We're breaking 22 essential chords into three areas – beginner guitar chords, folk and blues. There's plenty of inspiration here for any style and skill level though, plus audio for every chord.

Get started with the eight beginner ‘chord boxes’ shown below - these are pictures of the guitar fretboard with dots showing you where your fingers go. Numbers tell you which fingers to use: index ...

Even though these are chords that sit across all 6 strings of the guitar, there are only 3 different notes inside of each chord. These notes are referred to by their interval number in music theory, ...

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