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Timing

To be able to play "in-the pocket" whether it be strumming, funk playing, vibrato and soloing.

Most guitar players (more than bass players) have timing as their greatest adversary.

Timing is even more important than the notes.

A bad note played in time sound a lot better than a good note played out time.

The most crucial aspect of music and the largest factor that separates good players and bad players

An advanced Metronome

One that not only functions as a normal metronome, but can split timing subdivisions into 8th, triplets, 16th notes, quintuplets (5), and every subdivision you can think of.

More useful features than other metronomes out there!

It also contains an bass note function that will enable the player to take a new lick, chord, scale or anything else around all 12 keys.

Also, there is a transparency option to view other windows behind it.

The only sight-reading software out there!

Do a search on sight-reading software for guitar or bass - and you'll only find some flash-card software or one other, more interesting software called "SightReader for guitar", "SightReader Master"or SightReader for Bass.

Well, I'm glad to say that I have nothing to do with the flash-cards, but these other downloads are programs that I created!

The difficulty is not finding the notes - or playing the rhythms - but doing them both at the same time!

Right now, I've culminated all that programming experience into my wish-list for guitar/bass software.

This site is where the only guitar/bass sight-reading software is available.And this new feature is embedded in Guitar Freak Workstation.

I wanted sight-reading software that should:

• Be able to choose single notes or chords (that I have selected)
• choose options to suit my current level of ability - whether I've ever read music or not - maybe show the names of the notes or chords if needed
• I control the tempo
• I choose how often certain notes (whole, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16ths, triplets of all of those, groups of 5 etc...) would appear
• I choose how often rests would happen - if at all.
• I choose (popular request) what scale the notes would come from
• I choose exactly where on the fretboard I want the chords and/or single notes come from - I want to see the fretboard during the process so I know where to find the notes.
• I want to control whether ties happen and how often.
• I choose 4/4, 3/4 or 6/8 time.
• I want a help file that teaches me important tips on reading music, charts and the like.
• I want to learn to read up to four bars ahead - across and down the page.
• Large enough so that I can see it clearly and resemble what I'll see in written music.
• (Advanced) I want to have accompanying chords and bass notes to appear at the top of the music so I can practice playing chords with the single note at the top (use this often if you want work on cruise ships - $$$)
• I want to hear the notes as I play along to see if I match up with them.
• For my instrument - guitar or bass (4, 5 or 6 string)
• It's got to look like music!!!

SightReader Master Extreme Tutorial

Adding chords tutorial

Practically appliable theory.

This is a biggie for my students. Theory is useful if you use it - learning how chords and scales are constructed can be a big mystery to some people.

It's all actually simple to remember - if you can apply it - or it's interesting!

Learning theory just by using!

I wanted software that I can add chords and scales to if I find that they're not already included. It would be great if there was a description I could add as well.

Well, with this software, I have included all the modes, chords and scales - (about 60+ scales as included). I used the same functions to add the scales and chords as you have in Guitar Freak Workstation.

Many of the scales have in-depth descriptions and interesting theory facts for you to read.

On any fret-board, if you hold your mouse over a note, the "spelling" of that note will pop up in a little yellow box!

You can read exactly how spelling works by referring to the help file - which also has lessons in it.You'll learn university level music just by playing around with the software!

And for you real guitar freaks - don't worry, I have all of Alan holdsworth's 10 favorite scale patterns in there!

Adding chords and scales

Ear-training.

Music is a hearing art - and the bigger your ears, the better you are at music in general.

A major frustration for lesser players is the ability to play the right notes over a song - or to recognize a chord just by hearing it.

A good player, even if not having heard a song for a while, can usually play it on their instrument just from memory.

Other players will possibly go to a music-training school.

In their ear-training tests, they need to be able to accurately hear and identify chords, scales, melodies and progressions.

Realtive and Perfect Pitch tools

When I started playing guitar, it was all by ear - I had been sentenced to the piano for 3 or so years, and all I had for guitar lessons was piano music, some Dire Straits and Yngwie Malmsteen tapes - and guitar player Magazine.

I didn't know anything about ear-training. We didn't even have music as a subject in my school!

However, I realized it was going to be good for me to develop my ear - I wanted to transcribe my David Lee Roth tapes and learn those Yngwie licks.

This would have gone a lot easier if my ear was developed and I had learnt to recognize intervals and bass movement.

Of course, now that ears are pretty good - I wanted software to make these abilities as fast as possible!

So, in my dream software - ear training should be like this:

• Learn to recognize intervals. I want to hear the reference melodies not just read about them in a book (example a half step or minor 2nd is jaws)
• Learn to track bass movement - that way I'll learn what chord to play.
• Learn what intervals make up a melody.
• Learn to sing an interval over a bass note.
• Learn to recognize an interval over a bass note (all truly good improvisers can do this)
• Out of a group (that I have chosen) be able to recognize a chord or scale played.
• Have 4 different methods or developing perfect pitch! (incidentally, there's a really good perfect pitch course below that I found - called "Pure Pitch")
• Simulate academic tests.

Playing meaningful melodies.

Playing more interesting chords.

Most guitarists can play a chord in perhaps 2 places.What about 15 different options?

Where can you find those lush chords that compliment the music in your band?

What scales work over what chord?

What chord works over a scales?

How do I break out of box patterns?

How do I learn to solo?

How do I learn to play that jazz song?

Quickchords for guitar

One of the most powerful features I want in some guitar software is to be able to intertwine chords and scales seamlessly.

This feature is possible in Guitar Freak Workstation only!

You can select 15 different chords voicings for every chord you have in your software (as well as the ones you've added.

You can then, with a click of a button, see every scale that will work over that chord. A combobox become available and you can see the each chord with the white scale notes around it!

Click on any of the 15 shapes and see that chord or scale enlarged. Play the scale, the chord or both simultaneously with a button.

Click on the enlarged shape and you'll see all the notes involved (great for practically apliable theory!)

You can also choose any scale and then see what chords will work over that scale. Great for composing!This means

• If you can play a chord, you can use the scale notes to add notes to the chord(making it a little more interesting)
• You can pinpoint the notes in the scales that are chord tones and resolve on them - more meaning-full solos!
• No box shapes!
• Play a chord tone on the strong beats (1,2,3 or 4) and any other scale note on the "ands" or other timing subdivisions that aren't 1,2,3 or 4 and you have yourself a hot lick that works well over that chord
• Will definitely break you out of a rut.
• You can choose whether to play a chord or scale at any time!!!!
• The chords are the shapes that Grammy award winning guitarists use.
• Highly graphical interface - if you've ever seen chord grids before, you'll recognize the shapes!
• Print the shapes out on your local printer!

QuickChords

Where a scale or chord can be played on the neck

Great guitarists can take an idea and move it all the way up or down the neck.

They use patterns, sweep-picking, runs, string skipping and even 3 or 4 note chords!

Learning to do this means a lot of time drawing diagrams.

This puts a lot of lesser players off - and wastes a lot of time for other players who want to play - not draw!

The Invertor - a revolution on the fretboard!

The Invertor is a powerful new feature never before seen in guitar software!

It will allow you to choose any scale or chord - in a any key. This will display on a fretboard.You can then click notes on the fretboard until you create a shape - it can be a sweep, a whole scale, a chord - whatever shape you like.Using 5 options you can hear this shape played

• All once - like a chord.
• Ascending (it will play all the notes from lowest to highest notes - at the speed you choose)
• Descending (same as above but going down)
• Ascending and then descending
• Descending and then ascending

Then - with a click on a button or hotkey, this shape will move up one note in the scale or chord.

It's still in the scale but the next inversion up.

You can move shapes up and down the scale - so you scales and chords stay in the scale but you can play them anywhere on the fretboard!

Check out the video on the right to see it in action!

Freaks - Alan holdworth uses this wayout method to create his unique chord shapes (not in software however (well not to my knowledge ))

The Invertor

How to play over a chord progression.

In a pop song, most chords will come from one particular scale.

However, it's not unusual for a chord to spring up which contains notes that have notes that are in the scale. This adds flavor to a song.

You need to get used to pinpointing those notes as that will heat up your solo!

For players who are interested in jazz, the scale may change 2 times or more in 1 bar (or measure)

Often similar progressions will appear in other songs - but probably in another key!

A guitar or bass player needs to be able to navigate these scales under pressure.The good ones can - the lesser players will get flustered, lose their time and not enjoy the ride.

The great news is that you can enjoy the ride!

The progression creator and player is something not before seen in software!

You can create progressions with the creator. Then using them in the trainer, you can choose which progression to use, what keys it's going to play this progression in.

Press play and you get 8 bars of the chosen progressions in different keys.The progression player then plays these chords with a bass and an keyboard sound (you can turn either off)

Another great feature is that you can launch a transparent "Quickchords" over the top of the progression player so you can check out your chords and scale options.

Often, if you work out a lick, the lick will be played over chords. You just learn the lick, find the chords - make a progression out of it - and when, you'll be able to practice that lick in any key you select!

(if you want to know more about progressions I've made a video to learn more on the right)With this you can master:

• Chords playing
• Soloing over difficult chords
• Get your scales down
• get your licks down
• practice singing your intervals over the chords

The Progression Creator and player

how progressions work

Accessing Money

Making your way as a musician in this world can be a poverty experience...

A great way to earn money while still remaining a full-time musician is through teaching.

Teaching can be a rewarding experience, both financially and socially - and you don't have to "sell-out" to do it.

The worksheet and the resource page.

I thought, I want guitar software that enables me to create worksheets for my students...I want to take any graphic off any part of my software and create a page where I can position the graphic, raises it, drag it anywhere, rotate it - add text and save it.

Oh - and If I had a graphic on the clipboard (example - in Powertab, you can copy a stave to the clipboard) - I want to be able to add that!

Another thing - I want to be able to print it, and access the metronome to practice it!

Now if my software came with preloaded resources like tab, sheet music, examples and lots of useful thing, that would be great!

A great resource for yourself and your students! The Worksheet is ready to go!

The Worksheet Features

Video Lessons - Click to see

• One of the keys that separates great players from hack players - a tool you can practice anywhere!!!

Guitar Freak Workstation is the Ultimate Guitar Software

There will new features as I'm always adding to the software - they'll be free updates.

Guitar Freak Workstation offers a 5 day free trial of all features.

A 1/2 step de-tune function for player who like to tune down a step.

I've included my ebooks as a bonus with each purchase!

Free support for purchasers. Friendly customer service!

Discounts on bulk orderings!

seanclancy@prolevelguitar.com

The Progression Creator and player

QuickChords

Advanced Metronome

Adding chords and scales

The Invertor

SightReader Master Extreme

The Worksheet Features

"...This thing "Rocks" Sooner or later you are going to have to sell this to a mega distributing company for a billion bucks, let them put it in every store in the world and then just sit back and drink cool drinks and invent something else world changing for the guitar world!!!

Truly something to be proud of... I Gotta go... have to create some progressions to practice..." - Robert

"...Holy cow, though, the sight-reading exercises can get really hard really quickly! This is going to be so helpful - I love the way you can isolate exactly what you need to be working on. What a great tool..." - Fred

"...SRM Extreme running under Vista...most impressive!...I "discovered" SRM is a great way to work on Counting and Timing! Without using my instrument, I can practice reading rhythms, intervals, up and down beats. Cool.""- Phil

"...I am well impressed ,you must spend hours creating this software ,I will download the new version tomorrow with the ½ step feature ,once again thanks for the free upgrade..." - Kevin

"...You did it again! I keep forgetting that your updates are not merely little tweaks, but full blown "blow your mind" improvements!!!! Visually and functionally the latest upgrade takes perfection to a new level..." - Bob

A Great Bonus for purchasers of SightReader Master Extreme. Comes with the fully activated GFW (built in download) too!

Worth $19.99

A Great Bonus for purchasers of SightReader Master Extreme. Comes with the fully activated GFW (built in download) too!

Worth $24.99

A Fantastic e-book bonus only with GFW (built in download) fully activated!

Worth $19.99

"Learn to Burn - The Guitar Speed Manual"

The ultimate shred Handbook

• Tried and proven methods of playing fast. Timing, scales and sequences all included.
• The hidden secrets of playing clean and fast revealed in this e-book.
• Interactive with clickable shapes and music so you hear how it should sound!

you can buy it separately in the info page

Check out the downloadable CD - stream it on your computer!