What Key Is This Progression Actually In?
Most key finders match scales and give you a confident-looking answer. Fretscape asks what the progression actually suggests - and tells you how sure it is.
The Wrong Name, Ranked First
Hand a reverse chord lookup three notes and it leads with C6(no3) over the obvious Am7 - then warns about its own answer. Lookup isn't the problem. Ranking is.
Technically Correct Isn't The Same As Expected
I was taking a screenshot of Am7 when I realised my ranking had been getting it wrong for months. The voicings were correct. The order wasn't.
The Optimiser That Was Quietly Ignoring Me
I sat down to take one screenshot for the Play Store. Three hours later I'd fixed three bugs in the optimiser - and was very late for a family day out.
I Built a Chord Optimiser That Proved Me Wrong
I was sure Fretscape had picked the wrong F fingering. Twenty years of guitar instinct told me so. Then I looked closer - and the optimiser was right.
How Fretscape Thinks
A short intro to a five-part series about the small decisions that built Fretscape. The easy answer and the right answer aren't always the same.
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