Guitar Sight Reading Trainer App Reviews

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Nice app. This is a great way to work on my sight reading scales when I'm away from my guitar. Good number of options.

Revising prior review (Sound does not work). The developer quickly responded to me email and helped me resolve the problem. My iPad has a “mute” button that is separate from the volume control. Although all my other apps had sound, I had to turn mute off for this app, which now produces sound.

Best app ever. Got this when i was learning how to read notes and its really nice!

The fret board is not realistic. Guitar player never looks at the fret board the way it is presented in this app. unless the guitar is hanging on the wall or lying on guitarist knees as a horizontal slide guitar. That is why visually the perception of the fret board is confusing and essentially not helping to develop the right skill. Other apps have more realistic presentation of the fret board in "perspective". Please make an option to change the fret board presentation. In new version I like tapered guitar better, I would advice developer to keep working on the fret board presentation. Fret grouping is a little awkward. Should be 0-5, 5-7, 7-10, 10-12. Four stars for now.

Great Learning Tool. I love this app. Been trying to learn guitar for years. I know the value of being able t sightread music and this app ties it together. The app is a bit of a no-frills app, as there is not much customizing you can do. For example I would like an option to leave the sharps and flats off. Also if it had a "review" type lesson that would show you the notes on certain strings. Practice mode is close but you just pick what note you want to see. Still if you want to learn music and the notes on the guitar I reccomend this. If you can't sightread at all you might check out another app to learn that first. I suggest iReadMusic app it rocks. But then get this app too.

Good practice tool. I have played guitar for many years, and always used TABS and chords to figure them out. Now I am ready to advance to sight reading and wish I had done this when I first began. This little tool is very handy for drilling the notes on the fret board. In a few minutes, I had improved my knowledge noticeably. It's easy to understand, and, given the constraints on my iPod (small screen and big clumsy fingers), is well designed. Only dificulty is that when designating a note, you must touch the close to the fret rather than area behind the fret where my finger would actually land when playing the note. The point where the app decides which fret you are designating seems to be halfway between frets and when I touch where my finger would really land, it could select the fret above or below. This isn't too dificult to get the hang of . . . . and not a deal killer for me deciding to buy this. It's not loaded down with fancy features and does what it's supposed to do. It's a great application to hone skills while waiting at the dentist, airport, or on a break at the office. Others my argue that it might not be worth the 2.99 that I paid, but for me, it is a bargain. Heck, I would have thrown in another penny to make it an even $3.00. The only reason that I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 is that it is just a tool and I don't want to mislead others into thinking this is the greatest thing since sliced bread.

Awesome sight reading trainer for guitar!. This is perfect for practicing sight reading on the guitar. There's only one feature that is missing: please add the ability to choose any range of the fretboard you want to be tested on. For example with the predefined fret ranges, you aren't able to test on frets 1 to 7.

Very Very Great!. Very great app! Already learning and it's only been 30 minutes. A plus. Very good. Must buy for guitarists.

Real good, learning a lot. Very cool for practicing sight reading and learning the guitar fretboard. Nice and customizable to focus in on particular things I might want to work on, like certain strings or identifying notes on the staff versus by note name. Quizzing and practice is such a great way to learn. Sorry if some of the writing in this review is funky, I broke my wrist, hence my interest in apps for working on guitar now. This is one my favorites I've found.

Yep. Use it almost daily!. This app is very easy to use and adaptable to my progress. I am just learning to play guitar and have no experience in reading music but have improved quickly from using it. I've not had any problem making the jump from the flat fret UI to the 3D real thing. It's fun, like a game.

Quite An Amazing Start. I used this app for 5 seconds, and have seen quick improvement already. Keep working on this! Features maybe like a melody trainer would make this perfect. Also, please make it easier to touch the open string options; it can be a pain at the moment.

High quality sound?. I have not had an opportunity to use this app much but one glaring difference between the claims of the app and what the app actually does is the "high quality nylon sting guitar sound. It actually sounds like a $20 synthesizer. I would never mistake it for a nylon string guitar. I am sure that this app will help me learn the fret board more quickly and easily. What I don't like is the misrepresentation of the writer of this app.

Love this APP! How about making one for ukulele?. Perfect for mastering guitar fretboard!! Please make one just like this for ukulele!!!

Really Good App. I am an intermediate guitar player and I find this app very useful. The developer responds within an hour or so to all my email questions and requests for changes to the app and is genuinely interested in fixing any problems. The folks writing the negative reviews--and several reviews contained good points--really should send him an email to discuss the changes. I did it and he's already submitted a update based on my idea to Apple for release. Btw, I am not affiliated with the developer. I'm just giving an honest review based on my experience.

Helpful app. This app is great for learning and all you need instead of a ten dollar guitar book! Great app but should include chords too

practical. finally, an app that delivers in connecting sheet note to the fret board... thanks for a nice job!!! read about the app on gibsons learn and master guitar forum .

Great updates! Very useful. I bought an earlier version and found it really was not useful... But now, I dig it! I’m a jazz guitar player and this app is just what you need to gain some reading skills! Keep up the good work!

Teacher Review. I have taught guitar for years now and this is a wonderful tool for my students! Thank you!

Must Have Skill Set. I'm in the process of going back and cleaning up some neglected skills. About a month with this $3.00 app, and I'll be closer to where I'm trying to go.I figure that"s quite a bargain for $.10 a day. I even spent 2 years going to Berkleemusic online; I know my fretboard in every way, know my scales, can hold my own in any mix, yet I managed to get behind in my reading ability thanks to the crutches that are better known as tabs. Enough!!! Schools out. Great app. Lots of room for growth for the beginner to the person just looking to sharpen their skills. Incorporate chords next please. The basic ones are easy to figure out in notation; need help with the tensions. Lol.

Great for guitar sightreading and fretboard memorization. This app was perfect for an intermediate guitar player looking to perfect sightreading. You’ll want to dive in to the options to set the keys that you want to learn and, if you’re like me, to set the mirrored view so that the low E string is on top. Easy to configure speed of testing.

Exactly what I needed. Perfect app for learning the notes and fret board. Endlessly customizable.

Room for improvement. This will certainly help me learn the notes on the guitar, but it could be a lot better. Areas I would like to see improved: 1) Needs better UI. Looks pretty low budget right now. 2) Needs better guitar sound(s). 3) Really needs to add more of a game like element to keep users interested.

Good app. Worth it. Now add bass guitar and it would be perfect!

Keep it up. I downloaded version 1.0 and this has come a long way. You've shown that you are improving! Love it! I still agree with a "game type" version, and still am hoping for a way to plug my guitar in or use the mic to play the note on my guitar with this. I have high hopes!! Thank you!

Solid. Solid app Only cripe would be that you can only test yourself in treble clef, if you could switch to bass clef that would be handy

Like app, but it could be better. This app could be better if you could actually plug your guitar in like Amp Tube, so you could train your fingers to find the notes along with your ears to hear them. I was looking at the different tuning you have in the app. Because I want to play a pedal steel and I thought if u could add the C6 and E9 tuning and add more string it would be nice because it is little bit harder to find stuff on the pedal steel !!!!

Great for beginning guitarists. Does exactly what it says it will. For beginning guitarists (like me) it's a great tool for learning your way around the fret board. Even for seasoned guitarists it can serve as a good refresher course. Totally worth it if you really want to learn note positions on the guitar.

Stop here. Get this. Really.. UPDATE: As a result of sending email to the dev as suggested in review by dpukala, and Rolf's honestly surprising openness, thoughtfulness, speed in replying and craftsmanlike work in response, I have deleted my previous cranky review. Not to spare myself the embarrassment, I'd own that, but because anyone that works as meticulously and with as much care as this guy does doesn't deserve any of it. Honestly, the only time I've seen an equal investment and responsiveness has been with Jesse @ Thumbjam/Drumjam. It's inspiring to see people care. Current review (great updates are coming): - The app is very attractive, the interface is clean, well thought out, and presented in such a way as to be most effective to speed and depth of learning, and therefore actual musicianship. - There are a lot of options, and as a result a lot of ways to approach training. It's worth the time spent digging through the setting and experimenting. Some approaches will be appropriate for some folks, some for others, but if there isn't something useful and directed to your purpose in here then you're either a wizard or aren't really looking to learn to read fluently. (Or even just learn the note names by direct "feel" ifvthat's all you want, though with a tool like this available it would be a waste and an self-imposed limitation to stop there.) - I have forwarded the following requests to the dev: - A clarified set of fret range options along with the ability to set custom fret ranges. He's gone several steps better and changes are forthcoming. - That unselected strings not respond to input, since when strings are set to OFF intentionally one obviously doesn't intend to hit them during testing. Again, a change is forthcoming. - That the string spacing be slightly larger, decreasing the number of incorrect answers due to slightly misplaced touches, and to some degree reducing the amount of looking up and down to see the notation while keeping track of the fretboard. Yet again, change is on the way. - Altogether this app stands out (or virtually alone) among its competitors. And you can be sure if there's a problem or a reasonable need for update, AND the dev is informed, he'll be on it. It's rare to see this level of investment, responsiveness and care. - Easily worth the money in terms of quality, comparison to "similar" apps, and potential for gains in proficiency on the instrument.

Not bad but.... The fretboard should be upside down and horizontal like it is when you're playing it The current vertical board is confusing. The twelfth fret should have double markings like on an actual guitar. That will help a lot as well

Great App. I've been using tab for 20 years, with this app I'm starting to learn my way around the fretboard. Yea! Can we get the same for a Ukulele as well? Keep up the good work.

Great Trainer. This is a great help at both learning to sight read and also learning the fretboard. When I am away from the guitar this is my go to practice tool.

String/ note name, note on the staff (sheet music. What I was looking for. I know how to play the piano. Received 5 yrs of class . Trying now the guitar and I am having a real hard time with the location of the notes in the fretboard along with the staff. This is what I was looking for. Plus it has the sound. High five

Best appp. I cant live without it

almost perfect. if you could do chords or double stops this app would be perfect, it only quizzes you on one note but its worth the price and very fun to use.

A must buy. Awesome app, worth ever penny. It has improved my site reading incredibly in just a few days. Highly recommended! Check out their other apps too: Read Rhythm and Guitar Interval; equally awesome!! Now if u could please remake a better version of the Berkley Music Scale Variator I would certainly buy it. Read the reviews for improvements, implement and release! Please!

Very good, but a little monotonous. The app does what it is supposed to do and quite well. I'm a little astonished actually. My guitar sight reading has improved 150% in less than 24hrs! I went from 30% accuracy to 75% in less than a day. In all fairness, I was warmed up with an app called NoteBrainer though. Like that app, this app could use a game and scoring option. So you can at least compete against yourself for a predefined set of time. Check out Notebainer to see what I'm talking about. Other improvements: better sound quality and is there an option to learn scales? Other than that i cant believe I'm site reading guitar! Fantastic job. Keep up the good work.

It's a good app, but needs a couple other features. This app is great for learning how the notes on the staff translate to the fretboard, but it only shows you a single note at a time. For it to really be effective as a sight reading tutor, it should have multiple note problems (and possibly even take rhythm into account as well). The functionality and design of the app is great though, so if you just need to learn the basics, it works.

Good for pounding the fretboard into your brain!. Excellent way to get your fretboard memorization down. Being able to view the fretboard as though playing is helpful for visualization. This is the only app that makes me wish for a bigger phone!

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Tuning. This app looks great yet has no use to me as I play in drop c.

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.

Made with care. I have finished about half of the lessons so far and I can tell that this is a very well thought out app written with lots of care and thought. Great for guys like me who want to stop playing tabs and start playing with proper music notation and at the same time learn the fretboard thoroughly.

Well made App. This is a well made app. I have improved dramatically in my sight reading in just one week. Thank you for a great app!

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.

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.

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Great. This is an excellent app! However, I wish double stops and chords could be included in future versions. Well worth the price!

Excellent fretboard learning tool. This app is extremely useful for brushing up on single note site reading or focusing on some weaker positions on the fretboard. The interface is excellent and very simple to use. A great feature is the ability to reduce the "think time" (time to name the notes). Another is the ability to zero in on a couple of frets. Areas for improvement - 1. the app is limited to single notes. It would be great to use sheet music to learn how to actually sight read. Combine it with your rhythm trainer and you would have the total package. 2. A stand alone chord trainer using the principles of this app would be excellent. 3. A real guitar interface would allow the user to use his guitar to play the notes.

Great way to learn. Can work with different tunings and learn to read ahead. Imagine if you had to read the news one word at a time! 🙂

Great App. Nicely thought out application. As a lefty, I really appreciate the support for left-handed players. There's plenty of customization available so you can focus on problem areas of the fretboard/staff. Areas for improvement? 1) Allow settings to be saved and restored. My daughter is a righty and just learning guitar. It takes me a good few minutes to reconfigure the settings to suit her needs. Being able to restore a group of settings would be great. 2) Better visualization of stats. Look at typing tutor programs for inspiration. 3) Frequently get the same note twice in a row. Suggest tweaking the random generator to avoid this. 4) On a similar point, I don't feel like the app is concentrating on problem notes. #2 might help with this. Enough reviewing though, going back to earn gold circles on the 9-12 position ...

Great. This is a great app for learning individual notes of the fret board. I've known lots of finger shapes to play chords but always wished I knew the note named in those shapes! This app made that wish come true (with alot of practice) Thanks for a great app.

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