Learning individual chord shapes is an important part of learning guitar, but knowing the shapes alone doesn’t tell you much about how those chords actually work together.
That’s where understanding Keys and chord progressions becomes useful.
This Guitar Chord Map lays out the chords that naturally occur in all 12 Major keys, with chord diagrams for each one.
It gives you a simple visual reference for seeing which chords belong together and how they relate to one another.
What’s included?
The map covers all 12 Major keys and includes:
- Every Major key laid out clearly
- Chord diagrams for each chord
- The chords that naturally occur within each Key
- A visual reference for common chord relationships and progressions
Rather than looking at chords as a collection of unrelated shapes, you can start to see them as part of a bigger musical system.
Why is this useful?
A lot of guitarists can play plenty of chords but still find it difficult to understand what they’re doing musically.
You might know the shapes for C, G, Am and F, for example, but not realise that they’re all part of the same Key and that this is why they work so naturally together.
Understanding those relationships can make it easier to:
- Understand why particular chord progressions work
- Recognise patterns when learning songs
- Move familiar progressions into different Keys
- Start writing your own chord progressions
- Develop a better understanding of the fretboard
You don’t need to memorise the entire map. Think of it as a reference tool that you can return to whenever you want to see how the chords in a particular key fit together.
Download the Guitar Chord Map
You can download the Guitar Chord Map below and use it as a handy reference while you’re learning songs, practising chords or exploring your own ideas.
And if you’re interested in going beyond memorising chord shapes and want to understand how the different parts of guitar playing fit together, you can find out more about The Progressive Guitar program here https://andrewhowes.podia.com/the-progressive-guitar-program
Want to learn the underlying theory behind chords in Keys? https://progressiveguitar.co.uk/how-do-you-know-which-chords-are-in-a-key/
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