This product was not featured by Product Hunt yet. It will not be visible on their landing page and won't be ranked (cannot win product of the day regardless of upvotes).
StringScales
Backing tracks that show you what to play over them
Drop in a chord progression, tag each chord with a scale, and press play. StringScales plays a live band in any key, tempo and style while your fretboard lights up the right notes for every chord. Every scale, every tuning, no account, completely free.
Hi Product Hunt,
I'm Kevin, a guitarist and developer in Belgium. I built StringScales because I spent years knowing the theory and still going blank the moment it was time to actually solo over something. I could name the scale. I could not find it on the neck in real time.
Most tools solve half of it. Backing track apps give you the chords. Scale diagrams give you the shapes. Nothing put them on the same screen, moving together.
So that is what this does. You build a chord progression, tag each chord with the scale you want to play over it, and press play. A live band plays your changes in any key, tempo and style, and the fretboard lights up the right notes for the current chord as it goes. Dorian on the ii, altered on the V, harmonic minor on the turnaround. You see where to play, not just what the chord is called.
It is about a year since the first version. I rebuilt it around what people asked for, and the whole thing is free now: all scales, all keys, every tuning, unlimited progressions, no ads, no premium tier. An account only adds saving. I am one developer and hosting is cheap. If money ever comes it will be from teacher tools and learning content, not from locking the fretboard.
If you want the strange corner: there is a microtonal playground with 19 to 53 tones per octave, the Kite guitar, just intonation, Scala import, and a fretboard designer where you place frets in cents.
What I would like feedback on: does the band actually sound musical enough to practice against, and which scales or tunings are missing. I will reply to everything today.
No comment highlights available yet. Please check back later!
About StringScales on Product Hunt
“Backing tracks that show you what to play over them”
StringScales was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 3 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #157 on the daily leaderboard. Drop in a chord progression, tag each chord with a scale, and press play. StringScales plays a live band in any key, tempo and style while your fretboard lights up the right notes for every chord. Every scale, every tuning, no account, completely free.
StringScales was featured in Web App (123.3k followers), Music (53.5k followers) and Education (79k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 78.7k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted StringScales ?
StringScales was hunted by Kevin. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
Want to see how StringScales stacked up against nearby launches in real time? Check out the live launch dashboard for upvote speed charts, proximity comparisons, and more analytics.
Kevin