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24 alternatives to I made an app to help memorize music notation and the guitar fretboard
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. I made an app to help memorize music notation and the guitar fretboard launched in 2024; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Hey guys I've been playing the guitar for many years but I felt like I had hit a wall and wasnt making progress. One of the things I realized was holding me back was unfamiliarity with the fretboard. I'd often find myself in situations like “Uhh…Where’s the C# here?” “Where’s the flat-3rd of this root on the 4th string?” “Sure would be nice to know the closest min7 triad shape to play over here..” I tried memorizing the fretboard the obvious way but it extreeemly boring for me. Being a developer, I decided to turn it into a game. I'd love for you guys to try it out and let me know what you…
2023 · fretboardfly.com · its alternatives →
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Capo▲85A new way to analyze and learn to play music
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Modern tools for music learning and teaching
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2019 · mypianopractice.org · its alternatives →
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This started out when I vibe-coded a guitar scale fingering generator. It came out pretty good, and I started adding stuff to it: chords, then how chords and scales interact. Then I added charts for other instruments I mess around with: piano, cello, alto recorder. There's a complexity toggle to go from basic harmony to extended/experimental stuff. It's honestly still mostly a toy, but I thought other people might be interested in playing with it. Source is on github, so it's easy enough to run locally and fork. https://github.com/aleshh/gtr-scales
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Typedrummer▲14An instrument for creating drum beats with text
2015 · typedrummer.com · its alternatives →
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2015 · guitar-tuner.appspot.com · its alternatives →
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TabBank▲5A guitar tab editor that makes creating chords/tabs simple
2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Hi, I'm Sergei, the creator of Guitartonic. I've been playing guitar for 17 years, but never really learned how to improvise. Most of the elaborate music theory PDFs I found online overwhelmed me, so I built a simple tool to practice basic scales and modes. It worked so well that it even inspired my roommate to pick up his guitar again. The app has been live for a few months. I had moved on to other projects and almost forgot Guitartonic existed, until the website started getting organic traffic. I noticed that people were coming to the site (somehow, 90% of the traffic is direct) and…
2024 · guitartonic.com · its alternatives →
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Music learning app from theory to composition
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