Piano chords · Chord finder
Piano chord finder
Tap the keys you're holding down, and it tells you the chord: its name, its notes and its inversion. Works backwards from any shape your hands find.
How it names chords
It looks for every chord whose notes are exactly the ones you've chosen, in any octave and any order. The lowest note you tap is the bass: if it isn't the chord's root, the chord is an inversion, written as a slash chord (C/E is C major with E at the bottom). When the notes fit more than one chord, it shows the most likely first.
Want the other way round, from a chord name to its notes? See the piano chord chart, or every chord a key uses in chords in every key.
Found the chord? Now play it cleanly. Ivory listens to you play and tells you what's off: a note that's missing, a hand that lands late, a chord that's uneven. Then it shows you how it should go.
Questions people ask
How do I find out what chord I'm playing?
Tap the same keys on the keyboard above: the chord finder names the chord, its notes, and which note is in the bass. It knows major, minor, diminished, augmented, sus, 6th, 7th and 9th chords.
What does a slash chord like C/E mean?
A C major chord with E as its lowest note: the first inversion. The letter after the slash is the bass note.
Why does it show more than one name?
Some sets of notes are more than one chord. C–E–G–A is both C6 and Am7 (with C in the bass): the name depends on which note feels like home in the music.