Fretboard:Origin
Learn It.Reference It.Play It.
179,00 kr · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Master the fretboard. Professional tuner, 40+ chord types, scales, ear training, and theory — for 30+ instruments. Your complete music education toolkit.
Fretboard: Origin — The Complete Fretboard Learning System
Whether you're just learning your first chord shapes or you're a working musician who needs a professional-grade reference tool, Fretboard: Origin is built for you. Designed for guitarists, bass players, ukulele and mandolin players, and players of 30+ fretted instruments, Fretboard: Origin is the most comprehensive music education and reference app on the App Store.
Interactive Fretboard
Touch any note. Explore any pattern. Lock individual strings, toggle scale degree and note name overlays, and hear every selection in real time. Optimized for both portrait and landscape — at home on iPhone and built for iPad.
Professional Tuner
No more guessing. Fretboard: Origin uses the YIN pitch detection algorithm combined with FFT harmonic analysis to detect your fundamental pitch and up to four harmonics simultaneously — delivering accuracy well beyond standard tuner apps. Adjustable A4 reference (432Hz, 440Hz, and beyond), cents deviation display, confidence scoring, and automatic noise floor calibration.
Chord Library
Over 40 chord quality types — triads, sus, 6th, 7th, extended, altered, and even Italian, French, and German augmented sixth chords — across all four inversions. A beginner-friendly Cowboy chord filter, intelligent enharmonic spelling per chord quality, and a professional pre-built voicing library mean you'll always see the right voicings, correctly spelled.
Scale & Mode Explorer
Major, minor (natural, harmonic, melodic), pentatonic, blues, whole-tone, diminished, bebop, and more — visualized across six different systems including CAGED, Berklee, Bruno, Grimoire, Gallier, and All Notes. Switch between all 7 modes in parallel or relative mode with a tap.
Ear Training & Spaced Repetition
Build real ears. Interval and chord quality recognition exercises with immediate feedback, sprint-based sessions, and a spaced repetition algorithm that focuses your practice where it matters most. Track accuracy trends, problem areas, and streaks in the built-in analytics dashboard.
Advanced Metronome
Eight time signatures, per-beat accent control, and preset patterns including Even, Strong 2&4, Waltz, and Custom. Solid and responsive — the metronome you'll actually use.
Build Mode
Create and save your own custom patterns. Build chord voicings, tap directly on the fretboard, export fretboard diagrams to PDF, and generate comprehensive voicing databases in JSON format using the Full Enumeration Kernel Generator.
Music Theory Module
From the musical alphabet to voice leading and secondary dominants — a complete theory curriculum built into the app, organized by topic and written clearly for working musicians.
30+ Instruments
Standard and 7-string guitar, baritone, bass (4/5/6-string), ukulele, mandolin, banjo, bouzouki, sitar, oud, kora, and many more — each with correct theory, tunings, and fretboard geometry.
Fretboard: Origin. Learn it. Reference it. Play it.
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Information
- Size
- 12 MB
- Category
- Music
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.6 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.6 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.6 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.6 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.3 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Provider
Corey Cowan
- Corey Cowan has identified itself as a trader for this app and confirmed that this product or service complies with European Union law.
- Address
129 Chautauqua Blvd
Erie Pennsylvania 16511
United States - Phone Number
+1 4176192934 - Email
meaningfulsound@gmail.com
- Copyright
- © 2026 MeaningfulSound

