See How Music Really Works
Fretboard Toolbox shows how chords, scales, and keys fit together so you can understand and create music on any instrument.
Music isn’t random chord & scale shapes
Music comes from groups of notes that belong to a key.
Those scales determine the chords.
Those notes create scales.
Fretboard Toolbox books let you see how those scales and chords can be predicted.
And they let you see the scales and chords of keys, all over your instrument.
Understanding music doesn’t happen all at once.
It happens step-by-step, as you start to see how beautifully all of the pieces connect.
Once you see those connections, the world of music opens up!
To start connecting pieces, follow the “Toolbox Path”.
Learn lots more about the Toolbox Path on the Start Here page.
The Toolbox Path (overview)
Step 1. Learn the Major scale and the notes that belong to that key.
Step 3. Learn the notes that make each chord, and find them on your instrument.
Step 2. See how the chords are built from those notes.
Step 4. Hear how those chords work together in real music.
Step 6. Explore what happens when minor key sounds meet Major key progressions.
Step 5. Discover the world of natural minor keys.
Now put your music on shuffle, and start hearing what’s really happening!
The Major scale holds the key to unlock the doors.
That’s what Fretboard Toolboxes help you see —
in any key and on any instrument.
Check out some places Toolboxes are used all over the world!