ChordGuru

ChordGuru is a chord finder for PocketPC. It has a number of advanced features not found in most chord finders - most are geared for guitar in standard tuning, and consist of nothing more than a library of someone else's chords and an index.

By contrast, ChordGuru actually searches for chords based on a number of customizable criteria including number of strings (or courses), the tuning and the definition of the chord. If you've built a nine-string custom instrument tuned chromatically, and you play only bizarre atonal chords, ChordGuru can still help you out. And it looks good too!

Click here to download ChordGuru.

Here is a list of features:

• Graphical display of chord and fingerboard
• Support for multiple instruments
• Ability to define your own instruments by specifying:
  • Instrument name
  • Number of strings/courses
  • Tuning
  • Number of frets
  • How many frets chords may span
• Ability to define your own chords by specifying the intervals from the root note
• Support for optional notes in a chord type
• Ability to reverse the chord diagram display, horizontally or vertically
• Optional automatic finger assignment to chorded notes*
• Chords are automatically sorted by estimated difficulty
• Ability to fine-tune the rules used to filter out "bad" chords
• Themes support, which includes colors, background and note images
• Supports the use of the input panel for entering text
• Comes with guitar in standard, drop-D and DADGAD tunings, and a selection of common chords predefined
• Coming soon: Practice mode, where you can pick a series of chords to be played back in order

Here are some screen shots using a number of the themes that come with the application:

The main screen.	The Instruments panel.
The Chords panel.	The Preferences panel.
The Rules panel.	Another shot of the main form, with a different theme and with the chord diagram orientation reversed.

How to Download

ChordGuru is shareware. It is free to download and install, and has no time limit; but it will only display the first five chords found for each search until it is registered. Registration is only $9.95 (US), and can be done here.

To download ChordGuru, click on one of the links below:

ChordGuru 1.0 (ARM) - 307 KB
ChordGuru 1.0 (ARMv4) - 361 KB
ChordGuru 1.0 (MIPS) - 315 KB
ChordGuru 1.0 (SH3) - 300 KB

Once downloaded, just copy it to your PocketPC and run it. The installer will walk you through the installation. Note: ChordGuru is a .NET application and requires the .NET Compact Framework. You can download it from Microsoft for free here.

Thanks for your interest!
Mike Simpson