Category: Programs for guitar. Applications and services for learning to play the guitar Programs for playing the guitar

All children love to play computer games, this applies to all kinds of racing games that can be found, for example, on the website igonki.ru, shooters, adventure games; in a playful form, children learn information much easier and easier. It's never too late to learn to play the guitar, but what if your child asks from a young age? Then give him a guitar with one of the programs listed below.

1. Gibson's Learn and Master Guitar
This program, developed by the leading manufacturer of the best guitars, Gipson, is located at the top of the rating. And it makes no sense to present this program if it has such a famous father. Guitarists have always voted for the best, and this applies to both guitars and learning software. The program offers more than 40 hours of instruction from experts and also 5 DVDs with lessons.

2. Guitar Method 5
Guitar Method 5 from eMedia offers lessons for both acoustic and electric guitars. Once released, it received a Gold Award from users.

3. Guitar Pro 6
Well, of course, everyone’s favorite self-instruction program for playing the guitar, Guitar Pro, couldn’t help but enter the top three. Perhaps the most famous in the post-Soviet space. This is an excellent program that teaches both tablature and riffing, as well as composing and memorizing melodies. It's no coincidence that this is the most accessible game for would-be guitarists - a significant factor for most beginners. The sixth version is the latest and adds piano features and drums.

4. Guitar Freak Workstation with SightReader Master Extreme
If you love to play guitar solo and want to become proficient as quickly as possible, then you should purchase this program. This instrument will teach you how to play any chord. You will learn about tones, scales and other things. It contains everything to make you a real virtuoso.

5. Guitar Coach 5
The set includes a CD with guitar lessons from beginner to advanced levels.

6. iPlayMusic Beginner Guitar Lesson
This is the very first program that combined both a computer and video into an iPod. It is suitable for students of all ages. Has over four hours of lessons that will teach you how to play popular songs.

7. Guitar Magic Evolution
The most suitable program for those interested in music theory and advanced guitar playing.

8. Guitar Guru
If you already know tablature, but you need instructions for further learning to play the guitar, then this program will be the best option for you.

9.Yamaha EZ Guitar
This program should not be associated with Yamaha music, but it does include a tutorial on how to play Yamaha EZ-AG and EZ-EG guitars.

10. School Guitar Learning Software
This program contains lessons on playing the guitar. Ideal for children who want to learn to play.

A universal, visual guide for guitarists, complete with tuner and metronome.

What does it take to learn to play a musical instrument? The most important thing, in my opinion, is, of course, an ear for music and a sense of rhythm. However, without knowing the structure of the instrument and the basic techniques of playing it, even with one hundred percent ear it will take quite a long time to learn.

If you want to speed up this process, then it will be much easier to do this using a computer if you have special programs at hand. So, today I will introduce you to one very good utility that will help you quickly master such a popular musical instrument as the guitar.

Program Guitar Instructor at its core, it is a universal visual reference for a guitarist. At the same time, two more very necessary functions are integrated into it: a tuner and a metronome. If you have ever been interested in this kind of programs, you will have noticed that there are very few universal programs.

Usually you have to separately install programs for tuning your guitar and learning chords and scales. Here we have everything in one and at the same time completely free!!! Of the paid analogues, the Guitar Power program is closest in functionality to Guitar Instructor. Let's compare the capabilities of both:

Comparison of the Guitar Instructor program with the paid analogue Guitar Power

The disadvantage of Guitar Instructor compared to its paid counterpart, in my opinion, again :), is the lack of a function for constructing your own chords and classifying them. Minor shortcomings also include the lack of voicing of chords and scales, as well as the numbering of fingers that should be used to press a chord.

The advantages, of course, include a more convenient and beautiful interface and the availability of detailed information on each chord or scale.

Installing Guitar Instructor

The program is installed in the standard way. Open the downloaded archive and run the installation exe file. Now we wait until all the files are copied, and after unpacking is complete, the program can be turned on and used.

Guitar Instructor Interface

This is the main window of Guitar Instructor. Here is the beautifully designed main menu. From here we can jump into one of the program's five components: Chords, Chord Progressions, Scales, Tuner, and Metronome. Let's look at all the sections in order.

The first section, “Chords,” contains more than 600 different chords. They are clearly presented in the form of colored dots on the fretboard, which correspond to the strings clamped to a certain fret.

Working with Chords

We have the option to choose between standard chords (Regular) and chords with modified bass (Special (Split)). Let's look at working with the “Chords” section using standard (Regular) chords as an example. First, we need to select in the first list the note corresponding to the desired chord (A - A, B - B, C - C, D - D, E - E, F - F, G - G). The second step is to choose the configuration of the chord itself.

To do this, you need to check one of 50 options in the second list. In our case, I decided to choose the A minor chord, which is shown in the screenshot. The strings on the virtual fretboard are listed in order from thickest (6th) at the bottom to thinnest (1st) at the top.

A red cross above the 6th string means that it should not sound during the game (that is, we actually start playing from the fifth string). The marks for the 1st and 5th strings are located outside the fingerboard. This means that they should not be clamped, and they remain “open” (unpressed).

Accordingly, the 2nd string should be clamped on the first fret, and the 3rd and 4th strings on the second fret. That's it - our chord is ready. Pass along the strings from top to bottom - all strings should sound clear. If any of them rattles, it means you haven’t pressed it well enough to the fingerboard or it’s being caught by a neighboring finger. Achieve clear sound.

For each of the standard chords we can get detailed help, which can be very useful. To do this, select the chord you are interested in and click the “More Info” button.

In the window that opens, we will receive information about the name of the chord, its type and designation (the index that is assigned after the capital letter that denotes the main note). The “Steps” field displays the chord triad formula, and the “Recommended Scales” indicates in which scales the selected chord is used most often.

In our case, we can recognize that the minor A chord is symbolized "Am", "Amin" or "A-", is built by lowering the third degree (the "b" here means "flat") and is most often found in minor and blues pentatonic scale, as well as in the Dorian, Phrygian and Aeolian modes.

We figured out the chords. Let's close them and move on to the next section of the program - “Chord Progressions”.

Chord Links

This tab will be of interest to those who want to learn how to play not just individual chords, but entire strings of them. This can be useful when selecting chords for a particular song or even when composing your own compositions.

This section is actually a scale consisting of chords in a certain key and built according to certain rules. For example, let's take the same key of A (A). In the second list we can select the formula by which the chord progression will be calculated.

In pop songs, combinations of natural and harmonic minor chords are most often used, so in the screenshot we will look at the latter. Next to each fret is its formula, according to which the entire progression is calculated.

Note that minor chords appear in the formula as small Roman numerals, and major chords as large ones. Near some minor steps you can also see an asterisk. This means that we are dealing with a diminished chord (dim).

Most popular chords

A small digression on the topic :). Would you like me to tell you a little secret about modern songs? Try playing the chord progression “i – iv – V – i” (in the key of A, for example: Am – Dm – E – Am). Reminds me of something? Yes! It is these three chords that are most often played in yard songs! So, if you learn the above-mentioned combination, you will be able to play about 30% of the songs in the yard and chanson style;).

Want more? Then play the link “i – iv – VII – III” (in A: Am – Dm – G – C), and then add the previous link. Another plus 30% of songs guaranteed!!! :))).

Scales

When you are already quite confident in playing chords, you can move on to learning scales. They will help you become more familiar with the guitar fretboard in terms of where to place the right notes, which will give you the ability to eventually play powerful solos in a variety of styles. Go to the “Scales” section.

Here, as in previous cases, we select the key we need, and then in the second list we mark the scale that we want to study. Each scale can contain from 12 to 5 steps. You can find out their number and construction formula by clicking the already familiar “More Info” button.

When learning a scale on the guitar, it is best to start with the bass note itself and play until you reach its octave (the 13th semitone along with the starting note). Then play the same notes in reverse until you get back to the bass you started with.

When you have mastered the scale well within one octave, move on to studying the next octave, and then try to play the scale in two octaves in a row, etc., until you have mastered the entire selected scale. Only then can you move on to studying the next scale and only then will you be able to achieve good results in your playing.

This ends the reference part of the Guitar Instructor program and begins its instrumental part, consisting of a tuner and a metronome. Let's go to the "Tuner" menu.

Tuner

In this version of the program we have the opportunity to tune the guitar in standard “E” tuning. To set up, no additional equipment is required except computer speakers (or headphones) and good hearing :). We simply click on the name of the note we need and it starts to sound. All that remains is to adjust the strings to the standard. In the “File” menu we can see key combinations that are responsible for the sound of a particular note.

In the “Tuning” menu, only the standard setting is available for now, however, a new version of the program should be released soon, in which alternative settings will be available, as well as “fine” tuning via the microphone (the new version will require the .NET Framework 3.5 to be installed).

Metronome

The last thing that Guitar Instructor will please us with is a metronome. Practicing with a metronome develops a sense of rhythm very well, so it will be very useful for beginning guitarists.

Controlling it is quite simple: use the slider to set the desired tempo in the window (the number indicates the number of beats per minute) and press the “Start” button. The rhythm begins to sound, and beats of the measure are counted at the bottom of the window.

The default rhythm time signature is 4/4. If you need to change it, go to the “File” menu.

In the “Time” tab, you can set one of three possible sizes: 2/4, 3/4 or 4/4 (more of these are expected to be supported in the new version). You can also change the sound of the metronome clicks in the corresponding “Sound 1” and “Sound 2” tabs.

conclusions

Guitar Instructor pleasantly surprises with its capabilities. With a size of only a couple of megabytes, the program contained almost five fairly high-quality separate full-fledged subroutines.

The intuitive interface allows you to quickly navigate even those who do not know English, and the presence of such a not very common tool as a chord progression builder will help novice guitarists quickly learn how to apply their theoretical knowledge in practice!

Use Guitar Instructor and you will definitely achieve success in mastering such a wonderful instrument as the guitar. Good luck!!!

P.S. Permission is granted to freely copy and quote this article, provided that an open active link to the source is indicated and the authorship of Ruslan Tertyshny is preserved.

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Finally, the dream of all beginning guitarists who do not have perfect pitch has come true. A program invented by the Swedes called Digital Music Mentor will automatically select for you the chords for the poke, rock or any other composition you like.

You just need to point this wonderful, useful program at a music file (for example, in MP3 format) or a CD, and after analysis it will display the arrangement and sequence of the necessary chords.

On the built-in player you can track the movement of music according to the fingerings and their chords. In addition, this program for guitarists outputs bass accompaniment. The results can be printed on paper. Download, dear visitors!

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The best tablature editor. Reads gtp tabs. Shareware version is available for download. Download for free and enjoy! Learn, develop, play with Guitar Prostro!

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A simple guitar tuner made in FLASH. A good guitar tuner designed for precise guitar tuning - download for free!

The file is a flash image, click on the desired note (string) and you will hear the sound from the speakers of your personal computer. A good, mobile solution for quickly tuning a guitar! Don't be shy about downloading this wonderful program for tuning your guitar!

Progress, in addition to constantly finding more and more new activities for people freed from the need to produce food, also allows us to make significant progress in organizing the process of learning to play the guitar. It’s worth saying here that with the help of modern gadgets and applications, you can develop both technology and theory.

Let's look at 5 applications, some of which did not even exist as physical devices some 50 years ago, and which are now available to literally every musician. I hope many of them are familiar to you, but if not, be sure to add them to your practice arsenal.

#1 Advanced metronome.

Nowadays, simply using a metronome will no longer surprise anyone; they are built into tuners or used as an application on the phone. Some inventive musicians go further and offer not just metronomes, but full-fledged ones at not very exorbitant prices. Separately, there are various applications for iPhone/Android, of which there are already several dozen, if not hundreds.

Just practicing with a metronome can get boring very quickly, so you can use an app or device that can perform more complex patterns. And then just try to use the idea:

1. Start at a slow tempo with the metronome playing sixteenth notes. Play a rhythmic pattern or riff, and since sixteenth notes are constantly sounding, it will be quite easy for you to navigate in time.
2. Switch the metronome to play eighth notes. The task should become a little more difficult for you if you are playing a sixteenth note pattern. But there will still be enough supporting eighth notes so you'll feel fairly comfortable.
3. Switch to quarters. Now it will be even more difficult for you to keep up the pace, but you just need to try.
4. Try with half notes and then whole notes. If the metronome can't do that, just use quarter notes and a tempo two or four times slower.

With a metronome that can play different beats, you can either develop your internal sense of rhythm according to the proposed scheme or come up with some of your own. For example, turn triplets on one beat to sixteenth notes on another and try to play the scale in the same pattern, and then switch to quarter notes in the same way.

No. 2 Programs for slowing down music

#3 video editing programs/video chats

Nowadays there are simply insane amounts of irradiating video available on the Internet. There is, of course, outright garbage, but there are also a lot of good video schools().

Now, if you don’t understand some part of the video, you can always load it into the video editor and play it in circles until you get tired of it. 20 years ago, this would have required the videotape to be completely erased; 50 years ago this would have been impossible, since there were no video schools or VCRs.

I added video chats like Skype here only because they are also related to video, but in essence it’s just a new tool for communicating with a teacher, no matter where you are. That is, you can study either with your friend from the next door, or with Greg Howe or Frank Gambale, whatever the budget is, that’s the plot.

I consider this one of the best tools for developing a musician. Portable studios appeared en masse in the eighties, but were quite expensive. With the complete transition to digital and the increase in computer power, you can record a song at home.

With a DAW, you can write your game during class so that you can later point out your mistakes or take it to a friend or teacher for review. In a DAW, you can use plugins for slowing down, use various ones, make backing tracks or demos, shoot songs and then record your covers using it.

But the most interesting thing is that sound recording is becoming more and more mobile. See what you can do just with Garage Band on iPad and a small audio interface

5. Band-in-a-Box

At some point, there comes a time for every musician when they need to learn how to play songs. This can be solved quite easily now, since for almost all famous guitar compositions you can easily find a backing track.

If you don’t have enough practice with backing tracks, but at the same time you are not strong in writing your own backing tracks using a DAW, Band-in-a-Box becomes the best and, in fact, the only tool for you.

The application is available for PC or MAC platforms, and there is also a version for iPhone.

The main value of Band-in-a-Box is that it is truly a band inside your computer. All you need to do is select the style in which your composition should sound and set the chords (you can skip this step), an arrangement will be generated for you immediately. The application uses MIDI sounds from your sound card, so the sound will not be great, but no one is stopping you from then exporting the result to a MIDI file and loading it into your DAW, and then use the VST there.

In addition to simply arranging, Band-in-a-Box can be used to create melodies.

But what I found even more interesting was the learning function. I found several Jamiroquai backing tracks on the Internet, loaded them into Band-in-a-Box and now I use my Custom style for practice. I would like to think that when I improvise, JK musicians accompany me.

If you have anything to add to the list, share it in the comments.

Internet tutorials

As a rule, for the query “guitar tutorial”, search services return hundreds of approximately identical sites representing Internet analogues of paper publications. There's nothing wrong with that: guides like these can give you the necessary theoretical knowledge, teach you how to play songs using tablature and read chord fingerings.

• GuitarProfy tutorial. Here you can find all the necessary theoretical basis for further self-development, a table of correspondences between notes on the stave and frets of the guitar, as well as examples of classical guitar works.
• GuitarUser tutorial. A small textbook, written in simple language, that will teach you how to accompany your favorite compositions. Suitable for those who want to sing songs to friends with a guitar, but do not want to become a professional.

YouTube

There are probably as many guitar tutorials on YouTube as there are text textbooks. We advise you to pay attention to those where lessons are taught by reputable musicians, or channels with a significant number of subscribers. For the rest, follow your personal preferences, and we will tell you about two popular Russian-language channels about guitar.

Pima Live

The channel of Anton and Alexey - two St. Petersburg residents who not only share tips on playing and learning, but also invite experts to give exclusive lessons, play instruments and post video reviews of guitars. There are videos for both beginners and advanced guitarists.

GuitaristTV

On this channel, guitarist Pavel posts thorough analyzes of popular compositions on acoustic guitar. The repertoire is wide: from pop hits by Max Korzh to the soundtrack from Interstellar.

Interest clubs "VKontakte"

With VKontakte groups, everything is more complicated: many advanced guitarists do not communicate in the community for beginners, but there are a lot of amateurs who consider themselves pros in such groups. We advise you to be skeptical about professional advice from groups and public pages. But similar interest clubs can be very useful in finding like-minded people, chords and tablatures for songs. Also in such groups you can almost always find advertisements for sales and purchases.

• « Guitar lovers" One of the most popular guitar groups on VKontakte, with more than 120 thousand subscribers. The community has a wall where you can post questions that interest you.
• « guitar player" Another group with an open wall and a variety of content related to guitar and music.
• « Guitar and guitarists" Project of flamenco guitarist Alexander Kuindzhi. You cannot publish a post on the wall, but you can ask a question in the discussions.

Programs

A music editor familiar to many who have dealt with learning melodies from tablature. You can record your tracks of various instruments, export them to MIDI or print them. The program has a metronome, a function for displaying the staff and guitar neck, the ability to record any nuances of articulation and add effects. On the Internet you can find tablatures for Guitar Pro for any famous song. Special sites will help you with your search:

• 911tabs. An aggregator site that searches the largest libraries of tablature and chords. Here you can find sheet music of all famous foreign songs and even many domestic compositions.
• GTP-tabs. A huge archive of scores of Russian and foreign songs.

A useful experience for any guitarist is to listen to yourself from the outside. This requires special applications. DAW programs (sequencers) will help you record your compositions, mix guitar tracks and create accompaniment from virtual instruments. There are at least a dozen worthy sequencers. For beginners, we advise you to pay attention to PreSonus Studio One, Steinberg Cubase and Ableton Live.

Applications

Yousician

An interactive tutorial that recognizes notes played on a guitar using a microphone. You can take lessons step by step or focus on learning songs from the library. The gameplay is reminiscent of Guitar Hero, only not colored circles light up in front of you, but numbers indicating the fret on the desired string. The free version of the game has limitations; a premium subscription will cost 332 rubles per month if purchased for a year.