Electric guitar
Chords, scales, keys and strumming patterns on electric guitar. The chords cover all 12 roots in five types (major, minor, 7, m7 and maj7), each with shapes, fingerings and audio. The scales and the chords of all 24 keys show the shapes on the neck; the strumming patterns play in the browser.
On the electric guitar a chord needs only a few clear notes — the amp sustains them and fills the space, so you mute the strings you are not playing and let the tone carry the rest.
Pick a chord to start: every page has shapes, fingerings, a scale map and audio.
Chords
- C
- Cm
- C7
- Cm7
- Cmaj7
- C#
- C#m
- C#7
- C#m7
- C#maj7
- D
- Dm
- D7
- Dm7
- Dmaj7
- D#
- D#m
- D#7
- D#m7
- D#maj7
- E
- Em
- E7
- Em7
- Emaj7
- F
- Fm
- F7
- Fm7
- Fmaj7
- F#
- F#m
- F#7
- F#m7
- F#maj7
- G
- Gm
- G7
- Gm7
- Gmaj7
- G#
- G#m
- G#7
- G#m7
- G#maj7
- A
- Am
- A7
- Am7
- Amaj7
- A#
- A#m
- A#7
- A#m7
- A#maj7
- B
- Bm
- B7
- Bm7
- Bmaj7
Scales
- Ionian
- Dorian
- Phrygian
- Lydian
- Mixolydian
- Aeolian
- Locrian
- Natural minor
- Harmonic minor
- Melodic minor
- Locrian ♮6
- Ionian ♯5 (augmented)
- Dorian ♯4 (Ukrainian)
- Phrygian dominant
- Lydian ♯2
- Ultralocrian
- Dorian ♭2
- Lydian augmented
- Lydian dominant
- Mixolydian ♭6
- Locrian ♮2
- Altered (super-Locrian)
- Major pentatonic
- Minor pentatonic
- Minor blues
- Major blues
- Whole tone
- Diminished (half-whole)
- Diminished (whole-half)
- Bebop dominant
- Bebop major
- Bebop Dorian
- Harmonic major
- Double harmonic (Byzantine)
- Hungarian minor (Gypsy)
- Neapolitan minor
- Neapolitan major
- Persian
Chords by key
- C major
- G major
- D major
- A major
- E major
- B major
- F# major
- Db major
- Ab major
- Eb major
- Bb major
- F major
- A minor
- E minor
- B minor
- F# minor
- C# minor
- G# minor
- Eb minor
- Bb minor
- F minor
- C minor
- G minor
- D minor
Grooves
- Power-chord eighths
- Ska offbeat upstrokes
- Four-to-the-bar comping
- Funk 16th chuck
- Shuffle boogie
- Reggaeton (dembow)
- Metal Gallop
- Reverse Gallop
- La pompe (gypsy jazz)
- One-drop double skank (reggae)
- Bo Diddley beat (3-2 clave on guitar)
- Disco chucking (Chic style)
- Surf tremolo motor (alternate picking)
- Black Rio funk levada (pica-pau)
- Forró 'Calanguetu' (electric guitar)
- Forró 'Tina Charles' levada (electric guitar)
- Reggae single chop (2 & 4)