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Ukulele chord finder

Tap the frets of any shape on the neck, or pick the notes, and the finder names the chord: its usual name, the other names the same notes go by, and what each note is in it. Hear it, then see every way to play it. It works in any tuning.

Tuning Standard G C E A
GCEA135791215C

0003 is

C

C major

CrootEmajor 3rdG5th

Every way to play C on ukulele

Nothing you put in is kept or sent anywhere.

What chord is this? Common ukulele shapes and their names

The shapes ukulele players meet first, read by the finder: the frets from the lowest string to the highest (x is a string not played, 0 an open string).

Common ukulele chord shapes and their names
FretsChordAlso read as
0003C C major·
0333Cm C minorE♭6
0001C7 C dominant seventh·
2220D D major·
2210Dm D minor·
2223D7 D dominant seventh·
1402E E major·
0402Em E minor·
1202E7 E dominant seventh·
2010F F majorC6sus4
1013Fm F minor·
2310F7 F dominant seventh·
0232G G majorD6sus4
0231Gm G minor·
0212G7 G dominant seventh·
2100A A major·
2000Am A minorC6
0100A7 A dominant seventh·
4322B B major·
4222Bm B minorD6
4320B7 B dominant seventh·
0002Cmaj7 C major seventh·
2410Fmaj7 F major seventh·
0222Gmaj7 G major seventh·
0000Am7 A minor seventhC6
5555Dm7 D minor seventhF6
0202Em7 E minor seventhG6
0230Dsus4 D suspended fourthGsus2
4400Asus2 A suspended secondEsus4
0000C6 C sixth·
2212Bm7♭5 B half-diminished seventhDm6

How does the chord finder work?

It reads the notes the shape makes, from the lowest string up, and looks for the simplest chord they spell. Doubled notes do not change the chord. On the ukulele the string nearest your face is not the lowest note, so the finder names chords as ukulele players do, without a bass note: 2010 is F.

Why can one shape have two names?

The same notes can be heard from different roots. 0000 is C6, C E G A, and the same four notes are Am7/C. The finder lists the usual name first and the others after it; the music around a chord decides which name fits.

What do x and 0 mean?

x is a string you do not play, 0 a string played open. Type the frets from the lowest string to the highest.

Can it name chords in other tunings?

Yes. Choose a tuning above, such as Low G, Baritone, and the finder reads the notes of that tuning. The strings' names on the neck change with it.

What if it finds no chord?

Some groups of notes have no chord name: three notes side by side, for example. Take a note off or move one, and the finder names what is left.

Can I find a chord from its notes?

Choose From notes and pick them; the first is the lowest. C, E, G is C major; E, G, C is C/E.

Also: every ukulele chord, the chords in every key, the capo chart, the chord chart maker (draw any shape on a chart), and the chord finder for guitar, bass, mandolin, banjo.