Fretboard Decoder

Choose any fretboard - guitar, ukulele or bass in any tuning. Toggle sounds on the fretboard and find closest matching chords.

InstrumentTuning
Lock tonic

Guitar Standard tuning

E4
B3
G3
D3
A2
E2
0
1
2
3
4
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Matched chordMatching soundsMissing sounds
Instructions

Click anywhere on the tabulature grid to position the cursor.

Double-click to target a single segment. |highlighted segment|

Use fretboard diagram |drawer button| or keyboard to insert characters into the tabulature.

Right click on the tabulature to open the context menu.

Resize bars by holding and dragging yellow bar dividers |divider|.

Click on the dotted areas above and below the tabulature to associate comments with specific tabulature column.

Use:
  • |magic button| to tidy up the tabulature
  • |duplicate| to clone tabulature row
  • |delete| to remove the last bar
  • |add bar| to append a new bar
  • |arrows| to reposition elements

Use the magic button |magic button| to tidy up the tabulature.