Pick a musical question and work through it.

Open Explorer from Home.

Set Root to A. Then open Content, choose Scales, and select Aeolian (Natural minor).

Stay on Full neck for the first look. Set Labels to Notes + intervals so you can spot every A and read the scale degrees.

Tap any marker to hear the note. Landscape gives the fretboard the most room.

Open Theory, then Chords in this key. You will see Am, Bdim, C, Dm, Em, F, and G. Tap one to put its chord tones on the neck.

With a scale active, open Patterns.

Choose a Common/CAGED position if you already know those shapes. Pick 3NPS for three notes per string, or use a pentatonic box for a smaller five-note shape.

Previous and Next move to another occurrence without changing the root or scale.

Context notes can be shown, dimmed, or hidden. Dim keeps the rest of the scale visible while the chosen position stands out.

To keep your own area, add a custom pattern, select its frets and notes, give it a name, and save it. Custom patterns stay on this device.

Search Content for a name such as A Dorian or C maj7. If you search for a formula without a root, NeckPilot keeps the Root that is already selected.

If the notes are all you know, open Theory, choose Find by notes, and select them. Exact matches appear alongside close ones.

For a compatible seven-note scale, Chords in this key shows the Roman numerals and chord names. Progressions has patterns such as I-V-vi-IV that you can resolve at the tonic you choose.

Tap the star when you want to keep the result. A Favorite can reopen the Explorer setup or the resolved progression.

Choose a scale position first if you want to keep it as the Base. Then open Layers and tap Manage. The Base is the shape or area you are practising. Numbered Layers are the musical ideas placed over it.

Add a chord, arpeggio, scale, or compatible pattern. With A Aeolian, try an A minor arpeggio plus the C and F chords. Choose Empty neck when you want guide notes without a filled Base.

Close Manage. The numbered controls can show one source at a time or put them back together. On a shared fret, the marker tells you which sources contain that note.

Add a Mask when you want to limit the physical area. A Mask does not change the notes in a scale or chord. In the editor, choose Add or Remove, set the scope to Note, String, or Fret, and tap the neck.

For example, use Add with Fret scope to keep frets 5-8. Then choose Remove with String scope and tap the low E string. The musical Layers stay the same, but the screen now shows a four-fret area across five strings.

Save the Base, Layers, and Mask as a Favorite if you want to return to them. In timed Layer practice, the Metronome or Drum beat changes the musical Layer while the Mask stays in place.

Open Trainer and pick an activity. You can find one note, find all of its locations, build intervals or scales, complete a shape, or use the classic note quiz.

Begin with one or two strings and a fret range that feels manageable. Add more when your answers become reliable.

Reveal Mode helps while an area is still new. Turn it off when you want to test recall without clues.

In Play Mode, choose the note pool and timer, allow microphone access, and play the requested note anywhere in the accepted range.

Use the speed and accuracy history to find weak strings or positions. One unusually good session matters less than a pattern across several attempts.

Open Learn and choose Pentatonic, Scale & Chords.

Pick one of the five positions. Show the pentatonic shape first, then switch to its parent scale without moving to another part of the neck.

Choose a chord to reveal its tones inside the same position. The explanation below the fretboard changes with your selection.

Relative Roots compares minor and major tonics over the same notes. Progression Targeting steps through C-G-Am-F.

Triads by string set covers strings 1-2-3, 2-3-4, 3-4-5, 4-5-6, or all strings. Read the inversion label because a shape is not always in root position.

Open Progressions. The Free library has major and minor patterns that can resolve at any tonic.

With Pro, make a transposable degree pattern or enter the song chords directly. Add C, G, Am, and F, give the progression a name, and save it.

Open Show all chords on fretboard. All shows the relationship between every chord. Choose one chord when the combined map gets too busy.

Send the progression to the Metronome or Drum Machine and choose how many full bars each chord lasts.

Start playback. Explorer changes the visible chord at the bar boundary while the beat keeps playing.

Open Theory from Home. You can also open the Guide that belongs to the scale, chord, or arpeggio already shown in Explorer.

The Free sections explain spelling, intervals, degrees, functions, the formula, and related material.

With Pro, open Practice tips or Fingering & tab for a validated built-in position.

Compare the finger numbers on the fretboard with the ascending and descending tab and staff exercise.

If the notation graphic is difficult to read, switch to the accessible event sequence. It lists the same notes in order as text.

Open Tuner, choose Chromatic or Strings, and tap Start. Play one clean note and follow the cents display until it settles in tune.

Stop Tuner and open Key Finder. Play a steady major or minor progression for 10 to 15 seconds. A single note is not enough.

Give the app time to hear enough tonal information. Then compare the three candidates and their Strong, Possible, or Uncertain labels.

Relative major and minor may both appear. Choose the candidate that sounds plausible and open its root and scale in Explorer.

Open Metronome. Enter the BPM or use Tap Tempo, then set the meter, subdivision, click sound, and accents.

For a groove, open Drum Machine and switch steps on for kick, snare, hi-hat, and clap. Try kick on 1 and 3, snare on 2 and 4, and eighth-note hi-hats.

Start playback and move to another part of the app. The transport remains visible for pause, resume, stop, and reopening the full tool.

Explorer has a Tempo menu for quick changes while the fretboard stays on screen.

Pro progression practice and timed Layers can use those same beat boundaries to change what is visible.

Open Settings, then Instrument & tuning. Search the built-in catalog and choose the instrument family, number of strings, and tuning that match what you play.

Check the vertical string order. Full neck, Trainer, Tuner targets, previews, and theory all use the active setup.

If the catalog does not have your guitar tuning, create a custom one with 4 to 8 strings.

Open Concert pitch for the 432, 440, and 442 Hz presets. You can also set any value from 415.0 to 466.2 Hz in 0.1 Hz steps.

Return to Tuner and check the A4 reference before you begin tuning.

Settings has Light and Dark appearance, default labels, fret range, accidental fallback, handedness, and Play Mode timing. Change the app language in iOS Settings.

Save an Explorer or progression setup to Favorites when you want to repeat it. A Favorite with content can be shared as a link. Opening the link rebuilds the view but does not save it automatically.

A link to a Pro setup does not unlock Pro. NeckPilot also avoids exporting a broken link when another device would be unable to resolve local custom content.

If you already own Pro, use Restore Purchases or Check Again. Apple StoreKit verifies the purchase; NeckPilot has no separate account.

You can reset Trainer statistics, Favorites, custom patterns, or all local app data separately. Microphone permission remains under iOS Settings.