There are literally thousands of jazz guitar chords, but don’t worry: you don’t have to learn them all to start playing jazz.
On this page we’ll show you how jazz guitarists play many types of chord. We’ll start simple, then hit you with some complex ‘altered’ shapes.
F# Chord Guitar finger position charts, diagrams and photos. This lesson shows you how to play an F sharp major chord on your guitar.
(Note: in this lesson, the hash symbol (#) refers to the musical ‘sharp’ sign.)
Bb Chord Guitar finger position charts, diagrams and photos. Everything you need to know to play a Bb major chord on your guitar.
C7 chord guitar diagrams, finger position charts and photos. Everything you need to know to play a C7 chord on your guitar.
Welcome to the ‘All Guitar Chords Chart page’, with charts of fretboard diagrams for all major, minor, dominant 7th and minor 7th chords.
Links to other guitar chord types – and lessons / articles about playing chords – are also provided. Use the links below to find the chord you need.
This week’s Guitar Chord Of The Week is a nice and simple minor 7 chord shape. It’s a versatile chord, and can be used in all styles of music.
If you already know this chord, try the example chord progression at the end of this page: it contains some other nice chords, including a dominant 11 shape that may take some getting used to!
Want to learn a new guitar chord that sounds awesome and is easy to play? Try this sus2 guitar chord shape, and see how it can spice up tired old chord progressions. It’s also a very inspiring chord to use when writing new songs. Let’s get started!
Here’s a photo of the sus2 chord being played:
This week’s Guitar Chord Of The Week is a minor 7th chord. This is quite a hard chord to play at first, but, like many guitar chords, it quickly becomes second nature.
I’ll go easy on the music theory and concentrate on telling you how to play this useful chord. Here’s the shape, read on for playing tips and an example chord progression you can play:
This week’s Guitar Chord Of The Week is a 7sharp9 shape.
At its heart is a simple dominant 7th chord, but with the added sharp 9 it sounds instantly ‘hip’. It’s a very jazzy-sounding chord, and one you can use to give standard chord progressions a jazz sound.
Let’s learn more about this cool chord…
This week’s Guitar Chord Of The Week is a nice, big, open-sounding, minor 11th chord. It has quite an ambiguous sound, and is very effective in slow moving chord progressions.
Try the chord to hear how it sounds, then continue reading to learn more about it. An example chord progression is included, so you can hear the chord in context…