The Sound Check page is where you select your scale, tempo, octave, get tuned up and prepare for the workout.
Level: Each level is a 4 note measure. Level 1 is 4 notes long. Level 20 is 80 notes long - good luck!
Mode: There are five scale modes, or shapes, that you can play.
4-Note - 4 notes in a handy box shape.
5-note - the Pentatonic scale.
Major and Minor - 8 notes from root to octave.
Custom - any scale shape you desire.
Key: All keys, following the Circle of Fifths.
Tempo: 60 to 180.
Octave: Low and High, press to toggle the setting.
Gate: Adjusts your input to only hear strong notes from the guitar.
Pace: "Pause" presents a continue dialog, "Go!" skips that and just counts in the next round! Press to toggle.
Tuner: Being in tune makes the game much easier.
When you are ready to begin, use the Menu at the top left to navigate to the "Play" page.
The Menu pop-up navigates you to Sound Check, Play, Help and Custom screens.
The Custom screen is only available when the Scale knob is set to Custom in the paid version of the app.
The menu also displays the current Sound Check settings.
This is the main workout page. The fingerboard shows the notes that will be used, based on your Soundcheck settings.
You have three Guitar Lives, each new round starts with three.
The Menu takes you to the Sound Check page.
The ♫ button plays the selected scale, so you can hear the notes in play.
Pressing the ▶ button starts the game of random notes.
The 5-note game is a normal Pentatonic scale.
Notice that the root of the scale is not the lowest note - this is useful for most melodies.
The Major scale is shown here, in the High Octave setting.
Each game mode offers a low and high octave choice.
The Custom Scale screen allows you to use any combination of notes in the selected octave.
You can make Diads, Triads, Altered Scales or full Chromatic. The Mixolydian Scale is shown here in the key of C.
The ♫ button allows you to hear the scale you have created.
After building your scale shape on the Custom screen, return to the play screen to workout with your selection.
This is a Mixolydian Scale, High Octave.