What is ChordBook?

A chord lookup application for guitar in standard tuning, and additional chord processing for 50 non-standard guitar tunings. ChordBook's purpose is simple--provide a way to create your own, customized chord listings....in the order and with the voicing YOU choose.

For starters, the Chord Library for standard tuning has 23 chord types in each key and has 3 to 6 different voices/fingerings each. Simply select the key of the chord and it's type. You preview it in the Chord Library window and when you find the correct voicing/fingering, draw it in the Diagram Editor. Multiple versions of the Chord Library window can be displayed at once, letting you compare chord voicings, etc.

...But that's not all. When you draw the Library chord in the Diagram Editor, all possible
notes in the chord are also plotted in the Neck View. The Neck View provides additional chord lookup functions. This window allows the browsing of chord fingerings over the neck and has a Name-that-Chord function which recognizes more than 60 different chord types in any key, in standard and non-standard tunings. These user-created chord voicings may then be diagramed in the chord editor window. So, if you don't find the voicing/fingering you need, you can experiment until you find the one you do! The Neck View also provides a Name-that-Chord functionality. Click in the chord you want (the notes you clicked will be displayed in blue), click the button with the question-mark on it, and a list of possible chord names will be displayed. Select (highlight) one of the names, and you're ready to draw that chord in the Diagram Editor.

The Chord Namer function allows you to click in the notes of a chord as you see them printed on the staff. You can then hit the "name it" function (the button with the question mark on it) to get the name of the chord. After the chord name is selected from the list, the chord can be "drawn" to the Neck View--and the chord voicing selected via the browse functions.

name: MoonDark
code: 3961796

Download ChordBook for Mac

Architecture

68K + PPC (FAT)

System Requirements

From Mac OS 7.0 up to Mac OS 9.2

Compatibility notes

Version 1.x requires System 7.0 or higher

Version 2.0 requires System 7.5 or higher and a 68020, 68030, 68040, or a PowerPC equipped Macintosh. A color monitor with at least 400 lines is highly recommended. QuickTime (2.5 or higher recommended) with the QuickTime Musical Instruments extension is required for sound output.

Emulating this? It could probably run under: Basilisk II