Guitarist Buddy

Guitarist Buddy is a music theory reference and practice tool built for guitar and ukulele players. Select any of 30 major and minor keys — including all enharmonic pairs — and instantly see the notes in the key, the 7 diatonic chords, and a fretboard diagram showing exactly where to play them. Key Features: • Circle of fifths with all 30 keys — tap any segment to select • Diatonic chords with chord quality labels and Roman numeral analysis • Chord enhancements — Major 7, Minor 7, Dominant 7, Sus chords, Diminished, Augmented and more • Fretboard showing all chord tones and scale notes in position, tap fretboard dots to hear individual guitar notes and try out different phrases in the app • 7 modes — Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, Locrian * Chord Builder page - provides several chord options and inversions per diatonic chord, including all CAGED shapes. Even with a capo. • Setup page, including - Support for a 6-string guitar and 4-string ukulele in Setup page. - Uses actual guitar and ukulele string samples for playback - Custom tuning support per string - Lefty mode to flip the fretboard diagrams for lefty players • Native IOS GUI with Full dark mode support • Support for pentatonic, blues, and harmonic minor scales on the fretboard • Consistent nomenclature for the degrees shown on each of the scale notes for a chord being displayed. Root of selected chord is always 1, regardless of its degree in the Diatonic Scale. * Capo Calculator to support simpler key changes * Reverse chord lookup * Simple Chord Progression builder to help you see how to transition between two chords * Melody Builder to work on and get suggestions for solo concepts in chosen key