What helped me to understand about chords is I learned about single note chords. what I mean by this is, if you play a basic c maj chord, for example (which is C-E-G which is the 1-3-5) this may help you to understand chording. Each note has its own chord spelling or arrangement for a chord, so you are going to have to study the scales to be more clear on what you want and then play it so you can hear what you like. I'm still working on this and am discovering new variations everyday :lol: . Have fun wit it.