Chord diagram (music)

In music, a chord diagram (also called a fretboard diagram or fingering diagram) is a diagram indicating the fingering of a chord on fretted string instruments, showing a schematic view of the fretboard with markings for the frets that should be pressed when playing the chord.^[1] Instruments that commonly use this notation include the guitar, banjo, lute,^[2] and mandolin.

Chord diagrams for some common chords in major-thirds tuning

See also

• Tablature, a related notation for the sequence of chords in a piece of music