Guitar data and insights
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Original findings computed from Fretwork’s chord, scale and song data: which chords unlock the most songs, how hard common songs are, and how every chord shape scores for difficulty. All of it is free to reuse with credit.
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Which chords play the most songs?Five chords play 60% of 87 traditional songs.How hard are traditional songs?87 songs scored 0–100; median 33.Chord difficulty index204 chord shapes scored from measured fingering geometry.Open guitar dataset373 verified chord shapes, 156 scales, 87 songs. CC BY 4.0.
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