GTK - Guitar Player's Toolkit

During many phases of my guitar playing journey, I needed or used a number of tools. These included books on theory, tuners, metronomes, practice techniques, and information to help me get my head around some of the concepts like chord composition, triads, or working out what a chord looks like on a fretboard.

Despite being a much better guitarist than I was, I built these tools because I still use them. Now you get to use them too.

This version includes the following tools:

1. Tuner This will help you tune up or down until you get the right note for each string

2. Metronome This provides a regular beats per minute and peats per measure (e.g 3/4, 4/4). You can also manually tap a Tempo to set it to the beat in your head.

3. Scales Show notes in numerous scales. These include the common ones such as major, minor, but also scales such as modes, pentatonics, blues, jazz, Arabic / middle eastern, exotic, symmetrical, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and so on.

4. Circle of Fifths An invaluable tool for song writing. This tool shows the relationship between keys and chords and also allows you to work with modes.

5. Position Finder Want to play in a specific key, but in a place in the fretboard that suits you? Want to play without having to slide your hand up and down the fretboard? This is the tool for you. It will show you the notes in the scale, and where they are on the fretboard in the exact place you want to play.

6. Mode converter Allows you to convert from one musical mode to another, in any key.

7. Note Practice Want to learn where every note is on the fretboard? This is an invaluable tool.
   • Set a tempo/pace to practice at. Choose the strings, notes, and enharmonic format, and you will be given a note and a string number to play. • You can also hear the note you're expected to reproduce • You can also show where the note is on the fretboard if you choose.

8. Triad Practice Triads are combinations of 3 notes that make up chords. By learning these across string sets, you extend your mastery of the fretboard, and your options for playing chords. This works in a similar way to Note Practice. You pick your chords, string set, type of chord (Maj/Min/Aug/Dim), and an inversion (Root/1st/2nd). Then you're prompted to play a random selection to a specific tempo.

9. Chord Master Want to work out how to play a specific chord when you only have the notes? Know where to put the fingers, but don't know what the chord is called? This lets you build a chord from constituent note and then see the chord across the fretboard. You can also load predefined chords from a library. Alternatively, you can build a chord by picking notes on the fretboard and determining what the name is. Preview these chords by playing them and comparing them to the sound on your own guitar.

10. Chord Transposer You often find a song that includes chords that you either don't like, or are too low or high for your voice. This tool lets you transpose all chords into a different key, and even lets you recalculate your chords based on a capo position.