An easy-to-use chord dictionary containing the most useful open, jazz and bar chord shapes of all the most commonly used chord types.  Also includes special sections on tuning, reading sheet music, transposing and using a capo.

Introduction

Approach to practice

Using the CD, electronic tuner

Tuning your guitar to the CD

What is a chord?

Chord diagrams

Chord symbols and alternatives

How to read sheet music

Easy chord table

Chord construction

Chord formula chart

Transposing

The capo

CHORDS

• Major
• Major flat five
• Major add nine
• Minor
• Suspended
• Augmented
• Sixth
• Sixth add nine
• Minor sixth
• Seventh
• Seventh suspended
• Seventh sharp five
• Seventh flat nine
• Minor seventh
• Minor seventh flat five
• Diminished seventh
• Major seventh
• Minor major seventh
• Ninth
• Minor ninth
• Major ninth
• Eleventh
• Minor eleventh
• Thirteenth

Chord progressions, 12 bar blues

Turnaround progressions

Rock/pop/country progressions

Jazz chord progressions

Notes on the guitar fretboard

The chromatic scale

Tuning