CHORD CHARTS
The following presentation is designed to help you correctly identify and read a guitar chord chart. WHY IT MATTERS: Guitar chord charts are literally everywhere: in guitar books & magazines, on handouts in class, on the world wide waste of time (WWW), and in apps for your phone. WHY YOU SHOULD CARE: If you know how to read chord charts then you will be able to play ANY chord that has ever been played on your guitar. Eventually, you won’t even need a teacher (or book or app for that matter) to tell you how to play the chord and you’ll have a CHORD DICTIONARY in your mind! INTRODUCTIONS
WHAT IS IT ? ChordMinor Blank Chord Chart Guitar Neck The picture to the left is a...
READING CHORD CHARTS Blank Chord Charts have several different parts. to find out the name of each part. NUT Fret 1 Fret 2 Fret 3 Fret 4 STRING: CLICK Next Slide:
READING CHORD CHARTS Chord Charts Are a visual representation of a guitar chord. to find out the name of each part of the chord chart on the right. Chord Name Left Hand Fingers Open String (DO play) Muted/skipped String (do NOT play) CLICK