CHORD INPUT

Select every note in the chord

Try a common chord
SELECTED NOTESChoose at least two notes
LIKELY CHORDS

Select more notes to identify possible chord names.

Analyze a song insteadUpload audio to detect chord changes across a song.

What Is a Chord Finder?

A chord finder identifies possible chord names from the notes you select. Use the chromatic note picker, piano layout, or guitar fretboard when you know the sound or fingering but not the chord name.

Identify from notes

Select pitch classes and compare the most likely chord names immediately.

Reverse guitar chord finder

Mark one fret on each string and identify the harmony created by that shape.

Hear the selected voicing

Play the active notes together before opening a related guitar diagram.

Explore more than one answer

See alternative names when the same notes can be interpreted with another root or inversion.

How to Identify a Chord Online

  1. 1

    Choose an input mode

    Use Notes, Piano, or Guitar according to the information you already have.

  2. 2

    Enter the pitches

    Select at least three different notes or mark the played fret on each guitar string.

  3. 3

    Review possible names

    Compare the first result with alternative roots and chord spellings.

  4. 4

    Hear and explore

    Play the voicing, then open a matching guitar chord page when one is available.

When a Reverse Chord Finder Helps

Name a guitar shape

Identify a chord discovered while experimenting on the fretboard.

Analyze piano notes

Select the keys in a voicing to find the chord and possible inversion names.

Check an arrangement

Confirm that the notes played by several instruments form the intended harmony.

Learn chord construction

Compare roots, thirds, fifths, sevenths, and altered tones by changing one note at a time.

Chord Finder Questions

How do I identify a chord from notes?

Select every different pitch in the chord. The finder compares that pitch-class set with common chord formulas and returns possible names.

The same collection of notes can represent an inversion, an omitted tone, or a chord with a different root depending on musical context.

Yes. Choose one fret or an open string for each sounding string, mute unused strings, and review the detected names.

The chord identity uses pitch classes, but the lowest note can change the inversion and therefore the displayed slash-chord interpretation.

The strongest results come from three or more different notes. Two-note shapes are often ambiguous because they omit the third that distinguishes major from minor.