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Introduction

Chords are the heart and soul of playing guitar. Many

guitar players seldom do anything else, other than

strumming chords. The chord is the basic building

block of guitar music. A chord is simply a combination

of two of more notes played simultaneously. Different

combinations give you different chords. There are

different classes of chords, such as Major Chords, Minor

Chords, Suspended Chords, Diminished Chords, and

much more.

To get you started on the right track, well start

with some easy chords that will allow you to learn a

few songs that you may enjoy. Practice should not

seem like work. It should be fun. If its not, youre not

going to practice as much as you should.

A Chord is three or more notes played

simultaneously at specific intervals that work together


to create the desired sound. One of the attributes that

makes guitars (and pianos) so popular is that they are

multi-timbral instruments, which means they can play

more than one note simultaneously. Woodwinds, brass,

and similar instruments can only play one note at a

time. To make a chord, they have to have a minimum

of 3 players playing a single note in the chord at the

same time. As you can imagine, this requires excellent

timing and coordination between the players to make

a clean chord. This is why orchestras have to have a

Conductor to direct the music. With a guitar, you are

the Conductor, and can make any kind of music you

want, all by yourself.

Chords in a song are arranged according to chord

progressions, which are chord intervals that work pretty

much the same as single notes in a scale. Its very

important for you to learn chord progressions for the

various keys, because then, as long as you know what

key the song is in, you can figure out the chords in it

very easily. There may be times when you want to


change the key of a song to one you can sing or play

in better, and for this, knowledge of chord professions

is critical.

There are all kinds of chords. The ones you will be

dealing with most of the time are Major chords,

and Minor chords. There are also 7th chords, Major 7th

chords, Minor 7th Chords, Diminished Chords,

Augmented Chords, and there is nothing stopping you

from creating your own chords (but chances are,

someone has probably done it before you.).

Theoretically, there is an unlimited number of possible

chords. In actual play, you can get along just fine for

quite a while with only around 30 chords in your

repertoire, and maybe even less depending on what

type of music you want to play. There are bluegrass

guitar players that have gone through entire

careers never playing more than a dozen or so chords;

Dont worry about getting the strumming patterns down

perfect. You will develop your own strumming style in


time. Just try to stay in time. If you have to strum open

strings in-between chords, while you switch from one to

the other, thats OK, too. In fact, sometimes, its even

desirable. Its what we call style. Youre main

objective right now is learning the chord fingerings,

and getting your changes smooth.

I hope you'll enjoy this chords ebook! Have fun!

Useful References:

Chords video lesson part 1 http://www.fachords.com/blog2014/first-open-chord-guitar/

Chords video lesson part2 http://www.fachords.com/blog2014/beginner-a-major-guitar-chord/

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How to read chord diagrams


Major and Minor open strings chords

We begin with the most common chords: in this section you

can learn about major and minor chords in first position

(that means that chords are played on the frets near to the

headstock). These chords use open strings, so, depending

on the chord shape, you'll have to let vibrate some strings.

Remember, if in the diagrams you find a 0 near to a string,

that means that you have to play it without press any fret; if

you find a X, you have to not play the string.

C major

Low E string open; ring finger on the 3rd fret of the A string,

medium finger on the 2nd fret on the D string, G string open,

index finger on the 1st fret of the B string, high E string open.


D major

E major

F major


If you have difficulties in playing the F major chord due the full barr, you can try the following easier shape without barr. Of course it would be better you practice in order to master barr, you'll need it all the times!

F major - easy shape

G major


A major

B major

C minor


D minor

E minor

F minor


F minor - easy shape

G minor

A minor


Dominant Seventh Chords A dominant seventh chord is a major chord with a minor

seventh note added. It's a very important chord as it create

a sort of tension that resolves naturally on the tonic, giving a

feeling of conclusion to the progression.

C7

D7


E7

F7

G7


3 Notes Chords: Triads

Triads are chords composed by three notes. That means

that you can play a chord with just three strings, muting

the others. This provides you a great way to play any

chord in any part of the fretboard. With this approach we

don't play any open strings, but we place our fingers on

the right frets. The shapes on the following diagrams are

"movable shapes", because you can translate the exact

shape up or down the neck in order to get a different

chord name but with the same quality (major, minor,

augmented, diminished and so forth). Exactly like barr

works.

Here's an example. C major triad, or C major chord,

played just on the G, B, and E high string (mute the others

strings):


The root note of the C major chord, C, is on the fifth fret of

the G string. If you move the shape up two whole tones, you

get a three notes F major chord. Same chord quality (major)

but different name (C -> F). Do you want a D major chord?

Place the shape in order to have the D note as root (just

move the C one whole tone up, C -> D).

There are 4 kinds of triads: major triads (major chords), minor

triads (minor chords), augmented triads (augmented

chords), diminished triads (diminished or flat-five chords).

In the following diagrams you can find all the triad shapes in

each inversion (the order of the notes composing the

chord). The note that gives the name to the chords is

marked with the letter R (root), you have to place the R

note on the fret that will be the root of your chord.

3 and b3 mean major and minor third, and b5, 5 and #5

respectively diminished, perfect and augmented fifth. You

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Major triads


Minor triads


Augmented triads


Diminished triads


More movable shapes Here are more movable shapes to learn. If you memorize

these shapes, you can play almost any chord, just placing

the shape root on the right fret.

In the diagrams, the root note is marked with a circle. For

example, the shape of a dominant seventh chord, with the

root on the A string, is this:

If you want to play a C7 chord, you have to use as root note

the C note. As previously said, the root note in the diagram

is marked with a circle. So, in order to take a C7, the root

note has to be a C, that on the A string is placed on the 3rd

fret. With the same logic, if you want to take a D7, you have

to start with the root note on the fifth fret of the A string (D

note).


Major chords - maj


Major Seventh chords - maj7


Minor chords - min


Minor Seventh chords - min7


Dominant chords - 7


Augmented chords - aug, #5


Diminished chords - dim7


Suspended Fourth - sus4


Major Sixth chords - 6


Minor Sixth chords - m6


Major Sixth added Nine chords - 6/9


Seventh Flat Five chords - 7b5


Seventh Augmented Five chords - 7#5


Seventh Flat Nine chords - 7b9


Seventh Augmented Five chords - 7#5


Seventh Suspended Fourth chords - 7sus4


Ninth Flat Five chords - 9b5


Minor Ninth chords - m9


Major Ninth chords - maj9


Dominant Ninth chords - 9


Dominant Eleventh chords - 11


Dominant Thirteen chords - 13


I don't know the notes on the fretboard!

When you start using movable shape, you should know frets

note names, in order to be able to know where to place the

root note of your shapes. It's all about memory.

I create a free online game to help you memorize the notes

on the fretboard. It's easy and fun and you'll be able to

memorize all the fretboard in a couple of weeks.

Here's the link:

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