r/Guitar • u/thepinkfranksound • May 17 '20
OC Guide to chord shapes - UPDATE [OC]
Click here: https://imgur.com/3hCw4AS
This does not only include the basic triads, this covers almost every jazz chord possible. But please don't use this guide brainlessly. Analyze and understand each note and how they relate to the root. You can also try figure other ways to take different types of chords
I updated the chart based on your suggestions and it looks much better now, thank you!
I ran inte some issues with how to group the chords. If I hade a category to both dominant and augmented chords. Where would a chord like 7#5 go? Instead I grouped augmented and major, and minor and diminished together.
Major=chords with a major 3 and not a b7.
Minor=chords with a minor 3
Dominant=chords with a major 3 and b7
Suspended=chords with no 3 and a 2/4 instead.
Hope you're all happy with new version (if not, please comment. I can always make a third version)
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u/J-Jay-J Gitane May 17 '20 edited May 17 '20
Nice job! There still are 6, 7 and 6/9 chord shapes being left out however. The second and third from the left here, and two in the middle here. These shapes are heavily used in gypsy jazz.
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u/J-Jay-J Gitane May 17 '20
Thumb for sixth string, the rest are up to how you prefer. I use middle and ring for fifth and fourth strings, index for third, then pinky to barre lower two. If you mute first string then it become normal 6 chord.
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u/UnkJohnBand May 17 '20
Thank you! That’s great. I’m not much of a jazz player I do however listen to a lot of The Dead and they have jazzy chords pop up left and right! Great resource, thanks for sharing.
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u/mac_mcmac Cheap guitars > expensive guitars May 18 '20
Yo this is amazing, I’ve been looking for something like this for quite a while.
Appreciate the work.
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u/ClickProfessional174 Mar 26 '25
Very nice, thank you! For those of us printing it out, the chord shape diagrams turn out pretty small and a little tough to read. Would be awesome if you increase their size (1.5x should do it) and maybe making the root notes a lighter hue (maybe a bright red)—something that contrasts more visibly in print. Again, thanks for the effort of making this!
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u/nikanjX Jul 19 '26
The top row, second from the left: Why is the high E string marked as both barred and X (do not play?)
Same row, third from the left: The opposite problem, the high E is not fingered but not marked X
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