Chord Pictures

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Key of C: C Dm Em F G Am Bdim

Key of D: D Em F#m G A Bm C#dim

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Key of E: E F#m G#m A B C#m D#dim

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Key of F: F Gm Am Bb C Dm Edim

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Key of G: G Am Bm C D Em F#dim

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Key of A: A Bm C#m D E F#m G#dim

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Key of B: B C#m D#m E F# G#m A#dim

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Key of Cb: Cb Dbm Ebm Fb Gb Abm Bbdim

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Key of Db: Db Ebm Fm Gb Ab Bbm Cdim

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Key of Eb: Eb Fm Gm Ab Bb Cm Ddim

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Key of Gb: Gb Abm Bbm Cb Db Ebm Fdim

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Key of Ab: Ab Bbm Cm Db Eb Fm Gdim

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Key of Bb: Bb Cm Dm Eb F Gm Adim

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Key of C#: C# D#m E#m F# G# A#m B#dim

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Key of F#: F# G#m A#m B C# D#m E#dim

All Chords Archived

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The A Chords (click on the image to enlarge chord pictures)

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The B Chords

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The C Chords

The C Chords

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The D Chords

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The E Chords

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The F Chords

The G Chords

Introduction to Chord

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Learning Guitar Chord is not as difficult as you might think. Most musicians run away when they hear the word "music theory". But at the end they have to start again to deal with it as it is the top foundation of music. The more you focus on it, the short way you will achieve the goal. Believe me my friend, if you are new with music lesson and you wish to learn it now, join me and I'll show you through out the whole lesson for free. Otherwise, although you have learnt some theory or even already practiced with instruments, you will also learn something value throught my sites as I have used my best efforts to prepare these easy guitar contents for beginner, intermediate and as well as advance learners.

What’s Chord?
Chord is a combination of three or more notes played at the same time. It provides harmony that supports and makes the song more attractive. In music sheet chords are usually placed above Musical staff and indicated by symbols.

Example: The Cm is the shortcut of C minor. Cm = C minor

Chord Building

In theory, there are 12 notes in music and each can be played at different "octaves", but in fact there are only 12 named notes.
Here are the 12 notes

C C# D D# E F F# G G# A A# B (then start over at the next octave)

C Db D Eb E F Gb G Ab A Bb B

Note: C# means C"sharp" and Db means D"flat", so C# = Db, D# = Eb, Gb = F#, Ab = G# and Bb = A#.

Building Chord from Major Scale
Here we are going to use 7 notes from the 12 to build the chord from major scale. I’ll show you the Key of C first as there are no sharps or flats and it's easy for you to catch.

As you can see, the interval between C and D is 2 half steps (one whole step), one whole step between D and E and one half step between E and F.

Now you’ve learn how the major scale is built. So how chords are built?

Basically, chords are built from the combination of notes in relation to the major scale. That’s why you have to understand the major scale.

Example: major chords are built by formulating from major scale using 1^st, 3^rd and 5^th notes. Cmajor = C, E, G

In the sheet below, we are going to build all the major scales for the rest keys as what we did with the key of C above, so you don’t have to burn your time to surf anymore.

Scale	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Chord Constructed	Maj	Min	Min	Maj	Maj	Min	Dim
CMajor	C	D	E	F	G	A	B
D Major	D	E	F#	G	A	B	C#
E Major	E	F#	G#	A	B	C#	D#
F Major	F	G	A	Bb	C	D	E
G Major	G	A	B	C	D	E	F#
A Major	A	B	C#	D	E	F#	G#
B Major	B	C#	D#	E	F#	G#	A#
Cb Major	Cb	Db	Eb	Fb	Gb	Ab	Bb
Db Major	Db	Eb	F	Gb	Ab	Bb	C
Eb Major	Eb	F	G	Ab	Bb	C	D
Gb Major	Gb	Ab	Bb	Cb	Db	Eb	F
Ab Major	Ab	Bb	C	Db	Eb	F	G
Bb Major	Bb	C	D	Eb	F	G	A
C# Major	C#	D#	E#	F#	G#	A#	B#
F# Major	F#	G#	A#	B	C#	D#	E#

Have you found the Chord Constructed in the second row? Normally, major, minor and diminished chords are used as prioritized chords to build the Chord Family and as well as songwriting. So what does Chord Family mean? Why do we have to learn it?

Chord Families
See more later...

Chord Type and Formula

There are many Chord Types used in music. Each chord was built from the chord formula by referring to the major scale. Basically they are indicated by the Suffix (m, 7, sus, M7…). You can find the chord type with the formula and example in the key of C within the spreadsheet below:

Suffix	Chord Type	Formula	Example
No Suffix	major	1-3-5	C, E, G
m, min	minor	1-b3-5	C, Eb, G
+, aug, (#5)	augmented	1-3-#5	C, E, G#
Sus4, sus	suspended fourth	1-4-5	C, F, G
(add9)	added ninth	1-3-5-9	C, E, G, D
m(add9)	minor added ninth	1-b3-5-9	C, Eb, G, D
5, (no3)	fifth (a.k.a "power chord")	1-5	C, G
6	sixth	1-3-5-6	C, E, G, A
M6, -6	minor sixth	1-b3-5-6	C, E, b, G, A
6/9	minor sixth, added ninth	1-3-5-6-9	C, E, G, A, D
M6/9	minor sixth, added ninth	1-b3-5-6-9	C, Eb, G, A, D
7, dom7	seventh	1-3-5-b7	C, E, G, Bb
dim7, dim	diminished seventh	1-b3-b5-bb7	C, Eb, Gb, Bbb
7sus4, 7sus	seventh, suspended fourth	1-3-5-b7	C, F, G, Bb
maj7, M7	major seventh	1-3-5-7	C, E, G, B
M7, min7, -7	minor seventh	1-b3-5-b7	C, Eb, G, Bb
m(maj7), m(+7)	minor, major seventh	1-b3-5-7	C, Eb, G, B
maj7(b5), maj7(-5)	major seventh, flat fifth	1-3-b5-7	C, E, Gb, B
M7(b5), maj7(5)	minor seventh, flat fifth	1-b3-b5-7	C, Eb, Gb, Bb
+7, 7(#5)	seventh, sharp fifth	1-3-#5-b7	C, E, G#, Bb
7(b5), 7(-5)	seventh, flat fifth	1-3-b5-b7	C, E, Gb, Bb
7(b9), 7(-9)	seventh, flat ninth	1-3-5-b7-b9	C, E, G, Bb, Db
7(#9), 7#9	seventh, sharp ninth	1-3- 5-b7-#9	C, E, G, Bb, D#
+7(b9)	seventh, sharp fifth, flat ninth	1-3-#5-b7-9	C, E, G#, Bb,Db
9	ninth	1-3-5-b7- 9	C, E, G, Bb, D
maj9, M9	major ninth	1-3-5-7-9	C, E, G, B, D
M9, min9	minor ninth	1-b3-5-b7-9	C, Eb, G, Bb, D
11	eleventh	1-3-5-b7-9-11	C, E, G, Bb, F
M11, min11	minor eleventh	1-b3-5-b7-9-11	C, Eb, G, Bb, D, F
13	thirteenth	1-3-5-7-9-11-13	C, E, G, Bb, D, F, A

Guitar Chord Lessons

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All Chords Archived

Introduction to Chord