Brighton Music Academy
Free Music Tools
Interactive tools and printable PDFs for students, parents and teachers. Explore scales, chords and the circle of fifths, practice spelling scales, or print a reference for your music stand. All free, with no sign-up.
Guitar Chord Finder
See the chords in any key, anywhere on the fretboard, with suggested fingering for every shape.
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Major Scale Trainer
Spell all 15 major scales, find them on the piano, and take a daily test with a 30-day tracker.
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Interactive Circle of Fifths
Key signatures, the chords in every key, progressions to try, and a key signature quiz.
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Scale Spelling Calculator
The correct notes, formula and chords of 22 scales in any key, on piano and guitar.
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Melodic Minor Explorer
Compare melodic minor with major, see its built-in pentatonic, and hear its modes and chords.
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Scale Harmony Explorer
All 462 seven-note scales compared with the major scale: which chords survive, and which are new.
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Spooky Music Generator
Creepy tunes built from diminished chords, tritones and eerie scales, with sheet music you can print.
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Guitar Scale PDFs
All 15 major and 15 minor scales in treble staff and guitar tab, ready to print.
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Music Scale Spelling PDF
Every major, harmonic minor and melodic minor scale and all 21 modes, spelled in every key.
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Pick the path that fits where you are today.
🌱 Just starting out
Learn your first chords and the major scales.
Guitar Chord Finder → Major Scale Trainer → Guitar Scale PDFs →🎯 Building your theory
Understand keys, key signatures and how scales are spelled.
Circle of Fifths → Scale Spelling Calculator → Scale Spelling PDF →🚀 Going deeper
Modes, exotic scales and new harmony for writing and improvising.
Melodic Minor Explorer → Scale Harmony Explorer → Spooky Music Generator →More free tools from our sister academies
Brighton Music Academy is part of a family of schools. These tools live on their sites.
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These tools are a great start. Private lessons put them to work in real music, at our Brighton studio for kids, teens and adults.
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