chordy

A command-line guitar chord finder, written in Python
chordy.finwarman.com

Installation

To call Chordy from anywhere, add it to /usr/bin:
cp chordy.py /usr/bin/chordy; cp guitar.json /usr/bin/

Usage

• Getting Started: $ ./chordy.py

  Available keys:
  
  C  C#  D  Eb  E  F  F#  G  Ab  A  Bb  B  
  
  Available suffixes:
  
  major   minor   dim     dim7    sus2    sus4    
  7sus4   7sg     alt     aug     6       69      
  7       7b5     aug7    9       9b5     aug9    
  7b9     7#9     11      9#11    13      maj7    
  maj7b5  maj7#5  maj9    maj11   maj13   m6      
  m69     m7      m7b5    m9      m11     mmaj7   
  mmaj7b5 mmaj9   mmaj11  add9    madd9   /E      
  /F      /F#     /G      /G#     /A      /Bb     
  /B      /C      /C#     m/B     m/C     m/C#    
  /D      m/D     /D#     m/D#    m/E     m/F     
  m/F#    m/G     m/G#   
  

• Arguments:
  • No Args - List all possible keys & suffixes
  • {key{suffix}} (Positional Arg) - Specify the chord to show voicing(s) for, e.g. C#sus4, F, G/B
  • [-h | --help] - Display help text
  • [-a | --all-voicings] - Display all available chord voicings/positions

Examples

• $ chordy C#sus4 - Show the first position for C#sus4
• $ chordy F -a - Show all positions for F major