# Guitar players - What is the first chord you play when you pick up your guitar?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 10, 2008, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-players-what-is-the-first-chord-you-play-when-you-pick-up-your-guitar/432972 "2008-01-10T11:51:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2008, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-players-what-is-the-first-chord-you-play-when-you-pick-up-your-guitar/432972/61 "2008-01-12T09:16:52Z")

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I’ve been playing around with jazz chords a lot more lately, so it’s usually a minor 7 flat five, F# maybe G.

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**Author:** ![Windwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/5e9695/32.png) [@Windwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Windwalker)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2008, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-players-what-is-the-first-chord-you-play-when-you-pick-up-your-guitar/432972/62 "2008-01-12T11:47:09Z")

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Either D, or Aminor up on the 5th fret. Dunno why, but I love the sound up there. Maybe it’s because I sometimes accidentally bend a few strings when I first barre it, so it’s a fresh sound every time. 🙂

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