My Top 8 Open Chords on Guitar

and How to play them

Super guitar lessons today.

We are checking out my Top 8 Open Chords I love the most and in this video, I am going to show you how to apply them within a chord progression.

We will be working on three keys: E major, D minor and A major.

Each chord progression contains some of the open chords I love the most.

E major Chord Progression

Favorite Open Chords: Emaj7 – C#m7(6)

The E major key is probably the most amazing place for open strings chords and beautiful sounding chord progressions.

The chord progression goes like this: Emaj 7 – Aadd9(6) – C#m7(6) – B

The Emaj7 chord is a beautiful sounding open chord. It isn’t a difficult chord to play as the notes are pretty close. Make sure you let each open string ring out nicely.

The C#m7(6) is an amazing, a beautiful chord that you will love playing. It’s a really stretchy chord so learn it slowly and stop immediately if your fingers hurt.

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The D minor Chord Progression

Favorite Open Chords: Dmadd9 – Bb6(#11) – Cadd9

I have to be honest with you. I love every single open chord in this chord progression.

The D minor is perfect on guitar and you can use the high E string open on each chord to create beautiful sounding progressions.

The chord progression goes like this: Dmadd9 – Bb6(#11) – Cadd9

All the chords here are played with the high E string open.

Take a little bit of time working on the Cadd9 chord which is pretty stretchy therefore difficult at first.

The A major Chord Progression

Favorite Open Chords: F#min7add11 – Eadd9

The third chords progression is very simple to play yet really beautiful.

This is the chord progression: Aadd9 – Dadd9 – F#m7add11 – Eadd9

The F#m7add11 is probably one of my favorite chord on the guitar. It sounds good with almost any chord progression in A major.

The Eadd9 is another overused open chord on the guitar.

Good luck with this lesson.