The chord diagrams in this book are a little more elaborate than those you’ll find in most music books (as opposed to instruction books). The reason for that is straight forward and simple. This is an instruction book; it is designed to provide the tools you need to learn to play the guitar.The illustration is straight forward and should need no additional explanation.
Most music books, unless they are written specifically for guitar, will contain no chord diagrams, simply giving the chord name. Some may provide an icon sized diagram. But those little icons just remind you of the basic shape of the chord, not which finger goes where. If you’re serious about learning to play guitar, you won’t waste a whole lot of time looking at them.
For these reasons, it is important that you commit to memory both the name of the chord and the chord fingering. In a very short time, you’ll be able to picture a chord in your mind when you see or hear the chord name. And you’ll be surprised to find how quickly your fingers can find the proper position.
