Comments on: How to Read Guitar Chord Symbols

By: Dylan

Dylan — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 16:17:36 +0000

Hey Brett, thank you very much for all the musical information you have provided it’s very help in understanding chords and what the symbols behind them indicate. I was courious what the symbol (#) indicates like for example (C#) does the mean C sharp? Like the G# note in the key of the E chord.

By: Brett

Brett — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 13:38:10 +0000

Hey Chris, C2 (also known as C9 or Cadd9) is played: x32033.

In case those numbers make no sense, each one represents a string and then the numbers represent the fret number on that strong. From left to right, it’s the lowest E string to the highest E string. So a C2 “x32033″ would be played where the low E string is muted, the A string is played on the 3rd fret, the D string is played on the 2nd fret, the G string is open, the B string is played on the 3rd fret, and the high E string is played on the 3rd fret.

By: chris

chris — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 04:54:58 +0000

hey im learning off the ‘easy songs’ for beginners. What is C2???

By: christine

christine — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 23:32:57 +0000

hey, i’m trying to learn this song and it has D2 in it what is that?

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 01:48:24 +0000

“There is a difference. A G7 chord is a dominant seventh chord, while a Gmaj7 is a non-dominant seventh chord”. What?! This doesn’t really explain the difference. The KEY difference is the number of half steps from the root to the 7th degree, and what that means to the sound of the chord. G7 — yes, it’s a dominant 7th, but only in the key of C — has 10 half steps from root of chord to the 7th, the interval of a minor 7th. the dominant 7th chord most often resolves to the tonic chord the root of the key. The Gmaj7 chord — no meaning in the key of C — has 11 half steps to the 7th degree, the interval of a major 7th. The resolution of a maj7 chord is very ambiguous.

By: Brett

Brett — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 02:02:51 +0000

Clint – You are correct. CM7 would translate as Cmaj7.

Adam – A small superscript triangle is used to indicate a major 7th chord. It’s another way of saying ‘maj7′ or ‘M7′ such as was the case with Clint.

By: Adam Rugo

Adam Rugo — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:23:51 +0000

Hi, I have seen a delta sign or small triangle superscript to modify a named chord, as in G-delta or G-triangle. What does this mean? Thank you so much, your page is a very helpful resource for the working musician as well as the beginning student.

By: clint

clint — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:45:43 +0000

What about this chord:

CM7, in other parts of this pacticular peice of music, minor chords are represented with lower case m lik Em and Am7, should I assume that the capital M means Maj?