Worship Guitar Chords Exposed!: The Key of G
Better late than never… here’s the start of the worship guitar chords series, where we’ll take a look at each of the 5 CAGED chord positions, and the chords that many worship leaders commonly use when playing in these keys. I have to apologize, I’d recorded some acoustic demos for each of these lessons awhile back, but lost them when my old computer went down. If I have time, I’ll rerecord them later…
The Key of G:
Hands down, the key of G is probably the most popular one for all worship leaders. (In fact, I know worship leaders that rarely play anything other than G position chords.) There are a few reasons why G is so popular. First these are very “bright” sounding chord forms that bring life to anthemic or driving songs. (Think Your Grace is Enough, Holy is the Lord, O Praise Him, or half the stuff with Chris Tomlin’s name on it. ;) ) Second, changing chords (with these forms) requires little movement. Ths means that less experienced guitar players can pick these forms up quickly. So with that, let’s take a look at the common G position worship chords.
G Major:
The “root” of 1 chord is the G major chord. The way you hold this chord is to
1. Place your pinky finger on the high e string, third fret
2. Place your ring finger on the B string, third fret
3. Place your middle finger on the low E string, third fret
4. Place your index finger on the A string,...
