Guitar Chord Charts
Charts = Grids = Frames = Pictures
Guitar Chord Charts are one of many ways to visually show how to play (fret) guitar chords. It is a 'grid' of the fretboard with dots showing you where to place your fingers.
I Love Guitar will these grids 'chord frames' as well.
Here is what one looks like (name of chord above it):
Let's identify what these symbols mean...
This shows all of the basic visual elements you'll see for frames (geared towards right handers, yet left handed students can look at this frame backwards).
Now, let's look at how much of the rest of the world, that lives in some vertical guitar playing dimension writes their charts...
Ultimately, once you know a chord, you don't need a picture of it; it becomes pure knowledge - your muscles know it.
It makes sense to configure frames in the same orientation as tablature & music notation (up is high, down is low).
It is also not difficult to look at a frame in any orientation, once you know it, or are familiar with the orientation of a given source. Turn it any direction you need. We highly recommend you move away from reliance on chord frames. Since they are right hand dependent, they will eventually evolve or fade away.
There are other visual chord systems which can eliminate the need for grids.
