Interactive Guitar Instructor

A good program that completely teaches guitar techniques in order to give the user the correct approach with the instrument. The characteristics are the following:
- more than 40 minutes of video
- more than 4 hours of audio
- approximately 350 pages in all
- over 100 songs of various styles (blues, rock, etc)
- tablature notation
- over 300 chords
- metronome
- tuner
- map of the notes
- dictionary of the terms.
Web Site: http://www.pomb.com

Jazz Scale Suggester System 1.0.25
author: Michael P Archbold

This program studies the scales of typical progressive chords for jazz and blues. The software is suitable for all instruments. Registration cost of the program is $7.95.
Web Site: http://www.w-link.net/~jsss/jsss.htm
E-mail: jazzbox@w-link.net

Key-Note 1.0

Key-Note calculates the scale-chord relationship for musicians of all levels. The program includes a visualization type graphic (keyboard of the piano, fretboard of the guitar), and also analyzes the theory of the relationship between scales and chords.
The trial period is 15 days, while the registration of the product costs $15.00 ($10.00 for students).

Melody Assistant v. 5.0.1

This program is a complete notation editor, with the possibility of recording midi and audio data. It exports files in many formats (aiff, wave, mid, tab, abc, kar, mp3...).
Melody Assistance can calculate the tablatures, develop fingerings for the chords, and insert the notation in a musical text.
The registered version costs $15. Web Site: http://www.myriad-online.com
E-mail: info@myriad-online.com

Midi Guitar Chord Finder

This program manages the search of the fingerings of the chords, graphically developing them where you can listen to them via midi files.
Web Site: http://home.att.net/~midigtr/

Mode Buster 1.0

An interesting program that helps teach the modes of the scales, with fingerings, intervals, etc. An important feature of this software is that it can use "Custom Licks" in the chord sequence, very useful for the creation of a personalized fraseggio.
Web Site: http://www.gunnartec.net/benzoid/Mode_Buster/
E-mail: bgeorgia@cybernex.net

MusEdit 3.2

A powerful musical notation program that offers standard notation, as well as excellent graphic quality scores of professional character. It also contains a library of over 8700 chords.

• scores for all the instruments and for all the keys
• completely personizable layout
• use of standard buttons
• complete management of the midi
• complete availability of the graphic symbols of the notes
• transformation of tablature notation and vice versa
• 170 page manual

Musician's CD Player v. 1.71

This program imports .wav and .mp3 files, slowing the execution and keeping the scale of the song unchanged. Useful for the transcription of fast or not easily decipherable parts. Cost of registeration: $35.
Web Site: http://www.ronimusic.com/

No Strings Attached Guitar Tutor 2.0

Studies on the scales (major, minor, pentatonics...), with the possibility to listen to the sounds. Search the fingerings of the chords of all the types (major, minor, diminished...).
The complete version costs $19.95.
Web Site: http://www.stottlemyer.com/guitar/

Nut Chords 32

A simple program for fingerings and the scales.
Web Site: www.angelfire.com
E-mail: saarnio@helsinki.fi

Power Tab

A powerful freeware program of tablature notation. Imports and exports midi files in various formats (ascii, tab, midi...).
Web Site: http://www.crosswinds.net/members/~powertab

Practice Master 1.0.3

An aid for the daily practice of the instrument.
Cost $19.
Web site: http://members.xoom.com/gfcomputers/practicemaster.html

Roland GI-10/GK-2A Control Panel

This program allows you to configure the GK-2A and GI-10 hexaphonic pick-up's with a midi interface.
Web site: http://solair.eunet.yu/~sasho/