Put your 1st finger here.

How to read chords. First you’d pick the 6th string (thickest/top) while holding fret 3. Next you’d pick the 4th string. When learning how to read guitar sheet music, there are three major types of ‘sheet music’ to consider.

Major chords sound much more uplifting and positive. You can think of chords as being stacks of thirds. You read guitar tabs from left to right, so this is how you’d play the notes in the above picture:

Low e (thickest string), a, d, g, b, and high e(thinnest string). Here’s what an em chord looks like on a real guitar: The basics of how to read chord symbols.

X’s and o’s don’t mean hugs and kisses on a guitar. You’ll read your tab from left to right, and the numbers show which fret you should put your fingers on to play the correct notes. It makes it super easy to play even exotic sounding chords like “c#m7” or “dbmaj7”.

Guitarists generally refer to them by the following names: Learning to read chord charts is a key part of any beginner guitarist’s development. Use your first finger to fret the second string at the first fret.

For example, a c major chord would. You see the x or o above the top bar on your guitar chart. They are sometimes placed in the row of numbers at the bottom.