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Uncle Bob's Guitar Lessons
Lesson 12 - "Open" Chords
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Open Chords in E

The following chord diagrams list an open chord progression for the E major scale.

     E                F#m               G#m                A
0       0 0       0       0 0       0       0 0       0       0 0
+-+-+-+-+-+       +-+-+-+-+-+       +-+-+-+-+-+       +-+-+-+-+-+
| | | 2 | |       | | | 1 | | 2f    | | | 1 | | 4f    | | | 2 | | 6f
+-+-+-+-+-+       +-+-+-+-+-+       +-+-+-+-+-+       +-+-+-+-+-+
| 3 4 | | |       | | | | | |       | | | | | |       | 3 4 | | |
+-+-+-+-+-+       +-+-+-+-+-+       +-+-+-+-+-+       +-+-+-+-+-+
| | | | | |       | 3 4 | | |       | 3 4 | | |       | | | | | |
+-+-+-+-+-+       +-+-+-+-+-+       +-+-+-+-+-+       +-+-+-+-+-+

     B                C#m              Ddim                E
0       0 0       0       0 0       0       0 0       0       0 0
+-+-+-+-+-+       +-+-+-+-+-+       +-+-+-+-+-+       +-+-+-+-+-+
| | | 2 | | 8f    | | | 1 | | 9f    | | | 1 | | 11f   | | | 2 | | 13f
+-+-+-+-+-+       +-+-+-+-+-+       +-+-+-+-+-+       +-+-+-+-+-+
| 3 4 | | |       | | | | | |       | | | | | |       | 3 4 | | |
+-+-+-+-+-+       +-+-+-+-+-+       +-+-+-+-+-+       +-+-+-+-+-+
| | | | | |       | 3 4 | | |       | 3 4 | | |       | | | | | |
+-+-+-+-+-+       +-+-+-+-+-+       +-+-+-+-+-+       +-+-+-+-+-+

Please note that many of the chord names are not the "real" names; these are all open chord (pedal-point) substitution chords for the actual chords the you would find in the scale.