Guitar Dashboard
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music theory explorer
SHOW HN2018
How HN took it
36 positive, 18 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 3 critical, out of 59 comments about the project. Thread score +0.56.
Idea: 8 for, 1 againstDesign: 7 for, 2 againstDocs: 2 for, 0 againstPrivacy: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Excellent fretboard visualization, useful for learning theory
From 4 comments
This is absolutely fantastic. I've lost my guitar teacher's notes where he wrote out the modal scale patterns, and the ones online are not good for developing this kind of…
jihadjihad on HNGreat job on this, it's an excellent visualisation.
drblast on HNNicely done! Finally a proper aid for learning the fretboard.
plainOldText on HNI always wanted something like this. Previously I'd set up custom spreadsheets to do the fretboard highlighting like you have. Fantastic work and great effort - thank you!
BookPage on HN
Thanks and enthusiasm for the tool
From 4 comments
This is awesome.
openloop on HNfantastic!
brickmort on HNVery cool project, thanks for making this!
nickporter on HNReally awesome, thank you so much!
wwarren on HN
Objections
Missing pentatonic scales, which maker declined to add
From 2 comments
Very interesting and pretty tool! I wonder: on the "scales" dropdown, why didn't you include pentatonic? It's so prevalent across so many styles of music; it seems like a must.
jMyles on HNThat's a very good question. I had plans to add major and minor pentatonic scales until it became clear that they way they are used, especially in rock and other blues based…
mikehadlow on HN
Modes listed out of order
From 1 comment
The Modes should be in order, Ionian - I Dorian - ii Phrygian - iii Lydian - IV Mixolydian - V Aeolian - vi Locrian - vii Otherwise its a really useful tool, great job.
jjkmk on HN
Requests
Add custom and alternate tunings
From 4 comments
This tool looks amazing and I will certainly be using it! One request would be to allow custom tunings. All of the tunings I use are not listed, and transposing as I go makes it…
AndyPandy on HNI will spend some time on this later next week. At first glance my preferred D standard tuning (DGCFAD) does not seem to be available.
vbsteven on HNLooks decent. I would suggest adding more tunings for us metal players that play lower tunings (for example, I play 2 whole steps down)
thedjinn on HNIt's very easy to add new tunings. I'll collect all the ones from the comments here and add them in the next few days.
mikehadlow on HN
Add chord shapes or chord display
From 2 comments
This is great! I'm not actually sure how prominent the CAGED sequence is in guitarist circles, but I was thinking it might be helpful to indicate the chord shapes. Hope you can…
mikeyvxt on HNWow. This is great. I play left-handed, in fourths tuning and these visualizations are amazing. Consider adding chords, too!
fromMars on HN
Pitch constellations and other visualisation options
From 2 comments
This is great! A suggestion: show pitch constellations[1]. Piano/violin music theorists have written me that these were helpful in [2]. (I'd offer you code, but it's so ancient…
osteele on HNLefty here. The options to flip the fretboard and the nut are much appreciated. How about introducing another shading for the 3rd and 5th notes, so that the relationship between…
radiowave on HN
Support for kapo and 9-string tuning
From 2 comments
This is really great! It would be cool if you supported a kapo and turning it flat. That way I could tune it to e flat without having to do the mental math, and I could put the…
3pt14159 on HNLooks very good - I'll get a chance to look properly on a laptop tomorrow. One thing I'd like is the ability to do 9 string tuning - I have a 9,and yet to get seriously into it,…
djaychela on HN
Questions
Guide or resources for beginners on how to use it
From 2 comments
For those of us scrubs just learning guitar, do you have a guide on how to use this? or a link to a good guide?
supernovae on HNThis is amazing, thank you! I've been playing guitar for a while now and am now beginning to understand the importance of theory, but I'm kind of at a loss on how to go about…
DuckTyping on HN
Is there a piano equivalent
From 1 comment
This is wonderful. Is there anything like this for piano?
slantedview on HN
Alternatives named
Fingerboard by osteele
From 1 comment
This is great! A suggestion: show pitch constellations[1]. Piano/violin music theorists have written me that these were helpful in [2]. (I'd offer you code, but it's so ancient…
osteele on HN
Fretboard tool at sonicpines.com
From 1 comment
Very cool. I've also had a side-project developing something similar for a while: http://sonicpines.com/fretboard I keep being surprised at people having the same idea e.g., see…
uglycoyote on HN
FretTrainer and Musicopoulus apps
From 1 comment
Fantastic work. I've been learning music theory off and on to help with my guitar. I was hoping for a whole lot of interactive applications like yours, but found most lacking for…
tmpmov on HN
Guitar Grimoire books
From 1 comment
Awesome project, thank you to the author! I see a lot of folks asking about resources to learn the ideas in this tool, so I’ll recommend the Guitar Grimoire series. Granted they…
sixstringtheory on HN