

The first row of boxes represent the first fret, the second row represents the second fret, and so on The boxes that follow below the nut represent the different frets.


Most chord diagrams will look very similar to the following image:īefore getting into what all those numbers, dots, and letters mean, let’s take a look at a blank diagram and break that down first:īeginning at the very top, the thick black bar represents the guitar’s nut (the white, sometimes cream colored, or black, object at the top of the fretboard on the guitar that elevates the strings over the fretboard):
