Types of chords
Major Agreed (C, G, D...)
Formula 1 – 3 – 5That's what I mean. stable, light and cheerful. It's the basic chord of nearly every song: it works as a point of arrival (tonic) and as a passing chord. Example: C major (C).
Minor arms (Am, Em, Dm...)
Formula 1 – ♭3 – 5That's what I mean. stable but darker, melancholic or intimate. He appears in ballads, boleros, corridors and most popular music and his relative chord or second degree in a bigger tone. Example: C minor (Cm).
Retiring or dominant (G7, D7...)
Formula 1 – 3 – 5 – ♭7That's what I mean. tenso: pide resolver hacia otro acorde. It's the dominant chord (V7): it's ready to come to the tone and it's the basis of the blues, the are and many song clasp. Example: C seventh (C7).
Retirement of an upper seventh (Cmaj7, Fmaj7...)
Formula 1 – 3 – 5 – 7That's what I mean. soft, open and dreamer. Used as a new, jazz and pop Bossa: it gives color to the tonic or to the fourth degree without creating strong tension. Example: C major seventh (Cmaj7).
A minor with seventh (Am7, DM7...)
Formula 1 – ♭3 – 5 – ♭7That's what I mean. relaxed and warm and something melancholy. That's the second degree of Iii-V-I progression of jazz and appears in salsa, funk, neo soul and pop. Example: C minor seventh (Cm7).
Retiring Acordes 2 (Dsus2, Assus2...)
Formula 1 – 2 – 5That's what I mean. open and ambiguous: neither greater nor minor. It's used to give air to a chord more or less, at pop and rock scattering and intro with an air string. Example: C sus2 (Csus2).
Retirement 4 (Dsus4, Assus4...)
Formula 1 – 4 – 5That's what I mean. suspended, with a desire to get back to the major chord. The main chord of the same fundamental (Xsus4 → X) usually resolves: it's a classic attrition with scrape and endings. Example: C sus4 (Csus4).
Decreased accordes (Bdim, C)
Formula 1 – ♭3 – ♭5That's what I mean. Unstable and tense. It's the seventh grade of the bigger scale and serves as passing chord between two chords that are at a tone of distance. Example: C diminished (Cdim).
Retiring Acordes (Caug, Gung...)
Formula 1 – 3 – ♯5That's what I mean. and in abeyance. It appears as passing chord (for example I → I increased → vi) and in introduction of ballads and boleros. Example: C augmented (Caug).
Semi-dysminute Agreed (BM7-5, Em7-5...)
Formula 1 – ♭3 – ♭5 – ♭7That's what I mean. tense but soft with a dark color. It's the second degree of minor tones (iiø-V7-i), very common in boleros, tango and jazz. Example: C half-diminished (Cm7♭5).
Frequently asked questions
What are the basic guitar chords?
The first to be learned are open chords: Do (C), Sun (G), Ree (D), The (A) and My (E) greater and The minor (Am), My minor (Em) and Ree minor (Dm). basic chord guide We'll tell you what order to learn them from.
How do you read a chord diagram?
The vertical lines are the ropes (the thickest to the left) and the horizontal ones are the scares. Each point indicates where to step and the number is the finger: 1 index, 2 mean, 3 ring and 4 pinique. A × above a string means that you don't touch and a ″ that sounds to the air. If a number appears next to them, the diagram starts at that cut.
What does American encryption mean (C, Dm, G7...)?
That's how we write the chords with letters: C = Do, D = Ree, E = Mi, F = Fa, G = Sun, A = La and B = Si. A "m" indicates minor (Am = The minor), a "7" indicates seventh (G7 = Sun seventh) and "Maj7" indicates seventh.
What's a cebilla?
That's when the index finger pinges several strings at once at the same time as a mobile cebula. It allows to play any chord by motiling the same shape through the mast. guide to cebilla We explain how to achieve her without pain.
What's the difference between a bigger chord and a minor chord?
A note changes only one note: the third note. The greater one is two tones from the fundamental one (Do-Mi) and the minor one and a half (Do-Mi). That's why the bigger one sounds light and the darker or more melancholy minor.