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Click the cog wheel icon: above the fretboard to open the settings menu.
Click the pen and paper icon:above the fretboard to open the style menu.
Click the string name letters behind the guitar nut to open a drop down menu to custom tune each string individually.
The Chord Analyzer is an interactive reverse-engineering tool for guitarists. Instead of searching for how to play a chord, you click notes directly on the interactive fretboard to build your own voicing, and the tool instantly identifies what chord (or potential chord names) those notes create.
Simply click on any fret and string intersection on the visual fretboard to place or remove note markers. As you select notes, the analyzer processes the intervals and displays matching chord names, variations, and possible extensions.
Yes! Beyond standard triads and seventh chords, the analyzer can detect complex jazz extensions, altered chords, slash chords (inversions where the bass note isn't the root), and suspended variations depending on the exact notes selected.
If your selected combination is ambiguous or unconventional, the tool will typically break down the constituent intervals or provide closest-match possibilities to help you understand the harmonic structure of what you're playing.
Yes, you can easily clear all selected markers with a single click using the reset or clear button on the tool interface to build a brand new chord from scratch.
The first displayed chord is determined by looking at the lowest note on the fretboard and treating it as the root note. Each subsequent chord variation shows what the chord name becomes if a different note from your selection functions as the lowest note.
Slash chords denote that the main chord is being played with a specific bass note. The note listed after the slash indicates which note is currently being played as the lowest/bass note in that specific voicing.
The analyzer uses a matching algorithm to evaluate your selected notes based on music theory, harmonic function, and standard guitar convention. Because theory can be interpreted in multiple ways, some chords may have alternate names not explicitly shown.
Due to musical context and spelling conventions, chord naming can sometimes be subjective. If you feel any calculated chords are egregiously wrong or if you spot a bug, feel free to reach out via the contact link!
