Musically lost? Find your way with the Chromawheel Music Compass. Use your eyes, ears, and the music compass to find the musical key of any song, as well as explore different scales and chords. Use the red tonic piece as your start point, then add more note pieces to make a pattern. Tip: Rotating the entire pattern will transpose it to a new key!

To learn more, download a free pocket music guide, check out The Field Guide To Music or visit chromawheelmusic.com for more info.

Directions

1. Tap the "Edit" icon to lock and unlock a pattern. When unlocked, you can tap to add or remove note pieces (except for the red tonic piece, which acts like an anchor).
2. Turn the center knob to rotate the red tonic piece.
3. Tap a note name to play individual notes.
4. Tap or hold the play button to hear selected notes. Adjust playback speed using the slider. At maximum speed the notes will play together as a chord.
5. To save, enter a name for your pattern and click save (file icon). A unique URL will be generated for your pattern.

Keyboard shortcuts

        e: toggle edit mode
        spacebar: play chord
        : rotate tonic clockwise
        : rotate tonic counterclockwise
        : octave up
         octave down
         s d  g h j  ╮ play individual notes
        z x cv b n m ╯ (mini-keyboard)
        esc : stop all notes
        

Settings

Load pattern Select pattern Whole Tone Scale Major Scale Minor Scale Major Triad Chord Minor Triad Chord Major 7th Chord Minor 7th Chord
Want to learn more? Check out our book, The Field Guide To Music, a 100-page book that includes 50+ color illustrations with spatial mappings of intervals, scales, chords, and more.

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Display options Show note names (default) Hide note names Hide sharps & flats Fingerprints Colors

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