Just keep in mind that for every chord type there are 12 different chords – the total number of different notes in music. Since it’s chord types we’re dealing with in this lesson, we won’t be distinguishing between the two. The following example shows the chord diagrams for A minor played open and A minor barre.Ī minor and B minor are two different chords, formed by completely different notes, but they’re the same chord type – minor. Open chords usually have at least one string played open, while barre chords are performed by having your index finger press all the strings of a fret (forming a barre) These are neither different chord types nor different chords, but different ways of playing the same chord. What is more relevant to your learning is knowing how many different guitar chord types there are, what they are, and when to learn them.īefore we delve into the different chord types that can be played on the guitar, let’s clear some things first. (If we take the possibilities formed by alternate tunings, the number would be even closer to infinite). We’re only counting the chords that can be formed when using standard tuning.
We’re including every position of each chord on the guitar fretboard (which would make the total number of chords close to infinite).The reason is that the answer to this question would depend on variables such as whether:
If I had to try to answer the question “How many guitar chords are there in all?”, my answer would be inaccurate, incomplete, and completely useless to your guitar learning progress anyway.
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