Guitar Sight Reading Trainer 4+
Rolfs Apps
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- $2.99
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Description
Sight-reading skills open the door to reading written music and familiarizing yourself with various music styles. Sight-reading is not a daunting task, and with sufficient practice, anyone can develop this valuable skill.
Our app is designed to help you quickly identify notes across every part of the fretboard, with a special focus on positional playing.
By enhancing your sight-reading abilities, you'll find it easier to focus on other musical aspects like harmony and rhythm.
Features:
PRACTICE & TEST MODE
- Four different modes of use:
1. Locate notes on the fretboard based on the notes in staff.
2. Locate notes on the fretboard based on note name and pitch.
3. Find the names of notes on the staff (without the fretboard)
4. Identify the names of notes presented on the fretboard.
- Automatic detection of problematic notes.
KEY SIGNATURES & SCALES
- Key signature support, from 1 to 6 sharps or 1 to 6 flats.
- Automatic selection of the enharmonic notes for each scale to prevent double sharps or double flats in the key signature.
- Scales include major, minor, melodic minor, harmonic minor, blues, pentatonic, and all modal scales.
FRETS, STRINGS & NOTE SELECTION
- Frets are grouped to limit the number of notes to practice and test.
- Predefined fret groups, e.g., 0-3, 4-6, 7-9, 10-12, 0-12, 13-17, etc.
- You can define custom fret groups.
- The highlighted fret group is displayed on the fretboard.
- Your sight-reading progress is tracked per fret group.
- The longest streak record per fret group measures your sight-reading accuracy.
- You can select specific strings for the highlighted area.
- Test notes can be limited to naturals or notes from a selected scale.
READ AHEAD
- Reading ahead is a crucial skill for effective sight-reading.
- You can adjust the number of notes to read ahead.
OTHER
- More than 15 alternate guitar tunings e.g., drop D, NST (new standard tuning) and all fourths tuning.
- Support for left-handed guitars.
- Option to display the fretboard in perspective (in landscape mode).
- A universal app compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch.
- Supports all screen sizes.
- No ads or in-app purchases.
- Dark mode support (iOS 13+).
- Tested on iOS and iPadOS 17.
What’s New
Version 6.06
- Minor adjustments and bug fixes.
Ratings and Reviews
Excellent
This is the best fretboard trainer I've found so far. Many features and very customizable. I would only request two minor additions: the option to see the whole fretboard at once in landscape mode, and to be able to disable the timer altogether. Nonetheless excellent and I use it exclusively.
Nothing else like it!
If you're looking for an app to help you learn and test your knowledge on your guitar fretboard, this is the one to get.
Since the last update I've recently discovered that the developer is one of the very few who actually listens to your feedback and requests.
I wonder if theres a way for you to utilize the built n microphones to pick up notes of the guitar as theyre played. Like the app could ask you to play a G and then it listens for you playing it on your guitar and tells you if you're correct. This would then give people a chance to work with a real fretboard, and get that muscle memory going.
I like it
I have been playing guitar for many years but never got round to learning to read music - and reading on guitar really is quite difficult (well at least I think it is). Anyway I have been using this app for few months now and am making progress.
It's still a slog but this app makes sure all your effort goes into productive learning.
I do about 100 notes a day it takes about 10 minutes. A little bit every day and eventually it sinks in.
App Privacy
The developer, Rolfs Apps, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer's privacy policy.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Rolf Steenge
- Size
- 10.7 MB
- Category
- Music
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 12.1 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 12.1 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 12.1 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © none
- Price
- $2.99
Supports
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Family Sharing
Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.