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Fretwise v2.0 · 21 features · Fully offline

Fretwise

From Player to Musician

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Fretboard

FRETWISE

Explore chord tones on the neck

Root

3rd

5th

7th

Choose a chord above.

Hotel California — tap to load

Quiz

Three ways to be tested

Chord Tones

Find on Neck

Scale Choice

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Bm

Which note is the 3rd?

Lick Builder

Build phrases over any chord

Bm

Hotel California — quick load

Song Licks

Type chords · get lick ideas

Chords — space or comma separated

Quick load

Hotel California

12-Bar Blues (A)

I–IV–V (G)

ii–V–I (C)

Minor Vamp

Country Turn

Play Along

Metronome · chord changes · scale hints

Tempo 72 BPM

40◆ Slow practice200

50

60

72

80

90

100

120

Time signature

4/4

3/4

6/8

Bars per chord

1

2

4

B Minor Pentatonic

B · D · E · F# · A

Target: B (root)

Beat 1 = loud click · other beats = soft · chord changes on beat 1

Mode

🎸 Practice

🎯 Score Mode

Leaderboard

Personal bests · global scores

👤 My Scores

🌍 Global

Your best scores

Theory

Circle of fifths · keys · diatonic chords

Tap a key to explore it

C

C Major

Relative minor: A minor

Diatonic chords — chords that naturally belong in this key

Common progressions in this key

What is the Circle of Fifths?

Each key around the circle is a perfect fifth apart. Moving clockwise adds a sharp to the key signature. Moving anti-clockwise adds a flat.

Keys next to each other share most of their notes — which is why chord progressions that move around the circle sound smooth and natural.

The inner ring shows relative minors — every major key shares all its notes with a minor key a minor third below.

Why does this matter for licks?

When you know the key of a song, you know every chord that belongs there. That means you can use one scale shape over the whole song — not just individual chord tones.

Tap any key above to see exactly which chords belong to it, and which scale covers them all.

Song Analysis

Paste chords · get key, scales & lick ideas

Paste tab or chord chart — just the chord names are fine

Quick examples

Pop minor

Pop major

Hotel California

A minor diatonic

With borrowed chord

Techniques

How to play every essential technique

Amp Settings

Dialled-in tones for every style

Choose your style

Playing over a specific chord type?

Chord Diagrams

Fingering positions for every chord

How to read these diagrams

Each column = a string (low E to high e, left to right). Each row = a fret.
● = fret this string × = don't play ○ = play open.
Numbers show suggested fingering (1=index, 2=middle, 3=ring, 4=pinky).

Practice Routine

Structured sessions for your level & time

Your level

Time available

Gear Guide

Strings · picks · what actually matters

Strings

Picks

Find Mine

Ear Training

Hear intervals · identify by sound

Intervals

Chord Quality

Relative Pitch

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Press play to hear the interval

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Press Play, listen carefully, then choose. The interval plays twice — root first, then the second note. Train your ear to recognise each sound independently of the notes.

What are intervals?

The distance between two notes. An octave is 12 semitones. A perfect fifth is 7. Each interval has a distinct sound — once you recognise them by ear, you can work out melodies without a reference.

This is the skill that separates players who need tab from players who can learn by listening.

Fix It

Diagnose your problems · get specific drills

What area is the problem in?

Choose your problem

Capo Calculator

Any fret · see your real key

Capo position

Shape

Sounds like

Relative minor

Scale

How to use this

Put your capo on a fret, then tap that fret number above. The table shows what each open chord shape now sounds like in real pitch.

Example: Capo 2, play a G shape — it sounds like A major. Play an Em shape — sounds like F#m.

Why does this matter? If a song is in A but you want to use open G shapes, capo 2 gives you both. Tap any row to load that key into the Theory tab.

Pentatonic Boxes

All 5 positions · any root · major or minor

Minor Pentatonic

Major Pentatonic

How the 5 boxes connect

The five positions cover the entire neck — they all use the same notes, just starting from a different position. Box 1 connects to Box 2 at the top, Box 2 connects to Box 3, and so on.

Most players learn Box 1 and stay there. Learning all five and connecting them turns the whole neck into one continuous scale rather than five isolated boxes.

The CAGED connection shows which chord shape each box derives from — a useful way to remember where you are on the neck.

Why the pentatonic works

The minor pentatonic has 5 notes: root, minor 3rd, 4th, 5th, minor 7th. These are all notes that sit comfortably in most rock and blues contexts because:

• No major 7th — avoids the dreamy, unresolved sound
• No major 2nd or 6th — avoids notes that clash with minor chords
• The 4th and 5th are neutral — they work over any chord

The result is a 5-note vocabulary with almost no wrong notes. That's why it's the first scale every rock and blues player learns.

Scales

Every scale · full neck · intervals shown

Full neck

One box

Intervals

Progressions

20 essential progressions every guitarist needs

Metronome

Standalone click · tap tempo · subdivisions

72

BPM

60 — Slow

72 — Ballad

80 — Mid

90 — Rock

100 — Upbeat

120 — Fast

140 — Very fast

Time Signature

2/4

4/4

3/4

6/8

5/4

7/8

Subdivision

Quarter

8th notes

Triplets

16th notes

Accent Pattern

Beat 1

Backbeat 2&4

All beats

No accent

The most important practice tool there is. If you only use one thing in Fretwise, use this.

Transcriber

Play · detect · export as tab & notation

Quantise to

Tempo (BPM)

Sensitivity

Detecting

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Frequency

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Notes

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♩ Notation

Tab

Raw

Note sequence

      Start recording to see notes here
    

How to use

1. Set your tempo — enter the BPM of what you're playing. This helps quantise notes to the correct duration.
2. Record — tap Start and play single notes or a melody. Works best with a clean tone, not heavy distortion.
3. Check the tab — the app picks the most likely fret position. Tap any fret number to choose an alternative position.
4. Export — copy the tab or notation to paste into a message, document or tab editor.

⚠️ Works best with single notes. Chords and heavily distorted tones reduce accuracy.

Tuner

Chromatic · real-time · note detection

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-50-250+25+50

— cents

Tap Start to listen

Standard tuning reference

What note am I playing?

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Start the tuner and play a note

Play reference tone

E2Low E

A2A string

D3D string

G3G string

B3B string

E4High e

Play one string at a time for best results. The tuner works best in a quiet room with an acoustic guitar or electric plugged in. Tap any string name above to hear the reference pitch.

Progress

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