I IV V
Blues
Three chords and the truth. The minor pentatonic over a dominant 7th.
shuffle
The fretboard, mapped
know theneck.
A practice engine that maps every chord, scale, and progression to the fretboard — so you stop guessing and start playing.
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How it works
Three steps. No theory degree required.
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Find the chord
Type any chord or progression and chord shows you every place it lives on the fretboard.
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See the shape
A diagram, not a chart. Fret numbers, finger positions, and the notes you're actually playing.
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Hear it back
Play it, loop it, slow it down. Your ear learns the shape while your fingers learn the pattern.
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Everything but the fumbling
Learn more, guess less.
Every chord, voiced
Majors, minors, 7ths, sus, diminished — each one mapped to real finger positions.
Scales over the neck
Major, minor, pentatonic, and modes, drawn across all six strings.
Progressions that pull
ii–V–I, the blues, borrowed chords — hear why they work, not just that they do.
Ear training drills
Intervals, chord quality, and rhythm, graded as you go.
Tempo & loop
Slow any shape down and loop it until your hands know it cold.
Progress journal
Track what you've drilled, and what's still wobbly.
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The instrument, up close
Shot where the music actually happens.
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See the chord
A chord is a shape. chord draws it for you.
Every chord is a pattern of dots on six strings. chord renders the shape, names the notes, and plays it back — so the neck stops being a mystery grid and starts being a map.
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voiced
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The slow take
One bar, one hand, at half speed.
slow motion · played in the field
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Four voices
The style decides the vocabulary.
ii–V–I
Jazz
Sevenths and tensions, moving in steps toward home.
swing
open voicings
Folk
Campfire chords and fingerpicked arpeggios, the strings left to ring.
capo 3
power chords
Rock
Roots and fifths through a loud amp. The shape is the song.
distortion
From the desk of Nico Álvarez
Most guitar apps hand you a chord chart. chord hands you the neck.
I taught myself guitar in a rented flat in Lisbon, on a borrowed acoustic with one string that wouldn't stay in tune. I learned chords from a printed chart I taped to the wall, and I learned them wrong — upside down, because I'd hung it backwards.
What I learned: a chord chart tells you where to put your fingers. It doesn't tell you why, or where else that chord lives, or what it sounds like next to the one you just learned. That gap is where every guitarist stalls.
So here's the invitation: pick a chord you already know. Find it five places up the neck. That's the whole product.
Nico ÁlvarezFounder, CHORD
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By the numbers
Live, from our backend.
2.1k
chords voiced
128k
practicing
14k
fretboard shapes
6.8M
minutes drilled
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Loved by players
People who finally got it.
★★★★★
"I've had the same four chords for a decade. chord showed me fifty places to play them, and my fingers finally stopped guessing."
Marcus T.Bedroom guitarist
★★★★★
"The ii–V–I page changed everything. I could hear why the chords wanted to move, not just that they did."
Priya N.Jazz student
★★★★★
"I set it to slow down the barre chords and loop them. Two weeks later my hands just knew it."
June P.Re-learning player
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The roadmap
Where we're going.
Q3 2026
Fretboard engine + 2,100 chords, live in beta.
Q4 2026
Ear-training drills and a public progression library.
Q1 2027
MIDI & audio playback for every shape, at any tempo.
Q2 2027
chord hardware: a practice metronome that listens back.
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Questions, answered.
How does chord map a chord to the fretboard?+
Every chord is a set of notes. chord finds every fret position for each note, then groups them into playable shapes — open, barre, and spread voicings.
Does it work offline?+
Yes. The chord and scale library is stored locally, so saved shapes keep loading with no signal. Live sync and drills need a connection.
Is it only for guitar?+
Right now, yes — six strings, standard tuning. Bass and ukulele are on the roadmap.
Is it free?+
Yes — the core chord and scale library is free during beta and stays free after launch.
Do I need to read music?+
No. chord works from chord names and fret diagrams. Standard notation is optional, not required.
Can I track my progress?+
Yes — the journal logs every drill, so you can see what's solid and what's still wobbly.
The neck is already mapped.
know the neck.