Instant Chords: Tab Connect by UltimateGuitar

Connect Ultimate Guitar to your Spotify or YouTube to instantly find tabs for the song you’re listening to

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Instant Chords: Tab Connect by UltimateGuitar

Instant Chords: Tab Connect is a powerful Chrome extension that bridges your favorite music platforms—Spotify, YouTube, and YouTube Music—with Ultimate Guitar's vast chord and tab database. Simply connect the extension to your browser, play any song, and with one click, instantly access chords and tabs, enabling you to play along effortlessly.

This tool enhances your musical experience by creating a seamless connection between listening and playing. Whether it's a streamed track or an embedded YouTube video, you can quickly find accurate tabs without needing an Ultimate Guitar account or subscription. Perfect for beginners and seasoned guitarists alike, Instant Chords: Tab Connect makes learning songs simple, free, and accessible anytime you want to jam.

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By:: https://ultimate-guitar.com
Users:: 30,000
Rating:: 3.48

(31)
Version:: 1.3 Last updated: 2024-07-18
Creation date:: 2023-10-27
Risk:: Low risk impact Low risk likelihood
Size:: 51.96KB
Email:: ex*****@ultimate-guitar.com
URLs:: Website ,Privacy policy
Full description:: See detailed description
Source:: Chrome Web Store
Updated:: a day ago

Ranking

# 4,760 ▼ 34

Other rankings

#175 in Tools ▲ 2

#40 in connect keyword 13 ▼ 14

#67 in connection keyword 22 ▼ 17

#106 in song keyword 55 ▼ 21

#113 in listen keyword 13 ▼ 13

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User reviews

Users appreciate the Instant Chords extension for its convenience and ease of instantly finding guitar tabs on Ultimate Guitar, especially on YouTube and the Spotify web player. However, many report issues such as the lack of support for Spotify desktop/mobile apps, missing buttons, and occasional search inaccuracies. The extension is praised for being well maintained and saving time, but users want improved compatibility and search robustness.

Pros

Very useful extension for quickly accessing guitar tabs.
Saves time by instantly searching Ultimate Guitar for the current song.
Easy to use with one click to open chords from YouTube or Spotify web player.
Well maintained and regularly updated by the developers.
Helpful for finding chords without typing, benefiting users with arthritis or typing difficulties.

Cons

Does not work with Spotify desktop or mobile apps, only the web player at open.spotify.com.
Extension sometimes fails to show the 'Open Chord' button on supported sites.
Search functionality can be imprecise, struggling with misspelled or complex song titles.
No functionality on certain platforms like MacOS Sequoia reported by some users.
Does not work with non-supported websites or music players like Pandora or YouTube outside of browser contexts.

Recent reviews

Very useful extension.

Ad*****, 2025-03-05

Doesn't work or respond. Macos sequoia

Ba*****, 2024-10-06

Great app! I open my https://music.youtube.com/ and pick a song to play. I just click the Ultimate-Guitar icon at bottom of the window, it instantly takes me to Ultimate-Guitar website and auto-searches the song. Great timesaver. A1. Thanks to the developers.

Da*****, 2024-07-22

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Risk impact measures the level of extra permissions an extension has access to. A low risk impact extension cannot do much harms, whereas a high risk impact extension can do a lot of damage like stealing your password, bypassing your security settings, and accessing your personal data. High risk impact extensions are not necessarily malicious. However, if they do turn malicious, they can be very harmful.

Instant Chords: Tab Connect by UltimateGuitar requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details

High Injects scripts into web pages, which may alter or extract site contents, resulting in a substantial risk.

Risk likelihood

Risk likelihood measures the probability that a Chrome extension may turn malicious. This is determined by the publisher and the Chrome extension reputation on Chrome Web Store, the amount of time the Chrome extension has been around, and other signals about the Chrome extension. Our algorithms are not perfect, and are subject to change as we discover new ways to detect malicious extensions. We recommend that you always exercise caution when installing a Chrome extension.

Instant Chords: Tab Connect by UltimateGuitar has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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