Installed this and tried to get the registration key. Their website "spun" for a couple of hours on both Firefox and Internet Explorer (probably 3rd party cookie issue - bad, bad, bad). Sent an inquiry via their website form, but only received an exceedingly lengthy automated canned response.

I then tried Chrome, which did finally bring up the info fields for me to register, but never received the promised email with the registration key (I get everything sent to my online mailbox because I manually filter it myself). I tried emailing their support directly, but have yet (a day later) to receive any acknowledgement or registration key.

I did give the software a try, and it was ok, but definitely needed some clear chord hits to get the chords correct and placed decently. If there were no clear chord hits (eg. arpeggios, or such) then it wasn't very accurate. Will be uninstalling the software, and am not happy with their lack of support, especially given that the offer was very time sensitive.

I've tried several times to download chord pickout with no success. Can you send a link to download from, I get as far as activated and that's it. Thank you.

Program installed with no problem win 8. Clicked on the "Get license Key" entered my information. 1.5 hours later no key. any help would be greatly appreciated. Note: Nothing in my spam folder.

I finally got this to work! Thank you!! I like the way that it shows the fingering. Neat program!

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The referred web page depends on 3rd party cookies ( bad design ) so Chrome and IE failed to display fields to enter my name and email to get a license, Maxthon browser worked.
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Installer just seemed to laugh at Vista. It would not install, and kept saying it did. Seems to be a waste of time....as does the Chordify site mentioned above.

Just installed the app, but initial use is more difficult than it need be given that one has to stop and start the song to capture the lyrics. I would suggest that
(1) The Start/Stop functions be merged into ONE toggle button/switch
(2) [A] KeyBoard shortcut[s] is[are] provided to avoid having to switch constantly between keyboard and mouse, when the bulk of input is by keyboard.

Ok just ran a few songs I I play through it and chordify (free online version). Chord Pickout was about 80% accurate, but wasnt good enough to use. Chordify was about 90% accurate. Its not often I need to use chordify as chords and even sheet music are so freely available online anyway.

So cant recommend this as there is a better free alternative.

I downloaded this program and got the key and inserted it. I put in an mp3 and got, an error occurred while loading the file. Companies and people wants you to try out their products and when they do not work then why buy it. I wanted to see if this program worked but it seems there is a bug in the program I see some got to download it and try but I must be an unlucky person

Chordify (google it) is a free online software that will do the same - though has the same problems distinguishing 7ths and such as the present software does.

I wrote a simple song a long time ago, but don't ahve enough musical knowledge to make chords for it. Now I have this program to help me do it. Thanks so much, GAOTD and Luxand!

In a last ditch attempt I tried Internet Explorer (11) and it worked.

For a test I tried a few tracks from Blues Traveler Four. It seemed to give an approximation which was sometimes right, sometimes wrong, sometimes missing whole sections (even of a repetitive phrase), giving no chords at all where there were obvious changes, and making up chords trying to match bass riffs, also wrong. I couldn't tell what it was listening to that confused it.

Ok, Blues Traveler could be too much for it. I tried some James Taylor. Again, wrong and missing chords among some correct. From Taylor I picked out an old folk tune, "The Water is Wide". It was also a mix of correct, wrong and missing. A brief suspended chord was labeled a 7th. It didn't seem to recognize fingerpicking at all.

Roy Orbison, "Only the Lonely" -- a little better. "Ooby Dooby" (straight ahead 12 bar blues in E) -- it picked out the basic pattern, was confused by any deviation.

Tried a fiddle tune, just fiddle with guitar backup. It ignored whole phrases of the tune and got the rest, I'd say, about 50%. Tried another, same story. I found a slow one with 3 chords that it did get right.

None of the tunes I tried were complicated, and I looked for ones that had clearly audible chords. I'd say this program could be useful for an beginning/intermediate player who has some knowledge of chord structure and a bit of an ear for changes. A more experienced musician may find some clues that could be helpful.

Hi, I have a problem with the GOTD installer. It closed by itself when I was selecting the install directory. Now when I try to run the installer again, it only shows the "Successfully Activated" window. :(

Mine wouldn't install. I got an NSIS error:
Installer integrity check has failed. Common causes include incomplete download and damaged media. Contact the installer's author to obtain a new copy.

More information at:
http://nsis.sf.net/NSIS_Error

Well, no answer from the devs so I guess I'll give up. In any case I read what the webpage says and lost interest:

"Use your PC to guess chords to your favourite songs! With Chord Pickout, guitar and piano players can get chords to popular songs right away."

"Guess" chords to "popular songs". Does not inspire confidence.

never got the key ... waited over an hour ... what's up?

Tried this with a Steely Dan song (Aja). If you are familiar with Steely Dan, you know that they use intricate jazz chords, but this came up with all major and minor chords. Useless for all but simple stuff.

https://chordify.net/ Do it for free no need to install a software on your computer or have MP3 file just copy and paste the youtube/deezer link in the box and voila ! :)

Does a paid license pay for unlimited use, or just buys another year?

1. It's a very useful program for people who want to be able to play the guitar along with recorded songs, and those who want to sing the song while playing the guitar. The problems I found were that it was not accurate when the bass notes or bass line were not prominent. In that case, it gave spurious chord names. However, when the bass notes were distinct, it was accurate.
2. When the chords are accurate, the transpose capability is very valuable.
3. The print function is useless unless lyrics are entered. Without the lyrics, there is no way to interpret the chords in terms of duration. It would be worthwhile to print a measure-structure (such as bars with strokes) so the duration of the chords could be seen without having to enter lyrics.
4. If there are chord changes in the song without distinct bass notes, the chords changes do not register.
5. There is no way to align the lyrics with the chords

I've had a similar problem as others here. I downloaded, unzipped, ran setup, clicked on "Get your free 1-year license." It opened http://www.chordpickout.com/gotd/; under where it says to enter your info is a blank space with a 'loading' circle endlessly spinning. I turned off Ad-blocker and antivirus. Tried Firefox and Chrome. Refreshed the page. I'm out of ideas. Chord Pick Out, are you there? (Windows7/64)

Nice giveaway! Thanks GOTD! I just started playing guitar about 6 weeks ago, so this is an awesome giveaway for me.

Installed and registered with 1-year license on Windows 10 seamlessly.

Opened it up, loaded a song. The chord diagram appears in the top right of the screen as the song plays through. You can add lyrics manually (I just copied and pasted from web as the song played). I was able to place the lyrics relevant to the chord changes.

I saved two different ways:

1. Saved the transcription - Saved the chords, the lyrics I put in, and the mp3 as a file that can be opened and placed in Chord Pickout itself.

2. Exported as text - Exported the chords along with my lyrics still in relevant placement to the lyrics as a text file.

This is amazing. So, I can open it with music, etc. and play along as I'm learning. Then I have a text file for reference that I can put on my phone, in my Google Drive, etc. and have any time.

One huge improvement for this would be if it found and loaded lyrics for you. It's still going to be very useful to me. Thanks again.

It appears to only provide simple Major and Minor chord structures. It does not seem to identify chords that are 7ths. As such, it does not pick up altered chords such as Flat 5th's. Appears to be a interesting baseline tool to START
analyzing a song. Would help, based on the chord progressions, to suggest a Key for the music. I will continue to play with it.

When I click the 'Get your free 1-year licence' link it takes me to the http://www.chordpickout.com/gotd/ webpage, then what am I suppose to do to get the key? It says to enter your email address and name, but where do I enter this? I don't see any form or place to enter those details on the webpage. It's completely blank under the 'By submitting the form you agree...." and can't see any form with either Internet explorer, or Google chrome.

It is too bad this could not be paired with a "parrot-type" program & then the words would be visible as well - but this is still a GREAT program on it's own. something I have been looking for - for years. Thank you Chord pickout & GAOTD - you've just made my month!

This is one of the best and unique giveaways I've seen in a really long time! It's very easy to use. The transpose feature makes life easier for those of us who can't play a brazillion chords. I like that the lyrics can be entered in and everything can be printed out. I think this will be a very handy program to have. There are many songs which i haven't been able to find chords for and just don't have the ear to always pick out the exact chords. Hats off to the developers on this one! Using on Windows 8.1 Pro. Thank you GOTD!!

I have installed the program and downloaded a MP3 from:
http://goodmp3download.com/music/la-primavera-adriano.html
I took the second one: Manu Chao - La Primavera
Loaded it into the program and saved the results CPT:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/tfvm53gwicvb6fz/Manu%20Chao%20-%20La%20Primavera.cpt?dl=0
Also exported it as TXT:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/xaajsw3xtfg55vv/Manu%20Chao%20-%20La%20Primavera.txt?dl=0
And printed as PDF:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/7xorsj90c7fk84a/Chord%20Pickout%20-Manu%20Chao%20-%20La%20Primavera.pdf?dl=0
I don have any idea how good the export is: useful or not?
Maybe put the PDF on screen and listen to the music.

What happens after one year? The program stops working altogether?

Doesn't work/behaves strangely in Windows 10

Absolutely cool program! I've already got the chords to 6 different songs I could never quite figure out. It does have a hard time with the Stones though as Richards tunes in G, which seems to confuse it. Nice! Tanx!

Hi I have clicked on the get your free 1 year license, it has opened the http://www.chordpickout.com/gotd/ page and is still trying to load the forms?
Please help

Excellent program. Downloaded on Win 7 - easy peasy. Just tried it on a couple of fiddle tunes, and it is pretty accurate - probably more accurate than my ear. The transpose facility is also very useful. Well done Luxand and GAOTD - a keeper for me!

Chris Locke's (CS Computer Services) link
http://www.chordpickout.com/gotd/
is leading to a cheaper price of full version:
$11.84 or 11.84 Euro (and transferred to many other currencies).
Please click on "Download your copy" below pic. Thanks!

I approve this innovation (Chord Pickout 3.0) very much!

By the way I tried for the first time to add a good (I suppose so) improvement suggestion in above link "Leave feedback" http://chord-pickout.idea.informer.com/
but I was unable to find out how to add my email in first step. I would be interested in trying Chord Pickout 3.0 and adding it to my vast collection of useful software. My only possibility with nowadays Linux only internet connection to try this Windows software is to get it free as a recompensation for a good idea. I don't dare to use XP for activation which I'm still using offline parallel.

And I'm missing others here like Ashraf, Giovanni, Karl, XPman and alike and hope they are well!

By the way good comments are the reason why I'm still observing GOTD daily or nearly.

It may be helpful for a very rough outline of chords but after testing on Tangled Up in Blue I found that it would replace Major chord for a Minor chord even though it was a simple repeating pattern, sometimes it would miss chord changes completely. It won't pick out chord variations just G not G6 etc So if you're expecting to get a song mapped out accurately you'll be disappointed, it may help someone who's tone deaf like me to find the right key and a few of the basic chords but you're still going to have to do most of the work yourself.

Downloaded and installed as easy as pie ( once I'd disabled AVG AND Zone alarm !). Program appears to do exactly as it says on the box, although I haven't tried actually playing it yet, printed out the resulting chords via PDF lite...which worked perfectly btw...Thumbs up for this one ( so far anyway...not that I'm a pessimist lol ).

No idea what the previous people are talking about. I downloaded it without issue and entered the key and was given licence to the full version for a year. The small box in the corner shows how to play the chords on a guitar (although I am dubious they are all correct as it was showing both an A# and a C# as an A, I am a beginner player so just glanced at a couple). Not sure how easy it will be typing the lyrics in the right places, did a few to test it and it wasn't too bad. But the chords to play appear on the full screen above blank lines to type the text and printing it prints them out properly on the page. You can also transpose with a click to "nicer/easier" chords.

Wow.... Super..... Terrific. Definitely I will buy this software after one year. 5 stars for you.

For anyone even faintly interested in music and/or who plays guitar GET THIS SOFTWARE. Not only does it show the exact chord for any piece of music that is imported into the program, it shows the chord's formation on the guitar fretboard. I wish I'd come across this program years ago instead of buying expensive sheet music and books. Love it!
Thank you, Luxand Development and GAOTD.

Several years back, I tried Chord Pickout 1.6, that is an old version of this program, using MP3s of folk songs for the guitar.

It was impressive to watch it fetching the chords and putting them in place, but not much use for finding the right ones. In fact, I could do a much better job myself at the time, though I wasn’t experienced then. Uninstalled it without hesitation.

Another such program I tried, namely D'Accord iChords 1.1, wasn’t any better and was likewise uninstalled.

My conclusion was that software couldn’t do the job of the human ear in finding the right chords.

Any way to free extend, go around or remove 1 year license limitation?

Homeless musician

Failed to install on Win 8. Software informer window came up, and a web page talking about registration, but program wont install. Tried as administrator as well, no change.

Looking at the instructions example http://www.chordpickout.com/how-to-figure-out-chords-to-the-house-of-rising-sun.html this doesnt seem very 'automatic' to me, nor does produce something directly usable.

A nice little program which mostly does what it says, i.e. identify chords. I used it on Barber's Adagio for Strings, Berlioz's Beatrice and Benedict Overture, and Peter, Paul, and Mary's Gone the Rainbow, and it identified chord structure but tended to be too literal in identifying non-harmonic components. Since I don't play guitar, the fingering charts are irrelevant for me but, I'm sure, will be useful for others. I think the claim that it produces printable transcriptions/scores for the music are greatly exaggerated. Instead, it merely prints the screen, which has minimal information. Interestingly, one must input lyrics manually. Like I said, its a nice little program which may be useful to me in some situations. I'd like to encourage the programmer to find the Holy Grail: a program which produces full, accurate, printable scores, with lyrics as appropriate, from orchestral and choral MIDI, MP3, WAV, etc.

It downloaded but when I try to click on the 'one year' link, nothing happens. I'd love to have this! Thank you!