Guitar Sight Reading Trainer App Reviews

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

I downloaded version 1.0 and this has come a long way. Youve 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!

This is a great way to work on my sight reading scales when Im away from my guitar. Good number of options.

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. Ive not had any problem making the jump from the flat fret UI to the 3D real thing. Its fun, like a game.

Very great app! Already learning and its only been 30 minutes. A plus. Very good. Must buy for guitarists.

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.

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

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!

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 hes already submitted a update based on my idea to Apple for release. Btw, I am not affiliated with the developer. Im just giving an honest review based on my experience.

UPDATE: As a result of sending email to the dev as suggested in review by dpukala, and Rolfs 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, Id own that, but because anyone that works as meticulously and with as much care as this guy does doesnt deserve any of it. Honestly, the only time Ive seen an equal investment and responsiveness has been with Jesse @ Thumbjam/Drumjam. Its 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. Its worth the time spent digging through the setting and experimenting. Some approaches will be appropriate for some folks, some for others, but if there isnt something useful and directed to your purpose in here then youre either a wizard or arent really looking to learn to read fluently. (Or even just learn the note names by direct "feel" ifvthats 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. Hes 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 doesnt 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 theres a problem or a reasonable need for update, AND the dev is informed, hell be on it. Its 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.

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 .

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

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 !!!!

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 dont like is the misrepresentation of the writer of this app.

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 Ive found.

The fretboard should be upside down and horizontal like it is when youre 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

Perfect app for learning the notes and fret board. Endlessly customizable.

Got this when i was learning how to read notes and its really nice!

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.

This is perfect for practicing sight reading on the guitar. Theres 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 arent able to test on frets 1 to 7.