How to Read Guitar Chord Charts

Summary by Krater

This video explains how to read a guitar chord diagram using a D chord as an example, covering strings, frets, nut, finger placement, and open strings.

From the video

Answers: How do I read a guitar chord diagram?

• guitar chord diagrams
• reading guitar tab
• D chord
• guitar fretboard basics

What it concludes

• Vertical lines on a chord diagram represent the 6 strings on the guitar.
• Horizontal lines represent the frets on the guitar.
• Dots on the diagram represent where to put your fingers.
• An X at the top of a string means you do not play that string, and a zero means you play that string open.