Chords are an essential building block of music and essential for most smartChord functions such as the songbook or the chord progressions. Therefore it is essential to understand how to get the most out of it. smartChords offers perhaps the most comprehensive collection of chord tools.smartChord knows every chord and every way to finger the chord. And that for every instrument and tuning. smartChord can also name the chord for any fingering.

In addition to our documentation, we recommend reading the Wikipedia article explaining the Chord notation and the blogs How to Read Chord Names and Symbols and Every chord symbol found on lead sheets.