Minor guitar chords

root, minor third, fifth

One note lower than the major triad, and it is the difference the whole of western harmony is built on. The extensions behave differently here than they do over a major chord: a minor seventh is the ordinary one, and the major seventh — the mmaj7 — is the borrowed sound that makes a line cliché move.

119 chords here, 10 symbols across 12 roots.

Minor triad

On all 12 roots.

Minor sixth

On all 12 roots.

Minor six-nine

On all 12 roots.

Minor seventh

On all 12 roots.

Minor ninth

On all 12 roots.

Minor eleventh

On all 12 roots.

Minor major seventh

On all 12 roots.

Minor major ninth

On all 12 roots.

Minor major eleventh

On all 12 roots.

Minor add nine

On 11 roots — the bass this symbol names is only reachable from these.

The other families

Every chord on the site, grouped by root instead, is on the full index. Where the shapes and the theory come from is on the about page.

Midi Settings

7.5
Play Style
One pass of the pick from the lowest string up, everything left ringing.
Instrument
350
150

Style

Shows each chord the way this style would voice it, and marks which of its alternatives belong to the idiom.

Layout

Left Handed Mode