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D Shape Sixth Chord Barred
D6 Open D6 Barred (the audio example is G6 with it’s root on the 5th fret) Fret/Chord Chart You can determine the name of the chord when the root (lowest) note is played on the frets in the chart below. Fret 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Chord D#/Eb…
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A Shape Barre Chord
You’ll want to create a barre with your first finger except you will not include the low E string. Instead we’re using the A string as our root.
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Open Dm7 Chord
Minor Seventh (formally “minor/minor seventh”, also m7,-7): root, minor third, perfect fifth, minor seventh.
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Open D Major 7th Chord
This chord is very easy to play. Just place your 1st finger across the 2nd frets of the G, B, and high E strings. To sound the chord just strum the D, G, B, and high E strings. Where major and minor triads have 3 different notes, 7th chords have 4. The major seventh chord refers…
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“The Five Basic Chord Shapes” Video
Most of the chords that you will learn in the future can be derived from 5 basic chord shapes: C, A, G, E, and D. Together they spell the word CAGED which should help you remember them. There are major chords and minor chords.
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Suspended Fourth Chords
A suspended chord is a chord that creates a subtle harmonic tension by adding an extra note that sounds like it wants to resolve back to the original chord. You can hear their use in most types of music. Technically the extra note is the 4th step in the major scale replacing the 3rd. Common…
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Guitar Chord Charts
Here I’ll be listing various chord charts that you can download and print out. The chord forms are presented on chord diagrams, so you’ll need to learn how to read chord diagrams if you want to any sense of the chord charts. Don’t worry, it only takes a couple of minutes to learn.
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How To Read A Chord Diagram
Chords are 3 notes played at the same time. There are all types of chords. The most common chord is the major chord. Minor chords and Dominant 7th chords are used quite often as well. Some of them may have strange sounding names at first, but don’t let the name scare you. Chord diagrams show you how to…
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Common Open Chords
Open strings sound great on the guitar. That’s why open chords (chords that use 1 or more open strings) are so popular to play.
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Seventh Augmented Fifth Chord (7#5 )
Common chord symbols for this chord are C7+5, C7♯5 . This chord is an altered chord. An altered chord is when the fifth, ninth, eleventh, or thirteenth is chromatically altered.