Guitar iPhone App: FretBoard
We were just given a chance to preview a new iPhone app for guitar players called FretBoard. FretBoard is similar to many other guitar iPhone apps in some respects but also has some neat features that separate it from the pack. It’s big differentiation from others is the fact that it supports many stringed instruments including the guitar, banjo, bouzouki, bass, mandolin, violin, viola, cello, lute, viola da gamba, ukulele, dulcimer, all Chapman Sticks and Warr guitars. Extra points if you even know those last two instruments.
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From the press release:
FretBoard has an immense amount of music theory packed in a simple and intuitive interface guaranteeing fast access and easy understanding. Learning new fingerings is made very easy with this tool. A database of 55 chords and 57 scales is more than any musician needs in real life.
“FretBoard is the best tool to enhance your knowledge about chords and scales making it easy to look them up in seconds and play them on your instrument.”
FretBoard offers you the most complete set of chords and scales and is currently the only software on the iPhone and iPod touch to calculate correct enharmonic spellings!
Key Product Features:
- Display the position of notes on the fretboard of virtually any stringed instrument (currently FretBoard sports 84 different tunings for instruments from 3 to 14 strings).
- Display chords in every key (55 chords are in the database).
- Display scales and modes in every key (57 scales, including church modes, Jazz, Blues, Bebop, geometrical and world music scales in the database).
- Two informative and detailed landscape views – one to display notenames – one to display intervals.
- Add or delete notes of scales or chords with a simple tap.
- Favourite lists provide easy access to frequently used instruments, chords and scales.
- The only app calculating the correct enharmonic spelling for notes in scales and chords.
- Orient the neck in whichever direction you prefer – right hand and left hand orientation included.
- When you quit the current view is saved as the new default.
System Requirements:
iPhone or iPod Touch running OS 2.0 or later
Pricing:
-FretBoard sells for $5.99 and is available in Apple’s AppStore
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question.
can you program your own tunings into this app?
Custom tunings are planned for a future version. Until then feel free to send a tuning request by email. BTW, yesterday FretBoard LE, the free version of this application was released, which hass all features of the full version, but only a limited database of chords and scales.
Was hoping to find a standard baritone guitar tuning, but haven’t. (HEAF#GH?). Is it something I’ve overlooked, or do I need to wait for the free-tuning option?
Besides that; great app.
Update:
FretBoard for iPhone and iPod Touch updated to v1.1
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The update incorporates the following changes:
* Added several Dobro, Lap Steel and Pedal Steel E9th and C6th tunings. Now FretBoards database contains 96 instrument tunings in 14 groups.
* Bugfix: Note symbols on fretboard are now at the correct position, they was a two pixel offset to the left in v1.0.
* Added Sean Stirlings beautiful splash screen
I was just looking about for any talk about FretBoard and found your page. Thanks for the mention. I’m a Chapman Stick Player who’s had a sideline with digital art. I’ve just started a graphics area on my site and within the next few minutes I’ll have that splash screen online. In the graphic there’s an early Chapman Stick with a wooden pickup.
Sean Rhys Stirling, Musician Under Construction
….rrrr…ah…I meant wooden Stickup.
Sean Rhys Stirling, Musician Under Construction
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