.)

[TBman]

When I'm in standard tuning, its almost always an E chord, 1st position. Years ago it was the D. I've mellowed

In other tunings its random, anything can happen.

[AmericanEagle]

4-fingered open G

[FOG01]

Originally Posted by 62&climbing

I go to the Am. It is magical to me. It adds suspense, doom, earie-ness. Thats what I hear anyways.
First chord? Plain Jane ol Em. I like Em in songs, but it’s not quite packing what the Am brings.

I feel the same about Bm as you do about Am. They both have that bit of magic to my ears. But for starters, E major and let it ring.

[JBCROTTY]

E major - always the first and favorite chord. I always play that chord to hear the bass and ensure the tuning is spot on (in standard). I love the sound of an E chord on a dread.

[mr. beaumont]

Ab13, definitely. Or maybe a Db7#9#5.

Or E. E's good too.

[The Bard Rocks]

Originally Posted by foxo

Always E without fail.

Right on! Me too.

[woodenstrings]

I go to Am,

[DukeX]

First position E chord. I want both open E strings ringing.

[Duck916]

It's usually an F barre chord followed by a G barre chord. I dunno why.

First chord I learned was open position C. I kinda thought that's what everyone learned first....

[musicman1951]

More often than not it's a D chord. If those octave D's don't match all will not be right with the world.

[guitar george]

Always this C/G. Not sure how to say it. C add G? Looks like I'm the only one who starts with this chord. Why am I always different?

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[Slothead56]

I always play the lead to Stairway to Heaven just to warm up and then a D.

[jseth]

It seems to change every great once in a while...

Currently, the first "chord" I go to has been an open position Asus9 (A maj chord with the B string open)... I've been working on songs in A and that is a pivotal chord in nearly all of them.

15 years ago, it would have been an open position E major...

[Charmed Life Picks]

Almost always G.

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[Cool555]

G, C & D/D7. First chords when I pick up a guitar.

Em. First chord I learned on a guitar. It is linked to the first song I learned on a guitar. Title of the song is in Spanish (I think).

The words go like this, “I’d rather be a sparrow than a snail. Yes I would, if I could. I surely would...Ooo Ooo”. Anyone knows this song or the title of this song?