The guitar chord analyzer examines the guitar chord that you enter and tells you what the name of the chord is. If there are multiple names for the chord, it will tell you that too. I wrote this program for those situations when I am fiddling around on the guitar and discover a great sounding chord, but do not know what to call it when I write it down in the tabulature. I guess I could sit down and figure this out by hand, but this sort of thing is why we invented computers, right?

Enter the chord in standard tuning from the low E string to the high E string using numbers for the fret position, and a lower case 'x' for unplayed strings. For fret positions from 10-15, use hexadecimal notation. This should be lowercase too. So a C major chord could be x32010 or 8aa988.

This code works for the ukulele too (obviously)! Just replace the lower two strings with 'x' and transpose down five semitones for soprano, concert, and tenor ukuleles. (Add five to the fret position.)

© 2002-2003 karl bailey.

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