Piano and Guitar Chord Finder
Find the notes that make up any chord.
The notes in a chord
A chord is a set of notes played together, and knowing which notes make up a given chord is fundamental to playing and understanding music. This finds the notes in any chord you name, from simple major and minor to complex extended chords.
Enter a chord to see its notes.
How chords are built
Chords are built from a root note plus other notes at specific intervals above it, and the pattern of those intervals defines the chord's quality — a major chord has one characteristic sound, a minor chord another, and so on, all following consistent rules. This is genuinely useful to understand rather than just memorise: once you know that a chord is a root plus a particular stack of intervals, you can work out any chord in any key, which is far more powerful than memorising fingerings. It helps musicians learn songs from chord names, understand why chords sound the way they do, and build chords on any instrument. Extended and altered chords add further notes for richer, more complex sounds, following the same interval logic. Whether you are learning an instrument, writing music, or just curious what notes a chord symbol means, seeing a chord broken into its notes connects the name to the actual sound.
Frequently asked questions
How is a chord built?
From a root note plus other notes at specific intervals above it — the pattern of intervals defines whether it is major, minor, or another quality.
Why understand chord construction rather than memorise fingerings?
Because knowing a chord is a root plus a stack of intervals lets you work out any chord in any key, which is far more powerful than memorising positions.
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