Shape Mastery

Own every chord shape, all over the neck

The fretboard stops being a mystery when you own its vocabulary. Start with the notes of the neck — free, the whole module — go on to the degrees, and then take on all 244 shapes: triads, spread triads, drop-2 and drop-3 voicings, systematically, with spaced repetition, ear training and real audio.

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Start at the beginning

The notes of the neck, free

Whole module free

Notes module

Before the shapes come the notes. Three variables — note, string, fret: the app shows you two and you answer the missing one, in all three directions. 72 cards, the same spaced repetition engine as everything else, and all three modes open without a license. And when a note sits in two places — F on the 6th string is fret 1 and fret 13, and the 6th and 1st strings are both E — either answer counts, because both are true.

Notes module: every position of C lit up across the whole fretboard, with a string filter
The missing step

From notes to chords: the degrees

Intervals module

Knowing the notes isn't enough to build a chord: you need to find the ♭3 of A without thinking. Four variables here — root, degree, string, fret: three are shown, you answer the missing one, in all four directions. Including the one that really pays off on the bandstand: this note is the ♯11 of which chord?

Degrees are named the way a chart names them — ♭9 9 ♭3 3 11 ♯11/♭5 5 ♯5/♭13 13 ♭7 7 — so what you drill is what you'll read. 72 cards, one deck per direction, and the map colours root, 3rds, 5ths and 7ths with the same colours as the chord modules.

Intervals module: two knobs, root and degree, and every fifth of A lit up across the fretboard
Four learning modes

One method, four angles

Free forever

I.Explore

Pick your module, the root on the chromatic knob, quality, inversion and string set — see the shape, hear it, and label notes by name or by role (root, 3rd, 5th, 7th).

Explore mode: module selector, chromatic knob and the shape drawn on the fretboard

II.Practice

Spaced repetition, for real: the app asks for a chord and YOU place the notes on the fretboard. Objective grading, and a Leitner scheduler that brings each shape back right before you'd forget it.

Practice mode: the app asks for a drop-2 voicing and you place the notes on the fretboard

III.Recognize

The reverse quiz: an unlabeled shape appears and you identify root, quality and inversion. Flip the Ear switch and the fretboard goes dark — only the chord sounds, so there are no finger positions left to lean on. Each mode keeps its own review deck: hearing isn't seeing, and seeing isn't producing.

Recognize mode: an unlabeled shape on the fretboard with a See / Ear switch, to be named by root, quality and inversion

IV.Connect

The same chord chained through all its inversions climbing up the neck — in any of the four modules — animated and with sound. This is how shapes link together until the whole fretboard feels like home.

Connect mode: a spread triad chained through its three inversions up the neck, skipped string included
Built for guitarists

Small app, sharp focus

How buying works

Try first, pay once

1

Start free

The whole Notes module, plus Explore in every other one — forever, no sign-up, straight in the browser.

2

Buy your license

$4.99, one time. Secure checkout by Polar; your key arrives by email.

3

Activate & play

Paste the key in the app: everything unlocks — all modules, all modes — on up to 5 devices.

FAQ

Questions, answered

Is it a subscription?

No. You pay once and the license is yours forever — including every update and every new module we add. No upgrade fees, ever.

Does it work on iPhone / Android / computer?

Yes — it's a web app. On Android, Chrome offers "Install app"; on iPhone use Share → "Add to Home Screen"; on desktop it runs in any modern browser. Once installed it works fully offline.

What exactly is free?

Two things, forever: the entire Notes module — all three modes, spaced repetition included — and the Explore mode in every other module. In the chord modules, Practice, Recognize and Connect unlock with the license, which includes everything: every module, present and future, at no extra cost. And what's free stays free — we never put a lock back on something we opened.

Refunds?

Purchases are processed by Polar as merchant of record, under their standard refund policy. Write to us and we'll sort it out.

What about my data?

We collect no personal data. No account, no cookies, no tracking across sites — just anonymous, aggregated page views, so we know how many people find the site. Your practice progress never leaves your device. See the privacy policy.