Chord diagrams show you how to play new chords.
Below is a blank chord diagram. Think of it as a picture of your guitar sitting in front of you.
The 6 vertical lines represent the 6 strings on a guitar (low E on left side, high E on right). The horizontal lines represent frets except for the top line which is the nut of the guitar.
Black dots on the diagram
tell you what fret and string to place your fingers. Numbers inside the dots
tell you which finger to use.
White dots mean to play the
string open (an open string is a string that is played without any notes being
fingered on the fretboard).
Here's how the fingerings are mapped out on your hand:
=second
finger
To play the chord on this chart, place your 2nd finger on the 2nd fret of the 5th string and strum all six strings.
You just played an E minor 7th chord!
If you see an "X" on a chord chart that simply means that you do not strum that string, otherwise all strings are played. In the example A chord below you'll see an "X" over the 6th string. This means that the string is not used in the chord, so you will not strum it when playing the chord.
Your assignment will be to create a chord chart using Works or Word. You must include the following chords.