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Reading music
The staff, clefs, ledger lines, accidentals, key signatures and the words on the page.
Rhythm and time
Note values, time signatures, rests, ties, dots, syncopation and compound time.
Scales and keys
Major, minor, modes and pentatonic scales, key signatures, the circle of fifths and relative keys.
- Scale Finder ToolTap your notes. See every scale they fit.
- Scales Library ChartEvery major, minor, mode and pentatonic scale, spelled correctly.
- Relative Key Finder ToolPick a key. See its relative, parallel and neighbouring keys.
- Keys Library ChartEvery major and minor key: its chords, notes, progressions and capo.
Intervals and ear training
The distance between notes, how to build and name it, and how to hear it.
Chords
Triads, seventh chords, suspended, augmented, diminished and colour chords, inversions and chord symbols.
- Chord Types ChartSus, augmented, diminished, sevenths, sixths and ninths: what they are and how to use them.
- Chord Finder ToolTap the notes to name the chord, or look up a chord's notes.
- Reharmonise ToolTurn plain chords into 7ths, 9ths, slash-chord bass lines and jazzy colours.
- Progression Analyzer ToolType your chords and find out why they sound the way they do, then get ideas to try.
- Chord Colours Guide ChartWhich colour fits which chord: 7ths, 9ths, sus, 6ths and more, by the job of the chord.
Harmony and progressions
Chords in a key, Roman numerals, progressions, voice leading and transposing.
Advanced harmony
Modulation, altered and extended chords, chord scales, tuning and the overtone series.
Instruments and charts
Guitar and ukulele chords, tuner, capo calculator and quick-reference charts.
- Capo Calculator ToolWhich capo fret gives you the easiest chords?
- Guitar Chords ToolHow do I play this chord? Pick it and see the shapes.
- Ukulele Chords ToolEvery ukulele chord, with simple diagrams.
- Tuner ToolTune guitar, ukulele, bass, violin or any note, with your microphone.
- Play the Note ToolPlay or sing the note, interval or scale, and the microphone checks it.