What is the Scales tool?
What is a scale?
What is an interval?
How do I find different scales?
What order do I play the notes in?
Why are there different shapes for the scales?
Is there a way to sample the sound of each scale?
What do the labels on top of the strings mean?
Is there a fretboard view for lefties?

Why are there different shapes for the scales?

Since any given note can appear in a few different places on the fingerboard, there are different ways to group collections of notes together to form a given scale.

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