Intermediate Guitar
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Chord Transposer & Capo Calculator

Paste your chords and shift them up or down — or straight into another key. Then work out exactly where to put your capo.

Transpose chords

Paste a chord line or a whole chord sheet below.

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Capo calculator

Two ways to use it — figure out what your capo sounds like, or find the easiest capo position for a key.

Playing shapes with a capo on fret → sounds in
I want it to sound in — easiest ways to play it:

    Play the open-chord shapes of that key with the capo where shown — same sound, easier shapes.

    How transposing works

    Transposing shifts every chord by the same amount so a song stays in tune with itself but sits in a new key — handy for matching a singer's range or swapping to easier shapes. A capo does the same thing physically: clamp it on fret 2 and every open shape you play sounds two semitones higher. So "G shapes, capo 2" sounds in the key of A.

    Once you've got your key, look up the shapes in the Chord Library, see everything that belongs together with Chords in a Key, or explore relationships on the Circle of Fifths.

    Intermediate Guitar · Chord Library · Chords in a Key · Circle of Fifths