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Re: Show HN: Cadence – A guitar theory app

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Post by apizon »

deckar01 wrote: post #64

If I quickly play two different notes there is a pop/crack noise. It doesn’t do this during any of the automatic sequences (likely, because it waits for the sample to stop before playing the next). (iOS) When I went back to see if I could reproduce this outside of the Audio Challenge recap, the audio was broken. All sounds were choppy and delayed. Restarting the app the first time didn’t fix it, but switching back to…

Thank you for the feedback

There is supposed to be a short transition window when playing a new sound to prevent the popping issue. Is it on the "Note names" lesson recap? Also if you don't mind sharing your version of iPhone/iPad, I'm concerned some older devices might have performance issues since the audio is synthesized in real time, maybe increasing the window could help.

As for the audio being completely broken and needing an app restart it actually happened to me a couple times during development but I was never able to understand how or why it occured and haven't seen it again since months so no fix in sight...

Re: Show HN: Cadence – A guitar theory app

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Post by Anthony-G »

epiccoleman wrote: post #18
jealousgelatin wrote: post #3

Ui looks nice mate! I’d consider myself an eternally intermediate guitar player. Hit a level of competence and haven’t had the time/drive to move past it. Slightly unrelated, but I’ve always found the current ear training apps to not really translate to helping me pick out songs by ear. I’ve always wanted an app that focuses more on learning songs by ear, finding the root not and chords/melodies, vs just isolated int…

My experience with ear training is that you really need to connect it to your instrument. If you're on the train where you can't play, obviously it can't hurt to train interval recognition and chord quality - but the ultimate point of training your ear is to build that connection between what you hear in your mind and what comes out of your fingers on the instrument. If there's one "secret trick" exercise for guitar…

Thanks. As a beginner guitarist just starting to get into ear-training, that all sounds like good advice. However, I’m curious as to what you mean by “Put on a loop”?

I also looked up Transcribe! and see that they have a Linux installer (32-bit in addition to the 64-bit!) so I must try it out: https://www.seventhstring.com/xscribe/download.html

Re: Show HN: Cadence – A guitar theory app

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Post by deckar01 »

apizon wrote: post #71
deckar01 wrote: post #64

If I quickly play two different notes there is a pop/crack noise. It doesn’t do this during any of the automatic sequences (likely, because it waits for the sample to stop before playing the next). (iOS) When I went back to see if I could reproduce this outside of the Audio Challenge recap, the audio was broken. All sounds were choppy and delayed. Restarting the app the first time didn’t fix it, but switching back to…

Thank you for the feedback There is supposed to be a short transition window when playing a new sound to prevent the popping issue. Is it on the "Note names" lesson recap? Also if you don't mind sharing your version of iPhone/iPad, I'm concerned some older devices might have performance issues since the audio is synthesized in real time, maybe increasing the window could help. As for the audio being completely broken…

iPhone 17 Pro Max (iOS 26.0.1)

I have reproduced the pops everywhere I am able to manually trigger notes.

I was fiddling with the guitar tones, then opened from the background when the audio broke. I tried repeating that, but no repro.

Re: Show HN: Cadence – A guitar theory app

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Post by apizon »

999900000999 wrote: post #69
apizon wrote: post #57

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Thanks :)

So this is a weird request, but if you can, would there be any way to get this as a website. I would love to practice in front of my TV, which is pretty easy once I plug my laptop into my television. It's doable on Android, but it's not really an ideal use case

Technically the framework I'm using (flutter) is cross platform so I guess it could be possible but I'm affraid a few of the libs I use such as the ones for the audio are not and either way it would still need some adaptation to work well.

Not entirely impossible that I do it in the future but clearly not at the top of my list for the moment sorry!

Re: Show HN: Cadence – A guitar theory app

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Post by 999900000999 »

apizon wrote: post #74
999900000999 wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So this is a weird request, but if you can, would there be any way to get this as a website. I would love to practice in front of my TV, which is pretty easy once I plug my laptop into my television. It's doable on Android, but it's not really an ideal use case

Technically the framework I'm using (flutter) is cross platform so I guess it could be possible but I'm affraid a few of the libs I use such as the ones for the audio are not and either way it would still need some adaptation to work well. Not entirely impossible that I do it in the future but clearly not at the top of my list for the moment sorry!

Ya Flutter !

Are the accounts cross platform. Can I buy it on Android and use it on iOS

Re: Show HN: Cadence – A guitar theory app

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Post by apizon »

dhruvmittal wrote: post #23

I like the look of this, especially the idea of mixing the visual with the auditory. My guitar teacher perpetually has me on sight singing apps to try to develop my ear, but having a more immediate connection between ear training and the fretboard could be really useful to me. I'll definitely give this a shot.

Thanks, I hope you will like it!

Re: Show HN: Cadence – A guitar theory app

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Post by epiccoleman »

Anthony-G wrote: post #72
epiccoleman wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My experience with ear training is that you really need to connect it to your instrument. If you're on the train where you can't play, obviously it can't hurt to train interval recognition and chord quality - but the ultimate point of training your ear is to build that connection between what you hear in your mind and what comes out of your fingers on the instrument. If there's one "secret trick" exercise for guitar…

Thanks. As a beginner guitarist just starting to get into ear-training, that all sounds like good advice. However, I’m curious as to what you mean by “Put on a loop”? I also looked up Transcribe! and see that they have a Linux installer (32-bit in addition to the 64-bit!) so I must try it out: https://www.seventhstring.com/xscribe/download.html

By "put on a loop" I mean "play a sequence of known chords in a loop" - so that you can practice playing and singing notes in context (i.e. in context of a song, jam, etc).

There are tons of backing tracks available on YouTube, but a loop pedal is more versatile, allowing you to play arbitrary chord progressions and workshop them.

Transcribe! is a seriously great piece of software, it's got everything you need to get started with transcription. Another great way is to just get in the habit of tabbing out little melodies that get stuck in your head. (Yes, it's fine to start transcribing in tablature, reading standard music notation is a great skill but not necessary to get started.)

hubguitar.com has a little tool for building printable blank tab sheets which I used years ago to create a few PDFs, of which I've printed dozens of copies over the years.

Hope that's helpful! Music is cool!

Re: Show HN: Cadence – A guitar theory app

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Post by jealousgelatin »

epiccoleman wrote: post #37
zozbot234 wrote: post #20

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The closest thing to a "secret trick" on guitar IMHO is to learn (1) the diatonic intervals (!), and (2) the fretboard, i.e. how these intervals happen to interact with the guitar tuning you're currently using. Start by singing ut, re, mi, fa, sol, la (solmization) and find the notes on the fretboard as you do so. (You may notice that we don't use ti or altered solfège syllables: that's because it's convenient to kee…

I think we're largely advocating for the same thing, though your method is more formalized. Either way, my bigger point is: connect "ear training" to your practice on the instrument, and don't neglect the speaking portion of learning the language in favor of the hearing.

Class advice lads. Very much appreciate the write ups!

Re: Show HN: Cadence – A guitar theory app

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Post by BrokenCogs »

apizon wrote: post #54
BrokenCogs wrote: post #22

I too am an eternally intermediate guitarist. Have you found this theory training to be helpful in some practical way? For example did this help you get better at improvisation?

I don't think the app alone will directly make you better at improvisation as this comes only from playing imo but it might make you better at practicing improvisation. Personally I find when practicing alone I often get stuck on playing the same phrases and chords. The app can help visualizing and thinking of new shapes or places to play that maybe I wouldn't have though of naturally. This brings some most welcomed…

Thanks - I really like app so far!
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