How to use chord finder
Chord Finder helps you identify chords by choosing the notes you want on an on-screen piano. Each key represents one of the twelve pitch classes, so you can build a set of notes regardless of octave and see which chords in the published library match that exact collection of pitches.
- Click or tap the keys on the piano to toggle the twelve pitch classes on or off until your selection matches the notes you want to examine.
- Press the play control to hear the notes you have selected, so you can confirm the sound matches what you intended.
- Press Find chords and review the exact pitch-class matches in the published library. Choosing notes alone does not run the search.
- Open any matching reference to read its full entry, or use the clear control to empty the selection and start again.
Try this example
Select the keys C, E and G, then review the matches. The tool looks for a reference whose pitch classes are exactly C, E and G, so a C major triad should appear among the results, which you can open to read its details.
Keep in mind
Chord Finder only searches the published library and compares pitch classes exactly. A missing match does not mean a chord cannot exist, since octave order, bass inversion and omitted notes are not taken into account.
AI-assisted description · edited against the implemented controls.