OneChord

Learning the guitar is no overnight feat (I’ve been trying on and off for over 20 years now!).

The hardest part for me is actually picking up the guitar. Every time I look up at the wall, I can see it hanging there, begging me to play it, but I rarely do.

For me, it’s the thought of finding a tab to play, or time to watch a video that drives my attention elsewhere.

That’s where I got the idea for OneChord.

I envisaged a simple one-page app that would work across all my devices (no excuses) and generate a single random chord for me to play.

There are lots of tools out there that offer chords-a-plenty, but most require a login, an app install, or they are cluttered with ads to the point of being distracting.

I wanted the equivalent of a distraction-free editor but for a single chord, so I created one, and distracted myself from picking up the guitar, yet again….

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