5 easy open chords that sound AMAZING

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If you're looking to add color, depth, and resonance to your acoustic guitar playing, these five major open chord shapes are a great place to start.

Guitarist Barrett Wilson walks us through five stunning open chords that sound especially beautiful on acoustic guitar thanks to their ringing open strings. These open chords, like Cmaj7/G and Aadd9, offer a rich and shimmering tone that works perfectly for strumming or fingerpicking. Open chords resonate more than fully fretted shapes, making them ideal for adding warmth and expression to your rhythm playing.

First up is a lush Cmaj7 over G—a dreamy, full-sounding version of a standard C chord. By shifting the bass note and removing the index finger, you unlock an incredibly resonant voicing with open G, B, and high E strings ringing out. Next is Aadd9, which combines the sweet sound of a major third with the jazzy tension of a 9th interval, making it perfect for fingerstyle guitar.

The G major 7 shape that follows is both easy and elegant, using just two fingers and muting the A string to deliver a mellow, open-sounding chord that's great for strumming. Then there's the Fmaj7#11, a pro-level chord that adds serious color to your progressions. It's a modified barre chord that becomes way more playable (and sparkly) by simply lifting the bar off the top two strings.

Finally, the Dadd9 chord closes things out with a shimmering, high-register voicing that's perfect for solo guitar work. Barrett even shows how it transforms in drop D tuning, opening up even more creative possibilities.

These five chords are a must-learn for any player wanting to explore acoustic guitar open chords, enhance their guitar chord vocabulary, or just inject some fresh inspiration into their guitar playing.

00:00 - Intro
01:08 - Chord #1: CMaj7/G
03:17 - Chord #2: Aadd9
04:41 - Chord #3: GMaj7
06:07 - Chord #4: FMaj7#11
07:30 - Chord #5: Dadd9
09:41 - Outro

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