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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

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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

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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

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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
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Chords video lesson part2

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Online metronome
http://www.fachords.com/jamplay-metronome

Online guitar tuner

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 How to read chord diagrams
 

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 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.

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 D major

E major

F major

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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

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 A major

B major

C minor

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 D minor

E minor

F minor

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 F minor - easy shape

G minor

A minor

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 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|

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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.

C7

D7

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 E7

F7

G7

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 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|

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 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):

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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
can find more about chords theory in my other free ebook:
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 Major triads

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 Minor triads

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 Augmented triads

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 Diminished triads

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 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).

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 Major chords - maj

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 Major Seventh chords - maj7

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 Minor chords - min

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 Minor Seventh chords - min7

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 Dominant chords - 7

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 Augmented chords - aug, #5

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 Diminished chords - dim7

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 Suspended Fourth - sus4

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 Major Sixth chords - 6

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 Minor Sixth chords - m6

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 Major Sixth added Nine chords - 6/9

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 Seventh Flat Five chords - 7b5

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 Seventh Augmented Five chords - 7#5

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 Seventh Flat Nine chords - 7b9

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 Seventh Augmented Five chords - 7#5

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 Seventh Suspended Fourth chords - 7sus4

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 Ninth Flat Five chords - 9b5

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 Minor Ninth chords - m9

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 Major Ninth chords - maj9

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 Dominant Ninth chords - 9

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 Dominant Eleventh chords - 11

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 Dominant Thirteen chords - 13

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 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.

I create a free online game to help you memorize the notes

on the fretboard. It's easy and fun and you'll be able to
memorize all the fretboard in a couple of weeks.

Here's the link, hope to see you on the leaderboard!

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