Circle of Fifths
Modes
Drag the wheel · click a key · arrows rotate · click a chord to hear it
C majorno sharps or flats
Scale
Other shapes ·
Colors
Borrowed
Jazz / classical
Scale patterns
Major box
Minor box
Fretboard · scale tones
root 3rd / 5th of tonic other scale tone out of scale click a note to hear it
Legend
Accidentals
♯ sharp — raise one half step
♭ flat — lower one half step
F♯/G♭ are the same pitch (enharmonic). Fretboard accidentals show both names.
Roman numerals
Chord function in the key.
I IV V major · ii iii vi minor · vii° diminished
+ augmented · ° / dim diminished
Uppercase = major, lowercase = minor.
Chord names
C major triad · Am minor · Bdim diminished · Caug augmented
Click a chord card to hear it. Names and tab are selectable.
Scale tab
Bold fret numbers are the tonic (root).
Major box and pentatonic-style box are two fingerings of the same scale.