Free tools · Chord finder
Guitar chord finder
Tap the The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step. you are holding on the chord box, mark open and muted strings, and the chord's name appears with its formula and what each note does.
Tap a string to start: a fret on the box, or the row above the nut for an open or muted string.
Questions
Chord finder, in short
- How do I find the name of a chord I am playing?
- Tap each string at the The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step. you hold, mark the open and muted strings above the The slotted strip at the top of the neck where the strings leave the headstock. Open strings ring from the nut., and the finder names the chord. If the lowest note is not the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., it names a A chord with a different note in the bass, written after a slash: C/E is a C chord with E as its lowest note. The letter after the slash is the bass. such as C/E.
- Why does one shape have two names?
- Some chords share all their notes: A, C, E and G are both Am7 and C6. The name whose root is the lowest note comes first, because that is how the chord sounds.
- What if my shape is not a chord?
- The finder says so and shows the nearest chords, each with the one string to change. Two notes are named as an The distance between two notes, counted in letter names (a 3rd, a 5th) and in half steps (a major 3rd is four)., and a root with its 5th is a Just the root and the 5th, often with the root doubled: C5 is C and G. With no 3rd it is neither major nor minor, which keeps it clear under distortion..