Music Theory: 52 Pick-up

Learn 10 chords from our 10 chord tool kit and go play pretty much any song you want. If you can learn to play poker, you can start playing your favorite songs and writing bops.

C major (CEG), F major (FAC), G7 (GBDF), A minor (ACE), B flat major (Bb D F), F minor (F Ab C).

This set of chords will open a lot of doors if you learn to play them. Honorable mention goes to A major, Ab major, Eb major, C minor. But once you start adding more than 10, you might as well learn all the rest. The beauty is, at that point, you basically already have.