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SampleScience · Post by **SampleScience** » Sun Sep 17, 2017 9:42 am

I couldn't find one online, perhaps because I'm using the wrong words. I want to be able to translate tabs to chords quickly using either a chart or an offline software that does it automatically.

Thank you!

ere2learn · Post by **ere2learn** » Sun Sep 17, 2017 9:50 am

What do you mean by tabs?

SampleScience · Post by **SampleScience** » Sun Sep 17, 2017 10:52 am

ere2learn wrote:What do you mean by tabs?

Something like this: https://www.hooktheory.com/theorytab

Edit: Sorry, I meant this: https://www.hooktheory.com/theorytab/co ... ogressions

I'd like to be able to convert something like this: I V vi IV to actual chords.

I'm a bit confused as it's all new to me.

slipstick · Post by **slipstick** » Sun Sep 17, 2017 11:11 am

You can only work them out if you know what key you're in so you need a bit of theory at least.

But try http://www.guitar-chord.org/key-and-chord-chart.html Is that what you were looking for ?

Steve

SampleScience · Post by **SampleScience** » Sun Sep 17, 2017 12:25 pm

slipstick wrote:You can only work them out if you know what key you're in so you need a bit of theory at least.

But try http://www.guitar-chord.org/key-and-chord-chart.html Is that what you were looking for ?

Steve

Yes, exactly! Thank you!!

tapper mike · Post by **tapper mike** » Fri Sep 29, 2017 5:19 pm

You know you could just manually do this in almost any tab player such as Guitar pro by manually picking the chord out of the chord box. Yes I know it takes time.

Back in the days of old when figuring out a song quickly we'd just write the lyrics and then the chord names above them. It was crude but effective. In this way you develop some ear training with regards to timbr, voicing Listening to the song, trying out different voicing on the guitar.Finding your home. The same way e-chords does it. https://www.e-chords.com/

Ear training will help you gain confidence and actually reduce the time spent figuring out chord progressions. It will also help you (yes believe it or not) Help you in your own writing as you'll be better able to interpret what your inner ear is telling you where to go.

jancivil · Post by **jancivil** » Fri Sep 29, 2017 5:27 pm

The OP did not mean tablature, but 'theory tabs' from a site that gives Roman Numeral analysis for popular songs, which they did not know what to do with. So the question was more or less answered by slipstick, albeit via a site that does not give 'vii' for any key. \o_0/

tapper mike · Post by **tapper mike** » Fri Sep 29, 2017 6:57 pm

Ahh thank you Jan

BIAB can do this seamlessly http://pgmusic.com

But it's another thing that... personal music understanding level will make it even easier.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_numeral_analysis

Roman numeral analysis will not give you the key. It is intended to develop your abilities to transpose on the fly.

Tabs to chords charts?