Chord dictionary

Every shape in this room. Click a diagram to hear it. Open majors and minors first, then barre starters, then method-book sevenths. Tick the first ten on Open chords. No jazz extensions in v1.

Sevenths

Dominant 7ths pull to the chord a fourth above. Minor 7ths are the same minor with one finger lifted. Hal Leonard Book 1/2 — not a jazz vocabulary.

Three tracks

Beginner

Look up the first six, then A and Dm. Use the neck to see where the root sits (the square).

Intermediate

Add the six dominant 7ths and Em7 / Am7. Compare G to G7, Em to Em7 — name what moved.

Advanced

From a random letter, find the shape and the root on the neck in one glance. Then name the 7th that pulls toward it (G ← D7, C ← G7, A ← E7).

On the neck

Squares are the root; circles are the other notes. The letter in the mark is the note; the number under it is the left-hand finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky.