Visual library
Infographics, animations and demos to understand at a glance.
Thematic collections
- CollectionUnderstand the modesA path from the major scale to modal harmony, in the order it's best studied.
- CollectionKnow the fretboardFrom single notes to moving across the whole neck with shapes, positions and guide tones.
- CollectionPicking techniquesAlternate picking, palm muting, strumming, legato and sweep picking, with step-by-step demos.
- CollectionHow chords workFrom stacking thirds to voicings with tensions, by way of sevenths and inversions.
Infographics
- InfographicGuitar anatomyThe parts of the guitar, numbered, with what each one does, on a sheet you can zoom and print.
- InfographicCircle of fifthsThe twelve keys arranged in fifths, with their relative minors and the diatonic chords of the one you pick.
- InfographicCAGED mapThe five open-chord shapes that, linked together, cover the whole neck with the same major chord.
- InfographicIntervals mapEvery interval within an octave on the fretboard in a single position, with its name, abbreviation and semitone count.
- InfographicScale formulasA table of the most-used scales, with their degree formula and their whole-step and half-step pattern.
- InfographicChord formulasThe most common chord types with their symbol, degree formula and notes on a shared root.
- InfographicRhythm valuesWhole, half, quarter, eighth and sixteenth notes drawn as divisions of the same 4/4 bar.
- InfographicNotes on the fretboardThe seven natural notes across the first twelve frets of all six strings, with one reference note highlighted.
Animations
- AnimationString vibrationAn animation of a string's first six vibration modes, with their nodes, their frequency and the fret where each harmonic sounds.
- AnimationBuilding a scaleThe major scale appears note by note, with the whole or half step between each one and its place on the fretboard.
- AnimationChord formationHow thirds are stacked on a scale note to form first a triad and then a seventh chord.
- AnimationBeat subdivisionsA four-beat bar split into quarters, eighths, triplets or sixteenths, with a click and counting syllables.
- AnimationFrequency ratiosTwo waves and their sum for seven intervals, from octave to minor second, with the whole-number ratio that approximates each one.
Technique demos
- DemoDemo: alternate pickingFive steps to learn to alternate downstrokes and upstrokes, from an open string to three-notes-per-string phrases.
- DemoDemo: hammer-on and pull-offFive steps to sound notes with the fretting hand alone, by hammering onto and pulling off the string.
- DemoDemo: bendingFive steps to push the string up to a specific, in-tune note, by a half step and by a whole step.
- DemoDemo: slide and vibratoFive steps to glide your finger between notes and to bring a long note to life with vibrato.
- DemoDemo: palm mutingFive steps to partly damp the strings with the edge of your hand for a dry, percussive attack.