Are you bored of the sound of standard chords? Then, using open guitar chords is a way to pimp up your playing and boring chord progressions. There are thousands of open guitar chords and millions of ways to use them creatively. In this post I introduce you to the world of open chords with a brief introduction, a library of 210 open guitar chords and some ideas on how to use them properly.
Open chords are chords that have at least one open string like this shape of E-minor x7x087. Within this definition standard chords like C-major x32010 are also open chords because of their open strings. The special features of open guitar chords though is that you can move up their shape up and down the neck of your guitar whereby the open strings remain the same. With every new position, the relation between the open strings and the notes of you shape changes. In that way you come across interesting sounding combinations that you would never have found using only regular chords.
Below you find five din-A4 pages full of guitar chords. 210 to be precise, I counted them. Each page is dedicated to a certain shape like the E-shape, A-shape, D-shape and so on. I notated the chords in tablature and also added the root note and the character of the basis triad of the open chord to it. The extensions of the open chords are not specified. That wouldn’t be practical right here.
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Each row contains a scale or collection of open guitar chords that have the same shape moved around the neck. Only the third of the chord changes to major or minor.
Not every open chord sounds even beautiful. Some chords work better with the open strings than others. It is up to you to decide which chord you would like to use
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Who is writing? Dario, a german-born internet citizen, professional music producer, composer, teacher, blogger and internet entrepreneur who likes to help you become a well rounded music producer!Every guitarist, no matter what level or playing style, needs to develop a vocabulary of chords. After all, every song is made up of chords and a melody (sometimes with lyrics) played with a certain rhythm. For this article we’ll take a general look at chords, specifically, open-string guitar chords.
First, we need to understand what chords are and the simple definition is two or more notes played at the same time. As you develop as a guitar player and musician this definition will take on a deeper meaning but, for now, this is a simple definition to help get you started.
Simply put, the term means chords that use open strings and are played on the guitar. Chords can be played on a variety of instruments, but a piano, for example, does not have open strings. The nature of the guitar allows for certain “guitaristic” techniques that make the instrument special. In this case, open-string guitar chords offer a different sound and technique that is not available on other instruments. As you become more fluent on the instrument, these guitaristic chords will become part of your vocabulary.
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Finally, open-string guitar chords are also referred to by other terms such as first-position guitar chords, open guitar chords, “cowboy” chords, “campfire” chords, etc. Let’s take a look at how chords are written and the various notation systems that we’ll use.
Chord boxes, chord diagrams, and chord grids all mean the same thing. Basically, they refer to the illustrations that are used to present a quick and easy way to notate chords. Each diagram represents a section of the guitar’s fret board.
The bold, horizontal line at the top of the diagram represents the nut and the horizontal lines that follow below the nut point out the frets. The vertical lines describe the strings: the line to the left represents the 6th string, low E, and the line all the way to the right illustrates the 1st string, high E.
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The “X” above the nut indicates that you shouldn’t play that string (you either avoid it or mute it). And, the “O” means that you play that string open.
In some cases, you’ll see a red dot, or a red circle with the number or note name inside. The “red” indicates that it is the root of the chord (or scale). The note name sometimes appears inside the circle and the number tells you which finger to use.
The standard notation system is how music is traditionally written and archived. It consists of a five-line staff and the notes are represented by note heads (dots) and stems (flags). There are many rules that apply to this system and are beyond the scope of this article. For more information on this system please see our article on reading clefs or search “how to read standard music notation.”
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[su_box title=”Author’s Note” box_color=”#691c84″ title_color=”#fefefe” radius=”0″ class=”width: 200px;height: 400px;”]I believe in using both conventions when notating music examples. This way, the student gets familiar with seeing both methods and their similarities. It is recommended that you look at both conventions even if you don’t understand them. Music has a shape to it when written down—if the notes move up the notation reflects that and likewise if it moves down. Follow the shape as you listen to the music and you’ll find standard notation less intimidating.[/su_box]
The tablature system, or TAB, has been around for centuries. It first appeared formally during the Baroque period and was used to notate lute music. Modern music notation has since adopted this system for contemporary and popular guitar music and, over the past few decades, this system has become somewhat standardized.
The six-line staff represents the six strings of the guitar. The numbers illustrate the frets that need to be pressed. A zero “0” indicates that that string should be played open and an “X” tells you to mute that string.
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There are many other rules to this system however, this should be enough to get you started. The other symbols will need little explanation and, in many cases, will be self explanatory.
If you’re just starting out, playing the guitar can be fun, exciting, and also overwhelming. You begin with some basic exercises but want to play songs as soon as possible. Here are some fundamental examples that will help you strengthen those finger muscles and develop coordination in both hands while learning something that you can actually play and enjoy.
Take a look at the music example below. Don’t worry if you don’t know how to read music. You can follow along as you listen to the example.
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Many of you have noticed that the tricky part to playing chords is switching from one chord to the next. Or, more specifically, maintaining a steady rhythm while switching chords. This next example offers you a chord-switching technique that will help you develop a few tricks:
The approach is called The Common-Finger Technique. In this example, notice that each chord has one thing in common: the 6th string, 3rd fret played by the 3rd finger. This finger is common to all four chords. The trick to developing this technique is to “anchor” that 3rd finger to the 6th string, 3rd fret and not move it at all.
In this next example we’ll use the same techniques from the previous exercises. Here we’ll repeat the one-finger G chord that we learned in example 1 and add the one-finger C chord. These are two open-string guitar chords that go together quite nicely and appear together in many, many songs.
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Let’s review the one-finger G chord. This chord is played with the 3rd finger on the 1st string, 3rd fret. As you fret that note, strum the top 3 strings. Use down strums and strum each chord 4 times.
Next, we’ll learn the one-finger C chord. This chord is played with the 1st finger on the 2nd string, 1st fret. As you fret that note, strum the top 3 strings making sure that the 3rd and 1st strings sound clear. If you hear any buzzes or odd noises then you probably need to re-position your fretting finger. Use down strums and strum each chord 4 times.
As we begin to add fingers (and notes) you’ll notice that the chords begin to sound fuller. This next example introduces another chord-switching method called The Pivot-Finger Technique. There are two reasons for using a pivot finger:
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In this exercise will be focusing on the 2nd approach; i.e., notes on the same fret. Take a look at both diagrams side by side.
We may refer to these as three-finger chords but they are simply the full, open-string guitar chord versions of G and C.
As in the previous example, building the chords from the bottom up is the best way to check that you are playing the chords correctly. Notice that
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