Q: Why would I use this site?
Chordchanger.com was created in order to provide the guitar-playing community with a free online tool to transpose songs into different keys. This is useful to musicians and songwriters, as well as to people learning the guitar who want to play songs that would otherwise have some difficult to play chords.
Q: What is transposing and why would I do it?
Transposing is the act of converting a song into a different key. You might want to do it to find a key that works better with your voice, or simply to choose a version of the song that has chords that are easier for you to play.
Q: Where can I find songs to use with this site?
Check out the following sites:
Note that you'll want to get chord sheets and not tablature, as Chordchanger.com only handles chords at the moment. Adding to the confusion is that the word "tabs" is used really loosely and can refer to chords, tablature, or a combination of both. Almost anything with chords should work, as Chordchanger is pretty good at ignoring anything that it doesn't understand.
Q: Once I have a song, what do I do with it?
Copy and paste your song into the edit window. You can use the arrow buttons to transpose the song's key up or down, which will cause every chord to move up or down the scale accordingly. The double arrow buttons will transpose by a whole step (e.g. F to G), and the others will transpose by a half step (e.g. F to F#). As you transpose, the chord diagrams will update automagically. The text window is fully editable - you can even write a song from scratch if you want!
Once everything looks right, click "Switch to View Mode". Click the "Print" button to get a paper copy. Please use the feedback linkt to report any problems. I fix whatever you tell me about :-)
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