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How to Use the Virtual Guitar v1

Click anywhere to Start playing sound.
Click again to Stop.

Press [Spacebar] to stop all sounds.
(Mouse must be over the guitar)

Press [Spacebar] again to return all sounds.

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Lesson 1 - Piano vs Guitar: Two Puzzles

This video starts 3 minutes in, because of an unnecessary intro. Welcome to beta!

Lesson 1 & 2 starts building everything up very gently. If you’re more advanced, don’t be afraid to play these videos at fast speeds to get to the mindblowing stuff in Lessons 4 & 5.

- Ben

Piano as a Line

  • Music theory usually starts here.

  • We draw all available notes on the piano as a line.

  • This representation reveals the simplicity.

Guitar as a Map

  • Draw the guitar in the same way.

  • We discover the unique terrain within the guitar.

  • The Source of Confusion comes from the pattern breaking on the 2nd string.

Preview: Intervals & Shifting Pictures

  • Name the Gaps

  • Maj3 Picture


Go to Lesson 2

Application

Tune Your Guitar

Did you notice how the string overlap matches exactly to how you tune the guitar?

Give it a shot and think through what this means for how the guitar map is shaped.