Copyright: Copyright ®1996 by Tonart Music


Introduction

Indexes	Module Tips	Ordering Tonart Music's In-Depth Guitar

Welcome to the

Tonart In-Depth Guitar v1.0

by Scott Cleland

(click here for resume)

I have been teaching guitar for 9 years and have noticed that most incoming students lack many of the basic fundamentals that are required to become a good guitarist. This program has been designed to help you learn these fundamentals in a fun, interactive manor. ENJOY!!!

The Tonart In-Depth Guitar Modules:  I have included three different modules in this program. Each module has a specific purpose in helping you either understand or play the guitar better. They are:

Fretboard Module

This module is designed to help you learn the notes on the fretboard. Over the years, I have noticed that most students have a very limited understanding of the names of the notes on the guitar fretboard. The main reason for this is that it isn't easy to learn all of the notes. There doesn't appear to be any simple pattern that the note names fall into. This module can be extremely helpful to your playing because, after a short while, you will begin to have a much greater understanding of how music and the guitar work. You will be able to move ideas up and down the neck and up and down octaves much more easily than ever before.

Interval Module

This module is designed to help you memorize the relationships between note names. These relationships, also known as intervals, are the basic building blocks of music. Knowing these will greatly expand and enhance your guitar playing and musicianship.

Tablature Module

This module is designed to give you many exercises to learn and practice. You can create your own exercises and share exercises with your friends. No music reading ability is required. All exercises are written in tablature and include rhythms.  I have included many different methods for practicing these exercises also.  You may also access a library of songs and exercises from the Internet. The Tonart Webpage is located at

http://clever.net/tonart

 Check here often. No matter what skill level, there will always be something new to download. Songs, Music Theory Lessons, Scale Lessons, Exercises and more.  If you are a beginner, check out the section Beginner in the Lessons section of the Tonart Webpage. There will be many things to learn.

      MIDIOutput1

      Tuning:  This tells you which tuning you are currently in.  A number of different tunings are available. See Alternate Tunings

      Elapsed Time:	Tells you the amount of time that you have been working at the current session of In-Depth Guitar.

Menus

   File

   Settings

   MIDI

   Tuning

   Windows


Settings


MIDI

      Interface	  (VB name=mnuMIDISettings)  (Control type:Menu)

         Speaker	  (VB name=mnuMIDIOutDevice)  (Control type:Menu)

         MIDI	  (VB name=mnuMIDIOutDevice)  (Control type:Menu)

         -	  (VB name=mnuMIDIOutDevice)  (Control type:Menu)

         Speaker Playback	  (VB name=mnuSpeakerPlayback)  (Control type:Menu)

            Tempo	  (VB name=mnuSubSpeaker)  (Control type:Menu)

            Duration	  (VB name=mnuSubSpeaker)  (Control type:Menu)

      Instrument	  (VB name=mnuMIDISettings)  (Control type:Menu)


Tuning

      Standard	  by selecting this you will return back to standard tuning.

      Alternate	  selecting this choice calls up the Alternate Tuning window and allows you to pick from a number of alternate tunings or create new ones of your own that can then be saved for later use.


Windows

      Fretboard	  (VB name=mnuWindowsChange)  (Control type:Menu)

      Intervals	  (VB name=mnuWindowsChange)  (Control type:Menu)

      -	  (VB name=mnuWindowsChange)  (Control type:Menu)

      Cascade	  (VB name=mnuWindowsArrange)  (Control type:Menu)

      Tile Horizontal	  (VB name=mnuWindowsArrange)  (Control type:Menu)

      Tile Vertical	  (VB name=mnuWindowsArrange)  (Control type:Menu)

      Arrange Icons	  (VB name=mnuWindowsArrange)  (Control type:Menu)

      -	  (VB name=mnuWindowsArrange)  (Control type:Menu)

      Active Windows	  (VB name=mnuWindowsArrange)  (Control type:Menu)


Question

   A	  (VB name=lblQuestion)  (Control type:Label)


MIDI Setup

   Cancel	  (VB name=CmdCancel)  (Control type:CommandButton)

   Ok	  (VB name=CmdOk)  (Control type:CommandButton)

   ComboMidiOut	  (VB name=ComboMidiOut)  (Control type:ComboBox)

   ComboMidiIn	  (VB name=ComboMidiIn)  (Control type:ComboBox)

   MIDI Out Device	  (VB name=Label2)  (Control type:Label)

   MIDI In Device	  (VB name=Label1)  (Control type:Label)


Guitar Fretboard
Fretboard Module

Indexes	Fretboard Tips

The Fretboard Module actually has two sections. The first is the "Note Naming" section that we will call the Fretboard Module. The second section is the "Interval Naming" section that we will call the Fretboard Interval Module.

Show Notes Button - Click this to see where all of the notes on the guitar are located.  This can be very useful if you don't know the neck very well. Try using this option when you start working on a new string. It may help you get a feel for the string more quickly.

Use Fret Limitations - Click this check box to enable a bar that shows up at the bottom of the fretboard. This bar is used to limit the area of the neck that you will be quizzed on. If you click on the left or right portions of the Limitation Bar you can change the length of the bar to make it longer or shorter. If you click-drag the center section of the bar you can move the bar left or right without changing it's size.

Advanced Options - This button calls up the Advanced Options window.

Stop Button - Used to stop the current exercise. You must stop all exercises before making any changes to the exercise.

Name Interval - This option has you choose the name of the interval for your answer.

Use Note Names - This check box is only visible when working on Intervals. This option allows you to choose whether you want to use note names or just dots representing the notes when viewing the given intervals.

Method

Accidentals


Interval Method
Interval Module

The Interval Module of Tonart Music's Guitar is intended to help you get to know relationships between notes better (intervals.)  By developing a greater facility in relating pitch names, you will be able to quickly think of relationships as they relate to chords and scales.

Descriptions of Controls

Accidentals? Check Box for choosing whether or not you want to use accidentals in your questions. Recommendation: leave this option off until you are good at naming intervals from the natural notes first.

All Down, Both, All Up  Option buttons for choosing the directions of the intervals that you want to practice. Recommendation: practice using intervals going All Up first. These intervals seem to be the easiest to remember and to figure out. Once you develop some skill at naming a particular interval going up in pitch, then try using All Down. After developing these intervals, then, and only then, should you try naming intervals going up and down (Both).

Choosing Intervals  Click the right mouse button anywhere in the window to call up the Choose Interval window.

Practice Options  see Practice Options

   P5	  (VB name=ViewInterval)  (Control type:Label)

   Direction	  (VB name=Direction)  (Control type:Image)

   Direction	  (VB name=Label1)  (Control type:Label)

   Answer	  (VB name=Answer)  (Control type:Label)

   Question	  (VB name=Question)  (Control type:Label)

   AnswerAccidental	  (VB name=AnswerAccidental)  (Control type:Image)

   QuestionAccidental	  (VB name=QuestionAccidental)  (Control type:Image)


Alternate Tunings
Alternate Tuning Dialog Box

•	Existing Tunings: Choose your desired tuning from this list. The highlighted tuning is the tuning that is currently in use. To add your own tunings, read below.

•	Creating New Tunings: Use the arrows to raise or lower the pitch of each of the strings. The box on the left tells you what note the string is tuned to. The box on the right tells you how many half-steps above or below standard tuning the note is.

•	Saving a New Tuning: Once you have created your desired tuning, enter a name in the text box and then press Save.

•	Tuning Mode: Click this button to tune your guitar. Once you click the button, the note for the sixth string begins playing. Once you have tuned this string, either press the space bar or the up arrow to advance to the next note. The new note will begin playing immediately. This way you have your hands free to tune the guitar. To stop the tuning function, press the button again.


Select Instrument

   Exit	  (VB name=cmdExit)  (Control type:SSCommand)

   ComboChannel	  (VB name=ComboChannel)  (Control type:ComboBox)

   PatchList	  (VB name=PatchList)  (Control type:ListBox)

   MIDI Channel	  (VB name=Label2)  (Control type:Label)

   Patch Name	  (VB name=Label1)  (Control type:Label)


Advanced Options

Answer Timer  Choose the amount of time that the computer will give you to answer the question. Possible values are from 0.3 sec to 10 sec.

Question Settings  This sets the total number of questions that will be asked in one session when you are keeping score in the current exercise. Possible values are from 10 to 100 questions. Note: once you start the exercise, you must hit stop to halt the program before you have answered all of the questions.

Fretboard Options

Intervals Choose this option for practicing Intervals on the guitar. See  Interval Names. This is disabled in the Intervals Method.

Single Notes Choose this option to practice naming the notes on the neck. This is very good practice for those of you that don't read music. It can really help you get to know your fingerboard better. This is disabled in the Intervals Method.

   Your score will be a result of a combination of the speed of the Timer and the number of possible answers.	  (VB name=Label2)  (Control type:Label)


Resume

School:  	University of Colorado at Boulder, Mechanical Engineering Degree, 1985.  Studied Classical Guitar w/ Dean Galloway.

G.I.T. Graduate, September 1986. Degrees in Rock, Jazz and Fusion. Studied privately with Paul Gilbert(Mr. Big), Scott Henderson(Tribal Tech, Zawinul Syndicate, Chick Corea, Jeff Berlin), Frank Gambale (Solo, Chick Corea, Jeff Berlin), Don Mock, Joe Diorio and many other fine musicians.

Teaching:	Tonart Music, I have been teaching guitar since November of 1986.  I have  been listed in the Who's Who of America's Teachers   for the past two years.  I have had students that have gone on to attend G.I.T., Berklee and other schools.

Philosophy:	I feel that it is very useful and important for any student of the guitar (or any other instrument) to have a good working knowledge of the instrument.  I have had many students that have come to me with some music theory behind them, but in most every case, they were never taught how to use the knowledge that they had.  I found that they also spent too much time 'sloshing' through the fundamentals of music (intervals, chord spellings, scale spellings, etc) that it was too difficult for them to take theory to a higher level.


Tonart Music's In-Depth Guitar 1.0 Help

Indexes	Module Tips	Ordering Tonart Music's In-Depth Guitar

Who Is This Program For?

Getting Started - Your first time using Tonart Music's In-Depth Guitar.

Introduction

OverView

Quick Start

Menus

Guitar Teachers

Technical Support

Purchasing In-Depth Guitar

  MODULES

Fretboard Module

Intervals Module

Tablature Module


Exercise Module
Tablature Module

This is the most exciting part of the program. With the tablature module it is possible to have your computer play just about anything that a guitar plays.  Granted, a computer can not ever (at least we all hope!) play as well as a real guitar player, but this program helps the computer sound more like a guitar than anything I have ever heard.  Go through some of the samples.

Note: all of the exercises and songs are limited

in there sound quality by your sound card.

I highly recommend getting wavetable synthesis.

This can really make a remarkable difference in the output of the

 Tonart In-Depth Guitar.

When you first load the Tablature Module, the Open File Screen pops up. All Exercises and Songs will be listed alphabetically.  Just double-click on any filename and you're done.  The file will load and then you can just push play (located up above on the toolbar.)

Related Topics:

Tablature Toolbar

Enabling Editing

Edit Functions

Repeats


MiniGroup Editor
Group Editor

Group Name: Double Click to select the group that you want to edit. You can see the group description by clicking on the group name with the left mouse button.

Exercises:  Double Click to select the exercise that you are currently editing. (see Global Settings) A single click will give you the exercise description in the description box.

Description:  shows the description of either the group or the exercise that is currently selected.

Exercise Settings

Global Settings- when you select this option, you will set the group settings for all exercises at once. This option is useful when you want to make all of the exercises in the group have the same settings (can be used on each individual setting. It only changes the settings that you change.)

Time: this is the period of time (in minutes) that you want the exercise to last.

Tempo: sets the tempo for the selected exercise.

Eliminate last note only this setting will eliminate the last note in the exercise (this is very useful when practicing scales or arpeggios.  When I write out scales, I usually begin and end on the root note.  The Eliminate last note only setting allows you to play the scale without having to play the root note twice.

Continue Ex. after repeats this setting will allow you to continue the exercise after the last repeat has been played.  This is very useful if you have a small portion of the exercise that is repeating and then want to continue to the end after the repeats are done. This setting will have no effect when the Repeat Indefinitely option is selected.

Repeat Indefinitely this option allows you to have the exercise repeat forever (or until you hit the stop button, whichever comes first...)

# of Repeats if the Repeat Indefinitely option is not selected, you can set the number of repeats that you want to occur. This is very useful when you want to repeat a small portion of an exercise for a short period of time. If the Continue Ex. after repeats option is selected, the exercise will continue playing to the end once the chosen number of repeats has been played.  Hint: when a particular section of an exercise is giving you trouble, highlight that particular portion of the exercise and repeat it several times, and then stop. Do this at a slow tempo at first, and then gradually work your way up until you get it up to speed.

Key: this allows you to select the key that you wish this exercise to be played in. The Up and Down buttons below the Key setting are used so that you can select a higher or a lower version of that key. If the exercise cannot be played in a particular octave, the corresponding button will not be available for you to select. This will eliminate any guess work on your part. You may also select an octave version of a particular key if that is possible. If it is, the Octave check box will be enabled. The Steps box tells you how many half-steps (or frets) that the exercise will be moved. The Original Key box tells you what key the original exercise is in.


Transpose

Key: this allows you to select the key that you wish this exercise to be played in. The Up and Down buttons below the Key setting are used so that you can select a higher or a lower version of that key. If the exercise cannot be played in a particular octave, the corresponding button will not be available for you to select. This will eliminate any guess work on your part. You may also select an octave version of a particular key if that is possible. If it is, the Octave check box will be enabled. The Steps box tells you how many half-steps (or frets) that the exercise will be moved. The Original Key box tells you what key the original exercise is in.


Practice Options

 Practice - This is the method to use when you want to warm up and get some practice in before you use the Scoring options.

 Practice w/ Timer - The same as the practice selection above except that it uses the timer. The timer can be set by clicking with your right mouse button on any of the Practice Option buttons.  The timer is very useful when learning because it makes you think in "rhythm." It is very similar to the way you must think in order to play music, because you must think in regular intervals.

 Score - This selection will grade you on your performance. By clicking on the Scores section of the menu, you can see a graph of your scores for the last 25 times.

 Score w/ Timer - This selection is the same as the Score option but includes the timer.


Quick Start

Indexes

Fretboard: The Fretboard Module is designed to help you get to know more about the guitar fretboard. This includes working on learning the locations of notes on the fretboard and also note relationships (Intervals.)

Intervals: The Interval Module is designed to help you learn the relationships of notes by name as opposed to by location on the fretboard. I find this to be a major block for most guitarists. It is so important to develop a strong knowledge about note relationships.

Tablature: The Tablature Module is designed for you to practice along with the computer to develop the physical skills necessary to become a good guitar player. Included are some sample exercises for you to play. It is also possible for you to write your own exercises to share with others. I will also make available many more exercises if you decide to purchase the program. Over the 9 years that I have been teaching guitar, I have an unlimited supply of exercises of which I plan to make available to you even after you buy the program. You can even create your own and trade them with friends.


Choose Strings

Select the string or Strings that you wish to use in your exercise. See Fretboard Tips for setup ideas.


Fretboard Tips

Indexes	Tips Indexes

All Levels:

  Use both Methods. By using a combination of the two methods you will quickly develop a strong knowledge of the string.

  Try using all types of Exercise Options. Each one of them is helpful in a different way.

Beginner

Intermediate

Advanced


Fretboard Intervals

This portion of the Fretboard Module is designed to help you with learning the intervals on the fretboard.


Interval Names

It is very important to understand the names that we use to describe intervals. We use the Major Scale to describe all of our Major and Perfect Intervals.


Fretboard Methods
Fretboard Module Methods

Name Note - You use the mouse or the keyboard to select the name of the given note.  When using the keyboard, select a letter name and, if you need to use an accidental, use the '+' and '-' keys on the far right of the keyboard to raise or lower (by adding sharps or flats) the note that you have chosen. It is also possible to use special accidental keys on the keyboard.

Find Note - This option has you use the mouse to find the appropriate note on the fretboard. The note will be given to you in a pop-up window. The string will be shown with a solid red line. Use the mouse to select the correct fret for the given note. The octave that you select won't make a difference, so you can try finding intervals above the twelfth fret too.

Using both of the methods described above will help you to quickly remember and recognize where notes are on the guitar neck.


Accidental Use
Accidentals

These buttons allow you to choose how you want to learn about accidentals.  The top button adds the accidentals that you have chosen to the natural notes of C Major. The lower button changes the scale that the notes will be chosen from. To select the scale and accidentals that you want to use, click on the buttons with a right mouse click.


Interval Tips
Interval_Tips

Indexes	Tips Indexes

Beginner

Intermediate

Advanced


Choose Fretboard Interval

Select from the given intervals. The more intervals that you use, the higher your possible score can be when using the Score Option.


Choose Interval
Choose Intervals

You have several choices. You can choose to answer one interval at a time (always the best when learning a new interval!) or multiple intervals that will randomly switch between the chosen intervals.


Alternate Tuning
Alternate Tuning -

Click here to get a tuning note for the selected string.


Alternate Tuning Names
Tunings

Allows you to select the tuning that you desire from the list. Below are some tunings and the players or styles that use the tuning.

Tunings - Artists/Style

Drop D	Many, many artists

Open G	Keith Richards/Rock & Roll - 'Honky Tonk Women', 'Brown Sugar' and MANY more

Slide Guitar/Blues - Many artists


Alternate Tuning Offset
Tuning Offset

The Tuning Offset allows you to adjust the tuning of the guitar relative to standard tuning. This setting does not change the names of the notes, only the sound that is played. You can go up or down an octave in either direction.

The most common tuning offset would be to tune the guitar down a half-step to Eb. This is very common and used by many artists, including Hendrix, S.R. Vaughan, Van Halen, and many more.


Create Tunings

Use the arrows to raise or lower the pitch of each of the strings. The box on the left tells you what note the string is tuned to. The box on the right tells you how many half-steps the note is above or below standard tuning.


Save Tunings


Change Current Tuning


Tuning Mode

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Overview
Overview of Tonart Music's In-Depth Guitar

for Guitar Teachers

I created In-Depth Guitar  because I saw a glaring hole in both my students capabilities and in the guitar software that was being offered. I have seen many guitar programs, but they are either overpriced or designed to show you chords, scales, etc. and then leave the rest up to you. None of the programs I have seen have addressed the problem that most beginning and intermediate guitar players most always have in common. That problem is the lack of knowledge about the basic guitar layout.

I have been playing for 15 years and I have found this program to even be very helpful to me. It has helped me refine my skills even further and increase the speed and ease with which I can think about the guitar and the music I am creating.

All of the modules in  In-Depth Guitar are designed to help not only visually but also aurally. Every time you select an answer, your answer will be played for you. This way as you learn where things are, you will also learn what it sounds like. Therefore, you will be developing eartraining skills without even doing any eartraining.

ENJOY!


Exercise Tips
Tablature Tips

Indexes	Tips Indexes

Editing Tablature

Learning Songs

Learning Exercises


Ordering Information
Ordering Tonart Music's In-Depth Guitar v1.0

Don't spend another day being confused by the guitar. Start learning the fundamentals of guitar by ordering In-Depth Guitar today!

I have decided to make In-Depth Guitar available for a very reasonable price. I dislike overpriced programs as much as you do. That is why I started writing my own! Please help me out! I plan on writing many more useful guitar programs in the future... So please, order today.

Tonart Music's In-Depth Guitar v1.0	$24.95               How to Order

Future Products from Tonart Music (please write me if you have any suggestions. I am a guitarist and a teacher first and foremost and I will be glad to help you out in any way that I can.)

  A series of interactive Music Theory programs  covering scales, chords, chord progressions, chord substitutions, modes, advanced harmony, etc.  And how to use it all!

  A Scale program that covers many, many scales in all keys and many exercises and tips for when and how to use them. MIDI Input and Output, MIDI Files In and Out.

  A Chord program with thousands of chord voicings and the ability to create your own chord library and create songs in TAB from the chords. Generates MIDI Files.

  A detailed Tablature program, that reads and writes MIDI Files, has MIDI Input and Output, prints, transposes, and will include all guitar notation symbols, including rhythm.

  A Scheduling program designed for music teachers to keep track of students, payments etc. on a weekly, monthly and yearly basis.

Please, if you like this program, order it today. I want to continue making programs  that are written for musicians and students and that are useful. But it is very time consuming and I can't afford to continue writing all of these programs if I don't get any return.

I plan to sell all of the programs for between $10 and $20 (including discounts for registered users of my other programs.)  I think it is obvious that I'm not out to make a quick buck, I just want to help you play guitar better! Period! And I think that the computer can become a very useful tool in that learning process.


Fretboard Index
Fretboard Module Index

Indexes

Getting Started

Advanced Options

Choosing Strings

Choosing Instruments

Choosing a Method

Fret Limitations

Keeping Score

Practice Options

Selecting an Answer

Stopping the Exercise

Using Accidentals

Using the Timer


Intervals Index
Interval Module Index

Indexes

Getting Started

Choosing Directions

Choosing Intervals

Choosing Instruments

Keeping Score

Pausing the Exercise

Practice Options

Selecting an Answer

Stopping the Exercise

Using Accidentals

Using the Timer


Exercise Index
Tablature Module Index

Indexes

Adjusting the Tempo

Editing Functions

Entering Notes

Enable Editing

Exercise Information

Metronome

Opening a File

Playing the Song

Printing Files

Repeats

Selecting a Tuning

Tempo Offsets


Getting Started: The Interval Module
Getting Started with the Intervals Module

This module can be a bit more difficult than the Fretboard Module. I requires that you know a little about music theory to use it.  If you don't, then we shall review some of the basics. If you do know about intervals, try selecting one and see how you do.


Order Form

Print out this page using the Print Button above, then fill out the form.

Include a check for $24.95 made out to Scott Cleland and the following form in an envelope addressed to:

Tonart Music, 3362 S. Fairfax St., Denver, CO 80222

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your Registration Number.  To find the Product Code, go to the Help Menu

and select Register. On the bottom right you will see the Product Code. It is

a 5-digit code that MUST be known for the program to be registered.

Song Reuests: (Please include a tape or email me a wav file so that I have a copy of the song!)

1. _____________________________ by _____________________________

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Guitar Teachers
Guitar Teacher Information

Overview	Tonart Music's Address

I believe that the computer will be revolutionary in the way that music is taught in the future.  We all know that it is impossible in this day and age to teach the way it was done in the days of Mozart, Beethoven and even Robert Johnson, (you know, the human interactive way on an every day basis) maybe we can begin to use the computer to help us with the easier things!

Because of it's interactive abilities, the computer can give help and feedback to each student everyday of the week. This program is intended to help your students learn many ideas that, for whatever reason, they don't seem to normally want to learn. You can even make a set of exercises that you want them to learn, save them to disk and send them home with the students. I'm hoping my students will use this program (they all seem to love it, though the verdict is still out on how much they will really use the program.)

Wouldn't it be great if all of your students knew the entire neck flawlessly? How about if they knew how to spell all of the chords and intervals and you didn't have to re-explain what a major chord is for the umpteenth time!?! I have grown tired of doing just that. So, since I didn't find any computer programs that seemed to understand our dilemma, I decided to write one myself (and for a reasonable price too!)

I hope that this program will take root and enjoy a small amount of success. If so, I plan on writing many more in the future (see Ordering Information)  In all my years of teaching, I definitely see a deficiency in these particular areas (among MANY others!). If you have any suggestionsfor other possible programs (or Modules for In-Depth Guitar) please send them to me.

I don't intend for any of my programs to replace a human teacher. The human interaction is invaluable. I don't think anything can replace the teacher. Not books, not videos and not computers. I want to write programs that will make the teaching experience more enjoyable and less repetitious. Imagine a music theory "book" that plays the examples, tells the student when they are wrong, or gives hints when they are having trouble understanding something. Personally, I can't wait until I finish some of my theory programs!  I can't imagine a better teaching aid!

Feel free to write me with any comments, criticisms or suggestions. I want to make the best product that I can.  Write me even if you just want to chat about music/guitar. I'm a diehard, so let's all get connected and help each other out!

Contact me if you would like to order more than one program. I will give you discounts on multiple orders. Please refrain from giving it away for free. I guarantee I will make it worth your while.


Tonart Address

 You can reach me at:

Tonart Music

c/o Scott Cleland

3362 S. Fairfax St.

Denver, CO  80222

Phone: 	(303)758-9357 (24 hours)

(800)320-3238

or online at:

Compuserve	102376,1714

Internet Address	tonart@clever.net

or through the Tonart Homepage at:

http://www.clever.net/tonart


Future Updates

I already have several possible ideas planned for the future. These will be aimed directly at teachers so please let me know which ones interest you.

  Multiple user database so you could have each student logged in to their own settings and then be able to track their progress.

  A way to group multiple exercise together and create a complete practice session.

  A more detailed progress chart for the Interval and Fretboard Modules that will help the student see his progress in more detail.


Indexes

Fretboard Module Index

Interval Module Index

Tablature Module Index

Module Tips Index


Module Tips
Module Tips Index

Indexes

Fretboard Module Tips

Interval Module Tips

Tablature Module Tips


Fretboard Module: Interval Methods
Fretboard Module Interval Methods

Name Interval - Use the mouse to select the correct interval name for the given notes. You may also use the keyboard by typing in the correct number on the number pad and then using the '+' and '-' keys to raise or lower your answer.

Find Note - Use the mouse to select the location of the note to create the given interval.


Fret Limitations

This only is available when practicing note locations on the neck. This bar can be activated by pressing the button located in the upper right corner of the Fretboard Module. See Adjusting the Fret Limitations Bar.


Show Notes

 This button allows you to see the locations of all of the notes across the entire fretboard.


Fretboard Module: Selecting Intervals
FbdInterval_Selections


Use Note Names
Use NoteNames Checkbox

Use this option when you want or need to see the names of the notes that make up the current interval.


Menus
Menu Descriptions

File

Edit

Settings

Sound

Tuning

Windows

Help


File Menu

New Tablature - opens a clean tablature window and enables editing.

Open Tablature - brings up the Open File window

Save Tablature - saves the current tablature as a file.

Save Tablature As - save the current tablature to a file with a new name.

Save Preferences - saves the current preferences.

Print Preview - opens the Print Preview window

Info - opens the Tablature Information Window.

Exit - exits the program.


Edit Menu

This is only used in the Tablature Module.

Edit Functions

Menu:

Enable Editing

Current Voice

Undo  - undo the last cut, paste or delete.

Redo - no functions yet.

Cut - Cuts the selected notes to the clipboard.

Copy - Copies the selected notes to the clipboard.

Paste - Pastes the notes from the clipboard.

Delete - deletes the notes from the exercise.

Copy Bends and Slides - this is a very useful feature. It allows you to copy just portions of a note to other notes

See also:

Selecting Notes for Editing


Settings Menu


Sound Menu

The sound menu has several options:

  Interface

Speaker- choose when you want to use the built-in computer speaker to play your sounds.

MIDI- choose if you want to use a sound card or a MIDI Interface.

Speaker Duration- choose settings for the built-in speaker.

  Instrument- brings up a dialog box for configuring your instrument options.


Tuning Menu
Menu Tuning


Windows Menu
Menu Windows


Help Menu
Menu Help


Answer Timer

Choose the amount of time for the computer to give you to answer the question. Possible values range from 0.3 sec to 10 sec.


Question Settings

This sets the total number of questions that will be asked in one session when you are keeping score in the current exercise. Possible values are from 10 to 100 questions.


Settings Options

Single Notes Choose this option to practice naming the notes on the neck. This is very good practice for those of you that don't read music. It can really help you get to know your fingerboard better.

Intervals Choose this option for practicing Intervals on the guitar. See  Interval Names.

These options are not available in the Interval Method Settings. They only apply to the Fretboard Module.


Patch Name

Select the Instrument for the currently selected MIDI Module Setting


MIDI Instrument Setup
MIDI Module Settings

There are three different instrument settings that you can choose.

  Instrument: the instrument settings used in the Fretboard and Interval Modules

  Incorrect Answers: the instrument settings used when an answer is incorrect

You may change the Instrument, Volume and Pan settings for both of these choices.


Volume and Pan Settings

Change the Volume and Pan for the current instrument.


Done_Button
Done

Close the current window.


Test Button

Click to sample the chosen settings.


Major Scale

The Major Scale is the basic building block of our musical system. Below is the structure of a Major Scale:

   	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8

W	W	H	W	W	W	H

W= Whole-Step (2 frets)

H= Half-Step (One Fret)


Instrument Setup


Use Scales

This setting is useful for practicing your notes and intervals in a particular key. The current key is shown to the right of the check box. To change the key, click on the check box with the right mouse button.


FretTips Beginner
Beginner Fretboard Tips

I recommend that you begin with the sixth string. Try working on the sixth string only for several days, a week or even more. Once you feel comfortable with the sixth string, move on to the fifth string.  Do not rush through all of the strings too quickly. If you learn one string a week, you will still learn the entire fretboard in a short five weeks. The key to learning is consistency. If you just keep after it, you will learn it.

 If you are having trouble memorizing a string, try using the Fret Limitations option on the right of the screen and limit yourself to a smaller section of the neck. This will make it easier because you won't have as many notes to remember.

 Use the Show Notes option. This places all of the natural notes on the fretboard for an easy reference.

  Use the Timer. This way, if you can't get the answer, the timer will give you the answer and then move on.  Don't worry about wrong answers.  Using the timer for even a few minutes can help you develop a better feel for the note locations.

 Use the right mouse button to play the notes on the neck.  This will also give you the name of the note so that you can give yourself hints.


FretTips Intermediate
Intermediate Fretboard Tips

 Use the Fret Limitation Bar and move to different spots on different strings and sets of strings. Work progressively. Start with one or two strings and then move on as you get better and faster.

 Practice taking small sections of one or more strings and use the timer.  The timer can be very helpful.

 Treat the exercise as if it is a song.  Since the timer keeps a regular interval, get a 'groove' going and try answering 'on beat.' This can really speed the thinking process up!


FretTips Advanced
Advanced Fretboard Tips

You should now know all six strings and be able to use the timer in under 2 seconds and consistently have a 95% accuracy rating or higher. Your scores should consistently be above 75.

 Use the Fret Limitation Bar on all six strings and move to your "weaker" areas of the neck.

 Try different combinations of two or more strings using both adjacent strings sets and broken up string sets.  For example, try using strings 6, 4 and 2.


Technical Support

While I can't afford to have a toll free support line, I will be interested in anything you have to say. You can call or write anytime and I will get back to you as soon as possible. I am very interested in keeping you happy. I will be giving free updates (plus a small fee if you want it sent U.S Mail.)


Who is this program for?
Who Is This Program For

Answer:  Guitarists of all levels

Beginner- This program is designed to help you learn more about the guitar and it's layout. All three modules will be very beneficial, especially the Fretboard Module and the Exercise Module.

Intermediate- Knowing where all of the notes on the fretboard is a definite must to move beyond the level of an intermediate guitar player. So, working on the Fretboard Module will be very beneficial. The Intervals Module will be helpful because now is also a good time to begin learning more about music: intervals, chord spellings, scales, etc.


Adjusting Fret Limitations
Adjusting the Fret Limitations Bar

Short Overview of topic

To adjust the Bar Width:

1. Using the left mouse button, grab either end of the Fret Limitation Bar and drag left or right.

To adjust the Bar Location:

1. Using the left mouse button, grab the Fret Limitation Bar in the center and drag left or right.

Related Topics

Using the Fret Limitation Bar


Using Fret Limitations
Using the Fret Limitation Bar

Overview

Top Level topic

Next level topic


Score Form
Scores

Overview  This series of graphs shows you your performance over the last 25 times that you used the scoring options in either the Fretboard Module or in the Interval Module

Top Level topic

Next level topic


Use Note Names


Fretboard Settings
Fretboard_Settings_DropDown


Play Buttons

 These three buttons are very simple to understand.

Rewind - returns you to the beginning of the song.

Play - Starts and Stops the current song.

End - goes to the end of the current song.


Exercise Tempo
Tempo

This option lets you select the tempo for the current song/exercise.


Tempo Offset

These two settings allow you to change the tempo of the song on the fly or to change the speed of the song wihout having to reset the tempo (this is great when you are practicing.) When in repeat mode, you can use this to start with the repeat tempo set at normal speed, and then use one of the tempo offset buttons to slow it way down, and then gradually speed it up as you improve.


Edit Functions

In-Depth Guitar has many editing functions. They all work well, but they may take awhile to get used to, because they are so deep. The following is a list of all events, toolbars and edit views:

Selecting Notes for Editing

Toolbars

Note Toolbar

Edit Toolbar

Edit Views

Bend View

Grace Note View

Velocity View

Strum View

Finger Edit

Popup Menus

Edit Mode Popup

Play Mode Popup

Special Functions

Copy Attributes


File Functions
File_Functions


Print Functions

see Print Preview


Exercise Info

This window is used to see alot of the information kept for the individual tablature file. You can make additions to the text. This is a good place to make notes to yourself or even to put lyrics to the song that you are working on. There is no limit to how much you can put into this text box, so feel free to use it for anything you like.

At the bottom of the window, there is a check box that allows you to have the Exercise Info window pop up everytime that you open the file. This is useful if you are keeping a 'practice log' in the text box. It is also very useful if you send a song to someone else. This way, you know that they will see your notes the first time that they open up the file.


Redraw Button

This button will redraw both the tablature window and the fretboard window.


Keeping Score

This allows you to keep track of your progress when you are using the Fretboard Module or the Interval Module. This is very useful and you should test yourself at least once each practice session.


Exercise Control

It is important to know that once you start a session in either the Fretboard or Interval Module, you must STOP the session before making any option changes. To do this, press the Stop key. Pausing a session will only stop timers if they are running. You can't make any changes while in pause mode.


Choose Direction

The "direction" of the intervals that you will be asked about will be determined by your choice fot these options.  If you choose All Up, then all intervals will be ascending intervals (going from a lower to a higher note).  If you choose All Down, then all intervals will be descending. Both will allow the computer to choose for you.


Selecting Answer
Selecting an Answer

Either type in your answer on the keyboard (only valid notenames will register, also, see

Accidental Keys) or click on the appropriate buttons on the screen. In most cases, you need to follow up your answer by hitting the "Ready" button. A shortcut for this is to use the spacebar. This is much faster and highly recommended.


Accidental Keys

These are shortcut keys to use to answer questions more quickly, they are:

h	j	k	l	;

double flat	flat	natural	sharp	double sharp

These can be entered quickly with the right hand while the left hand selects

the notes.


Getting Started: Fretboard Module
Getting Started with the Fretboard Module

The Fretboard Module is designed to help you learn more about the guitar neck.

To learn the notes on a string:

1. Select the string (or strings) that you desire to work on. If you don't know any strings yet, try starting with the Low E String.

2. Select a practice option.

2. Push the Start Button, and try answering the "questions". To do this, select the name of the note that you are being asked about.

Further explanation text goes here, such as feedback, notes, or warnings

Tip: Learn one string a week. If you do, in a short five weeks you will know the entire fretboard.

Related Topics

Getting Started with the Interval Module

Getting Started with the Tablature Module


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IntermalTip Beginner
Interval Module Tips for  Beginners

What is an Interval?

Getting Started

1. I want you to begin by working on your Major Seconds (M2, equal to a whole-step, which is two half-steps, or two frets) with natural notes only (default.) To select the interval, click on the Select Interval button.  Select the M2 checkbox. Now click on Ok.

Now, it is time to learn the M2 intervals.

The C Major Scale is spelled:     c   d   e   f   g   a   b   c

There are no sharps or flats. These notes are called Natural Notes. The tricky part is that they aren't all the same distance apart. The normal distance between any two adjacent notes is a whole-step, or two frets. The exception is between e -  f     and   b - c  .  Between these notes there is only a half-step. This means that in order to get a whole-step, or M2 above e, we have to raise the f a half-step. We do this by sharping the note (using the symbol #). This raises the note by a half-step. Therefore, a M2 above e  is   f  #  and a M2 above b    is   c  # .  Therefore, memorize the following and practice them using the Interval Module.

Major Seconds  (M2)

c  -  d,	d  -  e,	e  -  f #,	f  -  g,	g  -  a,	a  -  b,	b  -  c#
2.Next I want you to learn your Minor Seconds (m2, equal to a half-step, or one fret) with natural notes only. To select the interval, click on the Select Interval button.  Select the m2 checkbox. Now click on Ok.

Minor Seconds (m2)

c  -  d b,	d  -  eb,	e  -  f ,	f  -  gb,	g  -  ab	a  -  bb	b  -  c#


Interval Tips: Intermediate
Interval Module Tips for Intermediates

1. First memorize Perfect Fifths and Major Thirds going All Up.  By memorizing these two intervals, you will have also memorized the notes contained in major chords. This is extremely important, because once you know how to spell a major chord, all other chord types are immediately easier to spell as well.  For instance, once you know that a C Major chord is spelled c-e-g (c-e is a major third, c-g is a perfect fifth), creating the spelling for a C Minor chord becomes trivial. All you need to know is how a minor chord differs from a major chord. Since we use a M3 and P5 in a major chord, we will say that a major chord is spelled 1-3-5.  To create a minor chord, we spell the chord 1-b3-5. This means that we use a m3(b3) and a P5(5) to create a minor chord.

2. Next, learn intervals in the following order:   m3, M7, m7, M2, m2, P4, M6, m6  (notice that these are just recommendations. You do not have to follow this order.)

Spellings of common chords:

Major chord   :    	1-3-5

Minor chord   :     	1-b3-5

Diminished chord   :	1-b3-b5

Augmented chord  :	1-3-#5


What Is an Interval?

An interval is what we call the "distance" between any two notes. This distance can be measured in half-steps, which is equvalent to one fret on the guitar, and whole-steps, which is two frets. Therefore, the distance between the sixth string open (E) and the sixth string fifth fret (A) is 5 half-steps, or 2-1/2 steps.  This method works okay, but it is not descriptiive enough. It doesn't tell us which letter names to use.

To describe the letter names, we count the number of letters involved in the interval.  For example, the distance between E and A would be, E-1, F-2, G-3, A-4. Since there are four letter names involved, we have some sort of fourth interval.


IntervalTips Advanced

Practice using all of the different options. Click on the Choose Intervals button and try some of the options presented at the bottom. You might first try selecting Major Chord. This will enable both the M3 and P5 intervals and you can practice naming the corresponding notes. For extra difficulty, try setting the direction to both. This will test you on your interval knowledge going up and going down.


Tablature Toolbar

The toolbar was created to speed many of the tasks regularly used in the Tablature Module.

Click anywhere in the toolbar to get a description of the functions available


Edit Enable
Enabling the Editing Functions for the Tablature Module

This can be done one of two ways. You may select the Edit Menu and then select Enable Editing. You may also click in the upper portion of the Tablature window with the right mouse button. This will give you a popup menu where you may also select Enable Editing.

Edit Functions


Editing Tablature

Overview

There are many functions to learn about in the Tablature Module. It may seem confusing at first, but I think you will find that it fast once you learn it.

Adding Notes

This is very simple. To add a note to the tablature, you simply click on a note on the fretboard. This will automatically place a note in the tablature at the desired time.

Next level topic

To Access the following features,

•	first select the note that you wish to alter

•	either click with the right mouse button and select Editing Views or click on the appropriate button on the Edit Toolbar.

Adding Slurs (Hammer-ons and Pull-Offs) and Ties

Adding Left Hand Fingerings

Adding Bends

Adding Slides


Editing

Editing the songs and exercises in In-Depth Guitar is one of the most exciting parts of this program. Editing the songs follows many of the standard editing procedures in all windows programs. Copy, Cut, Paste, Delete

To edit songs with the Tablature Module:

1. Select Enable Editing from the Edit Menu

If no song is currently loaded, you must first click the New button or select New from the File Menu. Once selected, the Note Toolbar and the Edit Toolbar will be visible. Whenever you are in edit mode, these toolbars will be visible.

2. Choosing the length of the note

Select a note value from the Note Toolbar.

3. Inserting a note in the tablature

When putting a note in the tablature, you must know where you want to put it. Simply click in an empty space of the tab. If a note already exists in that spot, that note will be highlighted. You cannot put a note in a place where that note won't go. You will get a warning message telling you that the note won't fit. This simply means that the note length that you have chosen won't go where you want to put it.

4. Creating chords in the tablature

Once you have clicked on the fretboard to create a note, that note is inserted in the tablature below.

4. Changing a note in the tablature

Further explanation text goes here, such as feedback, notes, or warnings

1. Step one text goes here

Further explanation text goes here, such as feedback, notes, or warnings

Tip: Any shortcuts or tips go here

Related Topics


Note Toolbar

This toolbar contains all of the note-related editing functions of the Tonart Guitar Tutor. Click on the toolbar to find out it's functions.


Edit Toolbar

This toolbar contains all of the extra editing functions available in the Tonart Guitar Tutor.


Technical Support

If you have any problems, first email me with the problem. If we can't solve it by email, you can  call me at 303.758.9357 or 800.320.3238.


Time Values

 When you click on the notes, this sets the time value for the notes that you wish to input.

When you click on the rest, it inserts that amount of time into the exercise, such that the next note will be entered after the amount of time of the selected rest (In-Depth Guitar does not save rests, only notes. All rests are determined by the graphics engine.)

Here are some shortcuts for selecting note values:

Key:	W	H	Q	E	S	T	. (Period)
Result:	Whole	Half	Quarter	Eighth	Sixteenth	Triplet	Dotted


Slurs and Ties

This button adds either a slur or a tie to the note selected.

Adds a slur when:

the notes selected are different.

Adds a tie when:

the notes selected are the same.


Slurs

The way that I usually describe a slur is that the note following the slur is not picked again. This can be done with a hammer-on (when the note is higher than the first), a pull-off (when the note is lower than the first), or with a slide (play the first note and then slide to the next without picking.)

See the Note Toolbar for information on editing slurs.


Ties

A tie is when the first note is held not only for the rythmic value of the first note, but for the rhythmic value of the "tied" note as well.

See the Note Toolbar for information on editing ties.


Scratches
Scratch

A scratch is performed by lightly touching the desired string or strings. You must NOT press the string down to the frets. When a scratch is done correctly, you won't hear a note, just a 'click'.


Scratch Edit
Adding Scratches

Selecting this button will transform the selected notes into scratches. The fingerings will automatically be changed to an 'x' and when played back, the sound will be a short 'scratch' sound. It is quite amazing how realistic it sounds

Hint: You may want to lower the volume of the scratch notes, as they can be somewhat overpowering if kept at the same volume. The best way to adjust volumes for individual notes is with the Velocity View.


Velocity View

The velocity view is designed for quick manipulation of both the volume of each string and the direction that a chord will be strummed. Velocity is the term used in MIDI terminology to represent the volume at which the note is played.

•	To alter the volumes of the notes, simply drag your mouse across the window. You will notice that all of the 'volume bars' change once you do this. The volume increases from left to right.

•	To select a strum direction, simply click on the appropriate button. The longer that you hold the button, the slower the strum.

•	A shortcut for working with the strums is to use the up and down arrows on your keyboard. Pressing the up arrow will select an upstroke and the down arrow will select a downstroke. Once again, the longer you hold the button, the slower the strum. Once you let go of the key, the window will automatically advance  to the next note or chord.


Bend View

Use the Bend View to alter the actual sound of the bend and the symbol that you wish to use for the notation of the bend.

•	Before adjusting a bend, you must first select a bend. This is done with the tablature window. Bends must always be saved before exiting the window or selecting another note.

•	To change the sound of the bend, drag your mouse across the window.

•	To select a notation style, click one of the notation buttons.

•	At this point, bends are limited to a whole-step. This is a limitation imposed by the average sound card.


Editing Popup
The Editing Popup  Menu

To get this menu, right mouse click on either a note within the tablature or anywhere inside the tablature. You can get this pop window only when in the Edit Enabled mode.


Grace Note View

Use the Grace Note View to add slides, grace notes and trills. Click on the picture to learn about the different functions.


GraceNote Drag
Editing using the Grace Note View

To adjust the sounds, you must:

•	First, click anywhere on the center line. This will create a new editing node for you to move around.

•	Drag the node up, down, left or right. Notice that you can't move the node beyond either of the adjacent nodes.

•	You can add as many nodes as you wish.

•	To create the sound of a slide, create one or two nodes and postion them like this:

•	To create a trill, select the Grace Note View option and then create a curve like this one.


WhoIsItFor
Who is this Program For?

In-Depth Guitar has been designed to help guitarists of all styles, levels and age groups. Work with the program for awhile, and you will definitely see positive results in both your playing and knowledge of the guitar.

Module Tips are available for each level in each module of the program.


Selecting Notes
Selecting Notes for Editing

There are two methods for selecting the notes that you wish to edit.

•	click on any note on the tablature window

•	click anywhere outside the tablature, and then drag an editing box around the notes that you wish to edit.


Copy Window
Copy Attributes

This is a very useful feature. It can save you alot of time in the editing process. To use this feature, do the following:  (Editing must first be enabled)

•	Press F4 or go to the Edit Menu and select Copy Bends and Slides

•	Once the window is displayed, select the attributes that you want to copy

•	Select the note in the tablature that you wish to copy the attributes from. The cursor changes to a different arrow.

•	Select the note that you wish to copy the attributes to

•	If you want to copy the same attributes to several different notes, hold down the Ctrl key while you select the destination notes. Notice that the cursor doesn't change back. This means that you still have the same attributes loaded so that you can copy them to as many notes as you wish.

See Also:

Edit Functions


Current Voice

In-Depth Guitar allows for two independent voices to be created. This will allow you to create more advanced guitar music.  For example, most classical guitar has more than one voice moving at a time. Features:

•	Voice 1 - Voice 1 will always have it's stems pointing upward, so you want to use this voice for the higher notes. A shorcut key is 'F5".

•	Voice 2 - Voice 2 always has it's stems pointing down, so you need to use this for bass notes. A shorcut key is 'F6'.


Time Signatures

Select the time signature that you desire from the possiblilites.

For now, the denominator is limited to a value of four. This will be upgraded soon. For now, if you want to do, say 6/8 or 9/8, use 2/4 or 3/4 and use tripet eighths. Timewise, these are exactly the same. The difference is in the notation. Once the notation section is updated, your file will actually easily convert to 6/8, etc.


Add Measures

Click this button to add a new measure to the end of the current song.


Delete Button

 Deletes the selected notes.


Getting Started

Welcome!  Thanks for trying In-Depth Guitar!  This is the most powerful and useful guitar instruction program on the market.

First, let's setup the sound capabilities of the program.


Sound Setup

•	Open the Sound Menu.

•	Select Speaker if you don't have a sound card or MIDI Interface (it is highly recommended that you use a sound card.) The PC Speaker is VERY limited in it's musical capabilities. To get the most out of In-Depth Guitar, you should add a sound card to your computer.

•	Select MIDI if you have a sound card or some other MIDI device.  A window should pop up giving you all of the MIDI devices currently installed in your computer. Select the appropriate interface.

•	You should now start the Fretboard Module or the Tablature Module. Try clicking anywhere on the guitar fretboard with the right mouse button. You should hear a note play. (If not, first make sure that your speakers are turned on.) If they are, you might need to repeat this setup but choose a different interface. The MIDI Mapper should be a good choice to try.

Back to Getting Started


Repeats
Repeat List

 To use the repeat function, select the Repeat Button on the Toolbar.

You now have a window to allow you to select repeats. You can create as many repeats as you would like. The repeats are stored with the song, so as you work on a song, you don't have to go searching through the song to find the part that you want.  (See Using Repeats) To select a repeat, double click on the repeat name. The tablature will jump to the repeat starting point.

See Also Creating Repeats


Using Repeats

Using repeats is a fabulous way to learn.  By practicing small repetitive ideas within a song, you can learn the song much more quickly.  This works extremely well with complex parts. Try creating a repeat for each section of a song that is giving you trouble.  Practice the repeating section at a slow pace to begin with.  Once you can play along, speed the repeat up (use the Tempo Offset buttons on the toolbar to change the speed on the fly.)

Look at some of the songs that are included with the program, especially croadsol.ttb.  This is a guitar solo that I have set up a number of repeats that will help break the solo down into manageable parts


Opening a File
Opening Files

To open a file, simply double click on any file in the Open window. The files are divided into Exercises and Songs and then alphabetized. This really helps keep things organized as the number of files increases.


Adjusting Tempo
Adjusting the Tempo

Click on the Tempo dropdown list on the Tablature Toolbar and select the desired tempo. It is also possible to type in a tempo. The tempo must be between 40 and 250.


Entering Notes

In In-Depth Guitar, notes are entered by clicking on the guitar fretboard with the left mouse button. Before you can add any notes, you must either click on New in the File Menu to create a new file or click on Enable Editing in the Edit Menu.

To enter single notes into the tablature:

1. Select the desired note length from the Note Toolbar

2. Select the starting point for the note

Use the left mousebutton and click in an open space on the tablature. You cannot place a note where it won't fit. A warning message will occur if you attempt to do so.

3. Click on the fretboard with the left mouse button to select the desired note

The insert point will move to the end of the note just entered. This makes it easy to put the notes in very quickly because you can just continue clicking on the fretboard. You can also use shortcut keys to select the rhythmic values so that the mouse never has to leave the fretboard.

To enter chords into the tablature:

1. Enter a note just like described above.

2. Enter the rest of the notes of the chord by holding down the Ctrl key as you select the notes on the fretboard. This will 'stack' the notes of the chord.

Tip: You can also use the chord method described above when you want to change a note that you entered incorrectly. By holding down the Ctrl key, the insert point doesn't advance so all notes that you click will register in the one spot. If you click on a string that already has a note, that note will be replace by the new note.

Related Topics:

Edit Functions

Enable Editing


Creating and Editing Repeats
Creating Repeats

Repeating small sections of a song or exercise is a very useful way of learning. You can create as many repeats as you wish for each and every file. Each repeat can have a description. This description can be changed at any time so that you can use it to keep notes to yourself about your progress, jot down possible lyrics or make performance notes about that section of the song.

To set the repeat points:

1. Press and hold down the Ctrl key

2. Click on the gray 'ruler' at the top of the tablature window with your left mouse button. This will set the beginning of the repeat.

3. Click on the ruler again but with the right mouse button to select the end point of the repeat.

At this point, you have created the start and endpoints of a repeat. Click on the 'Save Repeat' button on the Repeat List window to continue the editing process.

To name the repeat:

1. Type a name into the Name text box.

2. If you want to add a description, you can type it in now. (It is not necessary to do it now, you can edit it later as well.)

3. Click on the 'Save' button

You now get a new window which has options for more editing of the repeat. There are a number of options that you have control over. Click on the different options to get a description of what each of them does.

To delete a repeat:

1. Drag the repeat that you wish to delete onto the trash can.

To move a repeat up or down in the list:

1. Select the repeat that you wish to move.

2. Hold down the Ctrl key

3. Use the up and down arrows to move the repeat up and down in the list


BeatsBefore_After
Beats Before: allows you to select the number of beats to insert before the repeat is played. This is available so that if an idea starts on the third beat, you can insert the first two beats of the bar so that the metronome accents will still be correct.

Beats After: allows you to have extra beats after the idea plays. This also allows you to have control over how the repeat gets played.


Scale Switch

Use this option for scales, arpeggios and other repetitive exercises. Selecting Scale Switch simply makes the repeat ignore the last note of the repeat. Why is this useful? When writing out scales, I usually begin and end the scale on the same note (often the root, or tonic note.) This allows you to keep that note from playing twice when you are repeating the exercise.


Metronome Accent

This simply tells the Metronome to accent the first beat of each measure.


Print Preview

•	Print - prints the exercise.

•	to Clipboard - makes a bmp copy of the current window to the Windows clipboard, so that you can paste it to another program (at this point it is limited to screen resolution)

•	Actual Size - Adjusts the screen view to actual size. This is useful if you have zoomed in on a particular section.

•	Settings - brings up the Print Settings window which allows you to adjust margins, adjust spacing, and edit the title information.

•	ReDraw - Redraws the screen.

•	Close - exits the Print Preview window.

How to:

Zoom - click anywhere in the window with your right mouse button.  This brings up a menu that allows you to:

•	Zoom Out -  zooms out 25% farther

•	Zoom In - zooms in 25% closer

•	100% View -  Returns to the regular view.

•      Page View - Zooms out so that you may look at the entire page in the window.


Print Settings

This window gives you all of the printing options.

•	Title: allows you to change the title.

•	Performance Notes: use for different notes about how the music should be performed.

•	Author: use for the author of the song.

•	Margins: set the top, left, bottom and right margins for the printout.

•	Staff Top: Sets the starting point for the first stave on each page

•	Staff Separation: sets the space between staves on the page.

•	Beats Per Staff: a setting for adjusting the maximum number of beats that can be shown on any one stave (preset is 12)

•	Font Size: set the size of the tablature font.

•	Hide Fingerings: allows you to hide the fretboard fingerings included in the file.(Soon, right hand fingerings will be accessible, and those will be hidden as well.)


TabLearning Songs
Learning Songs

One of the best uses of the Tablature Module is to use it to help you learn songs. It is possible to download songs from the Tonart Website or to also input them yourself.

One of the main problems that most guitar students have is that they have a hard time reading the rhythms from the printed page.  In-Depth Guitar is designed to help you with this problem. You can take music or tab from another source and input it into the program. Since all of the rhythms are notated in the original music, you can input the rhythms exactly. Now you have a copy of the song that you can slow down, loop sections to help you practice and learn them, etc.  This is one of the most powerful learning tools I have ever come across. My students have found it to be extremely helpful.


TabEditing
Editing Tablature

Editing tablature is a great learning experience. You will learn alot about rhythms in the process.

To Begin Editing

1. Open a New Tablature document

Use the 'New Tablature' option in the File menu or click on the 'New' button on the toolbar. You will now get a fresh new window to begin inputing the tab. (If you already have a song that you just want to edit, go to the Edit menu and select 'Enable Editing.'

2. Choose a notelength for the note that you want to add.

There is a 'Notes' toolbar that you use to select these durations. You can also use keys on the keyboard to speed up the process.

3. Entering a note into the tablature.

There are two methods that you can use to input notes into the tab.

•	Fretboard Entry - Click on the fretboard with your right mouse button. This will add a note to the tablature at the blinking cursor. This method is great if you already know the song and for inputing scales and single note exercises.

•	Direct Entry - Use the arrow up and down arrow keys to select a string that you want to put a note on and then simply type in the number for the fret that you need.

4. Adding symbols.

There are a number of symbols that can be added to your tablature.

•	Bends

•	Grace Notes

•	Slides (uses the same window as the Grace Notes)

•	Slurs(Hammer-ons and Pull-Offs)

•	Ties

Tip: Any shortcuts or tips go here

Related Topics


Grace Note Notation
These buttons are used to add an extra note into the tablature as a grace note.


Fingerings View
Editing Fingerings

This view is used to input fingerings and chord names.

•	Fingerings for both hands can be used.

•	Click in the space abve the fretboard to invoke the Chord Name.


Measure Notation

This button will show a window that will give you three options for how you want to notate the current measure.

•	Normal Notation

•	Use slashes for the chords in the measure (this can help reduce the visual complexity of the measure)

•	Use slashes for the entire bar. This is useful if you are creating lead sheets and don't want to have any notes shown at all.


Glossary

E

eartraining

Eliminate last note only

F

flats

H

harmonically

I

Intervals

L

Limitation Bar

M

melodically

S

sharps

String Selection

T

tuning

Tuning Offset

W

wavetable synthesis


eartraining

Eartraining is the act of learning the relationships of musical notes by sound alone. There are many eartraining programs available. Eartraining is one of the most important skills that any musician can practice.


Eliminate last note only

a setting used in the Exercise portion of the Tonart Guitar Tutor that allows you to eliminate only the last note of a particular exercise when you want to repeat the exercise.


flats

a flat is what we call and accidental. When a flat is added to a note, we lower the note by one half-step (equal to one fret.)


harmonically

when playing an interval harmonically, both notes are played at the same time.


Intervals

Names that describe the relationship between any two notes when played together (harmonically) or one following another (melodically.)


Limitation Bar

The bar located at the bottom of the fretboard that can limit the notes that you can be questioned on to that particular area of the fretboard. This works well when practicing multiple strings.


melodically

when playing an interval melodically, one note is played followed by the second note e.g., as in a melody.


sharps

a sharp is


String Selection

these check boxes are used to select the strings that you would like to use in the exercise.


tuning

The nature of the guitar is such that you can very easily change the way that it is tuned. You can use this program to tune your guitar by selecting going into the tuning menu and selecting Tune Guitar.


Tuning Offset

the Tuning Offset is a value that represents the relative change of all strings as compared to standard tuning at regular pitch.


wavetable synthesis

A newer technology that uses recorded sounds (called samples)  to play the instruments.