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The Top 100 Essential Guitar Chords
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Top 100 Essential Chords:
Open Position Chords: Major
This first section contains your standard open chords. Every beginner should learn these probably before trying toplay anything else.
1. C major
2. D major
3. E major
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4. A major
5. G major
Open Position Chords: Minor
Next we have open position minor chords.
6. E minor
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7. A minor
8. D minor
Open Position Chords: 7 th
Next, there are a few “7” chords, sometimes called “Dominant 7”. These are played in the “open” position. These contain 4 tones.
9. E7
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10. A7
11. D7
12. G7
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Open Position Chords: Minor 7 th
The second most common 4-note chords: Minor 7 chords, here in the open position: 13. Em7
14. Am7
15.
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Open Position Chords: Major 7 th
Here is a new kind of 4-note chord: The major 7 chord.
15. Cmaj7
16. Fmaj7
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Barre Chords: Major
Moving on, while the open chords were the easiest to play.now we have barre chords which are a little harder.
You have to “barre” the entire first fret of the chord with yourindex finger. (I go over the barre technique in the Ultimate Beginner Guitar Course)
17. Fmajor
18. Gmajor
19. Amajor
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20. C major
21. D major
22. B major
Barre Chords: Minor
Also Essential are minor barre chords:
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23. Fminor
24. Gm
25. Am
26. Bm
27. Cm
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28. Dm
Barre Chords: dominant
Here's the dominant 7 chords in barre form.
29. F7
30. G7
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31. A7
32. B7
33. C7
34. D7
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Barre Chords: Minor 7
And the minor 7s in barre form...
35. Fm7
36. Gm7
37. Am7
38. Bm7
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39. Cm7
40. Dm7
Barre Chords: ROOTS ON 'A' STRING: Major
Also, there are many useful barre shapes with the roots in the A string.
41. C
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42. D
43. E
44. F
45. G
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Barre Chords: ROOTS ON 'A' STRING: Minor
46. Cm
47. Dm
48. Em
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49. Fm
50. Gm
Barre Chords: ROOTS ON 'A' STRING: dominant
51. C7
52. D7
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53. E7
54. F7
55. G7
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Barre Chords: ROOTS ON 'A' STRING: Minor 7
56. Cm7
57. Dm7
58. Em7
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59. Fm7
60. Gm7
9th Chords
Here we have some new chords in 9 chord family.
61. A9
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62. Am9
63. A9sus4
64. A9b5
65. A9#5
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66. A9#11
67. Am9b5
9th Chords: ROOTS ON 'A' STRING
Chords from the 9th-chord family with roots on the 'A' String.
68. D9
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69. Dm9
70. D9sus4
71. D9b5
72. D9#5
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73. D9#11
11th Chords
Here are some more advanced chords in the11th chord family.
74. A11
75. Am11
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11th Chords: ROOTS ON 'A' STRING
76. D11
77. Dm11
13th Chords
And 13th chords...
78. A13
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79. Am13
80. A13b9
81. A13#9
82. A13b5b9
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83. A13#5b9
84. A13#11
13th Chords: ROOTS ON 'A' STRING
85. D13
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86. Dm13
87. D13b9
88. D13#9
89. D13b5b9
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90. D13#5b9
91. D13#11
3 Note Chord Voicings: Triads
Here's a few triad voicings on the top 3 strings. Very useful:
92. A major
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93. A minor
94. A7
95. A9
96. Am7
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97. Am9
Chord Variations
And finally a few useful chord variations to round off our top 100 chords:
98. A diminished
99. D diminished
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100. Am/maj7
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