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How to read guitar chord charts, plus the eight chords to learn first

Chord diagrams explained in two minutes, and a beginner set of open chords that unlocks thousands of songs.

25 October 2026, 2 min read

Skoove, flowkey, Yousician and Fender Play compared by instrument, teaching style and who each one suits.

Practise in time, or tap along to find the BPM of any song.

See every scale on a keyboard, with the chords that fit.

Which interface to buy for your first recordings, matched to what you actually record, from one voice to a streaming setup.

Four proven models, what each is good at, and why you might need a closed pair for recording and an open pair for mixing.

Clean up, control, shape and place a vocal with stock plugins, in the order engineers usually work.