Pick a root and a scale to light up every note on the neck. Switch tunings, show intervals or degrees, focus on one position and click any note to hear it.
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Spot where scale notes repeat so you can move freely between positions.
Interval labels show what each note does, which makes improvising easier.
Explore drop and open tunings, 7-string guitar, bass and ukulele.
For every string, the open note from the chosen tuning is raised one semitone per fret. A note is shown when its distance from the root, ignoring octaves, is part of the scale formula. Root notes are orange so you can anchor each position, and the highest string is drawn on top, as in tab.
Intervals are labeled relative to the root, such as b3 for a minor third and b7 for a minor seventh. Scale degrees number each note in order from 1. Use the highlight range to dim everything outside a block of frets and learn the scale one position at a time.
Five notes that work over most rock and blues, the usual first scale to learn.
Dorian, Mixolydian and the others are the major scale started from a different degree.
Minor pentatonic plus the b5 blue note.
The diagram follows tab orientation, where the thinnest string is on top and the thickest on the bottom.
They mark the root note of the scale, the note the scale is named after.
Set the highlight range to a block of four or five frets, such as 5 to 8. Notes outside the range fade out.
Yes. Choose a bass or ukulele tuning from the list. The ukulele tuning is re-entrant, with a high G string.
Auto spelling uses flats in keys that are normally written with flats, such as F or Bb. You can force sharps or flats.
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