i love this idea but i wish there was a simple way to play the sounds of whatever is currently selected. perhaps a play button near the top of the page or a spacebar hotkey
Show HN: I made a tool for learning scales, chords, and how to combine them
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Re: Show HN: I made a tool for learning scales, chords, and how to combine them
#12i love this idea but i wish there was a simple way to play the sounds of whatever is currently selected. perhaps a play button near the top of the page or a spacebar hotkey
I added that after posting this. You can click any note on the scale, and there are play buttons on the chords. The sound will vaguely approximate the current instrument. On the Compose screen you can select the sound. I'm working on improving the sounds, this is just a first pass.
Re: Show HN: I made a tool for learning scales, chords, and how to combine them
#13And you should add that it also teaches modes, which are counterintuitive and with dumb hard-to-remember names. Cool app, good job!
Modes are easy once you realize they're all just major scales with a different starting note.
C Major starting and ending on D is D Dorian.
C Major starting and ending on E is E Phrygian.
Etc.
Re: Show HN: I made a tool for learning scales, chords, and how to combine them
#14I have to ask. Do you seriously not mind your site looking like every other vibe coded site on the internet? Every project posted on hacker news these days has the same font and same rounded corners on everything.
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#15I have to ask. Do you seriously not mind your site looking like every other vibe coded site on the internet? Every project posted on hacker news these days has the same font and same rounded corners on everything.
What makes it look like AI to you? Not trying to be rude, just personally don't see it.
Re: Show HN: I made a tool for learning scales, chords, and how to combine them
#16This is maybe good as a reference but its much better to just understand the basic shapes and you can play any scale from memory based on where you start the pattern on the fretboard. This seems a bit too intimidating compared to the tab pdf i used over a decade ago
Agree, this is very much about where I am and not for beginners. But I think it helps learn the one “big pattern” when you see where the different scale degrees fit into it in each mode?
No I mean even as someone who knows music theory and scales, this just seems to be too much info compared to a quick reference (basically UI seems to be a too cluttered shouldve been the feedback that i gave). I have been playing for over a decade now and mostly remember scales by muscle memory and ear.
I don't play anything other than guitar so maybe this helps in terms of if you want to learn overall music theory i guess.
Re: Show HN: I made a tool for learning scales, chords, and how to combine them
#17Very nice, thank you. Bookmarked.
Re: Show HN: I made a tool for learning scales, chords, and how to combine them
#18And you should add that it also teaches modes, which are counterintuitive and with dumb hard-to-remember names. Cool app, good job!
Modes are easy once you realize they're all just major scales with a different starting note. C Major starting and ending on D is D Dorian. C Major starting and ending on E is E Phrygian. Etc.
Unfortunately, it's the kind of arbitrary jargon that put off n00bs.
Re: Show HN: I made a tool for learning scales, chords, and how to combine them
#19I have to ask. Do you seriously not mind your site looking like every other vibe coded site on the internet? Every project posted on hacker news these days has the same font and same rounded corners on everything.
What makes it look like AI to you? Not trying to be rude, just personally don't see it.
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#20I like this, have you thought of adding more instruments like banjo?