Ukulele Fretboard Tools

UpTheNeckeck.com provides tools to create fretboard diagrams, and to explore music theory for fretted instruments. UpTheNeck sample diagram

Here are some alternative fretboard tools for building chord diagrams, music literacy, etc.

Alternative Fretboard Tools (click here)

Online Tools

scales-chords.com - Nice tool - shows PNG chord diagrams.

Online Diagram Editors

ukuchords.com - Builds SVG chord diagrams.
chordpic.com - can generate and export .svg or .png chord diagrams.
chordgenerator.net - Builds .png chord diagrams
Chordography - Custom graphics for musicians. Builds SVG chord diagrams. "Make six entries for a six-string guitar, four for a uke and so on."
limited Ukulele version of chordgenerator -
Builds .png chord diagrams

Online Chord Finders, etc.

JGuitar (Ukulele option) - Chord Finder, Chord Namer, Scales, etc. (Change Instrument from the Settings menu.)
chord.rocks - Free Interactive Tool for Musicians and Composers
ukebuddy.com (Chord Finder and Chord Namer - No diagram export)
FaChords (Ukulele option)

Chord Libraries

ukuleletricks.com (Chord Library - No diagram export)
chords.cc (Chord Library - No diagram export)
Brian's huge chord list (Chord Library - No diagram export) [This page is no longer maintained - but we can still find it on the Internet Archive wayback machine.]

Installable Apps

for iOS:

U-Chord by Asoft.iOS - chord finder and reverse chord finder. (No export.)

Ukulele Companion by Infinaut Technologies - chord and scale diagrams. (No export.)

Fretuoso ($) - for learning the notes on the fretboard

for iOS/Android:

The Ukulele App by "The Ukulele Teacher" - with chord diagram library, and a chord-finder to name any chord that you enter. (No export.)

Fretonomy - Mobile app for memorizing the fretboard

for Android:

smartChord chord diagrams, chord-finder, scales, chord progressions, etc.

for computer:

Neck Diagrams app ($$) - Create fretboard diagrams. Export to .PNG or .JPG

Ukefarm's Chordette app ($) - a font-based chord-diagram library.

General score editors with build-your-own fretboard diagram support

Guitar Pro ($$)
Finale ($$$)
Sibelius ($$$)
Lilypond (free)

Interesting tools, for guitar only:

oolimo.com - Chord Finder, Chord Analyzer (Reverse Chord Finder), and explanatory tutorials about music theory and chord construction.
Also available in 'App' form, for Apple and Android phones.

fretflip.com - The Guitar fretboard tool - view and edit scales and chords!

nakedfrets.com - Tap/Click on the fretboard to start placing dots!

fretscience.com - Understand more. Memorize less.

General Music Tools

These are tools that don't target the same areas as uptheneck.com.

Song Formatting Tools

Chordpro format is a standard way of writing chords and lyrics in text. There are sites that convert Chordpro format to graphical:

UkeGeek’s Song-o-matic editor allows you to put song sheets together quickly simply by typing out lyrics and chord names in plain text.

Play-along Tools

iReal Pro is an app that plays songs with follow-along chord charts.

Music Theory Tools

Steam-Harmony is an interesting tool illustrating modes and scales on the Circle of Fifths.

Music Notation and Tablature Tools

TablEdit is an app for creating, editing, printing music notation and tablature.
Noteflight, like UpTheNeck, is a web-based app, and works on any device. Create, teach, share, sell and purchase music.
Notflight allows for collaboration on scores across the internet, and also provides a way to legally distribute your arrangements of copyrighted music.
Guitar Pro ($$)
Finale ($$$)
Sibelius ($$$)
MuseScore (free) is like a programming language for engraving beautiful music manuscripts.
Lilypond (free) is like a programming language for engraving beautiful music manuscripts.

Song sheets

There are many source of song sheets on the internet, if you want to find out how to play the chords for a particular song. We won't attempt to list them, but here are some interesting ones:

Ultimate Guitar (includes ukulele options) - Huge library of songs.
Chord ai app - get the right chords for any song instantly

Other lists

If you have access to Ukulele Magazine, check out Greg Olwell’s survey of “The Best Ukulele Apps” for smartphones and tablets in the Spring 2021 issue.