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Uncle Bob's Guitar Lessons
Lesson 11 - "Open" Chords
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Open Chords in A

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

     A                Bm                C#m                D
X 0       0       X 0       0       X 0       0       X 0       0
+-+-+-+-+-+       +-+-+-+-+-+       +-+-+-+-+-+       +-+-+-+-+-+
| | | | | |       | | | | 1 | 3f    | | | | 1 | 5f    | | 2 3 4 | 7f
+-+-+-+-+-+       +-+-+-+-+-+       +-+-+-+-+-+       +-+-+-+-+-+
| | 2 3 4 |       | | 2 3 | |       | | 2 3 | |       | | | | | |
+-+-+-+-+-+       +-+-+-+-+-+       +-+-+-+-+-+       +-+-+-+-+-+
| | | | | |       | | | | | |       | | | | | |       | | | | | |
+-+-+-+-+-+       +-+-+-+-+-+       +-+-+-+-+-+       +-+-+-+-+-+

     E                F#m              G#dim               A
X 0       0       X 0       0       X 0       0       X 0       0
+-+-+-+-+-+       +-+-+-+-+-+       +-+-+-+-+-+       +-+-+-+-+-+
| | 2 3 4 | 9f    | | | | 1 | 10f   | | | | 1 | 12f   | | 2 3 4 | 14f
+-+-+-+-+-+       +-+-+-+-+-+       +-+-+-+-+-+       +-+-+-+-+-+
| | | | | |       | | 2 3 | |       | | 2 3 | |       | | | | | |
+-+-+-+-+-+       +-+-+-+-+-+       +-+-+-+-+-+       +-+-+-+-+-+
| | | | | |       | | | | | |       | | | | | |       | | | | | |
+-+-+-+-+-+       +-+-+-+-+-+       +-+-+-+-+-+       +-+-+-+-+-+

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.