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The Real Guitar Book Vol 1

The easier you can learn from a chord diagram, the faster you will learn to play your chords on your instrument.

The Real Guitar Book Vol 1

Lets' take a look a 4 ways on how to read chord pictures and diagrams properly.

1. Find what style of chord picture you like: There are so many different ways to demonstrate how a chord is played. Some chord manuals use real life pictures, some are drawings, and thanks to modern technology, some combine both real life guitar pictures with digital imprints of where your fingers are to be placed on your instrument.

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2. Determine which way the chord picture is facing: There are three primary ways that a chord can be demonstrated by picture. The first way is by having the guitar positioned as if you are facing another guitar player. The second way is by having the chord picture look as if you are looking down on top of your fret board. The third way is to have the chord picture vertically. Once you determine which angle the chord picture is drawn, make sure that your string fingering corresponds with the chord picture. I.e. Make sure if your placing your finger on the 2nd fret, 1st string, that the picture you are looking at is really implying the 2nd fret, 1st string.

3. Your fingers may not line up exactly the way the picture is shown: Depending on what kind of picture or diagram is used, your fingers may not exactly line up with the diagram given. A good example of this is when you learn the A major chord. Most chord diagrams have the A major chord finger placements all nice and neat in a row. Visually this is good for the guitar player to see. However, when actually playing the A major chord, you will soon find out that where your fingers end up on the frets board are much different than the nicely designed chord diagram.

4. Make sure you practice your chords without looking at the picture: As you are learning your guitar chords by utilizing chord pictures and diagrams, make sure that you begin to memorize your guitar chords as soon as possible. It can be very easy to want to always refer to your chord chart when practicing guitar. The easiest way to break the habit of always looking at your chord chat is to look at the chart, and then turn your chord manual over and try playing the chord to the best ability possible by memory. Turn the chord manual over, and then compare your left hand fingering to the diagram you are looking at.

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