The fretboard is one system, not a hundred shapes

You can see any scale, chord or key on the staff, the keyboard and the neck at once, and follow the course from the twelve notes all the way up to harmony.

Any scale, on all three at once

  1. Intervals
  2. Scales
  3. Chords
  4. Keys
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The figure shows A minor pentatonic on the staff, the keyboard and the fretboard at once. The reference covers intervals, scales, chords and keys.

Each scale, chord and interval page shows its notes in these three ways: engraved on a staff, as keys on a keyboard, and as positions on the neck.

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Guitar course: 25 lessons, starting at Twelve notes. Ukulele course: 12 lessons, starting at G, C, E and A.

Each lesson explains one idea with a diagram, and gives you something to play and something to listen for. There is a separate course for each instrument, written on its own terms, because four strings and six raise different questions.

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The reference: scales, chords, keys and intervals.

The reference covers every scale, arpeggio, chord and interval, in every key and eight tunings, and draws each one on the staff, the keyboard and the neck.