Changelog
What's new on Chord Library — grouped by day.
July 13, 2026
- The guitar and ukulele Chord Progression Generators can now start from a mood. Tap a mood like Happy, Melancholy, or Dreamy to instantly get a fitting progression — key, tempo, and a short note on why it works — ready to play, tweak, and save. Or describe any vibe in your own words ("rainy Sunday morning", "80s ballad") and AI writes a custom progression with an explanation: a few free tries a day as a guest, and free unlimited generating with an account. Works in all seven site languages.
- New Ukulele Chord & Scale Reference — a printable PDF with every ukulele chord and scale, every fingering, laid out for the music stand. Preview it and get it as a one-time purchase on the new /ukulele-book/ page (a companion to the guitar edition).
- Scale diagrams are now easier to read: the note-name letters inside the dots are larger on every scale page and in the interactive fretboard note-finder.
July 12, 2026
- You can now sign in with an email and password — create an account right from the "Sign in" button (Google is still there too). Forgot your password? Request a reset link by email and set a new one. Signing in still keeps your saved chords and progressions across devices.
- Your account menu now has a direct Saved Chord Progressions link alongside Saved Chords, and the language and account menus no longer overlap when both are opened.
- Fixed Google sign-in sometimes getting stuck forever on the "Signing you in..." screen (it could happen when another Chord Library tab was open in the background). The sign-in page now recovers on its own within a few seconds.
July 11, 2026
- You can now save your chord progressions — in both the guitar and ukulele Chord Progression Generators, hit Save, give your progression a name, and it's kept with your account (key, tempo, time signature, and playing style included). Saved progressions appear in a "My Progressions" list right on the generator page — click one to load it back — and on your Saved Chords page, where you can reopen or delete them.
- Fixed 8 guitar chord diagrams that showed fingerings a hand can't actually play — thanks to a visitor for spotting the C# Major one (its diagram asked the middle finger to press two different frets at once). C# Major, C#aug, and the alternate-position diagrams of Baug7, Gdim, and Eaug now show the correct standard fingerings; C#7 drops an unreachable high-string note (the classic movable seventh shape); F#sus2 and F#maj7 now use their standard playable shapes. Downloadable chart images were updated to match.
June 23, 2026
- Your Saved Chords page now splits saves into separate Guitar Chords and Ukulele Chords sections — and saved ukulele chords now show up there (previously they didn't appear at all).
- Every chord and scale page now offers a downloadable chart image — a clean, branded picture of the diagram (the chord shape or the full scale fretboard) that you can save, print, or share. Look for the download strip at the bottom of each page.
- Refingered 17 ukulele chord diagrams that previously asked you to barre two strings with your middle or ring finger — an awkward, cramped move. They now use independent fingers (or, where it's natural, an index-finger barre), which is much easier to fret. The notes and sound are exactly the same. Affected shapes include Dm7, the augmented chords (Daug, F#aug, A#aug), the minor-major 7ths (CmMaj7, DmMaj7, D#mMaj7, BmMaj7), and several sus2/sus4 and 7sus4 chords — four of them are now rated easier (Intermediate instead of Expert).
June 17, 2026
- Search results are now scoped to the instrument you're viewing — ukulele pages search ukulele chords and scales, guitar pages search guitar.
- Every ukulele chord page now has a unique, hand-written description plus a new Tips & Tricks section with practical fingering guidance for that exact shape — covering common beginner struggles like the awkward E major, cramped three-finger shapes, and your first barre chords. Now translated into all seven languages, with note names written in each language's own convention (solfège like Do-Mi-Sol where that's standard).
- New dedicated Ukulele home page at `/ukulele` — its own hero, tool cards, and stats for the GCEA toolkit (chords, scales, fretboard, progressions, identifier), available in all seven languages. The main homepage is now focused on guitar, and the Guitar/Ukulele switch in the header hops between the two home pages.
- The Ukulele Chord Progression Generator now defaults to strumming instead of fingerpicking, which better matches how most people play the ukulele.
June 16, 2026
- The first chord, scale, or note now plays instantly — audio is ready the moment you want it, with no loading wait.
- Added a full Ukulele section: 180 ukulele chord pages and 169 ukulele scale pages in standard GCEA tuning, each with a true 4-string diagram, audio, and finger positions.
- New ukulele tools to match the guitar toolkit — a Ukulele Chords hub, Ukulele Scales hub, Ukulele Fretboard, Ukulele Chord Progression Generator, and Ukulele Chord Identifier.
- Added a Guitar / Ukulele switch to the header tools row: it follows the instrument of the page you're on, and flipping it jumps to the matching page on the other instrument (e.g. C major on guitar → C major on ukulele). Ukulele chords and scales are now in site search too.
- Added a Ukulele card to the homepage. The entire ukulele section is available in all seven languages.
June 13, 2026
- New Chord Identifier tool: recreate a shape on the fretboard and get the chord name, its notes, alternate names, and audio playback — with a closest music-theory guess when there's no exact match.
- New blog of guitar-learning guides, starting with "How to Start Learning Guitar," with live chord and scale widgets embedded in articles.
- Published 9 in-depth beginner guides on the blog: reading guitar tabs, the complete how-to-play-guitar guide, what a chord is, tuning, restringing, what it all costs, holding the guitar & strumming, guitar anatomy, and the history of the guitar — several with embedded how-to videos.
- Redesigned the site navigation into a cleaner two-row header — search, blog, theme, language, and sign-in on top; the tools below.
- Added this changelog, linked from the footer.
May 21, 2026
- Launched the printable PDF reference book with an online storefront.
April 20, 2026
- Added pentatonic, blues, and chromatic scales to the interactive fretboard.
March 3, 2026
- Added a chords hub page and a "How to Use" guide for the progression generator.
March 2, 2026
- Added 169 guitar scale pages with a scales hub and full translations.
- Added a scale mode to the interactive fretboard.
- Fixed several fretboard and mobile layout issues, and removed the cookie-consent banner.
February 27, 2026
- Overhauled the header with a mega-menu and chord search, and improved mobile navigation.
- Fixed chord search ranking and mobile diagram overflow.
February 26, 2026
- Added a "Tips & Tricks" section to chord pages, with full translations.
- Added a chord-voicing carousel, fret numbers, and string labels to diagrams.
February 24, 2026
- Added a share editor with annotation tools and a Copy Link button.
February 23, 2026
- Added support for six more languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, French, German, and Turkish.
- Improved mobile audio reliability.
February 22, 2026
- Renamed the Chord Palette to the Chord Progression Generator and overhauled its interface.
- Added 48 new chord pages and "How to Play" guidance to every chord.
February 20, 2026
- Added interactive arpeggio patterns to chord pages.
February 19, 2026
- Major visual redesign across the site, and a rebuilt progression generator.
- Added difficulty levels, filtering, chord aliases, saving, and smooth page transitions.
February 18, 2026
- Added Google sign-in, saved chords, and audio playback with accurate fingerings.
February 17, 2026
- Site-wide visual theme and branding refinements.
February 16, 2026
- Initial release: the guitar chord catalog.