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Re:Learning Synths by jdietrich on Tuesday June 25, 2019 @09:05PM (#20280962)
The most useful tool I've found is Perfect Ear for Android and iOS. It's not as full-featured as GNU Solfege, but it covers all the important stuff and it's far easier to dip into when you have a spare moment.

https://www.perfectear.app/

If you're a late beginner/early intermediate player and trying to move past the chord shapes and scale patterns rut, I strongly recommend William Leavitt's A Modern Method for Guitar. It's hard - really damned hard - but it's logical, the difficulty curve is fairly linear once you get past the shock of traditional notation, it inculcates good habits from the outset and it provides you with a very broad base of technique that is applicable to all styles of guitar.

https://www.amazon.com/Modern-Method-Guitar-Volumes-Complete...

Re:Learning Synths by arvinsim on Wednesday June 26, 2019 @10:31PM (#20291268)
> The most useful tool I've found is Perfect Ear for Android and iOS. It's not as full-featured as GNU Solfege, but it covers all the important stuff and it's far easier to dip into when you have a spare moment.

Oh man, I missed this app when I switched from Android to iOS. So glad it's finally on iOS!