A7 Guitar Chord

Today's Guitar Chord of the Day is A7. This open guitar chord is commonly used and is easy to play.
This fingering is very easy to play, starting with an open A major chord take off your middle finger and you have an A7 Guitar Chord:

Here is another way to play an A7 chord in open position:
Play an open A major chord and add your little finger on the 3rd fret of the top E string.

7th chords are very common in blues, A7 is also used in songs in the key of D major.

7th chords use these notes from the major scale: 1, 3, 5, b7
A7 uses these notes: A, C#, E, G

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Today's Guitar Chord of the Day is A7. This open guitar chord is commonly used and is easy to play.
This fingering is very easy to play, starting with an open A major chord take off your middle finger and you have an A7 Guitar Chord:

Here is another way to play an A7 chord in open position:
Play an open A major chord and add your little finger on the 3rd fret of the top E string.

7th chords are very common in blues, A7 is also used in songs in the key of D major.

7th chords use these notes from the major scale: 1, 3, 5, b7
A7 uses these notes: A, C#, E, G

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Gsus4 Guitar Chord

Today's Guitar Chord of the Day, is Gsus4. Suspended 4th chords are usually used to embellish major chords.

This fingering of Gsus4 can be played together with an open G major chord with the right fingering.
Although you can use any fingering, as this is usually played together with an open G major chord it's best to use your little finger on the top E string

Sus4 chords use these notes from the major scale: 1, 4, 5
Gsus4 uses these notes: G, C, D


Try adding in a sus4 as an embellishment to the open G major chord and check out other suspended guitar chords here.

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Today's Guitar Chord of the Day, is Gsus4. Suspended 4th chords are usually used to embellish major chords.

This fingering of Gsus4 can be played together with an open G major chord with the right fingering.
Although you can use any fingering, as this is usually played together with an open G major chord it's best to use your little finger on the top E string

Sus4 chords use these notes from the major scale: 1, 4, 5
Gsus4 uses these notes: G, C, D


Try adding in a sus4 as an embellishment to the open G major chord and check out other suspended guitar chords here.

C7 Guitar Chord

Today's guitar chord of the day is C7, another beginner's guitar chord. This chord is easy to play: start with a regular open C major chord and add you little finger on the 3rd fret of the G string. Here is the C7 chord using a chord, standard notation and tab

7th chords are used lots in 12 bar blues progressions, in pop songs the C7 is usually followed by an F major chord.

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Today's guitar chord of the day is C7, another beginner's guitar chord. This chord is easy to play: start with a regular open C major chord and add you little finger on the 3rd fret of the G string. Here is the C7 chord using a chord, standard notation and tab

7th chords are used lots in 12 bar blues progressions, in pop songs the C7 is usually followed by an F major chord.

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D add9 Guitar Chord

Today's Guitar Chord of the Day is Dadd9. This Guitar Chord is based on a standard D major chord with the added 9th note of the major scale, in this case E.

The Dadd9 chord uses these notes: D, F#, A, E
 D add9 is related to D sus2, so what's the difference? All suspended chords leave out the 3rd note of the scale, in D this is F#. So Dsus2 uses these notes: D, E, A. The sus stands for suspended, the other more common sus chord is a sus4.

The fingering for this inversion involves a small stretch to the 5th fret, with the first finger barring the top 3 strings.

D add9 can be played anywhere that you would normally play a standard D Major Guitar Chord. Check out these other add9 guitar chords or use search function to find the chord you want.

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Today's Guitar Chord of the Day is Dadd9. This Guitar Chord is based on a standard D major chord with the added 9th note of the major scale, in this case E.

The Dadd9 chord uses these notes: D, F#, A, E
 D add9 is related to D sus2, so what's the difference? All suspended chords leave out the 3rd note of the scale, in D this is F#. So Dsus2 uses these notes: D, E, A. The sus stands for suspended, the other more common sus chord is a sus4.

The fingering for this inversion involves a small stretch to the 5th fret, with the first finger barring the top 3 strings.

D add9 can be played anywhere that you would normally play a standard D Major Guitar Chord. Check out these other add9 guitar chords or use search function to find the chord you want.

F Minor Guitar Chord | Beginners Guitar Chords

Today's guitar chord of the day is F minor. This chord is played with a half-barre where the first finger lays across the top 3 strings.
Playing F minor with a half-barre (this is where your finger covers half of the strings rather than all) is a good half-way step towards playing full barre chords when you're learning. You can also play this chord with a full barre chord with this finger, here the first finger lays across all six strings of the guitar.
F minor uses these F, Ab and C. Check out these other beginner chords or use the search function to find the chord you want.

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Today's guitar chord of the day is F minor. This chord is played with a half-barre where the first finger lays across the top 3 strings.
Playing F minor with a half-barre (this is where your finger covers half of the strings rather than all) is a good half-way step towards playing full barre chords when you're learning. You can also play this chord with a full barre chord with this finger, here the first finger lays across all six strings of the guitar.
F minor uses these F, Ab and C. Check out these other beginner chords or use the search function to find the chord you want.

A add9 Guitar Chord

Today's guitar chord of the day is Aadd9. This chord is a regular A major chord with and added 9th, the 9th in the key of A is B. This inversion is played in open position.

Add9 chords use the scale notes: 1, 3, 5, 9
An A add9 chord uses the notes: A, C#, E, B

As add9 guitar chords are the same as major chords with one added note, you can play add9 chords anywhere that you would normally play a normal major chord.

Check out these other add9 guitar chords, or use the search box to find the chord you want.

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Today's guitar chord of the day is Aadd9. This chord is a regular A major chord with and added 9th, the 9th in the key of A is B. This inversion is played in open position.

Add9 chords use the scale notes: 1, 3, 5, 9
An A add9 chord uses the notes: A, C#, E, B

As add9 guitar chords are the same as major chords with one added note, you can play add9 chords anywhere that you would normally play a normal major chord.

Check out these other add9 guitar chords, or use the search box to find the chord you want.

G add9 Guitar Chord

Today's Guitar Chord of the Day is G add9. Add9 chords sound great and can be played in the place of any regular major chord. There are plenty of other inversions of this chord but this fingering uses just 3 fingers and is a modified version of a regular open G major chord.
Use your first finger to fret the low E string and also to mute the A string to prevent it from ringing.

Add9 chords have the same notes as a regular major chord but with an added 9th.

Gadd9 uses these notes: G, B, D and A

Try playing these other add9 guitar chords and check back soon for another Guitar Chord of the Day.

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Today's Guitar Chord of the Day is G add9. Add9 chords sound great and can be played in the place of any regular major chord. There are plenty of other inversions of this chord but this fingering uses just 3 fingers and is a modified version of a regular open G major chord.
Use your first finger to fret the low E string and also to mute the A string to prevent it from ringing.

Add9 chords have the same notes as a regular major chord but with an added 9th.

Gadd9 uses these notes: G, B, D and A

Try playing these other add9 guitar chords and check back soon for another Guitar Chord of the Day.