The short answer: Free to browse, all 780 chords, with no account needed. Search a chord by name, choose your instrument, and the fingering is drawn as a diagram. A chord can have several voicings, and each has a play button that sounds that exact shape on that instrument. 780 named chords across guitar, bass, ukulele and piano.
Last updated: August 2026
A chord symbol over a lyric line tells you what to play, not where to put your fingers, and the first shape you were taught is not always the one that fits the bar you are playing. The Chord Dictionary answers with a picture rather than a paragraph, for guitar, bass, ukulele and piano.
Your spelling does not have to match ours: search an enharmonic equivalent — the same chord written another way — and the results still arrive, with a "showing results for" note naming the spelling they are filed under.
The collection is 65 chord types across all 12 roots: 780 named chords, slash chords included.
Each voicing is drawn as an SVG fingering diagram. Where a chord has more than one voicing, previous and next controls step between them, so you can look past the first shape to the one that sits closest to the chords on either side.
On guitar, bass and ukulele there is also an alternate fretboard view of the same voicing. On piano the keyboard diagram is always shown.
Every voicing has its own play button, and it sounds that voicing — not a generic version of the chord — on the instrument you selected. A quick way to check the shape under your fingers is the one on the screen.
Browsing, searching and playback need no account. Saving a preferred voicing does: choose the voicing you actually use for a chord on a given instrument, and it is kept per chord and per instrument. Accounts are free.
Scales for the same four instruments are in the Scale Dictionary. Both are listed on Music Tools, with the Tuner, Metronome and YouTube Looper.
Which instruments does it cover? Four: guitar, bass, ukulele and piano. Each chord is drawn for the instrument you choose, and plays back on it too.
How many chords are there? 780 named chords: 65 chord types on each of the 12 roots, slash chords included.
Can I hear a chord instead of only seeing it? Yes. Each voicing carries its own play button, and it sounds that exact voicing.
Is this useful for guitar chords for beginners? Yes, and the play button is the reason. The basic guitar chords for beginners — the open major and minor shapes — are all here with a voicing you can hear. A beginner's problem with a chord chart is not reading the dots, it is not knowing whether the shape they are holding is the chord. Every voicing here sounds on the instrument you picked, so you can compare what you played against what it should be. Start with the open major and minor shapes; they cover most songs.
Do I need to sign up? Not to look chords up, search or play them. Only saving your preferred voicing needs an account, and it is free.