Chords: Look up any chord shape on its own
Sometimes you want a chord shape without a song attached. You have heard a chord named and want to see how it is played, or you are about to edit a song and want to know which shapes already exist.
The Chords page shows every chord diagram in the OzBCoz system, for any instrument, without having to open a song to find one.
Finding a chord
- Choose your instrument from the first dropdown
- Choose the key you are interested in, which starts at C
- Pick any chord from the list, and its diagram appears
If you play left handed, click ⇒ Left Hand to flip the diagrams over. ⇒ Right Hand puts them back.
More than one way to play it
Most chords can be played in several places on the neck. Alongside the main diagram you will see the alternative shapes for that chord — the same ones you get by clicking a chord diagram on a song page and opening the alternatives.
Handy if a shape is awkward for your hands, or if you want something that sits closer to the chord before it.
💡 Handy hint: If you find a shape here that suits you better, you can swap it into a song. See Swap a chord shape.
Super Chords, for going further
This has not yet been added to the Menus yet as it is still only a “concept” tool - but take a look - it's quite interesting.
The Chords page shows the shapes held in the OzBCoz database. Super Chords works them out instead, calculating every way a chord can be played right up the fretboard, for any instrument in any tuning.
More than most people need, but useful if you are hunting for an unusual voicing. It is not yet in the 🔗 Links menu.