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Essential Guitar Chord Chart

Essential chord shapes — with the musical structure inside them

Use this free Alien Guitar Secrets reference to learn essential open chords, dominant 7 chords and basic movable major and minor barre chords. Root notes and interval functions are included so you can begin understanding what the shapes actually contain.

Download the Free Chord Chart

Keep it on your computer, tablet or in your practice space as a quick reference while learning and applying chords.

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QUICK REFERENCE

What's Included

01 — Essential open major and minor chords

02 — Common dominant 7 chord shapes

03 — Major and minor barre chords rooted from the 6th string

04 — Major and minor barre chords rooted from the 5th string

05 — Major, minor and dominant 7 interval formulas

06 — Root notes and interval functions shown within the shapes

LOOK BEYOND THE SHAPE

Understand What Makes It a Chord

A chord diagram tells you where to place your fingers. The interval formula tells you why the chord sounds the way it does. Once you begin recognising 1, 3, ♭3, 5 and ♭7 inside the shapes, chords begin connecting directly to scales, harmony and the fretboard.

From Open Chords to Movable Shapes

Barre chords allow the same chord structure to move through different keys. The root note determines the name of the chord.

MOVABLE FAMILY 01

6th-String Root Shapes

Major and minor barre forms using the low E string as the root reference. Move the root and the same structure produces a new chord.

MOVABLE FAMILY 02

5th-String Root Shapes

Major and minor barre forms using the A string as the root reference, giving you another movable chord family across the neck.

MAKE IT INTERACTIVE

Try the Free Guitar Chord Finder

Choose a root, chord type and voicing, then explore the chord tones and interval structure directly on the fretboard.

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Complete Guitar Fretboard Reference

See where chord roots, notes and interval relationships live across the complete guitar neck using the companion AGS fretboard reference.

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Start the Free Fretboard Mastery Primer

Stop seeing the fretboard as a collection of disconnected shapes. The free Fretboard Mastery Primer introduces the notes, intervals and relationships that help you understand how the guitar neck actually works.

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