I just wanted to let you know that this is the most useful thing I have found on the internet since I can remember! What a great little invention for disorganized people like myself!
Thank you!

Hey JD… I have to agree! This little widget has allowed me to finally write the chord names for the tab sheets I have been playing off of for many years! Thanks – Enjoy!

This is really useful! Thanks so much for doing this.

Brilliant. This is sooooooo useful. Does anyone know of one like this for the ukulele??? I would be extremely grateful.

awesome…simply awesome!

wow! this is so handy! thank you

Aaug5!!! Thanks!!!

thank you! thank you! thank you!

this is perfect!

Clever and useful piece of software but can I clarify one thing – where is the chord name supposed to be displayed ? If I key in what I know to be D Major, D appears at the top, to the side of the neck diagram but if I key in A major, A appears at the bottom ? It’s obviously ok for chords that I know but if I put in a chord shape I don’t know the name of, where do I read the chord name ?

Along the lines of Nick’s comment, how do you know which chord is correct if there are 2 or 3 displayed?

what chord is this?

xx0235. It’s basically a D, only the high E string is played on the 5th fret on an A.

thanks

This widget is great but it doesn’t seem to identify slash chords?
I don’t know how do you pronounce “-9″ in a chord name? I’ve altered a D chord, flatted the 5th and raised 5th to a “-9″ ( x,0,0,1,4,2). Can anyone help me identify this chord?

Thanks
-Matt

But what about if the string is left open? It seems as if a note is not being played on that string, it is “x”‘ed or muted. What if you play the string open? How do you remove the x so you hear the string/note?

Please answer the question that nick and TD asked! Most of us are wondering the same thing! Sweet tool if i knew how to use it though.

ok that would be awesome

thank you for this site it really is great.

moxy

Man Ive only been playing for 9 months or so and Im always playing around w my guitar and just wanted to say thanks for showing me whats up!

This is a godsend.

This is simply the most useful thing on the internet. You could sell this (but please don’t . Ever think of making this into an iPhone app? You’d make a fortune.

If more than one chord is shown then the chord being played is all of them. Standard ‘A’ major is the same as Csharp minor augmented 5th. That’s just how chords work. It will sound more like an A major to the person listening because the root note A is on the lowest string (among other things)…

Usually the most obvious chord is the one you are after, i.e. the one that isn’t augmented, or with numbers after it. The small numbers underneath showing R,1,2,3 etc. also give you a clue to which notes in that scale are being played. R (root) 3 and 5 make up the standard arpeggio (the triad chord that sounds good to your ear).

So, R35 is a major chord, Rm35 (root, minor 3rd, 5th) is a minor chord.

Awesome little app!

Incredible! Very helpful and the audio function is icing on the cake. One of the best web applications I’ve come across.
Thank you!

Flippin brilliant. Whoever created this needs a medal. Now all the chords are there, there is now no excuse for my appalling song writing.

its a D5– Not technically a chord, since it has only two unique notes(D-A-D-A)

I love this tool! But, what happened to the “strum” feature that let you hear the chord you entered? That was EXTREMELY handy as well.

Hey this isn’t the same widget! and it’s not nearly as good as the old one. Before I could play the chord and hear it and it looked more real.

Hello.

If you click on the little “4″ under “Number of strings,” then the tuning is automatically set to a standard tenor/concert/soprano ukulele (GCEA).

Hope I could help.

Jim Saleeba :
Hey this isn’t the same widget! and it’s not nearly as good as the old one. Before I could play the chord and hear it and it looked more real.

Jim is right. Is there any way to fix this? Or is the feature available and we just don’t see it? The new look is also nowhere as good as the last version.

Hello Guys! This is an awesome tool! Theres just something i dont understand! Whats the notation that appears next to the chord possible name!

For instance try putting an “Am” in the graphic as

EADGBe
x02210

Possible answers that appear are:

C 6th no5 ||R36
E aug5 sus4 ||R4a5
A m ||Rm35

But wot does that R36, R4a5, Rm35 stand for? Wot does dat mean?

I am guessing R is root? but wot about the numbers? wot are they? anyone help please?

R = root
mX (e.g. m3) = minor note (e.g. min 3rd)
aX (e.g. a4) = augmented note (e.g. aug 4th)

Major chords triad is R35, minor is Rm35, sixth is R36, etc.

No5 means no 5th is being played.

Hope that helps…

@ChiltonTurbo
uke is bottom four strings of guitar.
if you use the four on the right side of this applet, you’ll get the same result

@van

That only works if you’re using standard tuning. The old widget let you change your tuning as well. Is it officially dead now? I’ve been searching for the old version daily, it was quite superior to this current version.

what chord am I playing when I put my first finger on the first fret of the B string and the second finger on the second fret on the A string? please help

Hey, I was wondering, what do you call an augmented chord (B in this case) with a perfect fifth as well?

This tool named it B aug 5 (w5 no3), and it explains perfectly which notes are in the chord.

However, I don’t think this is the right way to write down a chord for notation on a sheet of paper.

Any suggestions for a correct name?

PS: This tool is outstanding, I’ve been looking for this

Wonderful piece of kit

So good. I Googled thinking, ‘No way!’, but… yes!

Hey everyone Im not really sure how to use this or even if I can ony iPhone but I keep coming up with things I like the sound of on guitar -standard tuneing- but I can’t ever figure out what chords I’m playing my teacher told me to look this up an type them in and somebody would help me? So can somebody tell me what these for chords are, xxx420, xxx403, xxx402 and xxx400? Thanks!!:D

I do know a great uke chord website! its at http://www.ukulele.nl/chordfinder.php u can look up a chord or determine which chord you’re playing. @ChiltonTurbo

Does anyone know what chord this is? x,x,2,2,1,3

Dear Sir:

Eureka; finally a site such as yours! I’ve been playing for 50 years with no formal training. As I move from one chord to another, many times, I don’t have the correct title for the chord. One day, I’ll learn what makes a Bbm7b5 just that!

Peace
Bucky Gelo

It could be Am7

awesome tool. thanks so much!! however, just wondering if all the different names of the chords are just that…different names for the same chord? mine above was, i assume, Bb56 or Gm6 or Daug5thsus4add9?

Just a blank page dude??????

The chord tool is not showing up for me. I’ve tried multiple browsers, too…

Hadn’t checked my blog in a long time, but recently did and noticed that this widget isn’t working anymore. Looks like others have the same issues. Wonder if the makers did something to take it “away”?

I really agree – this is great and I use it all of the time – many thanks

If you all find this useful – try this as well – it will transpose anything you find into more playable chords (or at least so that you can sing it in your own range/key) – you can find it at http://www.theoreticallycorrect.com/KeySwitch-Song-Transposer-PublicBeta/index.html

Where was this app 45 years ago?

Awesomely useful — thank you so much!

This is the best …. I have used it so much.
Have you thought about writting it for a smart phone, iPhone, Anroid. This would stop so many arguments at band practice ….. LOL

Great, great great. Been wishing I could find something like this for years. Always had the voicings in my head, not to be associated with voices….lol, which I would apply and write songs with, but never knew what chords I would be playing if they weren’t basic chords. I only have one question tho…..Do you know if there is a similiar tool for piano anywhere on the internet these days? Thanks.

“The One, The Only” LG McGraf

@Ed
looks like Amin7

@Ed