You should learn all the chords that you can, I believe. Even take some time and strategically plot different fingerings to see what kind of sound you can get. Knowing and understanding the effects of different chords can dramatically improve your creative output. Take the major 7th chord which is used in alot of romantic, or ballad music because of it softer sound. And then the minor 7th which lightens up a minor chord because of the major triad that exists with a minor 7th chord. A minor 7th is a good way to keep a major tone while playing a minor chord in a major key. 6th chords add sort of a jazzy tone to a chord. Sus2 chords have a really spaced out feeling to them. And well the list goes on... Just listen to different chords and feel them, don't just say, "ahh I figured how to play this chord out and then forget about it".

Josh your reply makes me laugh, you say you don't like to use chords like X5 but yet you say learn nirvana and SOAD songs, dewd that's all they use is X5 chords.

[Edited by noticingthemistake on 08-28-2003 at 12:19 AM]