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