A single guitar chord consists of several tones, which can be played together using strings to bring out rhythmic sound. A guitar chord can use a single string or multiple strings for adding variation to a composition although the new age distortion sound that you hear on an electric guitar is a combination of chords and other external gadgets.

The guitar has six strings and they are tuned in such a way that the lowest pitched string is at the bottom and the highest pitched string is at the top. The strings are E-A-D-G-B-E and you can make a composition using the strings at a particular junction on the fret board. The chords are distributed into four categories: major, minor, suspended and augmented. For example: let’s take a look at the chord diagram below:

There are different types of chords that are used while learning guitar playing. Some of the important ones are the extended chords, and the triad chords. Then there are the caged major chords, which basically consist of a root note, a major third and perfect fifth above the root, and a note. For example: If you are playing C-Major then your finger position will be as follows: