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Gm

A three-note voicing of Gm this month, showing that chords don't need to contain loads of notes to be effective. This shape has a nice bare perfect fifth interval between the bottom two notes and a mo ...

G6/F5

As the name implies, we've got a G6 chord on the top three strings over an F5 chord on the bottom three strings. Alternatively, it could be called Fmaj7sus9aug11 which is more immediately informative ...

G

This may be a G, but it's no ordinary G! The combination of open strings and notes high up the fretboard means than this chord contains two pairs of unisons, that is, two pairs of notes of the same pi ...

Fsus9

Fsus9 ...

Em9

Em9 ...

E/Gsharp

E/Gsharp ...

E Octaves

We're returning to classical composer Villa-Lobos again for this peculiar chord from Study No 11. It's called E Octaves since it consists solely of three fretted E's flanked by open E's on bottom and ...

E

Here we've got an octave shape of G#s on strings five and three plus the bottom and top two strings played open. This forms an E chord; it's the opening chord of Radiohead's High And Dry, plus the ope ...

Dm add 9/Eb

This unlikely fella is the opening chord of Mastodon%u2019s Pendulous Skin. It's a Dm add 9 chord on the top four strings, but with an Eb note at the bottom on the fifth string. Resolve the tension by ...

D7#9b5/A

Here's a handful for you. With a double barre from thumb and first finger this might not be an elegant chord to finger, but the harmonic richness in this D7#9b5/A makes it worth the struggle. Resolve ...

D5b9

D5b9 ...

Cadd6add9

Cadd6add9 ...

Cadd2

Cadd2 ...

B9b5

Place the fingers carefully for this one, as this voicing gets a bit congested at the bottom of the fretboard. Play this chord slowly from lowest note to highest note to make the most of the flattened ...

Aadd9/E

Here's a voicing of Aadd9/E with a chiming major second interval between the open B and C# on the third string. Play the chord one note at a time to make the most of this. Resolve this chord by moving ...