Practice
Interactive workshops
Tools to keep open next to your DAW. They play what you write, name what you hear, and do the tempo, frequency and pitch math for you.
Explaining piano rollPlace notes over four bars: the site names each chord, its role and the key, live.Key finderCheck the notes you hear: see which keys they fit, and how to choose between them by ear.Scales and modes on the gridPick a tonic and a scale: see which rows to use and hear the color of each mode.Chord builderPick a root and a chord type: notes, roles and inversions, to see and hear.Chord progressionsWrite a progression in roman numerals, in any key, and hear it loop.Drum machineSixteen steps, seven sounds, swing and accents: write and hear the main rhythms of electronic music.ArpeggiatorTurn a chord into a pattern: direction, rate, octaves and note length.Tempo in millisecondsHow long each note value lasts at your tempo, to set a delay, a reverb or an LFO.Notes and frequenciesThe frequency of each low note, or the note behind a frequency, to tune a kick, an 808 or a sub.Pitching a sampleSemitones, cents, playback speed and tempo: what changes when you shift the pitch of a sample.Waveforms and harmonicsSee and hear the harmonics of sine, triangle, square and sawtooth waves, then filter them.Interval ear trainingHear two notes, name the distance, then see it on the grid.Chord ear trainingHear a chord and name its type: major, minor, sevenths and more.Online Metronome and Tap TempoSet a tempo, or tap along to find the BPM of a song