Guitar Chords for the Blues

The chord reference for this seat. Choose a root, then any of 62 qualities, for the shapes and for what this seat does with the chord while a bar of the blues goes by.

The guitar carries the rhythm under each sung line and the answering phrase in the gap the singer leaves after it. The grip below is what the rhythm hand keeps hold of through the bar, and the answering phrase usually starts from the same hand position, so the shape doubles as a map of where the next lick begins.

Drawn for EADGBE across 6 strings: the open grips lead, the movable ones follow up the neck, and a play button under each lets you check it by ear.