Find-chord site

lincolnblue

I have amassed over the years numerous chord books./charts which show how to play certain chords. But, there are often times when I play a chord and don't know what it is.
Is there any site or app where you can mark finger positions and it'll tell you what chord you're playing?

octatonic

If you learn the major scale and the notes of the fretboard this won't be necessary.

pigface

You could try this one. Needs Flash, though ...

https://www.jamplay.com/tools/guitar-chord-finder/

james

I found this one a while ago https://jguitar.com/chordname

Vibetronic

Not *exactly* what you're after, but very useful...scales, chords etc. What @octatonic said is the best approach though!

http://www.all-guitar-chords.com/guitar_scales.php?scch=B&scchnam=Lydian&get2=Get&t=0&choice=1

lincolnblue

octatonic said:

If you learn the major scale and the notes of the fretboard this won't be necessary.

I appreciate that's the ideal (and I'm getting there) but whilst that will tell me if it's an add9 chord for example, how will I know if I'm playing a diminished etc?

Danny1969

lincolnblue said:

octatonic said:

If you learn the major scale and the notes of the fretboard this won't be necessary.

I appreciate that's the ideal (and I'm getting there) but whilst that will tell me if it's an add9 chord for example, how will I know if I'm playing a diminished etc?

If you learn a scale then you can play any chord just by using the numbers. So think of Cmaj being C1, D2, E3, F4, G5, A6, B7 and then make a simple triad chord using the root, third and fifth so C, E, G and then add whatever embellishment you want using the numbers ... so if you want to add a sixth look at the numbers and add an A to you Cmaj 

To play a diminished chord lower (flatten) the 5th note so in our example above change the G to an F#

lincolnblue

Thanks for that - really useful

viz

Danny1969 said:

lincolnblue said:

octatonic said:

If you learn the major scale and the notes of the fretboard this won't be necessary.

I appreciate that's the ideal (and I'm getting there) but whilst that will tell me if it's an add9 chord for example, how will I know if I'm playing a diminished etc?

If you learn a scale then you can play any chord just by using the numbers. So think of Cmaj being C1, D2, E3, F4, G5, A6, B7 and then make a simple triad chord using the root, third and fifth so C, E, G and then add whatever embellishment you want using the numbers ... so if you want to add a sixth look at the numbers and add an A to you Cmaj 

To play a diminished chord lower (flatten) the 5th note so in our example above change the G to an F#

(That last bit applies if the C chord were a C minor chord by the way; so from C Eb G to C Eb Gb. 

With Danny’s example of C E F# that’s major 3rd and an augmented 4th. 

Just in case you were wondering)

digitalscream

james said:

I found this one a while ago https://jguitar.com/chordname

This is the one I use - particularly useful for modes and the like.