Guitar Chords - Triads, Major Chords, Minor Chords, Seventh Chords for Guitar

Learn to Play Guitar Chords - power chords, barre chords, open chords, and seventh chords. Guitar chords will help when you begin playing songs after some practice.

GUITAR CHORDS

POWER CHORDS
Also known as fifth chords - these guitar chords are used in many styles of rock including metal, alternative, punk, and more

TRIADS
A group of 3 notes that form a major or minor chord. Triads are used to create differnt types of guitar chords by stacking or repeating the same notes.

BARRE CHORDS
These guitar chords require one finger to fret a few or all the strings on the neck to form a guitar chord. The index finger is usually used to do this and enables the guitar chord to be moved up and down the neck of the guitar.

OPEN CHORDS
These guitar chords use at least one open string on the guitar, meaning one or more strings are played without being fretted.

SEVENTH CHORDS
Dominant seventh and major seventh guitar chords are frequently in jazz and blues.

Guitar Chord Charts by Root
C Guitar Chords | D Guitar Chords | E Guitar Chords | F Guitar Chords
G Guitar Chords | A Guitar Chords | B Guitar Chords

Guitar scales help when learning how to construct guitar chords. The Major Scale plays a key role in building guitar chords as well as other scales. Once you learn how guitar chords are formed, you can play guitar chords anywhere on the neck of the guitar.

How to Read Guitar Chord Diagrams

Guitar Chord Diagrams are used to show the notes that make up a guitar chord and their location on the fretboard of the guitar. The thick line at the top of the square represents the nut of the guitar. Vertical lines represent the guitar strings, horizontal lines represent the guitar frets.

View guitar chord diagrams as if you were facing the fretboard with the guitar's neck pointed straight up. A number to the side of the guitar chord diagram lets you know which fret to start the chord on.

guitar chord diagram

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e|--8----3--|
B|--8----4--|
G|--8----5--|
D|--10---5--|
A|--10---3--|
E|--8----x--|
Guitar Chord Tabs for open, barre, and triad chord forms.

The CAGED Method helps you learn where the notes, chords and scales of the guitar are on the neck.