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LESS GUESSWORK. MORE MUSIC.

Make sense of what you play.

Small lessons. Real sounds. Patterns you can take straight to your instrument.

START WITH YOUR EARS

A few notes.
A world of possibilities.

See the distance between notes. Hear why a chord changes character. Find your way around a scale, one step at a time.

Start with the basics →
01 / UNDERSTAND

Theory, made audible.

Notes, intervals, chord building and rhythm. Change one thing and hear what happens.

4 interactive lessons ↗
02 / EXPLORE

Find your scale.

Major, minor, pentatonic, blues and modes. Follow animated piano keys or guitar positions.

12 scales · every tonic ↗
03 / REMEMBER

Make it stick.

Useful shortcuts, a circle of fifths you can hear, and quick questions to test your recall.

Memory aids + mini quiz ↗

YOUR FIVE-MINUTE ROUTINE

  1. 1 minute · ListenPlay an example and hum along before touching your instrument.
  2. 2 minutes · FollowSlow it to 60 BPM. Follow the highlighted notes on piano or guitar.
  3. 2 minutes · RecallLook away and try it again. Then bring the pattern into a song in the Studio.