Open Chords For Guitar: Diagrams For All Open Position Chords

Open Chords For Guitar

What Are Open Chords For Guitar?

Open chords are guitar chords that contain one or more of the guitar’s six open strings. Because open chords contain these unfretted, “open”, notes, they tend to sound brighter and sustain longer than barre chords, whose notes are all held down by the fretting hand. In addition, open chords are usually easier to play than barre chords because not all of their notes are fretted.

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Jazz Guitar Chords

Jazz Guitar Chords

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.

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All Guitar Chords Chart

All Guitar Chords Chart

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.

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