Guitar Chord Diagram Maker

Although slightly contested, self education or that other than the common system benefits from one of the most influential and abundant information methods, namely the Internet. In this regard, applications such as Guitar Chord Diagram Maker give you the possibility to easily learn chords and create custom lists you can print out on a sheet of paper.

Visual design kept simple

After a short and uneventful installation, running the application brings up a pretty compact window, split in panels that hold examples, as well as the preview section. Simply selecting desired notes and chords fills up the preview section, which only leaves you to choose an export option, which is either a chart, plain text file, image or zip archive.

Add notes, chords and custom text

All existing notes are enlisted and appear first in the preview section, followed by chord you select from a dedicated panel. An interesting feature is that you can edit the preview section and input any text from your keyboard. This comes in handy if you want to create tabs for custom songs in order to quickly print out on a sheet of paper.

Far from being a pro

However, chords are oddly displayed and might get you confused, but pressing the “Help” button not only does it bring up a few helpful lines of text, but with the possibility to modify them as well. On the other hand, the application is most likely to come in handy to experienced users, being merely a differently designed text editor.
Furthermore, the application does not even come equipped with sound to exemplify notes and tones, or at least a set of images to help you learn finger positioning. Needless to say that it also lacks other elements such as pauses or scores.

In conclusion

Taking everything into consideration, we can say that Guitar Chord Diagram Maker is a poor choice when it comes to both learning and helping you with audio creativity. It takes some time to figure out how to properly put the application to good use, with confusing menus and display of chords, as well as shallow support, providing little to know sense of accomplishment.