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

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Post by soledades »

This is really cool, thanks for sharing.

The Tenuto app has some similar exercises (also available here: https://www.musictheory.net/exercises) you might take inspiration from, or others might find useful:

- fretboard interval identification. shows two dots on the fretboard, you are supposed to indicate the interval between them. this is useful for bridging the gap between audio interval recognition and actually playing by ear. since you already have the functionality for selecting notes - which the Tenuto app does not - a useful extension would be to have it where the app presents a note and an interval, and you select the note that is that interval distance from that note on the fretboard.

- fretboard chord indentification. shows multiple dots on the fretboard, you are supposed to indicate what chord it is. the tenuto app doesnt have the functionality for you to indicate what the inversion is. you could also do a similar extension where the fretboard has some notes selected and a chord display, and you select the rest of the notes needed to complete the chord.

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

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Post by codegladiator »

udit99 wrote: post #7
codegladiator wrote: post #2

Sounds good. Jumping all over the fretboard makes it hard since I am beginner so I don't know any notes. I tried setting up the filter, Frets 0-3 and string 1/2/3, but either I am doing something wrong or it doesnt respect the filter, the next note would still go outside the filter range. Have bookmarked it.

the ui control is wonky...colored means unselected, black means selected (I had it the other way round and people complained so I flipped it). Make sure you have the right selections if you're not seeing it work right. I will fix it soon and make a more intuitive interface Let me know if if fixes your problem Thanks

Oh that explains it. Tried it again, much usable now.

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

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Post by rtsil »

danhau wrote: post #3

Neat! I’m having some issues with how things are displayed on my iPhone. The low E string wasn‘t reachable for me. Musically speaking, I never really understood the point of knowing the notes on the fretboard. Scales, intervals and chords are waaaaay more useful to know. But I‘m self taught, so what do I know?

If you know the intervals, then you know where all the notes are on the fretboard! You're like Monsieur Jourdain, who mastered prose without even realizing it.

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

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Post by rtsil »

benob wrote: post #12

Anything similar for piano?

Piano keyboard is easy to memorize since it's a repeating pattern of 7 white notes interspersed with five black notes, and you have exactly one note per location and one location per note.

Guitar fretboard is more complicated because there's no obvious repeating pattern if you're a beginner, a single note can be found at multiple locations, and a single location can represent multiple notes if you start to bend the string. Because of that, a guitar fretboard is much harder to learn than a keyboard, but it also makes transposition (changing the key of a tune from one note to another) much easier on a guitar than on a keyboard.

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

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Post by udit99 »

awhitty wrote: post #10

Looks great! I like the idea of focusing on highlighted regions at a time. I spent some time exploring similar form factors for learning the fretboard, focusing intervals and shapes more than the notes themselves (link below) - I implemented a two-step drag-and-release gesture with visual feedback for selecting positions on a mobile device, and I think it helps avoid frustrating mis-taps. Maybe something to consider…

This is great. Thanks for sharing.I do have stuff in mind thats very similar but a bit of a different form factor. I havent tried your app on mobile so I dont know about the two step thing but I'm excited to take a look

Thank you for appreciating the app, its sweeter coming from someone who's built something similar. Also, btw, dont forget to sign up for updates to stay up to date on when new modules are released. Cheers

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

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Post by udit99 »

codegladiator wrote: post #13
udit99 wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

the ui control is wonky...colored means unselected, black means selected (I had it the other way round and people complained so I flipped it). Make sure you have the right selections if you're not seeing it work right. I will fix it soon and make a more intuitive interface Let me know if if fixes your problem Thanks

Oh that explains it. Tried it again, much usable now.

Im kicking myself for not fixing it before I released (I kept delaying this release for weeks on some pretext or the other and had to force myself to release it today)
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