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    The Top 100

    Essential Guitar Chords

    Top 100 Essential Chords:


    Open Position Chords: Major

    This first section contains your standard open chords.


    Every beginner should learn these probably before trying to
    play anything else.
    1. C major

    2. D major

    3. E major

    4. A major

    5. G major

    Open Position Chords: Minor

    Next we have open position minor chords.


    6. E minor

    7. A minor

    8. D minor

    Open Position Chords: 7th

    Next, there are a few 7 chords, sometimes called Dominant


    7. These are played in the open position. These contain 4
    tones.
    9. E7

    10. A7

    11. D7

    12. G7

    Open Position Chords: Minor 7th

    The second most common 4-note chords: Minor 7 chords, here


    in the open position:
    13. Em7

    14. Am7

    15.

    Open Position Chords: Major 7th

    Here is a new kind of 4-note chord: The major 7 chord.


    15. Cmaj7

    16. Fmaj7

    Barre Chords: Major

    Moving on, while the open chords were the easiest to play.
    now we have barre chords which are a little harder.
    You have to barre the entire first fret of the chord with your
    index finger. (I go over the barre technique in the Ultimate
    Beginner Guitar Course)
    17. Fmajor

    18. Gmajor

    19. Amajor

    20. C major

    21. D major

    22. B major

    Barre Chords: Minor


    Also Essential are minor barre chords:

    23. Fminor

    24. Gm

    25. Am

    26. Bm

    27. Cm

    28. Dm

    Barre Chords: dominant


    Here's the dominant 7 chords in barre form.
    29. F7

    30. G7

    31. A7

    32. B7

    33. C7

    34. D7

    Barre Chords: Minor 7


    And the minor 7s in barre form...
    35. Fm7

    36. Gm7

    37. Am7

    38. Bm7

    39. Cm7

    40. Dm7

    Barre Chords: ROOTS ON 'A' STRING: Major


    Also, there are many useful barre shapes with the roots in the A
    string.
    41. C

    42. D

    43. E

    44. F

    45. G

    Barre Chords: ROOTS ON 'A' STRING: Minor


    46. Cm

    47. Dm

    48. Em

    49. Fm

    50. Gm

    Barre Chords: ROOTS ON 'A' STRING: dominant


    51. C7

    52. D7

    53. E7

    54. F7

    55. G7

    Barre Chords: ROOTS ON 'A' STRING: Minor 7


    56. Cm7

    57. Dm7

    58. Em7

    59. Fm7

    60. Gm7

    9th Chords
    Here we have some new chords in 9 chord family.
    61. A9

    62. Am9

    63. A9sus4

    64. A9b5

    65. A9#5

    66. A9#11

    67. Am9b5

    9th Chords: ROOTS ON 'A' STRING


    Chords from the 9th-chord family with roots on the 'A' String.
    68. D9

    69. Dm9

    70. D9sus4

    71. D9b5

    72. D9#5

    73. D9#11

    11th Chords
    Here are some more advanced chords in the
    11th chord family.
    74. A11

    75. Am11

    11th Chords: ROOTS ON 'A' STRING


    76. D11

    77. Dm11

    13th Chords
    And 13th chords...
    78. A13

    79. Am13

    80. A13b9

    81. A13#9

    82. A13b5b9

    83. A13#5b9

    84. A13#11

    13th Chords: ROOTS ON 'A' STRING


    85. D13

    86. Dm13

    87. D13b9

    88. D13#9

    89. D13b5b9

    90. D13#5b9

    91. D13#11

    3 Note Chord Voicings: Triads


    Here's a few triad voicings on the top 3 strings. Very useful:
    92. A major

    93. A minor

    94. A7

    95. A9

    96. Am7

    97. Am9

    Chord Variations
    And finally a few useful chord variations to round off our top
    100 chords:
    98. A diminished

    99. D diminished

    100. Am/maj7

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