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Blues Guitar Chord And Scale Generator With Fretboard Scheme

If you miss a chord, scale or tuning or find an error please email me!

scale/chord image - drag and drop for overlay

Remember (for comparison)

Options:
Key:
E
F
Gb/F#
G
Ab/G#
A
Bb/A#
B
C
Db/C#
D
Eb/D#
Type:
Scale
Chord
Custom
Note size:
small
medium
big
Show as:
Dots
Notes
Degree
Scale/Mode:
Chords:

s: + or #, sharp
b: -, flat
Tuning:
Show symbol:
flats (b) sharps (#)
Number of frets::

Color fretboard
Highlight:
Red Root Notes

Overlay (for scales/modes only):
Minor Pentatonic
Major Pentatonic
Blue Note b5 (flatted fifth)
Blue Note b3 (flatted third)
Blue Note b7 (flatted seventh)

Play sound:
Enable Midi Player
QuickTime
Windows Media
other (default)
Custom notes:
E
F
Gb/F#
G
Ab/G#
A
Bb/A#
B
C
Db/C#
D
Eb/D#

Basic use:

Options/tips:

Chromatic semitones 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Minor X - X X - X - X X - X - X
Pentatonic Minor X - - X - X - X - - X - X
Blues X - - X - X X X - - X - X
Pentatonic Major X - X - X - - X - X - - X
Mixolydian X - X - X X - X - X X - X
Major 1 - 2 - 3 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 1 (8)
Major (degree) I - ii - iii IV - V - vi - vii I
Chromatic semitones 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Notes

Universal scale generator: Use the scrollbar to move the root (key) note to the right position

Name Half steps
(Semitones)
Example Shortcut Enharmonic
(same interval, different name)
perfect unison 0 C - C P1, 1 diminished second
minor second 1 C - Db m2, 2b augmented unison
major second 2 C - D M2, 2 diminished third
minor third 3 C - Eb m3, 3b augmented second
major third 4 C - E M3, 3 diminished fourth
perfect fourth 5 C - F P4, 4 augmented third
diminished fifth (tritone) 6 C - Gb d5, 5b augmented fourth, diminished fifth, "blue note"
perfect fifth 7 C - G P5, 5 diminished sixth
minor sixth 8 C - Ab m6, 6b augmented fifth
major sixth 9 C - A M6, 6 diminished seventh
minor seventh 10 C - Bb m7, 7b augmented sixth
major seventh 11 C - B M7, 7 diminished octave
perfect octave 12 C - C P8, 8 augmented seventh

Technical background

For those who are interested in php scripting:

The fretboard scheme is generated as an image using php. Scales and chords are stored as arrays containing the intervals. With an array containing all notes and an array containing the string notes all scale or chord positions on the fretboard are calculated and written as dot or note name. The php MIDI Class generates the midi files using the same arrays.

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