Welcome to the Practice Room

A small, free collection of interactive tools for guitarists and bassists who want to grow musically — to step away from tabs and bouncing dots, and learn to actually play their instrument.

What this site is for

If you're like me, you started out chasing tabs and learning specific songs note-for-note. That's a fine way in — but at some point you want more. You want to jam over a backing track on YouTube, change keys without panicking, understand why a Dorian feel sounds different from a Mixolydian one, and stop being afraid of the fretboard above the 5th fret.

That's what these tools are for. They're not deep theory lessons — there are people who do that far better than I ever could (Rick Beato is my favourite for that side of things). What you'll find here are the practical, visual tools I built for myself to learn the pentatonic shapes, the modes, key relationships, and fretboard navigation. They worked for me, and they're still working for me. I hope they help you too.

Everything here is free and will stay that way. Pick a tool, start playing.

🎸 The Tools

Pick one and start practising

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Pentatonic Jigsaw
See how the five pentatonic shapes lock together across the whole fretboard. The single tool that did the most to break me out of "box one" thinking.
Scale Trainer Guitar
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Fretboard App
Learn the notes on the neck, train your ear and eyes, and explore scales and modes anywhere on the fretboard.
Guitar Bass
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Circle of Fifths
An interactive circle for understanding key relationships, scales and chord progressions — the backbone of practical theory.
Theory Chord Application
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Guitar Setup Guide
A walk-through of setting up your guitar for the best playability and tone — because a comfortable instrument makes you practise more.
Guide
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Bass Generator
Generate bass lines and explore patterns interactively — handy for songwriting, jamming and building groove ideas.
Generator

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