Practice · Diesis
Backing tracks that tell you what to play.
Put a track on and play over it. Each one shows its key and a scale that fits, and one tap draws that scale on the neck.
It works right here: no account, nothing to install.
The videos are YouTube's and their makers'. The player loads from YouTube only when you press play.
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What it does
Ten styles
Blues, rock, metal, funk, jazz and bossa, modal jams, flamenco, country, ballads and neo-soul.
Key and scale on every track
No working out the key by ear before you can start. The track says it, with a scale that works over it.
From the track to the neck
Show on the neck opens that scale on that root, across the whole fretboard.
Tracks by their makers
The videos are their makers', on YouTube, and each one is credited. The player loads only when you press play.
How to use it
- 01
Pick a style
Filter the tracks by style.
- 02
Press play
The track starts; its key and its scale are on the card.
- 03
Open the scale
One tap shows it on the neck. Start on the root and go from there.
Questions
What scale do I play over a backing track?
The one on the card. As a rule of thumb, over a track in a minor key the minor pentatonic on the same root always works, and over a major key, the major pentatonic.
Are the tracks made by Diesis?
No. They are YouTube videos by the musicians who made them, credited on each card. Diesis adds the key, the scale and the link to the neck.
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More in Diesis
- LearnName the noteA position lights and plays. Say which note it is, against the clock if you dare.
- LearnFind the noteYou get a name. Tap every place it lives on the neck.
- PracticeThe neckAny scale on any root, across the whole fretboard. Here, A minor pentatonic.
- PracticeMetronome20 to 300 BPM, odd meters, tap tempo, and a Speed up mode that climbs to your target.
- PracticeFinger independenceFour pads, one per finger, and notes falling onto them on the click. Hit each one as it lands and see how close you were.
- SetupStrings and setupEvery string's tension for your tuning, a balanced set worked out for you, and the setup numbers for your guitar.
- SetupTunerTune through the microphone in your guitar's own tuning. It hears the string you play and shows which way to turn the peg.
- LearnReading musicName the note on the staff, find it on the neck, read a bar, then sight-read as the notes scroll.
- LearnTablatureHow to read tab in four rules, then tab to neck, neck to tab, a riff and the signs.
- PracticeTab makerWrite your own tab from a number pad, the neck or the keyboard, and hear it played back.