Solo - Fretboard Visualization 4+

Guitar Fretboard Trainer

Trio Software Ltd

Designed for iPad

    • £14.99

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Description

Solo is the ultimate practice App for mastering fretboard visualization, designed by world renowned guitarists Tom Quayle and David Beebee.

Four powerful fretboard trainers allow you to work intuitively on each aspect of the visualization process; learning note names, memorising interval shapes, outlining chord changes, and practicing scales.

Solo asks you to find intervallic functions against one root note, chord symbol or scale at a time, listens to the notes you play, and doesn’t move on until you’ve correctly found each note by its intervallic function in the specified order.

Practice with Solo and finally learn your note names, master interval shapes, confidently play through chord changes and break out of scale boxes with intervallic functions. Start transforming your playing and confidence on the fretboard today!


NOTE TRAINER
The Note Trainer is perfect for beginner and intermediate players getting to grips with note names on the neck - the foundation of solid fretboard knowledge.

‣ Solo shows you random root notes to find and listens, waiting for you to get it correct.
‣ Slide on the interactive fretboards for helpful diagrams and to study alternative options. Choose from 6 string guitar (standard and 4ths tuning), 7 string guitar, 4 string bass & 5 string bass.
‣ Optional practice suggestions offer challenging ways to limit and test yourself.
‣ Duration based workouts allow you to craft the perfect practice session.


INTERVAL TRAINER
The Interval Trainer will help players at all levels work on interval shapes with intervallic functions - the key to unlocking true freedom on the fretboard.

‣ Choose any combination of intervallic functions to practice.
‣ Create custom interval groups or choose the intervals for ANY chord type or scale.
‣ The Interval Trainer will randomise your chosen intervals and ask you to find them against either a fixed or random root note.
‣ Slide on the interactive fretboards for helpful diagrams, showing you where all of the interval shapes are across the neck, and to study alternative options. Choose from 6 string guitar (standard and 4ths tuning), 7 string guitar, 4 string bass & 5 string bass.
‣ Duration based workouts allow you to craft the perfect practice session.


CHANGES TRAINER
In the Changes Trainer you find intervallic functions, using single notes to outline different chord types or sets of chord changes, a key skill for learning to improvise through chord changes.

‣ Practice outlining intervallic functions through over 100 common chord progressions and single chord exercises.
‣ 50 intervallic function levels. Go from simple chord tones to complex melodic structures and scales.
‣ Solo intelligently maps out the correct intervals over each chord and listens for you to play each intervallic function in the specified order.
‣ Powerful workout options provide almost limitless ways to challenge yourself.
‣ Transpose the key of any progression or exercise.
‣ Choose to randomly transpose the progression (or single chord exercise) each time it repeats.
‣ Work on voice leading chord tones through single note lines.


SCALE TRAINER
The Scale Trainer contains a vast array of scales and powerful workout options, allowing you to finally break out of the box and develop a much deeper understanding of how scales are constructed on the fretboard.

‣ Practice finding scales on the fretboard using intervallic functions.
‣ Over 50+ Scales and modes.
‣ Powerful workout options provide almost limitless ways to challenge yourself.
‣ Melodic sequence options let you focus on starting from any chord tone within the scale.
‣ Duration based workouts allow you to craft the perfect practice session.

What’s New

Version 2.1.0

Note Trainer
- More options for auto-advancement on fretboard

Interval Function Trainer
- Added presets to the intervallic function selection screen. Allowing you to select a chord or scale to determine the selection of intervallic functions
- More options for auto-advancement on fretboard

Chord Changes Trainer
- When you select Ex. (exercise) changes, it will now enable repeat automatically. You can still disable it afterwards but most of these are just small sequences and will most often be repeated with key changes.

Solo app wide changes
- New instrument choice of 7-String guitar (4ths tuning)
- Left handed toggle that flips the strings on the fretboards to go the opposite direction

Ratings and Reviews

4.7 out of 5
106 Ratings

106 Ratings

JPW2105 ,

This is wonderful

If, like me, you know your way around the guitar already (I can see every note on the fretboard and basic intervals already), this will sharpen and focus what you already know and take you further, quickly. This is not a ‘follow the dots’ or ‘do it like this’ package, it requires you to listen and play, your ear is already trained more than to realise, and this will sharpen it all while inadvertently adding multiple layers to what you already know.

It takes discipline because if you short cut you will only fool yourself (different starting positions and patterns need to be used as much as possible), but I am already seeing and hearing things I didn’t know I could and it’s helping me choose more interesting notes. Highly, highly recommended for players who want to learn and are prepared to train themselves to do it.

AWC423 ,

Loads of potential, very smart app!

I got this on a bit of an impulse purchase because I liked the concept. Actually though, this is a very cool app that I think it has the potential to help anybody make big strides when is comes to fretboard navigation and targeting intervals etc.

The concept that your practicing here isn’t a new one and I like that there’s been no clumsy attempt to reinvent the wheel in terms of that - no gimmicks, or promises of shortcuts. The genius is in the way that the app makes this kind of practice so efficient, accessible and structured whilst leaving room for you to make the exercises as easy or as challenging as you like. There are lots of tutorials included, too.

The note recognition algorithm is surprisingly good. They suggest use of an interface but I’ve been doing it via the mic with an unplugged electric guitar and it works (admittedly late at night in a quiet room!).

Anyway, I can see this becoming a significant part of my routine.

Not clear whether you can import new progressions or whether you can program your own: iReal integration would be incredible! That would be the next thing I’d want, but even without that there’s plenty to keep me busy.

Great stuff! Don’t hesitate.

stephvdh ,

Cant put it down! Awesome!!

Fantastic tool to really help you learn and understand the intervals between notes. Can’t seem to stop practicing :) really useful and makes you think and be aware where you are on the fretboard in relation to the root note. Hands down fantastic app that if you put the work in you know will help you improve as a player. I have used both the internal microphone and an external microphone without any issue. I think a good tip is to calibrate often especially if you are changing something in your environment. There are also some great tutorials in the app on how to get the best out of practice and some tips. I’ve downloaded yesterday and have already put hours in without realising the time. Well worth every penny and more!

App Privacy

The developer, Trio Software Ltd, 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.

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Supports

  • Family Sharing

    Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.

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