Guitar scales on the fretboard
Choose a key and a scale to light it up across the neck. Label the dots with note names, intervals or scale degrees, focus on one position at a time and play the scale back to hear how it sounds. Blue notes are marked so the blues scale reads at a glance.
How to use it
- Pick a key and a scale.
- Choose a label style: notes, intervals or degrees.
- Narrow it to one position to practice a box shape.
- Press Play to hear it, then try it over the Jam band.
Questions
- Which scale should I learn first?
- The minor pentatonic. It fits most rock, blues and pop solos and is easy to finger.
- Are modes included?
- Yes: Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian and Locrian, plus harmonic and melodic minor.
Also try: Backing Band · Chord Charts · Note Finder
Minor Pentatonic scales
C · C# · D · D# · E · F · F# · G · G# · A · Bb · B
Major Pentatonic scales
C · Db · D · Eb · E · F · F# · G · Ab · A · Bb · B
Blues scales
C · C# · D · D# · E · F · F# · G · G# · A · Bb · B
Major scales
C · Db · D · Eb · E · F · F# · G · Ab · A · Bb · B