The Chord Encyclopedia

Standard tuning

= 120

R 2 3 4 5 6 7 R R 3 5 C still C!

1 2 3
E-Gt

15
2 4 5 0 9
(2) 3 (5) 2 5 2
(3) 5 3 3
8

Open Chords
C A G E D C

4 5 6

0 0 3 0 2 0
1 2 3 0 3 1
0 2 0 1 2 0
2 2 0 2 0 2
3 0 2 2 3
3 0

CAGED forms
C shape A shape G shape E shape D shape C shape

7 8 9

0 3 8 8 12 12
1 5 5 8 13 13
0 5 5 9 12 12
2 5 5 10 10 14
3 3 7 10 15
8 8

Closed Voiced Triads

A shape E shape
10 11 12 13

3 3 8 8
5 5 5 8 8 8
5 5 5 5 9 9 9 9
5 5 5 5 10 10 10 10
3 7 7 10 10 10
8 8 12

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C shape A shape

14 15 16 17

12 12 15 15
13 13 13 17 17 17
12 12 12 12 17 17 17 17
14 14 14 14 17 17 17 17
15 15 15 15 19 19
15 20

Cmaj moving up the neck

18 19 20 21

8 12 12 15
5 8 8 13 8 13 13 17
0 5 5 9 9 12 5 9 9 12 12 17
2 2 5 5 10 2 5 5 10 10 14
3 3 7 3 7 7 10
3 3 8

Open Voiced Triads

A shape G shape
22 23 24 25

3 3 8 8
5 5 5 8 5
5 5 5 5 9 5
5 2 5 2 5 5 5
3 3 7 7
3 8 8

E shape D shape
26 27 28 29

8 8 12 12 12
8 8 8 13 13
9 9 9 12 12 9 12
10 10 10 10 10 10
10 10 7 10 10
8 8 12

C shape
30 31 32 33

12 12 15
13 13 13
12 12
14 14 14
15 15
15

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 C F C
34 35 36 37

5 8 (8) 10 10 8 (8)
5 10
2 5 10 (10) 10 7 10 10 (10)
3 7 (7) 8 8 7 (7)
3 8

F G C
38 39 40 41

10 12 (12) 15 (15)
10 10 12 8 (8) 13 13 (13)
10 12 9
10 7 10 12 9 10 (10) 14 (14)
8 8 10 10
8

C minor
42 43 44 45

3 3 8 8
4 4 4 8 8 8
5 5 5 5 8 8 8 8
5 5 5 5 10 10 10 10
3 6 6 10 10 10
8 8 11

46 47 48 49

11 15 15
13 13 13 16 16 16
12 12 12 12 17 17 17 17
13 13 13 13 17 17 17 17
15 15 15 15 18 18
15 20

Combination
C G Am F C G F C Dm
50 51 52 53

8 8 5 6 8 8 10 8 6 5
9 7 5 5 9 7 10 9 7 5
10 9 7 7 10 9 10 10 7 5

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Open Vocied Minor
A shape G shape
54 55 56 57

3 3 8
4 4 8 4
5 5 5 5 8 5
5 1 5 1 5 5 5
3 3 6 6
3 8 8

E shape D shape
58 59 60 61

8 8 11 11 11
8 8 8 13 13
8 8 8 12 12 8 12
10 10 10 10 10 10
10 10 6 10 10
8 8 11

C shape
62 63 64 65

11 15
13 13 13
12 12
13 13 13
15 15
15

Combination
Dm A/C# Dm C F C F D/F# Gm D/F# Gm F B Asus4 A
66 67 68 69

6 5 6 8 10 8 10 10 11 10 11 13 15 17 15 14
7 7 7 10 10 10 10 12 12 12 12 15 15 15 14 14
5 4 5 7 8 7 8 9 10 11 10 12 13 13 12 12

70 71 72 73

9 9 9 9 10 10 11 11 12 12 10 10 9 9 9 9
8 8 7 7 10 10 10 10 9 9 7 7 7 7
10 10
8 8 8 8 8 8 11 11 12 12 10 10 8 8 8 8

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add9
74 75 76

3 10 12
5 5 8 8 15 15
7 7 7 9 9 9 12 12 12
5 5 5 12 12 12 14 14 14
7 7 10 10 17 17
10 12 15

sus2
77 78 79

3 8 10
3 3 8 8 13 13
5 5 5 7 7 7 12 12 12
5 5 5 10 10 10 12 12 12
5 5 10 10 15 15
8 10 15

sus4
80 81 82

3 8 13
6 6 8 8 13 13
5 5 5 10 10 10 12 12 12
5 5 5 10 10 10 15 15 15
8 8 10 10 15 15
8 13 15

Application
83 84 85

0
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4
0 2
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 0 2
0

Csus2 D
86 87 88

(0)
(0) 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7
(4) 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
(2) 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 7
(2)
(0)

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 Esus2 Dsus2 Csus2 Dsus4 D
89 90

7 5 5 3 (3) 3 3 3 3 3
9 7 7 5 (5) 5 2 2 2 2
9 7 7 5 (5) 5 5 5 5 4
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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 Chord Encyclopedia Titles
Standard tuning

= 120

A
C G Am7 (C/A) D F Fm C G
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
E-Gt

5 3 8 7 10 9 8 12
5 5 10 7 10 10 10 12
3 2 7 5 8 8 7 10

C G Am D F Fm C G
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

12 10 8 5 8 4 3
8 10 3
12 9 7 10 5 5
10 9 7 4 10 7 3 2 5
8 2

B
A B C A B C
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

4 6 8 8 4 6 8 8
6 8 10 10 6 8 10 10
3 5 7 7 3 5 7 7

A B F A B C
25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32

8 13
4 6 10 10 4 6 8 8
10
6 8 10 7 10 6 8 10 10
3 5 8 3 5 7 7

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