Beginners Chord Guide

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I agree – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – >For beginners, I would trim most of those chords from the list and add >chords A, B, D, E, F, G.   Keep it simple.  (major, minor, 7th, diminished). >Power chords are only the first 2 or 3 strings of barre chords. > I’m trying to pull together a beginners chord guide for my > students. I think it should include the following chords. Any > additions or deletions that you can think of? > Symbol   Name > ——   —- > C        Major > C5       Five or Power Chord > Csus4    Suspended 4th > C6       Major 6th > Cmaj7    Major 7th > Cadd9    Add 9 > Cm       Minor > Cm6      Minor 6th > Cm7      Minor 7th > C+       Augmented > Cdim7    Diminished 7th > C7       Dominant 7th (Seventh) > C9       Dom 9th > — > Mike LaFountain

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I’m trying to pull together a beginners chord guide for my students. I think it should include the following chords. Any additions or deletions that you can think of? Symbol   Name ——   —- C        Major C5       Five or Power Chord Csus4    Suspended 4th C6       Major 6th Cmaj7    Major 7th Cadd9    Add 9 Cm       Minor Cm6      Minor 6th Cm7      Minor 7th C+       Augmented Cdim7    Diminished 7th C7       Dominant 7th (Seventh) C9       Dom 9th — Mike LaFountain

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > I’m trying to pull together a beginners chord guide for my > students. I think it should include the following chords. Any > additions or deletions that you can think of? > Symbol   Name > ——   —- > C        Major > C5       Five or Power Chord > Csus4    Suspended 4th > C6       Major 6th > Cmaj7    Major 7th > Cadd9    Add 9 > Cm       Minor > Cm6      Minor 6th > Cm7      Minor 7th > C+       Augmented > Cdim7    Diminished 7th > C7       Dominant 7th (Seventh) > C9       Dom 9th

That looks like plenty to me–all the basics and lots of the additional chords. In a quick flick through my song book, the only others I use regularly are C half diminished (Cm7b5) and C7b9, but beginners probably wouldn’t need them unless they are getting into standards like Love Letters or Girl from Ipanema. The chord they variously call C2 or Csus2 (C-D-G) is likely to crop up in modern songs, if thet’s what the beginners are playing. I think you got the list right. Too much info can be overwhelming for them. Stephen Byron Bay, Australia

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For beginners, I would trim most of those chords from the list and add chords A, B, D, E, F, G.   Keep it simple.  (major, minor, 7th, diminished). Power chords are only the first 2 or 3 strings of barre chords.

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I’m trying to pull together a beginners chord guide for my > students. I think it should include the following chords. Any > additions or deletions that you can think of? > Symbol   Name > ——   —- > C        Major > C5       Five or Power Chord > Csus4    Suspended 4th > C6       Major 6th > Cmaj7    Major 7th > Cadd9    Add 9 > Cm       Minor > Cm6      Minor 6th > Cm7      Minor 7th > C+       Augmented > Cdim7    Diminished 7th > C7       Dominant 7th (Seventh) > C9       Dom 9th > — > Mike LaFountain

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> For beginners, I would trim most of those chords from the list > and add chords A, B, D, E, F, G.   Keep it simple.  (major, > minor, 7th, diminished). Power chords are only the first 2 or 3 > strings of barre chords.

Sorry, I wasn’t really clear. I do intend to cover the guitar friendly keys (and chords). But, I would also like to cover the chords that students are most likely to encounter. I don’t plan on overwhelming them with all these at the same time… just major, minor & 7th chords. The other chords will be covered as lessons progress. — Mike LaFountain

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