Em add9 Guitar Chord

Today's guitar chord of the day is E minor add9. This guitar chord is in open position and is a simple variation on an open E minor chord. Today we've got two different inversions of the same chord. The first one is my favourite with a nice close interval between the F# on the D string and the open G string, it's also easy to play using just two left hand fingers:

Place your fingers close to the frets and make sure that each note sounds cleanly.

The next fingering is like a regular open E minor chord with with the addition of the second fret on the top E string.

Here are the notes used in our chord:

•  Minor add9 chords use: 1, b3, 5, 9
• Emin add9 = E, G, B, F#

This chord is used in lots of songs in the key of Eminor, this chord can be played instead of most Eminor chords to add some extra colour.

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C# minor guitar chord

Today's guitar chord of the day is C#minor. C#min and Dbmin are enharmonic, this means the two different names refer to the same pitch and chord. Depending on the key you're playing in you may see this chord referred to as either C# minor or Db minor though C#minor is more commonly seen.
Place your fingers close to the frets and make sure that each note sounds cleanly.

The next inversion of this chord is similar however it uses a barre across the 4th fret. Lay your 1st finger just behind the fourth fret across the top 5 (or all 6) strings.
Make sure each note sounds cleanly.

Here are the notes used in our chord.
Minor chords use: 1, b3, 5
C# minor = C#, E, G#
Db minor = Db, Fb, Ab

This chord is used in lots of songs in the key of A and E.

G# minor guitar chord / Ab minor guitar chord

The G# guitar chord and Ab guitar chord are enharmonic, this means the two different names refer to the same pitch and chord. Depending on the key you're playing in you may see this chord referred to as either G# minor or Ab minor. Whichever label is used the fingering for this chord is the same.
This chord is played using a half-barre. Here your first finger lays across the top 3 strings of the guitar at the 4th fret.

The next inversion is similar but has its root note on the bottom E string and doesn't involve a barre.


Some find this chord easier to play if you're having difficulty with barre chords.

The final inversion of G#minor allows us to play all 6 strings.
Lay your first finger across all 6 strings just behind the 4th fret.

Minor chords use these scale degrees: 1, b3, 5
G#minor = G#, B, D#
Abminor = Ab, Cb, Eb

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Cminor guitar chord

Today's Guitar Chord of the Day is Cminor. Cminor can also be written as Cm, Cmin or even C- these symbols all represent the same chord. We'll look at two different fingerings of the Cminor chord, one easy version that doesn't require a barre and a slightly more tricky version that requires a barre on the 3rd fret.

 This first fingering involves playing only the top four strings.
Place your fingers close to the frets and listen carefully to make sure each string sounds clearly

The next inversion is very similar but uses a barre at the 3rd fret. Here, you lay your first finger just behind the 3rd fret across the top 5 strings.

You can also barre across the bottom E string and play all 6 strings if you wish.

Minor chords are constructed using these scale degrees: 1, b3, 5
Cminor uses these notes = C, Eb, G


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Bb minor guitar chord

Today's guitar chord of the day is Bb minor and we'll be looking at two different fingerings for this chord. The first fingering is the easiest as it doesn't involve a barre and uses just the top four strings.
Place your fingertips just behind the fret to get a clean sound with no buzzing.

The second fingering of this chord uses a barre. Here we lay the edge of your first finger just behind the first fret.
Play each note of the Bb minor chord individually and make sure that they all sound cleanly with no buzzing.

Minor chords use these scale degrees: 1, b3, 5
Bb minor uses these notes = Bb, Db, F

These chords are movable, playing the same fingering on another fret transposes the chord to a different key:

1st fret Bb minor / A# minor

• 2nd fret B minor
• 3rd fret C minor
• 4th fret Db minor / C# minor
• 5th fret D minor
• 6th fret Eb minor / D# minor
• 7th fret E minor
• 8th fret F minor
• 9th fret Gb minor / F# minor
• 10th fret G minor
• 11th fret Ab minor / G# minor

G minor guitar chord

Today's guitar chord of the day is G minor. You might see this chord written in several different ways, but they all refer to the same thing:

• Gminor
• Gmin
• Gm, or even on jazz lead sheets
• G-

We're going to look at three different ways of playing the G minor chord. The first fingering involves a half-barre. For this fingering you lay your first finger across the two three strings of your guitar at the 3rd fret and use your 3rd finger to hold down the 5th fret of the D string.
Make sure that each notes sounds cleanly with no buzzing. It helps to place your finger as close to the fret as you can

The second fingering of this chord involves playing a full barre chord on the guitar. Here you lay your 1st finger across all six strings of the guitar just behind the 3rd fret.

Again make sure all of the notes sound cleanly with no buzzing. 

The final fingering of the G minor we'll look at today doesn't involve a barre, using one finger for each of the four strings we're playing.


The root note of this fingering is on the bottom E string of the guitar

Minor chords use these degrees of the major scale: 1, b3, 5
Gminor uses these notes: G, Bb, D




These chord can be moved to transposed to any other key by moving the shape around on the fretboard. The square in the chord box indicates where the root note is in this chord.

• 1st fret: F minor
• 2nd fret: F#/Gb minor
• 3rd fret: G minor
• 4th fret: G#/Ab minor
• 5th fret: A minor
• 6th fret: A#/Bb minor
• 7th fret: B minor
• 8th fret: C minor
• 9th fret: C#/Db minor
• 10th fret: D minor
• 11th fret: D#/Eb minor
• 12th fret: E minor

B minor guitar chord

Today's Guitar Chord of the Day is B minor. This is a common chord and is usually played as a barre chord, but if you haven't mastered barre chords yet then there is another easy fingering for this guitar chord that you can use:
To ensure the notes sound cleanly make sure your fingers are placed close to the frets when you play the Bm chord:

The full barre chord fingering of this chord is played by laying your first finger across the guitar's second fret:

Bminor guitar chord with a barre at the second fret.

Both fingering of this chord can be moved freely around the guitar's neck:

• 1st fret: Bb minor
• 2nd fret: B minor
• 3rd fret: C minor
• 4th fret: C#/Db minor
• 5th fret: D minor
• 6th fret: D#/Eb minor
• 7th fret: E minor
• 8th fret: F minor
• 9th fret: F#/Gb minor
• 10th fret: G minor
• 11th fret: G#/Ab minor
• 12th fret: A minor