Search results
This tool displays chord position diagrams for fretboard-based stringed instruments, such as the banjo, mandolin, guitar etc. The chords are dynamically generated, so any tuning is supported.
Music theory lesson on diatonic chords with list of triads & 7ths in every key. Knowing the chords in each key can improve your improvisation & songwriting.
Each musical key produces different chords, one built beginning on each note in the scale. In a diatonic scale, this produces three major chords, three minor chords, and one diminished chord (also called the leading tone). Each chord can be sustained for any length of time, ranging anywhere from just two beats to one bar or even longer.
A detailed guitar lesson focusing on diatonic scale guitar theory and application, ideal for beginners, intermediates and advanced players alike.
To identify the key of a song by it's chords choose the chords below and see the highlighted slices on the circle of fifths to the right. This searches all 12 possible keys for the selected chords (diatonically) and returns the keys with most matches.
Learn all about diatonic chords, how to build them, how to play them on guitar, and common chord progressions that use diatonic chord shapes.
Here we look at how chords within a key a constructed, using previously covered concepts like diatonic pitches, scale degrees, and triads. In this lesson we focus on the development and pattern of chords within in a key.
