![]() The open strings are the strings in the diagram that have no fingers assigned to it. The other variable involved is what to do with the open strings. A circle with a ‘2’ is an instruction to place the 2nd finger on the string and fret that it aligns to, and so on. A circle with a ‘1’ is an instruction to place the 1st finger on the string and fret that it is aligned to. The circles with the numbers in them indicate fingers on the left hand (if you’re a right handed guitarist). You just have to make sure you know which lines are the strings, which ones are the frets and the order of each. You have to remember where the strings are and where the frets are so that you can interpret the diagram without the text. You won’t see this text on most chord diagrams. The following diagram is the same as above, but with text indicating string numbers and fret numbers: There are 2 things that vary with each open chord diagram: There a 2 things that remain constant with open chord diagrams: You can view the index of lessons from this series here, or purchase the book itself from here. This lesson is an adapted lesson from the ‘Open Chords Made Easy’ book. Let’s look at a chord diagram for the D major chord: However, if you find that interpreting chord diagrams is a bit hit and miss – sometimes you get them right, other times everything is upside-down etc, then you will find this short tutorial quite useful.Ĭhord diagrams are relatively simple diagrams that tell us how to play a certain chord. ![]() You might already know how to read chord diagrams. ![]()
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