Little tools

Things to look up mid-practice. No account, no instrument needed — just the ones you keep reaching for.

Circle of fifths

The twelve keys in the order a fifth takes you through them. Neighbours differ by a single sharp or flat. Pick one to hear its chord.

Key signature
Nothing — all white keys
Relative minor
A minor

Scales

Any scale from any note, lit up on the keys.

Chords

Any chord from any note, lit up on the keys.

Between two chords

Why one change falls under the hand and another fights it: the notes both chords hold, and how far the rest have to move.

C Major

F Major

In both chords
C
Semitones the fingers move
3

Intervals

The distance between two notes, by name. Pick a starting note and a distance to see where it lands and hear it both ways.

Lands on
G

Tap tempo

Know how fast it goes but not the number? Tap along and read it off.

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Metronome

A steady click on its own. Tap a tempo above and it picks the number up.

90 BPM