Made for working musicians

Chord progression charts, written as fast as you hear them.

ChordPen is a chord chart writer for working musicians. Write bars, sections, repeats and endings from the keyboard, play the song while you write, and take a clean chart to rehearsal, to the stage or to print.

Free for up to 5 charts. No time limit, no card needed.

What it does

Everything the chart needs. Nothing in your way.

  • Written from the keyboardChords, bars and sections without reaching for the mouse - or from a MIDI keyboard. Every key can be changed.
  • The whole formSong sections, repeats, numbered endings, meter changes, pushes, rests and performance instructions.
  • Listen while you writePlay your own recording or a YouTube video beside the chart, at the speed you need.
  • Viewer for the stageA clean full-screen chart with transpose and auto-scroll, and Live Sets that play your songs in order.
  • Print-ready PDFEngraved-quality pages, and plain-text export of every chart.
  • On every computerYour charts live in your account, on every computer you sign in from, and work without a connection.
  • Easy to learnClear from the first minute, with guided tours that teach ChordPen by doing - step by step, inside the app.
  • Always getting betterChordPen is updated all the time, with new features shaped by what musicians tell us they need.

Pricing

Start free. Go Pro when the charts pile up.

Free

$0

No time limit, no card needed

  • All of ChordPen
  • Up to 5 charts
  • PDFs carry a small ChordPen mark

Pro monthly

$4.99/month

Billed every month

  • Everything in Free
  • Charts without a limit
  • PDFs without the ChordPen mark

Pro yearly Save 37%

Twelve months of Pro monthly: $59.88 a year

$3.13/month

$37.50 billed once a year

  • Everything in Free
  • Charts without a limit
  • PDFs without the ChordPen mark

Prices are in US dollars, before tax; your local tax is added at checkout. Pro yearly and Pro monthly renew automatically until you cancel, which you can do at any time in Account; Pro then lasts to the end of the period paid. Your first payment is refunded in full if you ask within 14 days. Our order process is conducted by our online reseller Paddle.com. Paddle.com is the Merchant of Record for all our orders.

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