Note Kitchen is like a search engine and laboratory for exploring musical chords and scales. Simply type the name of a chord or a scale in the text field and see the notes light up on the keyboard.
You can also hear what the notes sound like by adding the keyword 'play' to your search. See below for a full list of commands and options.
Feature requests? Bugs? Questions?
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Type the following commands and press "RETURN" to confirm. When you type a valid settings command the text color will change temporarily.
Show note letters on the keyboard.
Hide note letters from the keyboard.
Include these keywords in addition to chords or scales in your query to enable additional features.
When the 'play' keyword is present in the query the notes will begin playing and looping. Be sure to turn your speakers up! To stop playback either remove the 'play' keyword or press 'RETURN'.
When the 'root' keyword is present in the query only the root notes of the chords or scales will be shown. This is a convenient way to isolate the root notes if you have multiple chords in your query.
Keyboard shortcuts and commands.
Pressing the up arrow key will transpose the query up by 1 semitone. This works for both chords and scales and even works if you have multiple chords in your query.
Pressing the down arrow key will transpose the query down by 1 semitone. This works for both chords and scales and even works if you have multiple chords in your query.
If a valid settings command is present in the query (indicated by yellow text), pressing 'RETURN' will confirm and execute that command and clear the text. In all other cases the query will be cleared and all notes will be reset on the keyboard. This will also cause playback to stop if the arpeggiator is on.
When you type a query you'll notice a "Link" link appear on the bottom left of the screen. This is a shareable link that contains your current query. This is a convenient way for saving chords or scales or sharing them with others.
Chord notes appear as soon as you type them in. To show chords start by typing a root note followed by a series of modifiers. All the common chord symbols are supported. Try being creative and experimenting with chord names.
A simple C major chord.
Make it minor by adding an 'm'.
All standard modifiers are available too, e.g. 6, M7, etc.
You can select different roots like Bb, C#, Gb, etc.
You can add accidentals by typing (b, #, +, -) followed by a number.
You can also use text modifiers like 'dim' and 'aug'.
Scales appear as soon as you type them in. Simply type a root note followed by a valid scale name. The full list of supported scales is found below.
My name's Nebs and I run the synthesizer YouTube channel once upon a synth.
I built Note Kitchen because I wanted a simple tool for quickly searching for scales and chords. I hope to expand this tool to include many more features.
This is a passion side-project which combines two of my main passions: programming and music. I hope you enjoy using it!