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 How to read chord diagrams

Example: 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.

   

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 Major and Minor open strings chords

We begin with the most common chords: in this section you can learn
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. If in the diagrams you find a 0 near a string, it means
that you have to play it without press any fret; if you find a X, then you
have to mute the string.

In diagrams, major chords are denoted with "maj", while minor chords
are denoted with "min". For example, C maj means C major chords, C
min means C minor chord.

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 Putting all together

Once you've memorized minor and major chord shapes, you can
start to play chord progressions, in order to practice chords changes
and transitions. Here are two nice progressions to try out.

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|

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 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.

In diagrams, dominant chords are denoted with a superscript "7", for

example C7 is a C dominant chord.

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Blues progressions are built on dominant chords; 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|

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 Movable chord shapes

The shapes in the following diagrams are called "movable shapes"

because you can move them up or down the neck in order to get
a different chord name but with the same quality (major, minor,
dominant and so forth). The same way barrè works.

With movable shapes we don't play any open strings.

If you memorize these movable shapes, you'll can play almost any
chord, by placing the chord-shape with the root on the fret that
corresponds to the name of the chord you want to play.

In the diagrams, the root note is marked with a yellow circle. For
example, the movable shape of a dominant seventh chord, is the first
figure in the following diagram:

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 Dominant 7 shape

If you want to play a F7 chord, you have to place the root (in yellow)
on the 8th fret of the A string (that indeed is a F note), see the second
figure. With the same logic, if you want to play a G7, you have to
place the root on the 10th fret of the A string (indeed a G note), as
shown in the third figure.

For a given chord, you can have different shapes, depending on

which fret you choice to be the root of you chord. In the following
diagrams, for each chord quality 3 different shapes are proposed.

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 Major chords

Major Seventh chords - maj7

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 Minor chords

Minor Seventh chords - min7

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 Dominant chords - 7

Augmented chords - aug (also called #5)

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 Diminished chords - dim7

Suspended Fourth - sus4

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 Major Sixth chords - 6

Minor Sixth chords - m6

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 Major Sixth added Nine chords - 6/9

Seventh Flat Five chords - 7b5

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 Seventh Augmented Five chords - 7#5

Seventh Flat Nine chords - 7b9

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 Seventh Augmented Five chords - 7#5

Seventh Suspended Fourth chords - 7sus4

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 Ninth Flat Five chords - 9b5

Minor Ninth chords - m9

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 Major Ninth chords - maj9

Dominant Ninth chords - 9

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 Dominant Eleventh chords - 11

Dominant Thirteen chords - 13

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