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|x|x|-|x|-| |o|-|-|-| |i|-|-|-| o|-|-|-|-| |*|R|-|x|-| |- |i|-|-| |)|m|-|-| o|-|-|-|-| |x|-|x|-|*| |o|-|-|-| |i|-|-|-| |-|-|p|-| |x|-|x|x|-| |-|m|-| |-|-|mr|-| |-|-|r|-| |x|-|x|R|-| |- |-|-|r| |-|-|-|p| |i|-|-|-| |x|x|-|x|-| |o|-|-|-| |t|-|-|-| |-|-|-|-| 0 1 2 3 4 0 1 2 3 1 2 3 4
Each '''horizontal line''' of text represents a string, like tab. The strings are divided by '''vertical bars''' , which represent the physical frets. (You fret "behind" the fret like in the maps above; see [[Basic Technique]].) The last '''line of text with the numbersa number''' may or may not be present. It specifies the fret numbersto use. Only one number is used; it alone is sufficient. All frets to the right are simply +1 fret. Since fretboard maps and chord charts are patterns that can be used on any group of frets on the guitar, they are not necessarily tied to any particular fret numbers, which is where their power lies(example 3 can be used on any group of 4 frets).
In the above examples, the ''0th fret'' is sometimes marked. This means play the open string. This is more common for scale patterns than chord charts. Chord charts can use open strings, even if you fretting far away from the open strings. Thus, open strings are often marked to the left of the leftmost fret, as in examples 2 and 4 above.
The first figure is a ''fretboard map'' or ''scale map/chart/pattern''. The '''x's''' represent frets on that string that are part of whatever scale is being illustrated. The '''R's''' indicate ''root notes'' of the scale. The '''*'s''' indicate that these are the same note, but can be played in either location. These maps are a more compact way than tab to demonstrate the fretboard pattern of a particular scale.
The other examples are ''chord chartcharts'' in . They represent almost the exact same thing, except that while scale maps indicate every member note of the middle is exactly scale, including multiple on the same thingstring, but chord charts indicate only one note per string. This is not meant to simply indicate so all the member marked notescan be played simultaneously. Additionally, but they are marked with letters instead of x's and r's to indicate how to finger all the notes at the same timeeach note.
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