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Complete Guitar Toolkit
All eight interactive tools, in a single file.
8 toolsone fileone price
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Interactive guitar tools
The fretboard, finally readable.
Tools for guitarists who want to understand the neck instead of memorising it. Each one is a single file that opens by double-click — offline, on your own device, for as long as you own it.
- 14 chord types documented
- 683 grips, all documented
- 0 accounts required
No app
One HTML file. Double-click, done.
No account
Nothing to sign up for, nothing to log into.
No subscription
Bought once, yours to keep.
Works offline
After the download, the internet can go away.
Live, right on this page
Try the idea before you buy anything
This is a small taste of what the tools do. Pick a key and a scale — every fitting note lights up on the neck, and tapping one tells you what it is. The real Fretboard Explorer adds nine scales, eight tunings, position focus, chord suggestions, a scale comparison — and it plays every note out loud.
Dot labels
Pick a note on the neck.
Root Scale tone Tap any dot to see what it is.
This is the Fretboard Explorer, in miniature →The tools
Every tool answers one question
That is on purpose. A single app that tries to do everything answers none of its questions well — so each of these does one thing and stops there.
CAGED Trainer
Five shapes, one fretboard — learned in five stages.
5 stagesquizsoundprogress saved
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Fretboard Explorer
Pick a key and a mode, and see the notes across the neck.
9 scales8 tuningscapo22 frets
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3 Notes Per String
Seven patterns, eighteen notes in a row, picking marked.
7 patternspicking direction672 combinations
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Chord Lexicon & Chord Finder
Look up any chord — or tap in a grip and get its name.
14 types683 gripsboth directions
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Triad Trainer
Three notes on three strings, every inversion up the neck.
4 string setsvoice leadingfingerings
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Circle of Fifths
Turn the wheel to a key and hear the chords that belong to it.
12 keyssignaturesaudio
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Practice Kit
A reference tone for every string, and a metronome beside it.
10 tuningsodd metersno permissions
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Rockstar Pet Portrait
Your dog or cat on stage — pick the instrument and the style.
8 art styles6 instrumentsbuy one, get three
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Bundle
Complete Guitar Toolkit
Open one file. Everything is there.
A front page that holds all eight interactive tools. Click one and it opens full screen; one click brings you back. Each is the same tool sold on its own, at the version shown on its card.
What is included
- Eight Complete ToolsCAGED Trainer, Fretboard Explorer, 3 Notes Per String, Chord Lexicon & Chord Finder, Triad Trainer, Circle of Fifths, Practice Coach and Practice Kit.
- One File, 1.7 MBNot a zip of eight downloads — one document that opens by double-click, offline, on any device.
- Versions on the CardsEach card shows the version actually embedded, so the front page tells you whether the set is current.
- One Visual LanguageChord shapes, note names and the fretboard are drawn the same way everywhere — what you learn in one carries into the next.
Good to know The two printable poster sets are not part of the bundle — they are PDFs and stay separate items.
The fretboard
CAGED Trainer
Unlock the entire neck of your guitar.
Five movable chord shapes — built from the open C, A, G, E and D chords — let you play any major or minor chord anywhere on the neck. The trainer walks you through them in five stages and checks what you have understood.
What is included
- The Five ShapesC, A, G, E and D as diagrams with their root notes marked, plus a shape-recognition quiz.
- Finding Root NotesLearn and quiz modes for the low E and A strings — naturals and accidentals as separate options.
- One Shape, Five PositionsStep any chord through all five positions on the neck, with a chord diagram and a note table.
- Connecting ShapesSee two neighbouring shapes at once and exactly which notes they share. Progressions play back at your tempo.
- Arpeggios & PentatonicsThe chord tones around each shape, with the matching pentatonic scale laid over them.
Good to know Progress is saved in your own browser and can be reset at any time.
The fretboard
Fretboard Explorer
Stop guessing what is under your fingers.
Pick a key, a scale and a position — the fretboard shows every note that fits, plays it out loud, and lists every chord of the key you can actually grab right there.
What is included
- Scales & ModesTwelve keys and nine scales: the seven modes plus harmonic and melodic minor, each with a plain-language note on how it sounds.
- Positions & FocusNarrow the board to any fret window. A focus switch turns everything outside it into ghost dots, so the position reads as a finger pattern.
- Scale ComparisonPut two scales on one board: shared notes turn gold, the rest keep their own colour, and a line counts what sets them apart.
- Chords in This PositionEvery chord of the key playable inside your window, with a star rating for how well it fits your pentatonic — and seventh chords on a switch.
- Tunings, Capo & Left-HandedEight tunings, a capo up to fret 7 that keeps the real fret numbers, and a left-handed view.
Good to know Chord suggestions are re-checked against the tuning: a shape that would ring wrong notes is hidden, and the tool says how many and why.
The fretboard
3 Notes Per String
Three notes on every string, all the way up.
Three notes on each of the six strings make eighteen scale notes in one unbroken run. Seven patterns cover the whole neck — this tool shows which one lies where, and how to pick it.
What is included
- Seven PatternsEvery pattern of the scale, in every key, drawn in the position where it actually lies on the neck.
- Picking DirectionDown and up strokes marked on every note — the part that turns a shape into speed.
- Note Names or DegreesSwitch the dots between letter names and scale degrees. Degrees are what make a pattern movable.
- Up to Fret 22The board goes to fret 22, because twelve of the patterns simply do not fit on sixteen.
- Hear ItPlay the pattern back and watch the notes light up in order.
Good to know No fingerings are prescribed: picking direction is arithmetic, fingering is a matter of teaching opinion — and the tool says so rather than inventing one.
Chords & harmony
Chord Lexicon & Chord Finder
Know the name? See the grips. Know the grip? Get the name.
A reference that works in both directions. Look a chord up by name and get every documented grip on the neck — or tap what your hand is doing onto a blank fretboard and have it named.
What is included
- Fourteen Chord TypesThe four triads plus dominant, major, minor, half-diminished and diminished sevenths, sus2, sus4, 6, m6 and add9.
- 683 Documented GripsFull grips across five and six strings — the open C, the barre chords, the shapes players actually use — not just computed three-note voicings.
- Chord FinderTap frets onto a blank board and get the name. Ambiguity is shown rather than resolved: a power chord is major and minor at once, and the tool says so.
- Pinned ShapesKeep the grips you are working on at the top of the page.
- Capo & Left-HandedEvery card says what the grip sounds like with a capo, and the whole board flips for left-handed players.
Good to know Both directions read from the same chord table — a tool that contradicts itself would be untrustworthy in both.
Chords & harmony
Triad Trainer
Three notes are often better than six.
A triad on three strings cuts through a band mix where a full barre chord turns to mud. This trainer shows every inversion of every triad on every string set, and which note moves least when you go to the next one.
What is included
- Four String SetsStrings 1-2-3, 2-3-4, 3-4-5 and 4-5-6 — the same triad sounds different on each.
- Every InversionRoot position, first and second inversion, laid out in the order they appear as you move up the neck.
- Voice LeadingEach grip names the note that moves least on the way to the next one — computed from the grips themselves, not from a rule of thumb.
- Four QualitiesMajor, minor, diminished and augmented, spelled the way a musician writes them (C dim is C E♭ G♭, never C D♯ F♯).
- Common FingeringA finger number under every diagram, marked as the usual choice rather than the only one.
Good to know Grips that stretch further than four frets are filtered out — no diagram shows something nobody would actually grab.
Chords & harmony
Circle of Fifths
Stop guessing which chords fit.
Built like the printed wheels: the disc turns, the window stays put. Land on a key and the three columns under the window are the chords that belong together.
What is included
- A Wheel That TurnsTwelve positions, a colour ring warm on the flat side and cool on the sharp side, with the key signature written out.
- The Chords of a KeyWhat sits under the window is what you can play together — and one tap plays it.
- Progressions You KnowCommon progressions play back as chords, so the theory arrives through the ears.
- Relative MinorThe minor key that shares the same notes, on the same wheel rather than in a second table.
- Both SpellingsG♭ and F♯ are the same pitch and are written differently — the wheel carries both, and says which is which.
Good to know No notation: the audience here reads chord diagrams, so the key signature is spelled out (F♯ C♯ G♯ …) instead of drawn on a stave.
Practice
Practice Kit
Two tools, no apps, no permissions.
A tuner that works by ear against a clean reference tone, and a metronome that handles the meters a guitarist actually runs into — in one file that asks for nothing.
What is included
- Ten TuningsStandard down to Drop B, open G, open D and DADGAD — one button per string, held for as long as you need it.
- MetronomeTempo, time signature and subdivisions, scheduled with look-ahead so the click does not drift.
- Odd Meters5/4 and 7/8 are there, because the free metronomes usually stop at 4/4.
- Tempo RampStep the tempo up automatically while you practise.
- Microphone Mode (optional)Pitch detection is there as an extra mode — the reference tone is the main event, so nothing breaks if you decline the permission.
Good to know The microphone is deliberately not the core: browsers handle it unreliably from a local file, and a tuner that only sometimes works is worse than none.
Just for fun
Rockstar Pet Portrait
Your pet, reimagined as a rock star.
Upload one photo of your dog or cat, pick an instrument and an art style, and get a portrait of them mid-song under the stage lights. This one teaches nothing — it is the present at the end of the shelf.
What is included
- Buy One, Get ThreeYou pay for the portrait in the style you picked. Two more come with it for free, in two other styles chosen for you — so all three look genuinely different, not three tries at the same picture.
- Eight Art StylesOil painting, colored pencil, pop art, watercolor, cartoon, Renaissance, line art and charcoal sketch. The same pet, eight completely different pictures.
- Six InstrumentsElectric guitar in three body shapes, acoustic guitar, drums, bass, keyboard or saxophone.
- A Name on StageOptional: add a name or a short caption at checkout and it appears on the stage banner behind your pet — or on the bass drum head.
- Your Own InstrumentOptional: upload a photo of your own guitar at checkout, and its colour and shape are matched in the portrait.
Good to know The photo goes in during checkout on Etsy; afterwards you only confirm the order on our page. Each portrait is generated individually from that photo with an AI image model, guided by prompts written for this exact look. Your photo is used only to make your artwork — never reused, resold or shared. Nothing is mailed; this is a digital download.
The one that is not a tool
Your pet, on stage
Everything else on this page is about understanding the fretboard. This one teaches nothing at all. Upload a photo of your dog or cat, pick an instrument and an art style, and get them back mid-song under the stage lights.
Buy one, get three
You pay for the style you picked. Two more portraits come with it at no extra cost, in two other styles — so all three look genuinely different.
Eight art styles
Six instruments — and a name on stage
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Choose and upload
Pick the instrument and the art style, add a name if you want one, and upload your pet’s photo — all of it right there at checkout.
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Confirm the order
You get a download with your claim link straight away. Open it, enter the order number, confirm — nothing to upload a second time.
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Get three portraits
Usually in under a minute: your style plus the two bonus ones, as high-resolution files to download and keep.
Every portrait is generated individually from the photo you send, using an AI image model guided by prompts written for this exact look. Your photo is used only to make your artwork — never reused, resold or shared.
How it works
Three steps, then it is yours
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Buy on Etsy
The shop handles the payment and the download. You get a link right after checkout.
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Download one file
One self-contained HTML file. Download it on a computer or a mobile browser — not in the Etsy app, which cannot save digital files.
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Double-click it
It opens in the browser you already have. From then on, no internet, no account and no updates are required.
Works on Windows, Mac, Linux, tablets and phones. Tested in Chrome, Firefox and Edge.
About
Made on the German North Sea coast
GuitarNoteMap is a one-person workshop. Behind it is Lars — a photographer and designer who kept running into the same thing while learning guitar: the theory is everywhere, but almost nothing shows it on the instrument in a way you can poke at.
So these tools were built the way a good reference book is built, not the way an app is built. Each answers one question and stops there. Nothing asks for an account. Nothing phones home. Nothing expires. You download a file and it is yours — the same way a poster on your wall is yours.
Everything you see is checked against the instrument rather than assumed. Chord shapes come from documented sources, not from a formula that happens to compile.
On AI, plainly
These tools were designed by me and built with AI assistance for the code. The digital structure, the setup and the interactive design are mine. For the teaching content I rely on established, long-proven guitar learning methods; the original inventors of these time-honoured concepts are unknown to me, and I have adapted and structured that knowledge into these tools. Product photography and listing graphics are real screenshots of the actual tools, placed into AI-assisted scene design.
Questions
Before you buy
What exactly do I get?
One self-contained HTML file per tool. Nothing to install, no fonts to add, no account to make — you download it and it opens in the browser you already have.
Do I need an internet connection or an account?
No. After the download, everything runs on your own device. There is no login, no subscription and nothing that stops working if a server goes away.
Does it work on my phone?
Yes. The fretboard is drawn horizontally on a desktop and vertically on a phone. Download the file with a mobile browser rather than inside the Etsy app — the app cannot save digital files.
Which guitar does this assume?
A six-string guitar in standard tuning, unless a tool says otherwise. The Fretboard Explorer also covers eight alternative tunings, a capo and a left-handed view; the Practice Kit has ten tunings.
Can I use these when teaching?
For your own teaching, yes — open the file in a lesson as you would open a book. Passing the file on to your students as a copy is not covered; each of them needs their own.
Is there a refund?
Digital downloads are generally non-returnable once downloaded. If something is genuinely wrong with a file, write to us and it gets fixed.
Do updates cost extra?
Every file carries a version number in its footer. Corrections to something that was wrong are free — write to us with your order number.
Why is nothing sold on this website?
The shop lives on Etsy, which handles payment, invoicing and delivery. This site is the place to look before you go there.
Pick the one question you want answered
Every tool is a one-time purchase and works offline forever. The bundle holds all eight interactive tools in a single file.