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Life & fun · October 8, 2019

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A practical guitar sight-reading trainer

A practical guitar sight-reading trainer launched on October 8, 2019 with 15 votes, #870 of 3,363 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 7 years on.

In plain words

A practical guitar sight-reading trainer helps musicians improve their ability to read music notation on the guitar. Launched in 2019, the tool is designed for guitarists of all levels who want to develop faster recognition and execution of written music. It provides an interactive way to practice sight-reading skills directly in a web browser, making it accessible for self-directed learning and regular practice sessions.

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From the sources

This is a simple fretboard training application, meant to help you exercise sight-reading on the guitar. Just click the fret corresponding to the displayed note on the fretboard below. If you get it right, the fret will flash green and a you'll be challenged with a new note. If you get it wrong, it will flash red and you can try again. If you can't find the answer, click Show answer , to see what it was and continue to the next note. Use the options below to focus the drill on particular notes, or parts of the fretboard. When randomly picked positions are selected, each picked position will be restricted to the upper or lower three strings. This allows using the keys q - r , a - f and z - v…from dpapavas.github.io

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