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For years I've been keeping notebooks of chords and scales.  I organize them by which string the root is on and the general shape of the chord.  Now I've started putting this reference information into a database and I've put the database online. For any given chord family you can see many variations of the chord. You can also switch over to see the scales and arpeggios that work well over that chord family.  You can view the chords and scales as just dots on a grid or you can see the scale tones. The website is http://www.musicalexica.com.  Click on Guitar Lexicon and you will go to the search page.  There are also free practice tracks and Daily Workouts.  The Daily Workouts are 10-minute workouts that get progressively more involved musically. I'm really excited by the grids and the way they are organized...not only does the Lexicon contain lots of chords, scales, and arpeggios, but the way they are grouped should make it easier to learn and retain the information. I hope you like the site.

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Looks like you put a lot of work in there - i noticed most of your chords are open position chords, which have some great resonance, but limited utility...... Actually there is a chord organization system that is based on the simple voicing of chords - and puts all root position chords into THREE forms, which works because there are three tones to the basic triad. Form one is voiced    1-3-5-1 Form two  is voiced    1-5-1-3 Form three is voiced   1-1-3-5 That way you have your choice of melody note on top.  Of course, the OTHER consideration is the interval from the root. Each of the forms has it's own characteristic shape - form one (sometimes called the piano chords)  tends to be a long diagonal line away from you and toward the floor. Form two is more boxy and is the basis for the power chords. Form three has the characteristic space between the root and next tone, and involves a skipped string... As you add the sixths, sevenths, ninths, etc, the forms retain their characteristics. Inversions, get to be ANOTHER interesting expansion of possibilities... i can't quote a site that covers this, but I have run across it repeatedly... I have about 100 movable chords in there right now....I definitely have more to add.  I've changed the Search page to default to Movable Chord search. This chord system you referred to is very interesting...I haven't really seen that organization method before.  I don't organize according to that but you can view all the scale tones of each chord. That one sounds like you must have VERY long fingers to reach that far between the two roots on adjacent strings!