Guitar Chord Practice

Reading a chord diagram

Four symbols, that's it

• Thick top line — the nut, where the neck meets the headstock.
• ○ Open circle — play that string open, no finger needed.
• × Cross — skip that string, don't strum it.
• 2 Numbered dot — press that fret with that finger (1=index, 2=middle, 3=ring, 4=pinky).