Show HN: I made a tool for learning scales, chords, and how to combine them

Re:Show HN: I made a tool for learning scales, chords, and h... by rdataguy on Wednesday May 20, 2026 @04:25PM (#48213610)

And you should add that it also teaches modes, which are counterintuitive and with dumb hard-to-remember names. Cool app, good job!

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Re:Show HN: I made a tool for learning scales, chords, and h... by aleshh on Wednesday May 20, 2026 @04:30PM (#48213664)

Yeah! I came across a book that was literally just fingering charts for all these scales in all the keys and I was like, wait a second, this is dumb...

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Re:Show HN: I made a tool for learning scales, chords, and h... by noman-land on Wednesday May 20, 2026 @10:22PM (#48217042)

Modes are easy once you realize they're all just major scales with a different starting note.

C Major starting and ending on D is D Dorian.

C Major starting and ending on E is E Phrygian.

Etc.

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Re:Show HN: I made a tool for learning scales, chords, and h... by euroderf on Thursday May 21, 2026 @03:12AM (#48218979)

Unfortunately, it's the kind of arbitrary jargon that put off n00bs.

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Re:Show HN: I made a tool for learning scales, chords, and h... by noman-land on Thursday May 21, 2026 @01:58PM (#48226621)

If you're studying modes you will have to have already learned most of these words. Modes are a more advanced concept but become easier when you compare them to something you already know (major scales).

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