Fretboard

See a scale across the neck, then lay a chord over it to find the safe notes.

C major

  1. W
  2. W
  3. H
  4. W
  5. W
  6. W
  7. H
  • C1
  • D2
  • E3
  • F4
  • G5
  • A6
  • B7

Piano

A key sounds its note and finds it on the neck

Guitar

A dot sounds its note · drag the capo along the neck
EADGBe
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Circle of fifths

A key moves the page to it

The shaded wedge is the seven chords of C major.

Outside
The twelve major keys, a fifth apart.
Middle
Each key's relative minor.
Inside
The diminished chord on its seventh.
C majorScale mode