The workbench
The working corner of the table.
“Get it down before it leaves. We can decide what it is later.”
Loading your toolkit…The house tools
Open all night, no sign-in needed. Take what the work calls for.
- the tunerFree chromatic tuner that runs in your browser. Mic-based, cents-accurate, with guitar string hints and adjustable reference pitch. No app, no account.
- the metronomeFree online metronome with tap tempo, time signatures, subdivisions, accents, and a tempo ramp for building speed. Runs in your browser, no install.
- the loopLoop any section of your own audio file, slow it down without changing pitch, and ramp the speed back up as you nail it. Your file never leaves the browser.
- the logbookTrack practice sessions with a timer, focus tags, and notes. See weekly totals, streaks, and where the time actually went. Stored privately in your browser.
- the circleInteractive circle of fifths: click any key to see its signature, scale notes, diatonic chords with roman numerals, relative and parallel keys, and common borrowed chords.
- the transposerPaste a chord chart, transpose it to any key, and get capo suggestions that turn hard keys into open shapes. Lyrics stay untouched, chords move.
- the setlistBuild setlists with keys, tempos, and durations. See total runtime, running time per song, and set breaks. Print a clean copy for the stage.
- the prompterTurn any lyric sheet into a full-screen auto-scrolling stage prompter with adjustable speed, big type, mirror mode, and section jumps. Free, in your browser.
- the earFree ear training in your browser: interval recognition drills plus a functional mode that teaches scale degrees against a real tonal center. Score, streaks, stats.
- the droneSustained drone generator for intonation and improv practice. Pick any pitch, add a fifth, choose a timbre, and set your reference pitch. Clean fades, no clicks.
- the grooveStep-sequencer drum machine in your browser: kick, snare, hats, and rim with swing, accents, tempo control, and preset grooves to practice or write over.
- the splitsCreate a songwriter split sheet: add collaborators, balance percentages to exactly 100, and print a clean sheet with signature lines. Free, private, in your browser.