Tabula Fretboard
In-key riffs on any tuning
Only for iPhone
Free · In‑App Purchases
iPhone
New: Practice Packs - guided lessons that play right on the fretboard, starting with Gypsy Jazz. Loop it, slow it down, jam in key.
Tabula turns the fretboard into an instrument you can think with.
Pick a scale, a tuning, and a technique - Tabula generates a riff, lick, or scale run that is guaranteed in key, every note, every time. Not guessed. The engine enforces it.
- 13 scales: major, the modes, harmonic and melodic minor, pentatonics, blues, phrygian dominant
- 14 tunings: standard, drop, and open, across 6-, 7-, and 8-string
- 16 techniques: ascending and descending runs, sweep, legato, tapping, arpeggios, string-skipping, sequences, economy picking, and more
- Up to 7 neck positions for restating the exercise up the neck
- An interactive fretboard with note, fret, and scale-degree labels
- A backing band: hear the chords that fit your riff on 12 voices (piano, strings, organ, and more), tap any chord to hear it, and play riff plus backing together
- Practice Packs: guided lesson sequences that play right on the fretboard - starting with Gypsy Jazz. Loop any lesson, slow it down, play along with its backing, and jam the phrase in its own key
- A practice Library: keep the riffs you like with a tap and sequence them into your own warm-up sets
Free, from the first launch: the whole practice tool - every scale, technique, and neck position, standard and drop tunings (including Drop G#), the backing band, up to three saved warm-ups, and the free module of every Practice Pack.
Tabula Pro (one purchase, forever) adds alt and open tunings (DADGAD, open G/D/E), Metric Modulation, unlimited saved warm-ups, and the full Practice Packs.
Perfect for:
- Metal, djent, and prog players writing in drop and 7/8-string tunings
- Students and self-teachers learning how scales, modes, and arpeggios sit on the neck
- Songwriters and producers beating writer's block with ideas that are always in key
- Lead players building soloing vocabulary and practicing at any tempo
No accounts. No guesswork. Just the right notes, anywhere on the neck.
Practice Packs - the first pack is here: Gypsy Jazz.
- 27 lessons + 5 studies that play on the interactive fretboard
- Loop any lesson, slow it to 0.25x, and play studies with their duet backing
- Jam in a lesson's key on the main board, over the in-key backing band
- Add lessons to your warm-up sets beside your own kept riffs
- Module 1 free; one Tabula Pro purchase opens the full pack
Now reach Practice Packs right from the main bar. Plus sharper power-chord and lesson-board display, a cleaner home screen, a real tempo control, and refinements throughout.
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Information
- Seller
- Matthew David Scott
- Size
- 53.3 MB
- Category
- Music
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Tabula Pro $4.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Project Lavos LLC