Explore
Play freely over a chord progression — no input evaluation, no scoring, just visually guided exploration with a few suggestions.
Chord progressions in F major, on mandolin
A progression in F major loops, strummed the way the app strums it, each chord's shape lit on the mandolin as it sounds and the whole key drawn under it. Play over it; N draws a new loop. Nothing listens here, in the browser or in the app — there, Explore suggests what to play over the loop, and leads on to the games that do.
Explore the Major Scale
Explore diatonic tones over a looping chord progression in the major key — one root holds across the whole loop, and every chord is a place within it.
Chords
in the loop
Bars
per chord
Shapes
Tempo
60bpm
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Frets
up to
Tuning
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Metronome
0%
Samples load on first play (~1 MB).
What you’re practicing
Explore the Major Scale
Explore diatonic tones over a looping chord progression in the major key — one root holds across the whole loop, and every chord is a place within it.
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On the mandolin: four courses in fifths, G D A E, the first twelve frets.
The chords of F major
F major is F G A B♭ C D E. The chord on each degree: F (I), Gm (ii), Am (iii), B♭ (IV), C (V), Dm (vi), E° (vii°). The loop draws from the 6 you can rest on — F, Gm, Am, B♭, C, Dm — one or two chords with F in front, or four from the progressions below. Every chord is also on the nest explorer, with its shapes.
Progressions in F major the loop plays — the app’s own table for the major mode, spelled in this key:
- F – B♭ – C – F (I–IV–V–I)
- F – C – Dm – B♭ (I–V–vi–IV)
- F – Dm – B♭ – C (I–vi–IV–V)
- Gm – C – F (ii–V–I)
- F – Dm – Gm – C (I–vi–ii–V)
- Dm – Gm – C – F (vi–ii–V–I)
- F – B♭ – C (I–IV–V)
- B♭ – C – F (IV–V–I)
- F – Am (I–iii)