Improve your playing and songwriting.

An interactive fretboard, shared live sessions and a growing practice library – for teachers, creators and anyone who makes music themselves.

Start for free How it works

The SMART FRET modules side by side: the fretboard in a CAGED position, a chord progression, the circle visualisation of key and harmony, and a running live lesson. — Playing the video connects to YouTube, and YouTube may set cookies. Watch on YouTube

Theory and the fretboard rarely meet

Without SMART FRET

Theory in tables, practice on the fretboard — separate
Online lessons on two separate screens
Students grab shapes without understanding

With SMART FRET

Theory right on the interactive fretboard
One shared live session — one screen
Scale & chord in real time — really understood

See it, understand it, play it together

The tools that make online teaching feel close and music theory click.

Visualisation & theory

Understand it – don't just memorise it

Music theory made visible: keys, degrees and scales at a glance – interactive, not in tables.

Interactive circle visualisation: keys, degrees & scale system at a glance
Switch scale systems: major, harmonic minor, melodic minor, harmonic major
Info panel with ~40 music-theory entries (scales, chords, intervals)

Interactive circle visualisation in C harmonic major – keys, modes, degrees and chords in concentric rings

Fretboard & notation

One fretboard for every instrument

Guitar, bass and piano in one tool – with real notation and tabs, not screenshots.

Fretboard for guitar, bass and piano
Guitar: CAGED, 3NPS and position modes, pentatonics, modes, arpeggios
Bass module with its own L/M/R archetype system (string-based anchors)
Live notation + tab incl. beaming – show/hide notes, mute, draw your own

Interactive fretboard in bass mode: a B dim chord on four strings, with anchor selection, string count and rhythm bar

Chord progression & practice

Practice with structure

From a single chord to a full progression – with loop, count-in and sequences you control precisely.

Chord progression mode (CPM): multi-select & linked mode
Diatonic sequence transfer across multiple chords
Practice mode: loop, count-in, rest bars
Sequence mode: own note value per step (incl. triplets/dotted)

Fretboard view in dark mode: C maj7 arpeggio in G-shape with practice controls – play shape, loop, count-in and sequence mode

Share & learn

Share & learn together

An exercise is one link away – students and viewers join without logging in.

Shareable practice links with read-only guest mode (no account)
Notes panel per session
Multilingual (German, English, Slovenian)

Live lesson panel: shareable session link to copy, connected students and pointer mode on top of the circle visualisation

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Up and running in three steps

01
Start for free

7 days of full Pro features, no credit card. Create an account and start on the fretboard right away.
02
Build sets & sessions

Create exercises by level, save them in folders and reuse them any time.
03
Share & teach live

Share a link – your student sees live, in the browser, what you show on the fretboard.

Tutorials

Every module explained in a few minutes

Short videos with Jean-Marc – and everything written out underneath, from the nested rings of the Key Theory Module to running a live lesson.

The Key Theory Module in C major: nested rings showing notes, triads such as C maj and D min, seventh chords such as D min7 and G dom7, and the modes from C Ionian to B Locrian – with Jean-Marc Perc alongside.

Understanding theory

How do scales, chords and modes connect?

Triads, seventh chords and modes all come out of the same seven notes. The Key Theory Module shows the three layers as nested rings.

The Fretboard Module in SMART FRET showing one chord across the whole guitar neck – with Jean-Marc Perc alongside.

Fretboard & notation

How do you learn the fretboard systematically?

The CAGED system on the guitar fretboard: find one chord in every position, derive arpeggios from it, and read notation and tab as they update live.

The Chord Progression Module in SMART FRET with a progression built from chord chips – with Jean-Marc Perc alongside.

Practice & songwriting

How do you build a chord progression and practise it on the fretboard?

Build progressions from any degree of any scale, save a voicing to every chord, let the progression run through on its own, and transpose it in one click.

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Jean-Marc Perc — Jean-Marc Perc · Co-Founder & guitar teacher

Pricing

Fair, with a free start

Everyone starts with 7 days of Pro free. Then Pro for solo, Teacher for teaching or Academy for schools.

Trial

Free

7 days free · then pick a plan

Pro

99 €

per year

Teacher

299 €

p.a. · incl. 1 teacher + 5 students

Academy

from €890

base licence p.a. · seats extra

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Can I use SMART FRET for my online lessons?

SMART FRET is built precisely for online teaching. With a shared live session your student sees in real time, right in the browser, what you show on the interactive fretboard. Online lessons finally feel like sitting side by side.

Do I need to install anything?

SMART FRET runs straight in your browser – there is nothing to install, no download and no setup. It’s optimised for laptop and tablet. Create an account and get started.

What does SMART FRET cost?

SMART FRET starts with 7 days of Pro – free, no credit card. Then pick your plan: Pro (€99/yr) for solo players & creators, Teacher (€299/yr) for teaching incl. student seats, or Academy (from €890/yr) for music schools. Without an account at all you can still follow along in a limited way via shared links.

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Ready to play smarter?

Start for free – create an account and dive into the interactive fretboard right away.

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