★★★★★KD Jonesv1.69 Jun 2012
Good idea... but...
update:
- The chord quiz makes no sense whatsoever. It shows the answer prior to user's attempt (in the case of first inversion it's always the top highlighted note). What's the point? Appears to be a result of the interface's limitation of only making available notes with the little white tabs... pretty silly.
- Tools menu disappears randomly.
- Also, crashes often.
- Was REALLY hoping to find a customizable chord quiz app, but given the state of the basic app here it's impossible to see the point of spending anything for "added features" that aren't likely to be any better.
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Probabaly one of the best BASIC ideas of the available guitar sight reading tools, but flawed, messy, and with many problems.
GOOD:
- Shows whole fretboard, which is important to get a full understanding and feel.
- Can select by keys, individual notes, or complete specific strings (the last is very useful, and lots of apps miss it).
BAD:
- Interface is cluttered and unnatractive.
- When timed exercise option is turned off (which is selected by setting time to "on"?????) the time is still shown. Unnecesary and distracting, especially for younger kids where a "no pressure option" is helpful.
- When notation-to-fretboard is selected, most of the screen is taken up with a huge "string and note" text listing, while the notation is at the bottom right. Defeats the purpose, and is cumbersome because eyes have to jump all over the screen. Notation is the point with this selection, and SHOULD be prominent.
- Custom exercise settings are not saved, must set up each time.
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