Think of jazz chords as adaptations of simpler shapes. These 13 and 7#5 chords are just E-shape barres with your third finger removed from the A string and deployed somewhere on the B string.

Use our acoustic guitar chord charts - from basic open chords to the daddy of altered tunings and many points between - to build your musical vocabulary and hone your own voice on the acoustic guitar.

His distinctive rhythm strums can be heard on songs like Rebel Music, Rastaman Vibration, and Exodus; his unplugged skills stand out on the acoustic ‘hymn’ Redemption Song.

Blues chords In blues ‘dominant’ 7 chords (A7 or D7 for example) are more common than basic major, minor and sus chords. The A7, D7 and E9 shapes shown here are all you need for a 12-bar blues ...