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Chords, lesson 1 of 12

Major Guitar Chords

Major Guitar Chords is part of the chords section of Learning The Guitar: Initial Series by Paul Boyd MBE. This page has a video lesson, to watch alongside your copy of the book.

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Open major shapes

Read each diagram as the guitar faces you: low E on the left, high e on the right. An x above a string means do not play it, an o means play it open.

E major
x
A major
xx
D major
G major
x
C major

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