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Hopefully I am in the correct forum, if not please re-direct me. I am looking for a simple single fretboard diagram (six strings and five frets)that can be edited. In other words I would like to be able to place my own finger position markers on the fretboard and then post it into a word document. This would serve as a reminder to me of what particular chord formations I may have worked out for an intro, chorus, ending, etc. I then convert the word document into a pdf file for faster loading. I am not interested purchasing a "chord finder" program nor a free one unless the free one has the function I am looking for. I tried making my own using excel but it was very cumbersome. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks, DennisD


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If what pipeline suggested above for free doesn't work, and they probably will, there is a NOT free application that does what you want.

It has a lot of flex in terms of making your own, marking intervals not just notes, etc. it has a free demo.

NOTE: to be able to cut and paste to a word document, etc. And save as png, jpeg or PDF (without hassle of screen grabs) - you need the $49 "pro" version not the $25 version.

it's called, Neck Diagrams

http://www.neckdiagrams.com/

great if you are tutoring

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And another free one

http://www.musicopedia.com/index.php

Also Gootar is free but only for 5 minutes at a time

http://www.gootar.com/folder/guitar.html

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Personally, because I'm paranoid I like utilities that do NOT require being connected to use them. I keep my PC Ethernet cable disconnected 95% of the time (I don't even trust commercial firewalls, Malwarebytes, Bitdefender, etc.) like sex the safest web use is (drum roll please,...) abstinence!

I see one Pipeline pointed out Guitar Chords above (a downloadable exe) which is in this category

https://sourceforge.net/projects/rebolguitar/

But kind of limited shape offerings


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You can install SongFrame and it has two folders with different size chord diagrams but no good for custom chords unless you edit in Paint or Irfanview.
http://www.tanageraudioworks.com/downloads.php
Anyone needing these for Mac, right click on SongFrame.app > show package contents,
right click on SongFrameSever.app > show package contents,
right click on SongFrame.app > show package contents then find the images folder and copy.
You can drag these into a track in Reaper.


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Pipeline and Larry. Thank you very much for the quick and information filled posts. A cursory check is the one that seems to fit the bill for me is the "merchantpeter" site from the UK. I will try it out for a while. However there are a few chordfinder site you two gave me that are of interest and seem quicker and more informative than what I presently use.Time permitting I am going to investigate those further as well. Thanks for sharing your knowledge I appreciate it. DennisD


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