is the chart, book or software program full of chord spam?
(Quite often chord books or computer programs show 20 to 30 fingering positions for a single chord, such as C Major. But only four are actually unique fingering positions. All the others are partials of the four unique fingering positions chord spam. This is how chord books and computer programs often boast of having “10,000 guitar chords.” The great majority80 to 90 percentis chord spam. Chord spam is very confusing when you’re trying to learn new chords.) • is the guitar chord chart arranged in a logical manner? in other words are the chords shown from the simplest to the most elaborate? • are the chords depicted in such a way that you see where they fall in a particular key and are the guitar chords laid out in such a way as to make it easy to transpose the chords to another key? • are other relevant factors shown like scales and chord inversions (that often make playing a chord easier when transitioning from another chord)? Some guitar chord chart types that you might consider part
