Guitar scales and chords, lit up on the fretboard
So-So Solo is a free guitar scale calculator for beginners. Pick a scale and a key, and every note from the open strings to the 15th fret lights up, with the roots highlighted.
Open the calculatorBeginner scales
All scalesA Minor PentatonicThe first scale for rock and blues solos.C Major ScaleDo re mi on the neck. The base of all theory.A Minor BluesThe pentatonic plus one extra note, the blue note.A Natural MinorThe darker sound behind many pop and rock songs.E Minor PentatonicThe same box shape, down by the open strings.G Major PentatonicBright and happy. Heard all over country and pop.G Major ScaleThe key of countless campfire songs.E Minor BluesClassic blues licks around the open strings.A Major BluesMajor pentatonic with a bluesy passing note.E Natural MinorMoody, and easy to play with open strings.D Dorian ModeMinor with a brighter sixth. Think Santana.A Mixolydian ModeMajor with a flat seventh, the classic rock sound.