Ukulele Chord Lookup
Look up any ukulele chord in GCEA tuning — or go the other way: click the frets you’re playing and we name the chord.
About the ukulele chord lookup
A visual dictionary of ukulele chords in standard GCEA tuning. Search a chord by name, or pick any of the 12 root notes and 30 chord types and see the chord on a four-string diagram: numbered dots for each finger, barres drawn as pills, ○ for open strings, and the note each string sounds.
Many chords include alternative positions higher up the neck. Press Play to hear the chord string by string — with the re-entrant high-G string voiced correctly — and then strummed together. A left-handed mode mirrors every diagram, and a capo setting recalculates the shape you play, the fret numbers and the pitches you hear.
It also works in reverse. Switch to Notes → name and click the fret you’re holding on each of the four strings; the × button clears a string you don’t play. With three or more notes we name the chord — order and octave are irrelevant, so any voicing of Do, Mi and Sol is simply C major. When the same notes have more than one valid name (C–E–G–A reads as C6 or Am7) the most common one comes first.
Ukulele chord FAQs
How do I find out what chord I’m playing on the ukulele?
Switch to “Notes → name” and click the fret you’re holding on each of the four strings; the circle by the nut plays a string open and the × clears it. With three notes we name the chord.
Can I just type the chord name?
Yes. The search box takes almost any spelling — Cmaj7, CM7, C-7, F#m7b5, Bb sus4, even solfège like sol7 or do menor. Press / to jump straight to it, use ↑↓ to pick a suggestion and ↵ to load it.
What tuning do the diagrams use?
Standard ukulele tuning, GCEA (soprano, concert, and tenor with high G). The leftmost string in the diagram is the G string, closest to you when you hold the uke.
What is the “re-entrant” high-G string?
On most ukuleles the fourth string (G) is tuned an octave higher than you’d expect, so the strings don’t go low-to-high in order. The audio here plays that high G, so what you hear matches a real ukulele.
Can I use a capo on the ukulele?
Yes. Set a capo position and the chord you ask for is shown as the shape you actually play, with fret numbers counted from the capo. Lower and Higher move capo and shape together so the shape stays put while the chord transposes.
What do the numbers on the dots mean?
Which finger of your fretting hand to use: 1 = index, 2 = middle, 3 = ring, 4 = pinky. A long pill across several strings is a barre — one finger pressing them all at once.
Are guitar chord shapes the same on ukulele?
No — the ukulele has four strings and a different tuning, so shapes are their own. (Fun fact: a uke shape matches the guitar’s top four strings capoed at the 5th fret.) Use the guitar chord lookup for guitar shapes.
I play a left-handed ukulele — can I use the diagrams?
Yes. Turn on “Left-handed” and the string order is flipped to match a ukulele strung for a left-handed player, on both the diagrams and the fretboard.