Guitar Chords

Pick a chord or type one to see every way to play it, and hear it.

Root

Type

C major

C · E · G

Shape 1 of 20Open C · most played

TuningCapo

Popular chords

Tap the frets you're playing in the chord identifier and it names the chord, slash chords and other tunings included.

Major: Bright and stable. Three notes: the root, the major third and the fifth. C , G , D
Minor: Darker than major: the third is a half step lower. Am , Em , Bm
Seventh (7): A major chord with a flat seventh. It pulls toward the chord a fourth higher, as B7 does to E. B7 , E7 , G7
Major seventh (maj7): A major chord with the major seventh added, for a soft, open sound. Cmaj7 , Fmaj7 , Dmaj7
Minor seventh (m7): A minor chord with a flat seventh, smoother than plain minor. Am7 , Em7 , Dm7
Power chord (5): Just the root and the fifth: no third, so neither major nor minor. The rock rhythm chord. E5 , A5 , D5
Added ninth (add9): A major chord with the ninth added on top, brighter and more open. Cadd9 , Gadd9 , Dadd9
Sixth (6): A major chord with the sixth added: sweet, common in pop and country endings. C6 , A6 , G6
Ninth (9): A dominant seventh with the ninth added: the funk and blues chord. D9 , E9 , A9
Suspended second (sus2): The second replaces the third, so it is neither major nor minor. Dsus2 , Asus2 , Esus2
Suspended fourth (sus4): The fourth replaces the third and wants to fall back to it. Asus4 , Dsus4 , Esus4
Diminished (dim): A minor third and a flat fifth: a tense chord that leads a half step up. Bdim , Cdim , Ddim
Augmented (aug): A major chord with a raised fifth, used to pass between chords. Caug , Daug , Eaug

The vertical lines are the strings: the thick low E on the left, the thin high E on the right.
The horizontal lines are the frets. The thick line at the top is the nut; "3fr" next to a diagram means it starts at the 3rd fret.
A dot is where a finger presses. The number is the finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky.
O above a string means play it open; X means don't play it.
A bar across several strings is a barre: one finger pressing them all.
Red marks the root, the note the chord is named after.