Generally, in songbooks, the guitar chord charts are ‘drawn’ vertically rather than horizontally. Then the diagram of the guitar chord chart will represent the same view of your guitar, with strings running vertically and frets horizontally. To help you with this, you can hold your guitar in front of you so that the strings are facing you and the headstock or peghead (the ‘head’ of the guitar) is pointing up. However, it is not always easy to connect this basic layout of the image above to the actual guitar. To represent the guitar fretboard, the diagram shows a grid of six vertical and five horizontal lines. But, how do we read a guitar chord chart? So, as we now know, guitarists use chord diagrams to show you where to put your fingers for each chord. The string at the top as you hold the guitar is the thickest string and this is the sixth string. The string closest to the floor as you hold the guitar (right-handed) is the thinnest string. Guitar chord charts are easy for you to read once you have learned the meaning of all the lines, numbers and circles. This is what guitar chord charts typically look like:
So, have you made the most excellent choice to learn the guitar ? Or do you already ‘strum’ the guitar for fun but want to learn more? Now is the time for you to learn how to read guitar chord charts.īut what is a guitar chord chart? It can also be known as a guitar chord diagram and is a visual representation of a guitar chord.
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