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You love the song — but it's either too high or too low to sing. Here's how to find the right key for your voice, no music theory required.
An interactive capo chart for every fret and every key — plus how to find the capo position that turns a hard key into open chords you already know.
Every guitar key ranked by how many barre chords it forces on you — plus a tool that finds the easiest key for any song you paste in.
Hendrix, SRV and Guns N' Roses tuned down half a step. Here's which way to transpose their chord charts, the capo trick that gets open chords back, and a converter for your sheet.
The I7, IV7 and V7 chords of the blues in all 12 keys, the form bar by bar, and the capo shortcut for when the band calls B♭.
Chord names don't change between guitar and ukulele — only the shapes do. An interactive chart of what every guitar shape becomes on a uke, and a converter for whole songs.
How to tune your guitar half a step down, why tuned-down songs sound wrong in standard tuning, and a converter that finds the capo position that keeps the song in open chords.
The Nashville Number System writes chords as numbers, so a chart never needs rewriting for a new key. A number chart for all 12 keys with Roman numerals, how to read Nashville charts, the 1 4 5 and 1 5 6 4 progressions, and a converter between chords and numbers.
Pick any key on an interactive circle of fifths to see its sharps and flats, its relative minor and all seven chords. Plus a key signatures chart, the order of sharps and flats, progressions that follow the circle, and how to use it on guitar.
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