Open & bright
C
Open positionNotesC · E · G
Fretsx 3 2 0 1 0
ShapeOpen chord
← → switch shape · Space to playSwipe the diagram to switch shape
Good to see you.
Three quests a day. Finish all three for a bonus.New to Chordbyte? A one-minute tour shows you around.
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Daily quests
New quests every day. Each one ticks off by itself when you do it, and earns XP.
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Jump in
Find a chord, see the shape, hear it.
Pick a root and type, or search with ⌘ K.Practise changes, not just shapes.
Learn four chords, time your switches, keep the beat.01
Today’s practice
This downloads a calendar event that repeats daily. Open it to add it to your calendar app.
About ten minutes. Each step ticks off by itself when you do it.
Your first 8 chords
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Four to play
A real progression in one key. Play each chord for four beats, then move to the next. Loop the set; Play along keeps time at the metronome’s tempo. Peach dots stay down for the next chord.
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Songs
Speed
Play each chord when its bar lights up, after a one-bar count-in. Turn on Score me and the microphone checks every chord: ✓ when it heard the right one, ✗ when it didn’t. While it listens the app only clicks, so it hears just you.
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Note loop
Pick the four notes in order, round and round, for 60 seconds. The microphone listens: each right note scores 10 points, and every clean loop in a row raises the multiplier, up to ×4. A wrong note resets it.
Time60
Points0
Multiplier×1
Best—
The microphone opens when you start.
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One-minute changes
Switch between two chords as many times as you can in 60 seconds. Tap the button (or Space) on every change, or let the microphone count for you.
Time60
Changes0
Best—
The microphone hears each change and counts it.
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Metronome
Start slow. Speed up only when every change lands on the beat.
70BPM
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Your drills
Built from your one-minute drills and saved in this browser. A good goal is 60 clean changes a minute for open-chord pairs, 40 when a barre is involved.
Day streak0
Sessions0
Total changes0
Your progress
Every drill, song, loop and play-along earns XP. Practise a little every day to keep your streak.01
Level
Daily goal
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Last 7 days
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Practice calendar
0 days in a row
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Minutes a day
The last 30 days. Drills and loops count a minute each; songs and play-along count their playing time.
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Play a songSong bests
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Badges
Tune up
An out-of-tune guitar is the main reason a chord sounds wrong, to you and to the microphone. Tune first, then check the mic once.01
Tuner
Pluck one open string and let it ring. Tap a string to hear its note.
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Start the tuner, then pluck a string.
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Mic check
Ten seconds that teach Chordbyte how quiet your room is and how loud your guitar is, so Check my chord, Count by ear, Songs and the Note loop hear you better. Run it again in a new place.
- Stay quiet for 2 seconds.
- Strum any chord and let it ring.
What the mic hears
For testing: the raw readings behind the scores.
- Level
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- Note
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- Chord
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How to use Chordbyte
Look up a chord, learn its shape, then practise changing between chords until it feels easy.01
Find a chord
- On Chords, tap a root (C, D, E…) and a type (Major, Minor, 7…).
- Or type a name in the search box: F#m7, Bbmaj7, Am. On a computer, ⌘ K or Ctrl K jumps to it.
- Popular holds the chords most people learn first. Random in the top bar picks one for you.
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Read a chord diagram
- The six vertical lines are strings: the thickest (low E) on the left, the thinnest (high e) on the right. Left-handed mode flips them.
- The horizontal lines are frets. The thick top line is the nut. Higher up the neck, a label such as 5fr names the top fret.
- Rose dots show where to press. The number is the finger: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 little finger.
- The same number on several strings at one fret means one finger lies flat across them (a barre).
- ○ above a string: play it open, without pressing. ×: don’t play that string.
- The letters underneath are the notes each string plays. The chord’s own note (the root) is in rose.
- In Practice, peach dots are fingers that stay down for the next chord.
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Hear it, then check yours
- Hear it plays the chord. Strum plays it all at once, Arpeggio one string at a time. Space plays it too.
- Easy is the shape to learn first. Hard is usually a barre shape higher on the neck. Swipe the diagram or press ← → to switch.
- Check my chord: tap it, allow the microphone and strum once. Each string turns dark green if it rang or rose if it was quiet, with a tip to fix it.
- It works best in a quiet room with the phone or laptop close to the guitar. The sound is analysed on your device. Nothing is recorded or sent anywhere.
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Practise a little every day
- Today’s practice on the Practice page is about ten minutes: warm up with the set, drill one change, learn or review a chord. Steps tick off by themselves.
- Your first 8 chords takes you through A, D, E, G, Em, C, Am and F, each learned through a change that uses it. A step is done at 30 clean changes a minute (20 for C ⇄ F).
- Daily reminder adds a repeating ten-minute event to your calendar, at the time you pick.
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Daily quests
- Today is the home page. It shows your level, streak and minutes, and three daily quests: things like three drills, a song scored at 80% or a tune-up.
- Quests tick off by themselves as you play, and each one earns its XP. Go takes you straight to the right place.
- Finish all three in a day for a bonus. Do that on days in a row to grow your quest streak.
- Everyone gets the same quests on the same day, and new ones arrive at midnight.
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Play a progression
- Four to play is a real chord progression in one key, like the ones songs use. Shuffle picks another, and Copy link shares it.
- Open chords keeps to beginner shapes. + Barre chords adds the harder ones.
- Play along counts you in for one bar, then highlights each chord in time with the metronome. Pick 4 or 2 beats per chord.
- Strum sets the pattern: ↓ down, ↑ up, · the hand moves but misses the strings. Start with On the change, then try Four downs and Old faithful.
- Capo: with a capo on fret 2, the same shapes sound two semitones higher. When a set needs barre chords, Chordbyte suggests a capo so you can play open shapes instead.
- Heard in names well-known songs built on the same progression.
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Songs and the note loop
- Songs are traditional tunes with their chords and words. Pick one and a speed, then press Play song: after a one-bar count-in, each bar lights up when it’s time to play it.
- Turn on Score me and the microphone checks every chord as you play: ✓ when it heard the right chord, ✗ when it didn’t. Your best score for each song is saved.
- The note loop is four single notes played round and round for 60 seconds. Each right note scores 10 points; clean loops in a row raise the multiplier up to ×4, and a wrong note resets it. Hear it plays the loop first.
- Both work best in a quiet room with the device near the guitar, and with the speaker volume low.
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Tune up and mic check
- On Tune, press Start tuner and pluck one open string. The needle shows how far off it is: left of the middle is too low (tighten the string), right is too high (loosen it). Green means in tune.
- Tap a string to hear its note and tune by ear.
- Mic check listens to your room for 2 seconds, then to one strum, and remembers both. Every feature that listens uses it to tell your guitar from the background. Run it again somewhere new.
- What the mic hears shows the raw readings: loudness, the note and the closest chords. Copy last 3 s copies them as text, handy when reporting a chord that scored wrong.
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One-minute changes
- Pick two chords and press Start 60s. After a 3-2-1 count-in, switch back and forth as many times as you can.
- Tap +1 change or press Space on every change, or turn on Count by ear and let the microphone count.
- When time’s up, enter how many changes were clean. Only that number is saved.
- A good goal is 60 a minute for open chords and 40 when a barre is involved.
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Levels, badges and streaks
- Everything you practise earns XP: one per clean change in a drill, five per chord right in a scored song, a fifth of your note-loop points, ten per play-along loop, and a little for checking chords, tuning and finishing a step of today’s plan. Each daily quest adds its own XP.
- XP fills your level. Each level needs 100 XP more than the last.
- The daily goal is minutes of real playing: 5, 10 or 20. The ring on Today and at the top of Practice fills as you play. Practise on a day and your streak grows; it lasts until the end of the next day.
- Your progress shows a 12-week calendar, minutes a day, song bests and the badges still to earn.
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Metronome and progress
- Start the metronome slowly. Speed up only when every change lands on the beat.
- Your drills shows your day streak, sessions, best score per pair and what to work on next.
- Everything is saved in this browser only. There’s no account, and nothing leaves your device.
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Settings and tips
- ⇆ Left-handed in the top bar mirrors every diagram.
- Install it: on iPhone, tap Share → Add to Home Screen. In Chrome, use Install. It works offline after the first visit.
- Keyboard: ⌘ K search, ← → switch shape, Space play (or count a change during a drill).
- Links open the exact chord or practice set you were looking at, so you can share them.