Difficulty: medium
Notes: Chords in different tunings for slide guitar playing
Standart-Tuning
The Chords in Open-Tunings are different from the chords in the standart tuning. That´s why a lot of Slide guitar players play in standart tuning first. Here are the chords for your slide in standart tuning. The yellow or green line is your Slide!
Major-Chords for Standart-Tuning
Minor-Chords for Standart-Tuning
Chords for Open-D tuning
Major-Chords: All chords are barred over all 6 strings.
| D | E | F | G | A | B | H | C |
| open | 2nd Fret | 3rd Fret | 5th Fret | 7th Fret | 9th Fret | 10th Fret | 12th Fret |
7th-Chords: Sevenths are barred too
| D7 | E7 | F7 | G7 | A7 | B7 | C7 |
| 0 0 0 0 3 4 | 2 2 2 2 3 2 | 3 3 3 3 6 3 | 5 5 5 5 8 5 | 7 7 7 7 10 7 | 9 9 9 9 12 9 | 10 10 10 10 13 10 |
Other Chords
| A | D7 | D6 | Bm | Dm | Dm7 | G | Gm | C |
| x 0 2 3 0 2 | 0 0 0 0 3 4 | 0 0 0 3 2 4 | 0 2 0 0 2 0 | 0 0 3 3 0 0 | 0 0 3 3 3 0 | 0 2 0 1 2 0 | 0 1 0 1 1 0 | x 3 2 1 3 x |
Chords for Open-G tuning
Major-Chords: All chords are barred over all 6 strings.
| G | A | Bb | C | D | E | F | G |
| open | 2nd Fret | 3rd Fret | 5th Fret | 7th Fret | 9th Fret | 10th Fret | 12th Fret |
7th-Chords: Sevenths are barred too
| 7 | A7 | Bb7 | C7 | D7 | E7 | F7 |
| 0 0 3 0 0 0 | 2 2 5 2 2 2 | 3 3 6 3 3 3 | 5 5 8 5 5 5 | 7 7 10 7 7 7 | 9 9 12 9 9 9 | 10 10 13 10 10 10 |
Minor-Chords: T (Thumb) = hold these strings with your thumb over the fingerboard x = open strings
| Gm | Am | Bm | Cm | Dm | Em | Fm |
| 0 0 0 3 3 0 | T2 T2 2 2 1 x | T4 T4 4 4 3 x | T5 T5 5 5 4 x | T7 T7 7 7 6 x | T9 x 9 9 8 x | T10 X 10 10 9 x |
Other Chords
| C | D | D7 | G7 | F | E | E7 |
| x 0 2 0 1 2 | x x 0 2 3 0 | x x 0 2 1 0 | 0 0 3 0 0 3 | x x 3 2 1 3 | x x 2 1 0 2 | x x 2 1 0 0 |
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