Guitar chord finder
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Look up any guitar chord by root and quality. See its notes, scale degrees, and playable CAGED fretboard shapes.
Root
Quality
C Major
See on piano- CRRoot
- E3Major 3rd
- G5Perfect 5th
Major chords sound bright and resolved. They are the I chord in major keys and the IV and V in many progressions. The major 3rd is what separates them from minor chords.
How to use
- Pick a root (any of the twelve chromatic pitches) and a quality (major, minor, 7, maj7, m7, sus, dim, aug, and more).
- The page shows the chord name, the ordered chord tones with scale degrees, and one or more fretboard diagrams.
- The CAGED label on each diagram tells you which open-string shape the voicing is derived from.
Tips
- Learn the degrees, not just the shapes. Knowing that the third of C is E and the third of G is B transfers to every key; shape memory does not.
- Enharmonic equivalents are common — F♯m7♭5 and A♭6/F♯ describe the same four notes. If a chart name isn't here, try the enharmonic.
- Use the guitar chord finder alongside the guitar scale explorer to see which chords are diatonic to a key. If you also play piano, the same lookup is available on the piano chord viewer.
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