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Guitar chords

Every chord with its notes and voicings on the neck.

30 chords, each one with its notes, formula and every voicing on the neck, plus where it lives in real songs.

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Triads, power chords & sus

The first chords everyone learns, and why they work.

C chordC E GThe first chord — the pure major triad.Am chordA C EThe first minor chord — sad in three notes.Dsus4 chordD G AThe 3rd swapped for a 4th — suspended and waiting.Asus2 chordA B EThe 3rd swapped for a 2nd — open and ringing.E5 chordE BTwo notes, and no opinion about major or minor.Caug chordC E G#A triad with no home — three roots in one shape.
Seventh chords

Major 7, minor 7, dominant 7 and the rest of the family.

Cmaj7 chordC E G BThe warm, floating major-seventh sound.Am7 chordA C E GThe smooth, mellow minor-seventh.G7 chordG B D FThe dominant chord that pulls home.Dm7 chordD F A CThe classic ii chord.Fmaj7 chordF A C EWarm major seven, built on F.Bm7♭5 chordB D F AThe half-diminished chord that sets up a minor key.Bdim7 chordB D F A♭Four notes, all tension, endlessly movable.Am6 chordA C E F#A whole mode compressed into one grip.G6 chordG B D EMajor, softened — a chord that never demands resolution.A7sus4 chordA D E GA dominant chord that refuses to say whether it is happy.C6/9 chordC E G A DThe ending chord, for when maj7 is too sweet.AmMaj7 chordA C E G#Minor triad, major seventh — the spy-film chord.
Extended chords

9ths, 11ths and 13ths: the colors on top.

C9 chordC E G B♭ DA dominant 7 with a funky 9th on top.Em9 chordE G B D F#A minor 7 with a lush 9th on top.Cadd9 chordC E G DA plain major chord with a sparkle on top.Cmaj9 chordC E G B DMajor seven, with one more note of daylight.Amadd9 chordA C E BMinor, opened up — no 7th, just air.G13 chordG B D F A C EThe full dominant — and the four notes you actually play.Dm11 chordD F A C E GSix notes that sound like one wide, open colour.G11 chordG B D F A CA dominant whose 11th swallows its own 3rd.
Altered dominants

The tense ones: ♯9, ♭9, ♯5 and friends.

E7#9 chordE G# B D GThe Hendrix chord.A7♭9 chordA C# E G B♭The dominant that pulls toward minor.G7#5 chordG B D# FA dominant with the fifth pushed up — and harder to resist.E13♭9 chordE G# B D F C#The most tension one dominant grip can carry.

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