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[James Chin]

Hey Everyone,

I'm a guitarist and a software developer. I'd like to share an Android app I developed for practicing guitarists, called Mozart's Friend.

Mozart's Friend includes an interactive music library with over 1,200 scales, modes and chords for every music key signature, complete with piano view and neck view for 6, 7 or 8-string guitar and 4, 5 or 6-string bass. Notes and intervals are labeled using music theory conventions, making Mozart's Friend a great companion for the composer or music student. One-touch audio demonstrations provide interactive ear training. Tunings for each instrument are fully user-definable.

Also included is a chromatic tuner and a programmable metronome with adjustable tones and intervallic beats, allowing you to quickly outline a chord to play along with. Transpose keys easily in a single swipe.

And finally, a one-touch backup band! The new Jam Tracks feature allows you to simply choose your musical style and you're up and running. Adjust the tempo and key with the friendly controls.

Mozart's Friend does not save nor send any user information, contains no ads and is absolutely Free.

Cheers,

-James

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jameschin.android.mozartsfriend



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[Slippery]

Hey Dude,

Been using Nokia ever since mobile phones went digital... but they now use windows mobile... so now I have an Android phone & have been looking for a good guitar App, will give it a good quizzing.

Will let you know what I think.
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[James Chin]

Hope you find it useful!

[Slippery]

Hello,

Just a bit of feed back for you, I just love this app.
There are a few things though that I find kinda not right for me

Pro's
Jam tracks are just brilliant.

metronome is great, easy to adjust

Tuner works well

Con's
Scales, well for me I get a bit lost, yes all the notes are there, but if you are still learning..& well we never stop learning really...it can be a bit much to take in.

Chords, well again all the notes are there.
But maybe I was thinking it would be more like chord charts, rather than all the notes in that key. My thought was instead of dragging a large book with you, you could have a quick sqizz(look) at the app for reference.

Thanks for making this app, my timing & rhythm has improved immensely.
Keep developing music software for us learning people...
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[James Chin]

Hi Slippery,

Thanks for taking the time to compose your feedback, glad you enjoy the app!

Could you elaborate on what you were hoping to see in Scales?

Regarding chord charts, here's the thing:

The familiar chord diagrams only apply to one tuning, usually standard tuning. So the trusty old 320033 G-chord only works in EADGBE, and if someone had their custom tuning, 320033 would no longer be valid and transposing the fingers might not yield a usable fingering in the new tuning.

I am considering developing a smart chord builder AI that builds chords based on parameters, but this is no small task when considering custom tunings, allowed fingerings, inversions, inclusions/exclusions, area of fingerboard, etc etc.

So I made the design decision to basically provide the roadmap and let the users build their own chords based on their own requirements.

[Slippery]

Hello James,

I have a few examples on what I mean, these are screen grabs, so I hope I don't post what I'm not supposed too.

Firstly I understand what you mean with different tunings...!
there are heeps to think about, but most of the apps I've looked at just used the old standard EADGBE. Working a little as a roadie I come across some interesting things.
This is kinda what I mean with a scale pattern or chart ETC.
EG: C Minor Pentatonic scale, fret 8

I am not a programmer, but I do understand this would be a lot of work to have the choice of fret & Scale, or key. & I understand this is a FREE APP also.... A bloody good one.
As far as Chords go.... something like this is what I was looking at...

Or you could have a chart like this...


Anywho... again I know it is free, a great tool, but if I had a wish list... this is how it would go For Me.

thanks again for this...Slip
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