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Guitar chords: see, hear, play.
166 guitar chord shapes as interactive fretboard diagrams you can hear, printable chord charts, and plain-English lessons. No signup, no paywall, no autoplay videos. Just the chords.
New to guitar? A guitar chord is a set of notes played together by fretting the strings. Start with the eight basic open chords below, then explore every chord type and voicing on the neck.
- Pick a root note. Every chord starts here — all twelve notes, C through B, one tap each.
- …then a chord type. Major and minor up front; sevenths, suspended, diminished, augmented and power shapes behind them — twelve families in all.
- Choose how high on the neck. The bright fret numbers are different voicings of the same chord. Open-position shapes — with open strings ringing — are usually the easiest, and the best place to start.
- Hear the voicing. The round button strums exactly what the dots show, so you can hear the chord before your fingers learn it.
- Tune the view. All notes overlays every chord tone across the neck, and Lefty mirrors the board. On wide screens the corner icon flips the simulator into a full-height vertical view pinned beside the page.
- Play it like an instrument. Tap the keyboard icon to open play mode — number keys 1–8 start a looping performance of the eight beginner chords — strummed every bar or picked as an arpeggio, always at your tempo. Stack chords into a progression and loop that too.
Every chord you land on has its own page — fingerings, the notes inside it, and the songs that use it.
Bright fret numbers are positions — tap to switch voicings
- chord pages, every position
- 166
- song chord sheets
- 80
- free practice tools
- 14
- plain-English lessons
- 10
- no login or signup required
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Start where you are
New to the guitar
Eight open chords unlock most of the beginner songbook. Learn them with diagrams you can hear, then burn the fretboard into memory a minute a day.
Here to play songs
Chord-by-chord sheets with key, capo, strumming and auto-scroll — arranged so you are playing in minutes. Tune up first; it takes thirty seconds.
Writing or teaching
Generate progressions in any key, find the key of a song from its chords, transpose with a capo — and print blank chord paper for the classroom.
The toolbox
14 free guitar tools,
zero installs
From "what chord is this?" to "what key is this song in?" — every answer is one tap away.
01 · Find it
- 01Chord FinderTap a root and a chord type for the diagram, notes and audio, then play every voicing up a simulated fretboard.
- 02Chord IdentifierWhat chord is this? Tap the frets you are holding and the reverse chord finder names it, with the diagram and the sound.
- 03Chord BuilderPick any notes and see the chord they build, the interval recipe and every voicing.
- 04Scale FinderPick a root and a scale, then see every note across the whole neck.
- 05Song Key FinderEnter the chords of a song and find out what key it is in.
- 06Circle of FifthsEvery key, its chords and its modes on one interactive wheel.
02 · Practice it
- 01Online Guitar TunerTune by ear with reference pitches, or let the microphone listen and guide you.
- 02Online MetronomeSteady tempo from 20 to 300 BPM, with tap tempo, time signatures and an accent on the one.
- 03Strumming PatternsThe essential strumming patterns with audio, from campfire to funk.
- 04Fretboard Notes ChartEvery note on the neck from fret 0 to 15, with any pitch highlighted and sharps or flats switched.
- 05Fretboard Note TrainerLearn every note on the neck with a timed game and a daily streak.
03 · Create & teach
- 01Chord Progression GeneratorGenerate progressions in any key, hear them and transpose them.
- 02Capo CalculatorWhat key is that with a capo on the 3rd fret? Transpose shapes and sounding keys both ways.
- 03Blank Chord ChartsPrintable blank chord boxes, TAB paper and fretboard diagrams: free PDF-ready sheets for teachers.
Found a shape you like but don't know its name? What chord is this? Tap the frets on the simulated neck, get the name — and every way to play it.
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📲 Install this site as an app — offline chord charts on your home screen
Every position
One chord, the whole neck
Every chord page maps all its positions — here is C, five ways, from the open strings to the 10th fret. Each card opens that exact variation.
Start here
The 8 basic guitar chords
every beginner learns first
Five major, three minor, all in the open position. Learn these eight guitar chords and you can play most of the beginner songbook.
Every diagram here is a link — tap it for fingerings, positions up the neck, and songs that use it.
Jump to a chord
Jump to a scale
Song sheets
Guitar chords to
the songs you love
Chord-by-chord sheets with key, capo, strumming and playable diagrams — arranged so you can start playing in minutes, not after an intro video.
How to read it
How to read a guitar
chord diagram
A chord diagram is a map of the guitar neck. The six vertical lines are the strings — thickest (low E) on the left, thinnest (high e) on the right — and the horizontal lines are the frets, counted up from the nut, the thick top line.
Dots show where to press. The number inside is your fretting finger — 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 pinky. O means play the string open, X means don't play it at all. A number beside the top fret marks the starting fret when a shape moves up the neck.
Lessons & reference
Learn it properly, in plain English
- 01Basic Guitar Chords for BeginnersThe 8 basic guitar chords every beginner should learn first — with diagrams, fingerings and practice tips.
- 02Easy Guitar Chords for BeginnersThe easiest guitar chords to learn first — two-finger chords, one-finger chords, and 10 simple songs that use them.
- 03Printable Guitar Chords Chart (PDF) — How to Use ItPrint the free guitar chords chart as a PDF, then learn how to read it — open chords, moveable shapes and the fastest way to use the chart in a song.
- 04Power Chords on Guitar: The Complete GuideHow to play power chords on guitar — root-6 and root-5 shapes, palm muting, and the 10 songs that define the sound. Includes diagrams for every power chord.
- 05Barre Chords (Bar Chords) on Guitar: E-Shape & A-ShapeHow to play barre chords on guitar — the E-shape and A-shape that unlock the whole fretboard, F major and B minor, common mistakes, and exercises.
- 06Major Chords on Guitar: All 12 Shapes & ProgressionsEvery major chord on guitar — open shapes, barre shapes, the theory behind them, and the progressions that use them.
- 07How to Read Guitar Chord Charts (Diagrams Explained)Learn to read guitar chord charts and diagrams — strings, frets, dots, finger numbers, X and O symbols, and barre notation, explained for complete beginners.
- 08Guitar Fretboard Notes Explained — Learn Every Note on the NeckGuitar fretboard notes explained: the open strings, the 12th-fret octave, the 5th-fret rule and a practice plan that makes the whole neck stick.
- 09Chord Progressions for Guitar: The Patterns Behind Every SongHow chord progressions work on guitar — Roman numerals, the diatonic chords of every key, the classic patterns (I-V-vi-IV, ii-V-I, 12-bar blues) and how to write your own.
- 10Guitar & Music Theory Glossary — Every Term in Plain EnglishA plain-English glossary of guitar and music theory terms — scale, interval, capo, diatonic, voicing and 30+ more, each explained in one or two sentences with guitar examples.
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Printable blank chord boxes, TAB paper and fretboard diagrams — free for the classroom, no signup, no watermark.
Why free
No accounts. No paywalls.
No "premium" chord.
A chord chart is not content that should sit behind a subscription — it is reference material, like a dictionary entry. Everything here is built from one open data set: the diagrams, the audio, the tools and the lessons never disagree with each other, and they never ask for your email.
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