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Basic Chords

The page shows diagrams for the basic chords used on guitar. These chords are the suitable for beginning guitar players and should be thought of as an essential core of material that the beginning guitar should try to master.

Major chords

This first group are major chords

A Major C Major D Major E Major G Major

Minor chords

This second group are minor chords

A Minor B Minor C Minor D Minor E Minor

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Dominant 7th chords

This third group are Dominant 7th chords, commonly labeled with simply the number 7 (i.e. A7)

A7 B7 C7 D7 E7 G7

Major 7th chords

This fourth group are Major 7th chords, commonly labeled with Maj7, Ma7 or ma7 (i.e. Ama7)

Ama7 Cma7 Dma7 Ema7 Fma7 Gma7

Minor 7th chords

This fifth group are Minor 7th chords, commonly labeled with min7, mi7 or m7 (i.e. Am7)

Am7 Bm7 Dm7 Em7 Fm7 (using barre) Gm7 (using barre)

Beginning Barre chords

This sixth group are some of the first barre chords to learn. The first finger lays across the strings to fret more than one string at the same fret (this is the 'barre' technique). The other fingers fret the remaining notes in the normal manner (using the fingertip)

F (4 string) F (6 string) F#m Bm

More information about Barre Chords