Guitar Chord Fingerings

Guitar chord fingerings can be shown in a number of ways. A chord puzzle in tablature is one way, frames & music notation are others. Check out directions here.

I Love Guitar created chord puzzles to demonstrate which fingers stay, if any, & which fingers move for any pair of chords. Puzzles direct finger traffic. Landing on a chord is a consequence of correct travel.

Chord Puzzle

If you can play all of these chords, you can play thousands of songs. You can also use these chords to write songs.

The chords in the following progressions aren't next to each other on the puzzle, but keep in mind that the goal of a chord puzzle is to show you how to change from one chord to the next. You can build your own puzzles for any changes you want to learn. Use blank tab (pdf opens new tab or window) for that purpose.

Once you see how to connect chords (no matter what they are), the idea is there. Apply what you have learned to any chord change. Strumming tips.

Guitar Chord Fingerings: E Form