iPhone Guitar Great for Guitar Lessons


January 27, 2008 by
Filed under: Electronics and Computers 

What is the iPhone Guitar

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It was not exactly what I expected, and I was really curious… but before anything else… let me say I won’t tell you what it is… you just got to see it for yourself. Check the iPhone guitar video below.

So as you know by now, the iPhone guitar is actually a virtual guitar, it imitates the sound of a real guitar, and because of the iPhone’s touch screen, you can actually fret simple chords or individual notes and with your other hand, pluck or strum the strings.

As a guitar player, to be honest, it would actually be difficult to play an entire song on it, because it would be very difficult to fret, even with simple chords. What makes it difficult to fret is the ratio of the guitar neck width (which in this case is the width of the iPhone) against the width of the individual frets.

The graphics presents you with a view of a guitar neck, frets and strings… but you can only see six frets.

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So ok, since we know this thing cannot actually be played.. what use do we have for it?

Well, for those who are interesting in learning guitar, this can be a great way for you to familiarize yourself with chords, what would be interesting is if the developer could come up with an application that would look like guitar tab, which teaches a person how a chord looks, and on what fret every individual finger were to fall.

Other than that, I’d say iPhone guitar is just another cool application to have on your iPhone to impress women or something.

So as far as it being a playable instrument to make music from? The iPhone guitar is crap; as an interesting application, really cool… but as an aid on learning how to play guitar, especially for beginners.. awesome!

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2 Comments on iPhone Guitar Great for Guitar Lessons

  1. Roy on Sat, 2nd Feb 2008 7:37 am

    2. I realize this may be a little off topic but, if you were interested in actually learning how to play guitar, the book I would recommend is the Jamorama Guitar Lesson, one of the best things about it is it has a free 6 day lesson that you can first check out.

  2. Roy on Sat, 2nd Feb 2008 7:41 am

    3. Oh I almost forgot, in case you are wondering why I would know that, the Jamorama Guitar Lesson is one of the best guitar lessons out there?

    Well… I have read it, and I am a guitar player myself, I have been playing for 22 years now and I have been in and out of several bands, had record deals and this and that.

    Here is one of my demos from some years back, http://www.roysencio.com/teenage-fantasies/

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