Ch.2 (More Guitar Chords & Accompaniment)

Each chord form shown in Guitar Chords and Accompaniment is only one of many possible ways you can play it on the guitar. As noted in the Closing section of the previous book, by adding or subtracting a note or notes from a chord, it can be played in a number of different ways and places. As long as what is essential to a chord is included, no matter how you reorder or reassemble it, the chord doesn’t change its basic quality and function, though the chord will sound somewhat different.

On the following pages, you will find charts of some alternative chord forms for many of the open chords. On page 32, for example, you will see five new ways to play the familiar C chord. Page 42 shows three new ways to play Em. Etc. Which chord form you choose to play depends on many factors including:

What particular sound you are seeking or
hearing in your head at the moment.

How it will sound within the song context or
in a chord progression you are playing.

Whether it's physically easy or difficult to play
or to make a smooth chord connection.

The type and arrangement of a tune.

Lastly, keep in mind that all chords—including the new chords introduced at the end of this chapter—are movable. Which means, in the exact same manner you practiced in the previous chapter, each chord can be transposed and played in any key!

(An excerpt from More Guitar Chords and Accompaniment )