Basic open Chords - Chord E major

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   To play the E major chord we press down 3rd, 4th and the 5th string with our finger 1, 3 and 2 respectively as shown in figure for E chord formation. The fingers 2 and 3 on the second fret of the freatboard and finger 1 on the 1st fret of the fretboard. For playing the E major chord, strum all the strings with your right hand thumb or pick.
   
   
   Practice playing the chord by strumming downward using your thumb or pick. Press hard enough to avoid the buzzing sound and press the string just before the fret starts as shown in the figure and make sure the fingers do not touch other string as it will not sound the way E chord should sound like. For any queries drop a comment

Basic open Chords - Chord D major

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   To play the D major chord we press down the 1st, 2nd and 3rd string with our finger 2, 3 and 1 respectively as shown in figure for D chord formation. In the diagram you can see (e) String is the 1st or the thinnest string and (E) string is the thickest or the 6th string. You also see (X) on the 6th string which means that you do not strike the 6th string while strumming for the D major chord.
   
   
   Practice playing the chord by strumming downward using your thumb or pick. Press hard enough to avoid the buzzing sound and press the string just before the fret starts as shown in the figure and make sure the fingers do not touch other string as it will not sound the way D chord should sound like.

Basic open Chords - Chord A major

Learning guitar basics can be extremely difficult, here we will learn to play the basic open chords used to play a guitar. Well, how you learn to play the guitar is EXTREMELY IMPORTANT - by that I mean the guitar method you're taught in the early stages will often decide if you succeed or fail later on. This is one of the fast and easy way to learn playing chords.

To begin with we need to understand how to read a fretboard. In the image you can see the fretboard which is the neck of the guitar. The top most(thickest) string is the 6th string and the lowest(thinnest) is the 1st string.

In the next image you see the finger numbering that we use to number the fingers used while playing the chords. Now we will learn how to play various chords, first the A major chord.

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   Now to play the A major chord we press down the 2nd, 3rd and the 4th string with our finger 3, 2 and 1 respectively. In the diagram you can see (e) String is the 1st or the thinnest string and (E) string is the thickest or the 6th string. You also see (X) on the 6th string which means that you do not strike the 6th string while strumming for the A major chord