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> Sorry, Flash isn't playing nice with your browser. Try refreshing or use another browser. HTML5 indeed. Though I suppose taken literally the title doesn't claim html5 for the pitch detection part.
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Great points, and thanks so much for the kind words about the tuner. Agree that sheet music would be great, and also that the lessons do feel a little quiet / less lively than they could. Your voiceover idea is really cool. We've also thought about adding backing tracks as another way to increase the energy level. We've also run into that wraparound issue you describe, where a section that starts and ends with the sa…
I'm sure it's on your list of possible future enhancements but I'd be interested in a Ukulele version. Now I've done 4 full lessons and some riffs - I'm finding the scrolling on the tab a bit hard to follow, TBH I think it would be fine if it were a bit more compressed (so less scrolling were needed) and also possibly you could but a visual break [like a coloured vertical bar or similar] so that the eye can more easi…
> Sorry, Flash isn't playing nice with your browser. Try refreshing or use another browser. HTML5 indeed. Though I suppose taken literally the title doesn't claim html5 for the pitch detection part.
I've just been watching this IO talk on WebRTC, so it's certainly possible in Chrome and Firefox. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMH1vM-dSc0
> Sorry, Flash isn't playing nice with your browser. Try refreshing or use another browser. HTML5 indeed. Though I suppose taken literally the title doesn't claim html5 for the pitch detection part.
Pretty neat! I plugged in my rocksmith cable and it just works. One thing though, it needs some kind of calibration. The tiniest bit of string noise and the lessons shoot off without me, even when I have my strings muted.
I got a acoustic guitar for birthday and from since I've sat hours before Youtube videos and tried to learn it. It has been a bumpy ride and I've merely learned anything. Mainly because it's hard to learn from the people who are already good players. They play fast and keeping track with them using YouTube video player is really annoying. Today I found GetInstinct and tried it out for like 30 minutes. I feel I've acc…
Is testimonial writing your profession? But, seriously, this is a pretty nifty app.
Any plans for other instruments? Would be really interested in a piano version
Yeah I'd love for us to make a piano version too. We haven't started it yet, but maybe it's percolating - I've been spending a ton of time on the piano lately. :)
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I bought a guitar 3 years ago and I've tried to learn it on and off but never really went past the c chord because I always lose interest. I just finished my first lesson and this is superb for me. I love the scoring system which motivates me to try and do better each time and just the ease and simplicity with which I can immerse myself into learning it at my own pace. Just a minor thing that confused me was that the…
I haven't tried Instinct, but having learned guitar off and on many years ago, the biggest 'leap' I made between knowing a few chords, and a few riffs, and actually learning enough to pick up a guitar at a party without embarrassing myself occurred when I started learning full-length songs. There are a plethora of very simple songs that are super easy to play, and if you learn some that people might like singing alon…
I am in the middle of that journey myself. I bought a guitar a little over ten years ago, got some starter pointers from a passing acquaintance, then spent ten years picking up the guitar every few months, pounding out some open chords reading tabs, and not progressing at all. Bought various software to help (guitar pro, rocksmith) which is good software, but doesn't correct bad habits.
Finally I got tired of just being shit and went to a teacher. Almost every lesson he's correcting a bad habit or providing insight into what I personally am doing incorrectly, and the practice I'm am given each fortnight relates to improving those specific weaknesses. Rocksmith is a hell of a lot of fun, but it's also quite sloppy in what it expects and you can get away with horrible habits (despite this, it's a very impressive bit of software). Guitar Pro is good for isolating the track you want to play in a popular song and repeating things to get the timing right. But for me, personally, it's a meatspace teacher that is making the difference. A teacher isn't cheap - one lesson is roughly the same as the software above - but I can see which of my skills are progressing and by how much.
The journey is interesting. I'm smart, but have no penchant for applying elbow grease. I'm used to picking things up quickly... and the skills in playing a musical instrument well can't be gained in a short time - you have to put in the hours. It's also interesting that the more I learn about the instrument, the further away the target of 'doesn't suck' seems to get :)
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Is testimonial writing your profession? But, seriously, this is a pretty nifty app.
Heh, no. I'm a professional programmer (go figure...)