Paste a chord chart, pick the key your singer needs, and copy it back out — chords still lined up over the right words.
G → G
Original key
Or pick the new key
[Verse 1]
G G7 C G
Amazing grace, how sweet the sound
G D
That saved a wretch like me
G G7 C G
I once was lost, but now am found
Em D G
Was blind, but now I see
[Verse 2 — inline chords work too]
[G]'Twas grace that [C]taught my [G]heart to fear
And grace my [D]fears relievedThere are twelve notes, and transposing moves every chord the same distance around them:
C · C#/Db · D · D#/Eb · E · F · F#/Gb · G · G#/Ab · A · A#/Bb · B
Move every chord by the same number of half-steps. Going from G to A is up two half-steps, so G becomes A, C becomes D, D becomes E, and Em becomes F#m. The chord type (minor, 7th, sus4) never changes — only the letter does. Paste your chart above and use the + and − buttons, or tap the key you want, and the tool does every chord at once.
Chords on their own line above the lyrics (the way most chord sheets are written), and inline chords in brackets like [G]Amazing [C]grace. It handles 7ths, sus, add9, diminished, slash chords like D/F#, and bar lines. Lines of lyrics are left alone, and section labels like [Chorus] aren't touched.
Leave it on Auto and the chart is spelled the way the new key is normally written — Bb in F major, F# in D major. If your band reads one way out of habit, switch to sharps or flats and every chord follows.
If the new key is full of barre chords, a capo often fixes it. The transposer checks capo positions 1 to 7 and tells you which one turns the most chords into easy open shapes — for example, Bb–Eb–F–Gm is G–C–D–Em shapes with a capo on 3.
Try the song a step or two up and down from the original and have the singer sing the highest and lowest lines. Most singers have a comfortable spot within two or three half-steps of the recording. Once you find it, write it down — in Bandloop, each song keeps its transposition so nobody has to remember.
Yes, free with no signup. Your chart saves on this device as you go. If you want every song's chart and transposition kept together and shown in a stage teleprompter for the whole band, you can do that in Bandloop.
Every chart,
in the right key
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