I used to literally spend hours hunting around for guitar chord shapes.
Then I wondered just how I was going to be able to memorize them all!
Now I don't worry about it anymore. In fact, I can create "new" guitar chord shapes on the fly as I play.
How can I do this you ask?
Easy. I know the formulas. I know what scale degrees go into making up each type of chord - major, minor, augmented, diminished, 7th, major 7th, etc. For example, a major chord is simply the 1st, 3rd, and 5th major scale degrees.
You see, after you've been playing awhile, you find it's best to think in terms of scale degrees (as opposed to note names). Note names really only matter when finding your starting point or root.
When you do this, you recognize patterns. How the 1st and the 3rd relate. The 5th and the 1st. And so on.
Soon you can come up with your own chord voicings without the need for referring to a chord book!
