Translate Fingerboard Diagrams to a Real Guitar

Rock Guitar For Dummies

The following figure, which shows how a chord diagram and a tab staff relate to an actual guitar, helps you turn guitar notation into chords and melodies.

Credit: Illustration by Wiley, Composition Services Graphics

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Mark Phillips, a guitarist, arranger, and editor;

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