Chord finder for guitar, piano and ukulele

Pick an instrument (guitar, ukulele or piano), a root note and a chord type, or simply type the chord symbol: C, Am, F#m7, Bbmaj7, Dsus4, Ebdim, or slash chords such as D/F#. The tool shows:

• The chord's notes, spelled correctly (F♯ minor is F♯–A–C♯).
• Its structure: the interval of each note from the root, such as major third and perfect fifth.
• Guitar or ukulele diagrams with finger positions, open strings (0) and muted strings (×), plus the fret numbers in compact form (x32010 for C). Tap a diagram to hear it strummed.
• On piano, the root position and every inversion on a keyboard, with the note names and octaves.

For slash chords the bass note is added below the piano voicing; on guitar, play the shown shape and add the bass on the lowest string.

For the common chords the guitar diagrams include the familiar open position shapes from the first few frets, followed by movable barre chords based on the E shape (root on the low E string) and the A shape (root on the A string). These are two of the five shapes of the CAGED system, and once you know them you can play any major, minor or seventh chord anywhere on the neck. For less common types the tool searches for playable shapes with at most four fingers within a four-fret span.

If a chord can't be played comfortably with every note, the tool tells you so; dropping the fifth is the usual fix. Ukulele shapes assume standard GCEA tuning with the high G.

Switch to Name that chord to identify a chord. Tap the notes on the piano keyboard, tap one fret per string on the guitar fretboard, or type a shape like x32010 or 8-10-10-9-8-8. The tool lists every chord those notes can form, best match first, and tells you the inversion: C–E–G with E in the bass is C major, 1st inversion, written C/E. If there's no exact match, it shows the closest chords and which note is missing or extra.

Many note sets have more than one valid name. A–C–E–G is both Am7 and C6, for example, and the tool lists both. Click Show fingerings to jump straight to a result's diagrams.

• Learn the open chords C, A, G, E, D, Am, Em and Dm first; they cover thousands of songs.
• When a barre chord buzzes, press just behind the fret rather than on top of it, and roll your index finger slightly onto its side.
• On piano, use inversions to move between chords with as little hand movement as possible.
• To change a song's key, use the chord transposer; to see which chords belong together, use the circle of fifths.

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