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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, and

different combinations give you different chords. Also,

there are different classes of chords, such as Major

Chords, Minor Chords, Suspended Chords, Diminished

Chords, and many more.

To get you started on the right track, we’ll start

with some easy chords that will allow you to learn a

few songs that you can enjoy practicing. Practice

should not seem like work. It should be fun. If it’s not,

you’re not going to practice as much as you should.

A Chord is three or more notes played simultaneously

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. It’s 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;

Don’t 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, that’s OK, too. In fact, sometimes, it’s even

desirable. It’s what we call ‘style’. You’re 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 nearest the

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

on the chord shape, you'll have to leave some strings

unaltered. Remember, if in the diagrams you find an 0 near

a string, it means that you have to play it without press any

fret; if you find a X, the you do not play the string at all.

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 playing the F major chord due to the full barrè, you can try the following easier shape without the barrè. Of course it would be better if you practiced mastering the barrè, since you'll need it often!

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


B minor

Putting all together Once you've memorized some chord shapes, you could try to create chord progressions, in order to practice chords changes and transitions. Here are two nice progressions to try. Do you recognize them?

Progression1:

C C C C |G G G G |Am Am Am Am| F F F F|

Progression 2: C C C C |G G G G |Am Am Am Am |Em Em Em Em|

F F F F |C C C C |F F F F | G G G G|


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 creates

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

feeling of conclusion to the progression.

C7

D7


E7

F7

G7


A7

B7

Blues progressions use dominant chords all the time, here's a classic 12 bar basic blues sequence to try:

C7 C7 C7 C7|C7 C7 C7 C7|C7 C7 C7 C7|C7 C7 C7 C7|

F7 F7 F7 F7|F7 F7 F7 F7|C7 C7 C7 C7|C7 C7 C7 C7|

G7 G7 F7 F7|C7 C7 C7 C7|C7 C7 C7 C7|G7 G7 G7 G7|


3 Notes Chords: Triads

Triads are chords composed by three notes. Which 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 in 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 barrè

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 note and name 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 by

placing the chords-shape with the root on the fret that

makes the root note of the chord you wish to play.

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 have the root

on the C-note fret of the A string. As previously said, the root

note in the root note has to be a C on the A string, which

means it is placed on the 3rd fret. With the same logic, if you

wanted to make 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 shapes, you should know fret

note names, in order to know where to place the root note

of your shapes. It's all about memory.

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