Just wanted to thank all the viewers around the world who have been logging on Music Learning Station. Now let's talk about chords. The great thing is there are several ways to approach chords on the guitar.
"Open Chords" are the major shapes used on guitar. They are called "Open" because they all utilize the open strings and do not require barring.
"Bar Chords" extend the open chords up the neck with the bar acting as a movable capo.
"Power Chords" use a combination of barred and fingered chords up the neck usually in a strong root-fifth-root-third shape.
"Extended Open Chords" keep the same shape as open chords but travel up the neck for very exotic sounds.
"Triads" playing only three notes at a time rather than strumming all strings.
"Jazz Guitar Chords" feature chord extensions such as 7th, 9th, 11th, 13th scale degrees. Emphasis is placed on the critical "character" notes that define the chords.
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