Guitar Picture Chords distributed by Santorella Publications is a combination of photographs and guitar frames or chord box diagrams that provides the beginning and intermediate guitarist with a ready source of commonly used chords. The purpose of Guitar Picture Chords is to help you become a proficient reader of music while learning to strum chords. Practicing each individual position, then playing chords in sequence will enable you to look at a piece of music and play the chords one after another. It is important to understand that a series of different chords played in a sequence is called a “chord progression”.

Guitar Picture Chords is an exceptional resource for teaching the beginning to intermediate guitarist how to form and play many chords with the use of visual images and furthermore, how to assemble these chords to form a series of progressions. Presto, now you’re playing music! We strongly recommend that you use this book with the help of a teacher who can explain additional concepts, play along and show you how enjoyable music can be.