Learn Guitar Scales, Blues Notes, and Chord Relationships
Fretboard Boxes is an interactive tool designed to help guitarists of all levels master the fretboard through comprehensive visualization of scales, positions, and music theory concepts. Whether you're learning pentatonic scales, exploring blues embellishments, understanding chord relationships, or practicing in different tunings, this tool makes it easy to understand and internalize essential patterns and musical connections.
- Visualize major and minor pentatonic scales with intuitive box patterns
- Discover and practice blues notes for adding expressive embellishments
- Understand chord relationships through the circle of fifths
- Explore chord progressions with dominant and subdominant connections
- Switch between different guitar tunings (Standard, Half Step Down, D Standard)
- See scale boxes and patterns clearly marked for efficient learning
- Perfect for beginners learning scales and advanced players exploring theory
Use the intuitive controls above to select your key, toggle blue notes, and explore how different scales and chord relationships work together. The chord grid shows you related chords based on the circle of fifths, helping you understand and create compelling chord progressions.