Free tool
Transposition Chart
Move a song to any key: every chord in all twelve major and minor keys, and a quick converter that shows each chord’s match in the new key.
Transpose chords to a new key
Key type
C major → G major: Every chord moves up 7 half steps (or down 5).
C→GDm→AmEm→BmF→CG→DAm→EmB°→F♯°
Transposition chart: major keys
Each row is a key; each column is a chord’s place in the key. To transpose, find your chord in the old key’s row, then read the chord in the same column of the new key’s row.
| Key | I | ii | iii | IV | V | vi | vii° |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | C | Dm | Em | F | G | Am | B° |
| D♭ | D♭ | E♭m | Fm | G♭ | A♭ | B♭m | C° |
| D | D | Em | F♯m | G | A | Bm | C♯° |
| E♭ | E♭ | Fm | Gm | A♭ | B♭ | Cm | D° |
| E | E | F♯m | G♯m | A | B | C♯m | D♯° |
| F | F | Gm | Am | B♭ | C | Dm | E° |
| F♯ | F♯ | G♯m | A♯m | B | C♯ | D♯m | E♯° |
| G | G | Am | Bm | C | D | Em | F♯° |
| A♭ | A♭ | B♭m | Cm | D♭ | E♭ | Fm | G° |
| A | A | Bm | C♯m | D | E | F♯m | G♯° |
| B♭ | B♭ | Cm | Dm | E♭ | F | Gm | A° |
| B | B | C♯m | D♯m | E | F♯ | G♯m | A♯° |
Transposition chart: minor keys
| Key | i | ii° | III | iv | v | VI | VII |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cm | Cm | D° | E♭ | Fm | Gm | A♭ | B♭ |
| C♯m | C♯m | D♯° | E | F♯m | G♯m | A | B |
| Dm | Dm | E° | F | Gm | Am | B♭ | C |
| E♭m | E♭m | F° | G♭ | A♭m | B♭m | C♭ | D♭ |
| Em | Em | F♯° | G | Am | Bm | C | D |
| Fm | Fm | G° | A♭ | B♭m | Cm | D♭ | E♭ |
| F♯m | F♯m | G♯° | A | Bm | C♯m | D | E |
| Gm | Gm | A° | B♭ | Cm | Dm | E♭ | F |
| G♯m | G♯m | A♯° | B | C♯m | D♯m | E | F♯ |
| Am | Am | B° | C | Dm | Em | F | G |
| B♭m | B♭m | C° | D♭ | E♭m | Fm | G♭ | A♭ |
| Bm | Bm | C♯° | D | Em | F♯m | G | A |
- Why transpose?
- To fit a song to your voice (or a singer’s), to play along with a recording in a different key, or to swap hard chords for easier ones.
- Whole songs
- Paste a song into the song sheet builder to transpose every chord at once, with diagrams.
How to transpose a song
- Find the song’s key — usually its first or last chord.
- Choose the key you want and look up each chord in the chart (or use the converter above).
- Chords the chart doesn’t show (like 7ths or sus chords) move the same way: transpose the root, keep the rest. G7 in C becomes D7 in G.
- Guitarist? Instead of transposing, a capo can move a song up without changing the shapes you play.