Nice, but a little hard if you don't yet have chords associated by name and I'm missing background music/tempo to keep track.<p>Personally I'm really fond of the Rocksmith game for learning guitar. It's like Guitar Hero, but with your own real guitar (and interactive lessons). I have no real ambition (or talent) for playing musical instruments, but somehow it lets me enjoy music interactively at my skill level while also giving the gratification of game progress. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDQ_U3lukAQ" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDQ_U3lukAQ</a>
Error message tells me "You need to update your Chrome browser" when I'm running Safari. Would be more helpful to say "You need to use Chrome instead of Safari".<p>Didn't test beyond that as I don't have a guitar, was just curious to see what it looked like and thought I'd point that out.
If you don't have a guitar, you can use a use a piano (or a virtual piano in the phone) or even sing.<p>I think it's not clear enough when you hit the note or when you miss it. It has some animation, but it's confusing.<p>Anyway, I need more lives :( Can I have a sandbox mode where I can try forever?
Neat tool. Would be nice to be able to set tuning as I keep my guitars in Eb.<p>Also I'll be "that guy": Can we get a tab mode - maybe with an option to display the note as well for us complete amateurs?
This is an interesting idea to me. I'm also working on some web music-learning ideas so I thought I would check this out. I have played guitar for about 20 years but found this game to be nearly impossible. Granted, I don't know the fretboard well, I tend to be more of a chord-strummer, tab reader type.<p>I found that just when I was starting to succeed at hitting a note or two, the game ended. I tried using a lower tempo, but that did not seem to extend the duration of the game.<p>I also agree somewhat with a previous (controversial, deleted commenter) that the use of "bro" in the title of the game is off-putting. To many, the word bro may not register as negative, but when you live outside of the testosterone-fuelled brotherdom, it sticks out like an unwelcoming red flag.
Nice idea, a good way to learn the actual notes of the frets, which a lot of gamey guitar apps miss.<p>BPM settings seem a little odd. Some samples race along at 60 bpm.<p>Displaying the 12th fret instead of open string makes it unnecessarily difficult.<p>I'd love to see this grow and improve into a really cool app!