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A/G
There’s a couple of ways you can play this in the open position. The first one just assumes that you fret the open A chord normally and then add the G note on the 3rd fret of the low E string. That way you can still play the high E open. Another way is as…
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A/D
This is a slash chord or compound chord. We’ll start with an A major chord, but we’ll alter the root note. Normally we would play the open A string, but in this case, we’ll alter the lowest note to a D note. In other words, it’s an A chord but we’ll change the lowest pitch…
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G (6th String Barre)
Here’s an alternative to the open G chord. It’s a 6th string root barre chord (E shape barre chord). This type of barre chord is great for playing all the major chords.
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F#/Gb (6th String Root Barre)
Create an F# (or Gb) chord by using the E shape barre chord with the root on the 2nd fret of the low E string.
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Ab (Barred 6th String Root)
You can’t play an A flat chord (Ab) in the open position, so you’ll have to use a barre chord. Use this E shape barre chord at the 4th to play Ab.
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F (6th String Barre)
This is a very popular barre chord version of the F major chord. Imagine taking the open E chord and moving everything up a half step (in other words, move everything up 1 fret). Now you have an F chord! To play this barre chord you’ll create a “barre” using your first finger. Imagine your…
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A5 (6th String Root)
An A5 chord is a “power chord” that uses on the A and E notes. This version of the chord uses the 5th fret of the low E string as the root note (A). We add the E at the 7th fret of the A string and double the A note at the 7th fret…
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A5
Sometimes you’ll see a chord with the number 5 after it. What does that mean? Normally the A chord is made up of the 1st, 3rd, and 5th steps of the major scale (A, C#, E). With an A5 chord, you’ll drop the 3rd and only play the 1st and 5th (A, E). This is…
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A (Barred 6th String Root)
This is one of the most common barre chord versions of A. It’s based on the open E shape. If we take the shape and move it up 5 frets we get an A chord. Create a barre over all six strings at the 5th fret.
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A+
An augmented chord is indicated by the symbol “+” or “aug”. An augmented chord moves the perfect 5th in a major triad up a half step to give us an augmented or sharp 5th.