Chords

Chord Library

Searchable chord diagrams with strict or fuzzy matching, key filters, diatonic and borrowed chords, and favourites.

Guitar
Ukulele
Banjo
Bass

Chord Library on guitar, the All tab with an empty search box and a count of 1,174 chords. Chord diagrams for A, A/Ab, A/B, A/Bb, A/C and A/C♯ are shown in a grid, each with a play button, a heart, finger numbers and the note under each string.

The All tab: 1,174 chord diagrams, each ready to play.

Chord Library on guitar with Em typed in the search box and a count of 34. The results are Em and its slash chords: Em/A, Em/A♭, Em/B, Em/B♭ and Em/C.

Search for Em: the chord and its slash chords.

A sheet titled Em listing the different voicings of the chord. The first is marked Default and has a filled heart; the others, including shapes at the 7th and 9th fret, each have a Set Default button.

Every voicing of Em, with a Set Default button on each.

Chord Library on guitar with the By Key tab selected and the key set to C. A menu is open listing No Progressions, Progressions (ticked), Pop, Blues, Rock, Jazz, Modal, Folk, Country, Gospel, Soul and Advanced.

By Key, in C: choose a progression style from the menu.

Chord Library on guitar with the Favorites tab selected and a Clear All button. Two chords are saved, A and Em, each with a filled heart.

Favorites: the chords you have saved.

Chord Library on guitar with the Triads tab selected and a count of 84. Three menus, Inversions, 123 (the strings) and Types, sit above diagrams for A (root), A (1st), A (2nd), Aaug (root), Aaug (1st) and Aaug (2nd).

Triads: every inversion, filtered by inversion, strings and type.

The ••• menu in Chord Library on guitar, with Custom Chords, Search by, Diagram Size, Show scale Positions and Hide Extensions.

The ••• menu: Custom Chords, search and display options.

Chord Library on ukulele, the All tab with an empty search box and a count of 3,015 chords. Four-string chord diagrams for A, A/C♯, A/E, A11, A11/D and A11/G are shown in a grid, each with a play button, a heart, finger numbers and the note under each string. A is saved as a favourite.

The All tab: 3,015 chord diagrams, each ready to play.

Chord Library on ukulele with Em typed in the search box and a count of 71. The results are Em and its slash chords and extensions: Em/G, Em11, Em11/A, Em11/D and Em6.

Search for Em: the chord, its slash chords and extensions.

A sheet titled Em listing four voicings of the chord on ukulele. The first is marked Default and has a filled heart; the others, including shapes at the 4th and 7th fret, each have a Set Default button.

Every voicing of Em, with a Set Default button on each.

Chord Library on ukulele with the By Key tab selected and the key set to C. A menu is open listing No Progressions, Progressions, Pop, Blues, Rock, Jazz, Modal, Folk (ticked), Country, Gospel, Soul and Advanced.

By Key, in C: choose a progression style from the menu.

Chord Library on ukulele with the Favorites tab selected and a Clear All button. Two chords are saved, A and Em, each with a filled heart.

Favorites: the chords you have saved.

The ••• menu in Chord Library on ukulele, with Custom Chords, a Tuning section (Standard GCEA ticked, Baritone DGBE), Search by (Key ticked, Any) and Diagram Size (Small, Medium ticked, Large, Extra Large).

The ••• menu: Custom Chords, tuning, search and display options.

Chord Library on banjo in Open G, the All tab with an empty search box and a count of 919 chords. Five-string chord diagrams for A, A5, A6, A6♯5, A69 and A6♭5 are shown in a grid, each with a play button, a heart, an arpeggio button and the note under each string. The short fifth string is drawn from the fifth fret.

The All tab: 919 chord diagrams, each ready to play.

Chord Library on banjo in Open G with Em typed in the search box and a count of 67. The results are Em and its slash chords and extensions: Em/B, Em/G, Em11, Em11/A and Em11/D.

Search for Em: the chord, its slash chords and extensions.

A sheet titled Em listing six voicings of the chord on banjo, from open position up to the 12th fret. The first is marked Default; the others each have a Set Default button.

Every voicing of Em, with a Set Default button on each.

Chord Library on banjo with the By Key tab selected, Em typed in the search box and a count of 4. A menu is open listing No Progressions, Progressions, Pop, Blues (ticked), Rock, Jazz, Modal, Folk, Country, Gospel, Soul and Advanced.

By Key: choose a progression style from the menu.

Chord Library on banjo with the Favorites tab selected and a Clear All button. Two chords are saved, A and Em, each with a filled heart.

Favorites: the chords you have saved.

The ••• menu in Chord Library on banjo, with Custom Chords, Search by, Diagram Size, Show scale Positions and Hide Extensions.

The ••• menu: Custom Chords, search and display options.

Chord Library on bass, the All tab with an empty search box and a count of 582 chords. Four-string chord diagrams for Ab, Ab/A, Ab/B, Ab/B♭, Ab/C and Ab/C♯ are shown in a grid, each with a play button, a heart and the note under each string.

The All tab: 582 chord diagrams, each ready to play.

Chord Library on bass with Dm typed in the search box and a count of 22. The results are Dm and its slash chords: Dm/A, Dm/Ab, Dm/B, Dm/Bb and Dm/C.

Search for Dm: the chord and its slash chords.

A sheet titled Em listing the different voicings of the chord on four strings. The first is marked Default; the others, including shapes at the 4th, 5th and 9th fret, each have a Set Default button.

Every voicing of Em, with a Set Default button on each.

Chord Library on bass with the By Key tab selected and the key set to C. A menu is open listing No Progressions, Progressions (ticked), Pop, Blues, Rock, Jazz, Modal, Folk, Country, Gospel, Soul and Advanced.

By Key, in C: choose a progression style from the menu.

Chord Library on bass with the Favorites tab selected and a Clear All button. Two chords are saved, Em and Fsus4, each with a filled heart.

Favorites: the chords you have saved.

Chord Library on bass with the Triads tab selected and a count of 17. Three menus, Inversions, G-D-A (the strings) and Min, sit above diagrams for Am (root), Am (1st), Am (2nd), Bm (root), Bm (1st) and Bm (2nd).

Triads: filter by inversion, strings and type.

The ••• menu in Chord Library on bass, with Custom Chords, Search by, Diagram Size, Show scale Positions and Hide Extensions.

The ••• menu: Custom Chords, search and display options.

The Chord Library is a reference shelf: chord diagrams you can find and scan quickly. It is the Library tab of Chord Master.

Use the instrument tabs above the screenshots to see the Library on guitar, ukulele, banjo or bass. Ukulele and banjo have no Triads tab, and the number of chords differs by instrument.

The views

A row of tabs under the search box switches between:

All: every chord in the library. The badge beside the search box shows how many.
By Key: the chords that belong to a key you choose.
Favorites: the chords you have saved.
Triads (guitar and bass): three-note shapes, by inversion.

Searching

Type a chord name and the list narrows as you type. Searching for Em gives 34 results on guitar, 71 on ukulele and 67 on banjo: Em itself and its slash chords, such as Em/A and Em/B.

Choose search by Key to matching by key prefix, or Any to find that text in any chord (e.g. any chord with a /A base).
Type sharps and flats however you like – F#m7, Gbm7, F♯m7 all work, with or without Unicode symbols.
Search for slash chords such as Am/C or G/D.

Reading a diagram

Each chord is a card:

Tap the green play button to hear it.
Tap the heart to add it to your Favorites.
Tap the orange up/down arrows to hear the chord arpeggiated, string by string, using your arpeggiation choices in Settings.
Numbers on the dots are finger numbers (banjo diagrams show plain dots and bars). A ring above the nut is an open string, and an X is a string you don’t play. On banjo, the short fifth string is drawn from the fifth fret.
Red dots and letters are the root of the chord. The notes under the strings show what each one sounds.

Diagrams can show finger positions, intervals or note names. Turn finger numbers off in Settings for plain dots in your chosen marker colour.

Every voicing of a chord

Most chords can be played in more than one place. Tap the white copy button at the bottom right of a card to see every shape for that chord, including those higher up the neck. It appears on any chord with more than one fingering, custom chords included. Tap Set Default on the one you prefer, and that is the shape the library shows first.

By Key

Pick a key to browse its diatonic chords, plus common borrowed chords from the parallel key – a quick way to find a chord that adds colour to a progression. A Roman numeral on a card tells you where the chord sits in the key, such as I for the first chord of C.

A menu beside the key lets you add progression suggestions for a style: Pop, Blues, Rock, Jazz, Modal, Folk, Country, Gospel, Soul or Advanced. Choose No Progressions to see only the key’s chords.

Favorites

Save any diagram to build your own quick-reference set – handy for the songs you’re learning. The Favorites tab shows them together, and Clear All empties the list.

Triads

The Triads tab is in the guitar and bass apps (not ukulele or banjo). It lists triads rather than full chords. Narrow the list with the Inversions and Types menus, so you can see, for example, only the root position or only the augmented triads. The middle menu, showing 123 here, chooses which strings the triads are played on; open it for the full list of string sets. Each card is labelled with its inversion – root, 1st or 2nd – and shows the fret it starts on.

The ••• button at the top right holds:

Custom Chords: create your own voicings. See Custom Chords.
Tuning (ukulele): switch between Standard (GCEA) and Baritone (DGBE) voicings.
Search by and Diagram Size: how the library matches your search, and how large the diagrams are.
Show scale Positions: show scale positions on the diagrams (e.g. R, 3, 5, instead of the note name ‘C’, ‘E’, ‘G’).
Hide Extensions: hide the extended chords from the By Key list to provide more focus to your set of related chords.

Library vs Build & Explore

Use the Library when you know what you want and need the shape fast. Use the other tabs of Chord Master to explore: name a shape you’ve found with Explore, or build one with Build.

Instrument notes

Guitar: Voicings are curated for standard EADGBE tuning; a notice appears when you use an alternate tuning such as Drop D or DADGAD.
Ukulele: Standard GCEA and Baritone DGBE voicings. Low G and D tuning show Standard voicings with a banner; switch to Baritone from the ••• menu. There is no Triads tab on ukulele.