A chord is a combination of three or more more notes played together. Every chord falls under two categories; Major and Minor. Today we will look at Major chords.
There are five basic major chord patterns. They are; C,A,G,E, and D. (AKA the 'CAGED System') There are two more basic major chords that are not in this system. They are: F and B. These are both Bar-Chords.
Bmajor ____________ | | | | | | |_1_|_|_|_1<-second fret | | | | | | |_|_|_|_|_| | | | | | | |_|_2_2_2_| Often times Major Chords are just referred to as their letter name. Cmajor would be C. Amajor would be A. Gmajor would be G. etc...