Author name: Liam Turner

Extended chords on guitar are seventh chords enriched with a 9th, 11th, or 13th. Practical voicings preserve the defining tones […]

Guitar triads are chords made from three different notes: a root, a third, and a fifth. The four basic qualities

Guitar chord construction starts with a root note and an interval formula. A major chord uses 1–3–5, a minor chord

Transposing guitar chords means moving every chord in a song up or down by the same musical interval. The chord

The power chord formula is 1–5: the root note plus the perfect fifth seven semitones above it. Guitarists often double

The add9 chord formula is 1–3–5–9: a major triad plus the ninth scale degree, with no seventh. For example, Cadd9

A 13th chord is built by stacking thirds until the chord reaches the 13th: root, 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th, 11th,

An 11th chord extends a seventh chord with the ninth and eleventh. The dominant 11th chord formula is 1–3–5–♭7–9–11, so

The standard 9th chord formula is 1–3–5–♭7–9. A plain “9” chord symbol means a dominant ninth chord: a major triad

Guitar chord notes are the distinct pitches that give a chord its musical identity. A major chord contains a root,