Getting Started
Scale Fundamentals
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What are Scales?
Scales are the collections of notes behind every key and solo — here's what they are and why understanding them transforms your playing.
How to Learn Scales
How to approach this book and practice scales effectively, so each pattern truly sinks in.
Construction Basics
How every scale is built from the major scale by altering its steps — the foundation for all the patterns ahead.
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Chord progression player
Browse the progressions behind pop, rock, jazz, blues and classical music, hear each one in any key on piano or guitar, and loop it at your own tempo to practice or write over.
Tuning drone
Hold a steady reference pitch on any note, in any octave, at A = 440, 442 or baroque 415, with an optional fifth — tune to it and practice intonation, scales and long tones right in your browser.
Metronome
Set the tempo and time signature and practice in steady time, or open the Pro tab for subdivisions, per-beat accents, a speed trainer, a gap trainer, click sounds, and recording yourself under the click — all free, right in your browser.
Scale finder
Pick a root note and a scale type — major, minor, the modes, pentatonic, blues — and see every note light up on the piano, spelled out for you.
Chord finder
Pick a root note and a chord type — major, minor, sevenths, suspended and more — and see the chord on the piano, named and spelled out for you.
Note finder
Pick a note and see every place it sits on the piano keyboard, named — and tap any key to hear it.