Scale & Chord Explorer

See and hear any scale or chord, in any key, on the fretboard.

Key
Labels

D Iwato (Japanese)

East Asian Scales

With two half steps and a flat 5th, the darkest Japanese scale; it evokes temple music.

These scales are adapted from traditional instrument tunings; Pelog and Slendro in particular are 12-tone approximations of unequal gamelan tunings.

Tap any dot to hear it.

Formula
Notes
Steps
H = half step, W = whole step