List of Major Chords
This is a list of strict major chords which means starting on the root note on the lowest (deepest) string and then finding the next note on the next highest string etc. This produces some impossible stretches in many cases, so - try the alternatives!
The numbers represent the frets to press on each string in order from lowest to highest
so G major as commonly played is 0 0 2 3 (see diag)
| Chord | Chord Notes | Fret Positions | Good Alternatives | Comment on Alternative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A maj | A C# E A | 2 11 7 5 | 2 2 4 5 | repeated root |
| 2 2 4 0 | repeated 5th | |||
| Bb maj | Bb D F Bb | 3 0 8 6 | 3 0 1 1 | repeated root |
| B maj | B D# F# B | 4 1 9 7 | 4 1 2 2 | repeated root |
| C maj | C E G C | 5 2 10 8 | 0 2 3 0 | 2nd inversion repeated major 3rd |
| D maj | D F# A D | 7 4 0 10 | 2 0 0 2 | 2nd inversion repeated 5th |
| E maj | E G# B E | 9 6 2 0 | 1 2 2 0 | 1st inversion repeated root |
| F maj | F A C F | 10 7 3 1 | 5 3 3 5 | 2nd inversion repeated 5th |
| 2 3 3 1 | 1st inversion repeated root |
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| 5 3 0 1 | 2nd inversion repeated root |
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| F# maj | F# A# C# F# | 11 8 4 2 | 6 4 4 6 | 2nd inversion repeated 5th |
| 3 4 4 2 | 1st inversion repeated root |
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| G maj | G B D G | 0 9 5 3 | 0 0 2 3 | repeated root |