Guitar Chord Finder

Name any chord three ways: fret it on the fretboard, type the note names, or look a chord up by name. You get every reading of the notes, both spellings where they apply, and the notes inside with their intervals. Free, no sign-up.

Tap a fret
Tap a fret to put a finger there (one note per string). Tap above a string to make it open (O) or muted (✕). Each note sounds as you place it, and Play strums the whole shape. The name updates above the fretboard as you go, and the note on each string shows along the bottom.
Separate the notes with spaces or commas, using letters A to G with # or b (F#, Bb). Run-together spellings like CEGB are read note by note, and the result shows how they were read. Order does not matter except for the first note when the box is ticked.
Shorthand works too: A-7, Bø7, C°7, D+. You get the notes, the intervals, and shapes from the chord library.
Next steps. Draw and download a clean diagram of the shape in the Chord Diagram Maker, browse voicings and theory for any chord in the chord library, or write the chords over your lyrics with the Chord Sheet Maker.

Frequently asked questions

What chord is this?

Put your fingers on the fretboard here the way you play it, or type the note names, and the finder lists every chord those notes can be. The first answer is the most likely one; the others are the same notes read from a different root.

Why does the finder show more than one name?

Because the same notes can belong to more than one chord. B, D, F and A are Bm7b5 when B is the root, and Dm6 with B in the bass when D is the root. The lowest note you play is a strong hint, but the key of the song and what the bass plays decide which name fits.

F# or Gb, which one is right?

Both name the same chord. The finder shows the conventional spelling first (Db, Eb, F#, Ab, Bb) and the other in brackets, and you can switch everything to sharps or flats. Names stay in the twelve standard keys: the finder writes C7 even in the rare theory contexts where strict spelling would call it B#7, such as a passing tonicization of E# major in a modulating piece.

What is a slash chord?

A chord written like C/E or Am/G: the letter after the slash is the bass note. When the bass note belongs to the chord it is an inversion; when it does not, the chord simply sits over that bass note. The finder marks both cases.

Does it work for other tunings, bass or ukulele?

The fretboard here covers six-string guitar in standard, drop D, E flat, DADGAD, open G and open D tunings. For bass, ukulele or any other instrument, type the note names instead and the result is the same.

Is the chord finder free?

Yes, with no sign-up. To draw the shape as a clean diagram and download it, open it in the free Chord Diagram Maker; to see more voicings of a chord, tap through to the chord library.