Transposer and Capo
Paste a chord chart and move it to another key. The words stay where they are; only the chords change. Your chart stays on this device.
Chord chart
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Result
Highlighted: chords that were read and changed. Dotted: looks like a chord, but on a line with other words, so it was left alone.
Capo helper
A capo raises every string by a half step per fret, so the same chord shapes sound higher.
Separate chords with spaces.
| To hear | Play the shape | Fingering |
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Capo suggestions
Frets 0 to 9 ranked by how many of these chords become common open shapes. A rough guide only: it does not know your voice or which changes feel easy.
The open shapes counted
Transposing instruments
Many wind instruments read notes written at a different pitch from the one they sound. Concert pitch is the sounding pitch, the note a piano would play.
| Instrument and how it sounds | Written note | Written key |
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Octave numbers: C4 is middle C. The bass clarinet row is for parts in treble clef (French notation); in bass clef it sounds a major second lower than written. Written keys with 7 sharps or flats are shown the way they are usually written (marked *).
How chords are read
- A chord starts with a capital letter A to G, then ♯ or # or ♭ or b, then its kind: m, min, -, maj7, M7, Δ7, dim, °, aug, +, ø, sus2, sus4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13, add9, and changes like ♭5, ♯9 or ♯11. A bass note goes after a slash: C/G.
- A line is changed only when every word on it is a chord (bar lines, /, %, x2, N.C. and a label such as Intro: are allowed). So “Am I wrong” in a lyric stays as it is.
- Chords in [square brackets] are changed anywhere, also inside lyrics: [Am]Hello.
- Each chord keeps its column when there is room, so it stays over the same word.
- By key spelling keeps each chord's place in the key: from E major up to G major, G♯m becomes Bm and an E♯ (raised first note) becomes G♯, while an F (lowered second note) becomes A♭.
- Numbers (Nashville) and Roman numerals count from the key of the chart, so they are the same in every key: in C, Am7 is 6m⁷ and vi7. A ♭ or ♯ before the number marks a chord outside the scale (B♭ in C is ♭7, ♭VII); some charts write it after (7♭). After a slash comes the bass note's scale degree: C/E in C is 1/3. Minor keys count from the minor key note with the natural minor scale.
Keyboard shortcuts
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