How to read a chord diagram
- ●
- Press the string here. Number inside is the finger (1 = index, 4 = pinky).
- ○
- Play this string open (no fingers).
- ×
- Don’t play this string (mute it).
- G D A E
- The four courses of the mandolin, low to high.
- Nfr
- For chords higher up the neck, shows which fret the top of the diagram sits at.
Key of G
I · IV · V · V7 · vi
Click any chord to hear it strummed.
I — tonic, home
IV — subdominant, away
V — dominant, tension
V7 — stronger pull home
vi — relative minor