chord chart

American  

noun

1. a chart indicating by means of symbols the identity, sequence, and duration of the musical chords occurring in the accompaniment to a melody.

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Example Sentences

I think of these texts as a kind of sheet music, notation that allows home cooks to recreate the work of others, just as a printed chord chart allows Mike from Sheboygan to play a Beatles song passingly well in his den.

From New York Times

Chuck Hammer, who provided synthesised guitar textures, recalled that the song “had a complex arrangement with a number of different sections, each requiring a different structure”, and that Visconti patiently led him through the song’s chord chart.

From The Guardian

“Inside each were multiple lyrics sheets with a chord chart or two, and a demo tape.”

From New York Times

The students, who ranged from teenagers to senior citizens, felt their way through the notes, checking the chord chart on the shelf to be sure of finger positions.

From Los Angeles Times

Like it was a skeleton, or a chord chart, or a rhythm pattern, or a pattern for a dress, or an architectural drawing, or a schematic, or an equation, or a drawing in the sand, or a set of breaths, or a chant, or a recipe, or a song.

From Salon