Welcome to scales.guide

Explore

Shows a mode of a scale - a pattern of notes - presented for guitar. It shows the note positions and tries to communicate their identities in relation to the root tone. They have a particular sound and feeling in the context of the musical gamut - the selected collection of the notes.

There are the basic triad chords presented too. There different fingerings for each of the chords available too.

Adding seventh chords and other variations are on their way but not done yet.

Study

Here you can read about the most significant topics in music theory - in the context of this application.

Please, let me know if there is anything wrong with the topics or content.

Compose

Select a collection of scales for different musical movements. Some additional features show dissonant notes. Other have means show comparisions between passages.

Visualise the progressions and harmonic compatibility.