How to figure out any chord.

Part Two - Some sample chords for you to try.

There are seemingly endless combinations for chord structures on the guitar. You should probably learn the most commonly used chords…and a few not-so-common chords.

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Continuing from the first part of this lesson, let’s take another look at the 5th string root fretboard map.

The 5th-string root map

Now, by using the above fretboard map, let’s take a look at a few names/shapes you will need to add to your chord vocabulary.

D (major)

D minor (Dm)

D (dominant) 7 (D7)

D minor 7 (Dm7)

D Major 7 (DΔ)

D Major 9 (DΔ9)

D (dominant) 9 (D9)

D minor 9 (Dm9)

D Half-Diminished (Dm7b5)

D6

As you may have surmised by now, the list of possible chord structures is significant. The idea however, is to understand the fretboard map diagram and the interval note positions so that you can build practically any chord.

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