A reading list for the fretboard.

Fretboard Atlas started as a private folder of saved Reddit posts — the kind you keep promising yourself you'll come back to. After a hundred of them piled up, it felt silly that all that good writing was sitting in one person's account.

So this is the library version. Every entry is a link to the original — a Reddit post, a YouTube video, a diagram, a blog post — with a short curator's note explaining why it's here and what you'll get out of it. Nothing is republished; the writing and videos belong to the people who made them. If you find an entry useful, the credit goes to them, not to me.

The collection leans toward understanding the fretboard rather than memorizing licks — the CAGED system, modes, intervals, chord construction, the relationships that make it all click. Most of it is for guitar, with a growing mandolin shelf.

How it's organized

Browse is the full library, filtered by concept (CAGED, modes, triads…), level, or format. Ask tries to answer questions in plain language and points to the exact moment in a video or the right passage in an article. Logged-in accounts can save entries for later.

Who runs it

One person, on the side. If something looks broken, an entry feels off, or you have a resource that belongs in the library, the email and contact go through the tip page — but you don't have to tip to write. Suggestions are welcome.

Money

Fretboard Atlas is free and ad-free. There are no subscriptions and no email harvesting. Optional one-time tips through Stripe keep the hosting paid. Affiliate links to gear and books may appear later; they'll be disclosed where they show up.