Guitar Chords

A guitar can produce an enormous range of moods and tones, from simple, upbeat major chords to eerie, mournful diminished sevenths and everything in between. This guide compiles the chords you'll ever need in one place, with instructions on how to read chord charts, a breakdown of the major families of chords and their characteristic sounds.

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Six strings, countless possibilities. A guitar can produce an enormous range of moods and tones, from simple, upbeat major chords to eerie, mournful diminished sevenths and everything in between. This guide compiles all the chords you'll ever need in one place, with instructions on how to read chord charts, a breakdown of the major families of chords and their characteristic sounds and complete chord charts for more than 350 different guitar chords.