The basic component of playing the guitar are chords. You cant do solos always and you cant play single notes either. Chords are group of notes that are formed to create a certain sound. These are shapes the gives variety to the music that you are playing. Chords are the most basic stuff that you should learn to be able to move on to other stuff. It is basically for beginners to learn and it is a good way to start learning guitar. proper knowledge of chords are essential in your guitar learning so better be sure that you have learned it before moving on to the next topic because you can’t possibly learn anything else without it.
There several types of chords that exists. The Barre Chords, Open Chords, Broken Chords, Genre – Specific chords, improvised chords and broken chords. Okay, some of these chords, I made it up but they do exist and it does make sense. These different types of chords works for different types of situations like for example, if you want open notes, you can use the open chords. These are chords with open notes with it. Should you feel the need to transpose it, you should use a capo.