Cool Chords are those crazy chords you won't find in a chord dictionary, software, chord chart, etc... They're a product of understanding how chords are constructed and how to derive them from known chords. These are the chords other players will say: "What's that crazy chord you're playing?".
Main Category:Chords
Main Instrument:Ukulele
6 August 2026
Cool Chords
Cool Chords are those crazy chords you won't find in a chord dictionary, software, chord chart, etc... They're a product of understanding how chords are constructed and how to derive them from known chords. These are the chords other players will say: "What's that crazy chord you're playing?".
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Creating Cool `Ukulele Chords
Cool Chords - These are the chords that don't typically show up in chord dictionaries or song books. They might show up in software programs that produce chords based on some underlying computer algorithm.
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Cool `Ukulele Chords - G7
A non-traditional fingering for the G7 chord using the knowledge that the notes of a G7 chord are: G B D F.
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Cool `Ukulele Chords - A7
A cool chord is most likely a Free Form chord. A free form chord typically includes open strings, wide stretches, displaced chord tones and or chord voicings. Plus they just sound cool.
Here is a cool sounding A7 chord.
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Cool `Ukulele Chords - F Sharp Minor Seven Flat Five
F#m7b5 or F#half-diminished seven is a common chord in the key of G major and Em - especially Em.
