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How chords are written on a chart.

Learn how to write chords on a guitar chord chart Learn your first
Chord shape, on your guitar following the example.

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There are a few aspects needed to write chords down on a chart and also
necessary, the ability to read them aswell.

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Chord boxes are diagrams
X O O of the guitar neck viewed
head upwards, face on as

illustrated. The thick top

horizontal line is the nut,

unless a higher fret
number is indicated and
the vertical lines are the

strings in order

from left to right:

E A D G B E

Illustrated is the chord of:

‘A’ or ‘A Major’,

as we have seen
in the previous page

You may see in some books: ‘x’ and ‘o’ above the nut and strings, just as in this
example.

The ‘x’ means that you shouldn’t include that string when strumming or picking.

The ‘o’ means open string. No fingers are placed on that string.