Guitar Chord Chart
Guitar chord diagrams for any key: open and barre shapes.
About this tool
Choose a root note and chord type. You get every standard voicing as a chord diagram, with the fret numbers in tab order, the chord's spelled notes and a strum button to hear each shape.
Reading the diagrams
Each diagram shows the six strings vertically, low E on the left and high E on the right, with frets as horizontal lines. A dot means press that string at that fret, ○ means play the string open, and × means don't play it. A thick top line is the nut; a label like '5fr' shows the starting fret when the shape is higher up the neck, and a bar across strings means one finger barres them. Each chord includes its open voicing where one exists (the common C, A, G, E and D shapes) and the two movable barre shapes: the E shape with the root on the 6th string and the A shape with the root on the 5th. Learn those two and you can play the chord in every key. Nine chord types are covered (major, minor, 7, maj7, m7, sus2, sus4, dim and aug) in all keys, and every voicing was checked to contain the right notes with the root in the bass. Honest limits: these are standard voicings, not the only ones; some 7th voicings leave out the 5th, as guitarists commonly do. The chord transposer and the guitar tuner are related.
Frequently asked questions
How do I read a guitar chord chart?
Strings run vertically (low E on the left), frets horizontally. Dots are fingered notes, ○ open strings and × strings not played.
What is an E-shape barre chord?
The open E chord shape moved up the neck with a first-finger barre; the root is on the 6th string at the barre fret.
What is an A-shape barre chord?
The open A chord shape moved up the neck, with the root on the 5th string at the barre fret.
What notes are in a G major chord?
G, B and D.
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