Re:Show HN: Guitar Dashboard – Open source music theory expl...
by mikehadlow on Friday September 14, 2018 @02:17PM
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That's a very good question. I had plans to add major and minor pentatonic scales until it became clear that they way they are used, especially in rock and other blues based music is a subset of dorian modes. There's some real insight to be gained, especially with regards to harmony, or more practically, what chords you can play against a major or minor pentatonic. It's a lot more than one would think!
So, to answer your question, I'm not going to add pentatonic scales, but I do plan to record a video showing how GD can give you some really cool insight into how they work harmonically.
Re:Show HN: Guitar Dashboard – Open source music theory expl...
by markatto on Friday September 14, 2018 @09:57PM
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How about an option to overlay the pentatonic scales over other scales, similarly to the way you color the root notes but with a different color? You could use a similar idea to overlay root-third-fifth or other chords. I think this would be useful for those of us who are still trying to build muscle memory, but still present information in a way that minimizes "stuck thinking."
Re:Show HN: Guitar Dashboard – Open source music theory expl...
by donorman on Thursday September 20, 2018 @04:24AM
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Here's another interactive tool including the pentatonic and more https://www.fretflip.com/023177548424, also a short tutorial on pentatonics https://www.fretflip.com/minor-pentatonic
Re:Show HN: Guitar Dashboard – Open source music theory expl...
by wwarren on Friday September 14, 2018 @01:40PM
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I guess the minor pentatonic is just Aeolian without the 2 and the 6, but I agree.
Re:Show HN: Guitar Dashboard – Open source music theory expl...
by meggar on Friday September 14, 2018 @04:02PM
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It's also Dorian and Phrygian without the 2 and 6. Plus you can use it in other keys, the A Pentatonic in the key of Bb is lydian, in G it's dorian, in C it's major, etc..
Re:Show HN: Guitar Dashboard – Open source music theory expl...
by criddell on Friday September 14, 2018 @03:48PM
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I agree with you. It's prevalent and is also one of the very first thing most guitar players learn. It definitely feels like it should be a prominent part of the UI and not just hidden away in some video.
I wonder: on the "scales" dropdown, why didn't you include pentatonic? It's so prevalent across so many styles of music; it seems like a must.