Lock-A-Chord holds a chord on the keyboard so you can study it: see its name, hear it, and step through its inversions. Build one yourself by clicking keys, or lock any chord straight from the song.
IMAGE · practice-lock-a-chord.png · 1200 × 500 px · The Lock-A-Chord panel showing a chord name with its inversion (for example D7/A · 2nd inv) and the inversion and play buttons, with the chord’s keys lit pink on the keyboard below.
Build and lock a chord
Lock a chord from the song
Pause on a chord, right-click its name above the keyboard and choose Show on keyboard. The chord is locked exactly as it’s played in the song, in the same register and inversion, with each key in the colour of the track it came from. See Live chord display.
Panel controls
Control | What it does |
◂ and ▸ | Step to the previous or next inversion. The name updates, for example from C to C/E (1st inversion) to C/G (2nd inversion). |
Play | Plays the chord in its current inversion |
Clear | Clears the keys but keeps the panel open for a new chord |
× or | Clears the chord and closes the panel |
Drag the panel by its header to move it. Chord names follow the naming style set in Chords & Notation settings.
Tip
Found a chord by ear but don’t know its name? Shift+click the notes you’re playing and Lock-A-Chord tells you, including the inversion.