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Re: Show HN: I created a game to memorize the fretboard

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Post by udit99 »

AdmiralAsshat wrote: post #79
udit99 wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Glad you found it!! Noted. Once I have more time, I might build a bit of a new user walkthrough. Keep me posted it if you have more feedback Thanks

Another bass player here--very glad to see the option! The PS3/X360 instrument training game "Bandfuse" (which had the misfortune of coming out around the same time as RockSmith and went bankrupt within like a year of release) had a really great circle-of-fifths training mode...but only for guitar. :(

I mean, if you find me a video that shows how it worked, I could eventually build it (for both guitar and bass).

Re: Show HN: I created a game to memorize the fretboard

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Post by udit99 »

cscheid wrote: post #78
udit99 wrote: post #73

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Hell...if there's enough people interested in paying for a web-only version (I cant fit these many strings on a phone!!) I'll build it

I added my email to your mailing list, but also please feel free to reach out directly to me over email (it's on my account info). I put together an observablehq notebook with a Stick fretboard ( https://observablehq.com/@cscheid/hanon-01-diagrams-for-chap... ) for me to work on some fingering patterns, but something like fretboardfly would be so awesome (even if it were just one side at a time). A configuration file…

Thank you! Will do

After reading your comment I dug around to see how many Chapman Stick players there were (What's the TAM for anything targeted at Stick players..if you pardon my startup-speak). The stick subreddit seems exceptionally small: 596 members. I'm guessing there are non-reddit niche community forums with much bigger numbers to boast of.

P.S. Mr. Hanon gets around (Started Piano lessons a few weeks ago and Hanon #1 was a part of my first lesson)

Re: Show HN: I created a game to memorize the fretboard

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Post by groby_b »

Neither the fact that it completely hijacks the back button, nor the fact that it plays sounds without consent does anything to endear this to me. I'd suggest giving those areas a bit of polish :)

As a practical question for how you learn guitar, it might also be a good idea to show notation instead of the name of the note (or both, or a choice). The number of times you need to find a note by name in guitar playing is... rare.

Re: Show HN: I created a game to memorize the fretboard

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Post by cscheid »

udit99 wrote: post #82
cscheid wrote: post #78

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I added my email to your mailing list, but also please feel free to reach out directly to me over email (it's on my account info). I put together an observablehq notebook with a Stick fretboard ( https://observablehq.com/@cscheid/hanon-01-diagrams-for-chap... ) for me to work on some fingering patterns, but something like fretboardfly would be so awesome (even if it were just one side at a time). A configuration file…

Thank you! Will do After reading your comment I dug around to see how many Chapman Stick players there were (What's the TAM for anything targeted at Stick players..if you pardon my startup-speak). The stick subreddit seems exceptionally small: 596 members. I'm guessing there are non-reddit niche community forums with much bigger numbers to boast of. P.S. Mr. Hanon gets around (Started Piano lessons a few weeks ago an…

> After reading your comment I dug around to see how many Chapman Stick players there were (What's the TAM for anything targeted at Stick players..if you pardon my startup-speak). The stick subreddit seems exceptionally small: 596 members. I'm guessing there are non-reddit niche community forums with much bigger numbers to boast of.

So, each Stick has a unique serial number. I got mine in 2021 and it's 6596. So that gives you an idea. I totally understand if the market isn't there.

"There's dozens of us!"

Re: Show HN: I created a game to memorize the fretboard

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Post by udit99 »

groby_b wrote: post #83

Neither the fact that it completely hijacks the back button, nor the fact that it plays sounds without consent does anything to endear this to me. I'd suggest giving those areas a bit of polish :) As a practical question for how you learn guitar, it might also be a good idea to show notation instead of the name of the note (or both, or a choice). The number of times you need to find a note by name in guitar playing i…

Hey there I dont think it hijacks the back button. Let me know where you're seeing this behavior. If by hijack the back button you mean standard SPA behavior where the routing is handled by the app while the whole app runs on the same html file then yeah, thats a _very_ common and standard way of building apps these days

Audio without permission...yeah I can see that being inconvenient even though its not like autoplaying a youtube video (It's just 1 note)

Notation doesnt seem as popular these days as tabs are, so it was an intentional decision

I personally find notes on the fretboard all the time but I guess there are as many ways of playing the guitar as there are opinions.

If I may gently poke some fun at this comment, this is the most Hacker News comment I've gotten in this thread so far :). I hope you know what I mean

Re: Show HN: I created a game to memorize the fretboard

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Post by blopker »

udit99 wrote: post #25
i_c_b wrote: post #23

I like the general idea - I would like a game tool like this. (and before I give my feedback, I should say, I spent a year or two working on a solo indie Zelda/Diablo mishmash focused on teaching guitar fretboards and music theory back in 2006-2009. A video of that incomplete game is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6O32PFGZCE . It relied on players playing intervals and chords to cast spells, for both fighting…

your video of the game looks pretty awesome. I assume you're a game dev. Not being one myself, it looks very....elaborate and hard to build for someone with my skills. Regarding your feedback...yeah, I've gotten that feedback a lot. Thats part of the reason why I built the practice mode. Did you get a chance to try it? It doesnt have the timer and you can take your time counting notes to get better. And my favorite p…

If it helps, I did try the practice mode, but still found it frustrating. I was hoping when I got the wrong note it would not only show me the correct one, but also show me all the notes at the same time. That would help me correct my logic around why I picked the wrong one. That would also help me memorize the patterns.

Re: Show HN: I created a game to memorize the fretboard

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Post by pstuart »

udit99 wrote: post #42
pstuart wrote: post #15

I like the idea but one small UI request -- allow inverting the string layout please. I visualize from the top down (EADGBE) and it would be easier (for me) to practice in that mode.

I asked a grandchild comment this...but is this what you mean? https://imgur.com/a/ctgMAuy

Actually I envision it as having the nut on the right. But maybe I'm just weird that way ;-)

Re: Show HN: I created a game to memorize the fretboard

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Post by pstuart »

udit99 wrote: post #22
pstuart wrote: post #15

I like the idea but one small UI request -- allow inverting the string layout please. I visualize from the top down (EADGBE) and it would be easier (for me) to practice in that mode.

ooohh...thats a new one. Are you left handed? Have you tried the left handed mode? Would that help? Is there anything unusual about how you play the guitar? Honestly, on first thought I'll keep this one on the backburner until more people ask for it

Nopes, I'm a righty. I'm normal in that I don't practice or play enough ;-)
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