# Get a chord suggestion

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> First, [**enter the chord edit overlay**](https://guide.tonaly.app/songwriting/edit-a-chord/add-optional-tones-to-a-certain-chord) or select a bar and shake your device

### ▶️ **Chord suggestions**

Tap the shuffle icon or [**shake your device**](https://guide.tonaly.app/settings/app-settings/shake-gesture) for a chord suggestion.

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**👉 You will enter the suggestions view**

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This horizontal list will display chord suggestions. If you have a bar selected, when asking for a suggestion, the app will have a look at the previous and next chord and will try to find matching chords. Also, it will display the relation of the chord to the next or previous chord.

👉 **The suggestions are grouped** in:

* **Top suggestions**
  * This can be leading chords that fit the previous and the next chord. Those are mostly not within the key.<br>
* **In key chords**
  * Suggestions that are within the key.<br>
* **Out of key chords**
  * Suggestions that are not within the key and could give a new flavor to your song.

**👉 The line below the chord** will indicate how relevant this chord is related to the rest of your song.

▶️ Tap on the "shuffle icon" 🔀 or shake your device to get another suggestion.#

▶️ Tap on the "back icon" 🔙 to edit the selected chord.&#x20;

> You can add more chords that are not within the key with the[ **"Borrow chord"**](https://guide.tonaly.app/songwriting/step-out-of-the-key/in-the-app-borrow-a-chord) functionality.