Chordbook v1.5

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v1.5 Available now on the iTunes App Store...

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Version 1.5
  • New Mandola view shows chords & scales for mandola. Requested by Robert Fernander!
Version 1.4
  • New Mandolin view shows chords & scales for mandolin.
  • Note Mandolin view only supports 1 tuning right now, standard mandolin GDAE.
  • New Home screen replaces the boring old menu with a graphical UI that looks/works like your iPhone's desktop
Version 1.3
  • New 'Scales' view shows you all the chords you can play in a scale, grouped by scale step.
  • You can easily jump into the 'Guitar Chords' view from the 'Scales' view
  • Improved menu UI
  • Where there is enough space, I have now started showing longer chord names, i.e. 'C# /Db' instead of just 'C#'
  • Changed help presentation a little, to make it more readable, and more obvious that you're in the help section.
Version 1.2
  • New menu for quicker navigation around views
  • New view: "Guitar Chords" for quick, easy lookup of 2,448 chords!
  • New view: "What's This Chord?" - simply dial in the shape you are playing, and Chordbook will tell you what chord(s) it might be, and let you view them in the "Guitar Chords" view.
  • Improved UI in the original Guitar/Keyboard/Bass views
  • Improved UI in the Options view
  • New Help menu with lots more information. Help also now available from most views in the app.
  • New icon & splash-screen
Version 1.1
  • Added new Options view, available from the "Options" button on the toolbar. It's an easy way to change any of the apps options:
  • View: change views, or note display modes.
  • Chord: change chord root and type.
  • Scale: change scale root and type.
  • Tuning: Change tuning type.
Version 1.0
  • 10 tunings: Standard, DADGBE, DADGAD, DADF#AD, DGDGBD, Open C, Open D, Open Dm, Open E, Open G
  • 14 scales: Major (Ionian), Natural Minor (Aolian), Harmonic Minor, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Locrian, Jazz Melodic Minor, Lydian Flat 7, Whole Tone, Pentatonic (Major), Pentatonic (Minor), Blues
  • 34 chords: M, 6, 6/9, M7, M9, M11, M13, m, m6, m7, m7-5, m9, m11, m13, 7, 7+5, 7-5, 7/6, 9, 9+5, 9-5, 9/6, 11, -5, -9, -9+5, -9-5, +5, +9, +11, dim, dim7, sus4, sus7
  • 3 note display modes - name, roman & numeric
  • Random chord

Home

General
  • When you run Chordbook, it starts here at the home screen.
  • This presents all the views in Chordbook in a similar way to the iPhone desktop.
  • Tap on any item in the menu to see it.

Guitar Chords

General
  • The guitar chords view contains 2,448 chords for the guitar
  • Use the dials to select a chord root, chord type, and up to 6 variations on where to play the chord on the fretboard.
Toolbar
  • Tap the Help button to view help for this view.

What's This?

General
  • Sometimes you may have stumbled across a great shape on the guitar fretboard, but you don't know what chord it is.
  • Spin the dials in this view to match the fret positions that you are holding, and Chordbook will tell you what chord it is.
  • Tap on any of the chords to see it in the Guitar Chords view.
Toolbar
  • Tap the Help button to view help for this view.

Scales

General
  • This view shows you all of the available chords that work in the selected scale
  • Spin the dials to select a scale root and scale type.
  • Chords are grouped together by their step in the scale.
  • Tap on any of the chords to see it in the Guitar Chords view.
Toolbar
  • Tap the Help button to view help for this view.

Guitar

General
  • This is an advanced view!
Note Colors
  • Blue & Green notes are in the selected scale.
  • Green notes are in the selected chord.
  • Red notes are in the chord but NOT in the scale.
Toolbar
  • Tap the Edit button to see the Options view, which allows easy editing of chord, scale, tuning, and note view type.
Quick Editing
  • Tap a note to set it as the chord root
  • Double tap a note to set it as the scale root
  • Slide to the left of the fretboard to change scale
  • Slide to the right of the fretboard to change chord
  • Slide at the top of the fretboard to change tuning
  • Shake for a random chord

Keyboard

General
  • This is an advanced view!
Note Colors
  • Blue & Green notes are in the selected scale.
  • Green notes are in the selected chord.
  • Red notes are in the chord but NOT in the scale.
Toolbar
  • Tap the Edit button to see the Options view, which allows easy editing of chord, scale, tuning, and note view type.
Quick Editing
  • Tap a note to set it as the chord root
  • Double tap a note to set it as the scale root
  • Slide to the left of the keyboard to change scale
  • Slide to the right of the keyboard to change chord
  • Slide at the top of the keyboard to change tuning
  • Shake for a random chord

Bass

General
  • This is an advanced view!
Note Colors
  • Blue & Green notes are in the selected scale.
  • Green notes are in the selected chord.
  • Red notes are in the chord but NOT in the scale.
Toolbar
  • Tap the Edit button to see the Options view, which allows easy editing of chord, scale, tuning, and note view type.
Quick Editing
  • Tap a note to set it as the chord root
  • Double tap a note to set it as the scale root
  • Slide to the left of the fretboard to change scale
  • Slide to the right of the fretboard to change chord
  • Slide at the top of the fretboard to change tuning
  • Shake for a random chord

Mandolin - new in 1.4

General
  • This is an advanced view!
  • Note: only supports 1 tuning right now, standard mandolin GDAE.
Note Colors
  • Blue & Green notes are in the selected scale.
  • Green notes are in the selected chord.
  • Red notes are in the chord but NOT in the scale.
Toolbar
  • Tap the Edit button to see the Options view, which allows easy editing of chord, scale, tuning, and note view type.
Quick Editing
  • Tap a note to set it as the chord root
  • Double tap a note to set it as the scale root
  • Slide to the left of the fretboard to change scale
  • Slide to the right of the fretboard to change chord
  • Shake for a random chord

Mandola - new in 1.5

General
  • This is an advanced view!
  • Note: only supports 1 tuning right now, standard mandola CGDA.
Note Colors
  • Blue & Green notes are in the selected scale.
  • Green notes are in the selected chord.
  • Red notes are in the chord but NOT in the scale.
Toolbar
  • Tap the Edit button to see the Options view, which allows easy editing of chord, scale, tuning, and note view type.
Quick Editing
  • Tap a note to set it as the chord root
  • Double tap a note to set it as the scale root
  • Slide to the left of the fretboard to change scale
  • Slide to the right of the fretboard to change chord
  • Shake for a random chord

Options

General
  • Select what to edit in the menu at the top
  • Spin the dials to change your preference.
Toolbar
  • Tap the Help button to view help for this view.

Help Menu

General
  • Most other views have a help button on them, but the Help Menu lets you access all the help in the system from one place, instead of having to navigate through all the other views.
  • It also has some additional help info, indicated with the yellow dots.

Chordbook v1.2

General
  • Video demo. Walkthrough of some of the new features in v1.2

Chordbook v1.1

General
  • Video demo. Walkthrough of some of the new features in v1.1