20 Chords Every Intermediate Guitar Player Needs To Know

There are hundreds of possible chords you can learn on the guitar. But do you need to learn all of them? Of course not. In this video lesson, Nate Savage is here to show you the twenty chords you should know as an intermediate guitar player.

The guitar chords you’ll learn are the D/F# chord, G/B chord, C/E chord, A/C# chord, Dsus4 chord, Dsus2 chord, Asus4 chord, Asus2 chord, A Major 7 chord, G Major 7 chord, D Major 7 chord, A minor 7 chord, G minor 7 chord, D minor 7 chord, G7 chord, C9 chord, G power chord, D6 chord, and F# minor 7b5 chord.

It’s important that you download the PDF chord chart for this video. By the end of the lesson, you should have a solid grip on slash chords, suspended chords, major 7 chords, minor 7 chords, dominant 7 chords, and a few others. You now have all the tools to learn the majority of songs in almost any genre. Congratulations!

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[MusoraMedia]

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[akhilk]

Inversions:
D/F# 0:40
G/B 1:20
C/E 1:45
A/C# 2:22

Sus Chords:
Dsus4 3:03
Dsus2 3:36
Asus4 4:22
Asus2 5:00

Major/Minor 7th chords:
AMajor7 5:56
GMajor7 6:51
DMajor7 7:31
Am7 8:16
Gm7 8:49
Dm7 9:37
G7 10:21
F#m7b5 11:08

C9 11:59
Cm9 12:55
D6 13:32
G Power Chord14:39

[jorgep]

0:25 Inversions
2:50 Sus Chords
5:42 Major/Minor 7th Chords
11:57 Major/Minor 9th Chords

[scottt]

Thank you Sir! I've used most of these chords for years but now I'm finally working to memorize their proper names.

[khan.aliasad]

One of the best lessons on guitar chords I’ve taken from a YouTube video. Thanks Nate.

[Britmysta]

Wow, nice crash course on the intermediate chords! I knew some of these, but also not a bunch. It's kind of neat to get an understanding of where I am. I guess I'd be somewhere around late beginner/early intermediate? Anywho, thx for the vid!

[jimmeymcgee]

I knew 5% thanks for showing the movement’s on how to get the most out of the chord you put my creativity back on track thanks will go over video until I have them all down with complete understanding. 👍🏾

[antwaneboyce]

I was playing some of these chords on my own lol wow

[amplifidgaming]

me: watches through the video, ok cool now I have them down
*goes into the other room sits down and tries to play them




Me: rewatches the video

[smlwaithaka]

Loved the inversions; would love to begin using them more...I find power chords very useful; especially in trying to blend with the rest of the band better.

[karlwheeler]

I really like the c9 chord.
Thank you so much!

[victor]

Thanks so much for this. I would also encourage that you also mention what notes you are playing to make up the chords, or what notes you are removing from a chord. That would be interesting. Love these lessons

[garrettcarlson]

My goal tier for this video
*play each cord shown without pausing the video
*learn the chord names and categories
*play all the side notes he plays, also without pausing the video

Wow man! I'm loving your resources! Thanks.

[JawJX]

the most helpful video ever, no BS, straight to the point. love it

[artsymamanana]

Thank you! This is stuff nobody tells us, the movable ones are awesome

[MusoraMedia]

You asked for it... So here it is! Hope you enjoy the video. Which of these new chords is your favorite?

[jacobthomas]

Yes, This what we needed.
We asked, you did.
This is power packed refresher. I learnt these chords to play worship songs, it's almost worship guitaring. There are area of improvements and new Learning in this lesson for me. Thanks Nate

[ledoute]

I did not know more than half these positions, very helpful material thank you.

[williamamenta]

This video is opening up worlds for me. Thank you.

[XtruhSpecialK]

Cool, I was just boring myself with the same chords over and over and some of these will inspire some new sounds. Thanks