Major Chords

A major chord contains a root, major third and a perfect fifth and is considered to sound quite upbeat or happy :).

Below are some common guitar major chords, these chords are 'open' i.e. they use open strings as well as fretted strings.

E major

OOOOOO
1
2
3
1

A major

XOOOOO
1
2
3
4

D major

XXOOOO
1
1
3
2

C major

XOOOOO
1
3
2
1

G major

OOOOOO
1
3
2
4

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