ap1 / chordPractice

A simple tool for guitar beginners to practice chord transitions

Chord Practice

A simple tool for guitar beginners to practice chord transitions. It prints random chord transitions at regular intervals (currently 5 seconds), showing chord patterns with the names.

Data in chords2.csv courtesy of http://www.chordie.com/chords.php

Input

Two input files are required:

• chords2.csv contains a database of chords with pattern codes (name, pattern, starting fret).

    A,x02220,1
    Am,x02210,1
    C,x32010,1
    D,xx0232,1
    D7,xx0212,1
    E,022100,1
    E7,020100,1
    Em,022000,1
    G,320003,1
    G7,320001,1
  

• to_test.txt contains the list of names of chords for practice. The program will only pick from these chords.

    Am,C,D,Em,G
  

Example Output (one chord)

Chord Am (x02210)

  E A D G B E
    o       o
  -----------
1 | | | | * |
2 | | * * | |
3 | | | | | |
4 | | | | | |
5 | | | | | |

TODO

• Add tunable time intervals
• Add difficulty information to chord database
• Display multi-character fret numbers without erroneous chars (:,;, etc.)
• Add support for chord progressions instead of arbitrary selection