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Ian

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May 19, 2004, 10:24:56 PM5/19/04
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First off, this may be a totally ridiculous question to somebody that is
familiar with music theory. I was wondering if anyone knows of a computer
program that can output the chord name when input combinations of struck
notes. Say for instance....shown a fretboard diagram, i would click on the
second fret on A string, second fret on D string and 1st fret on G string,
and the program would call it "E". Anyone know of such a program? Like I
said, people familiar with theory probably do not need such a program, as it
is a matter of common sense to them.


Tom Frank

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May 19, 2004, 10:59:33 PM5/19/04
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Tom Frank

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May 19, 2004, 11:06:54 PM5/19/04
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Ian,

On that first site click on the "Guitar Menu" button, then select "Name
Chords".

You can move those balls around the fretboard to select fingering and "x" muted
strings on the nut, then press "Find Chord".

HTH

Tom

Tom Hunt

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May 19, 2004, 11:44:40 PM5/19/04
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Try Guitar Power from Jana Software. Great little program, about $30
bucks. I've no affiliation with them, just a satisfied customer. I
think that there is a demo that you can download, to check it out. Here's
the url: http://www.janasoftware.com/gp.php.

Cheers,

tomhunt
www.soundclick.com/threerooms


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Ed

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May 19, 2004, 11:53:19 PM5/19/04
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"Ian" <so...@dunnit.com> wrote:

> First off, this may be a totally ridiculous question to somebody that
> is familiar with music theory. I was wondering if anyone knows of a
> computer program that can output the chord name when input
> combinations of struck notes. Say for instance....shown a fretboard
> diagram, i would click on the second fret on A string, second fret on
> D string and 1st fret on G string, and the program would call it "E".
> Anyone know of such a program?

My program "Kordz" does pretty much what you're describing.

http://www.purplechipmunk.com/kordz.html

The "identify" feature has a chord diagram that you
can change by clicking on it, and then it displays a
list of possible chord names - it also shows close
matches, for chords with one note added or removed.

Greg William

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May 20, 2004, 7:07:04 AM5/20/04
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Try ChordWizard I think its www.chordwizard.com.au

Great Program!


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Ian

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May 20, 2004, 4:23:19 PM5/20/04
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"Ian" <so...@dunnit.com> wrote in message
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Wow guys, I can't thank you enough....all of these programs are exactly what
I was looking for. Free too!!!


Chess Player

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May 20, 2004, 5:07:19 PM5/20/04
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"Ian" <so...@dunnit.com> wrote in message
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As the song says:
"the best things in life are free..."
Now you'll all have "Money" in your heads the rest of the day. haha


j647

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May 20, 2004, 7:17:34 PM5/20/04
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Ed <try...@guess.it> wrote in message news:<Xns94EF90AB061B...@203.16.214.244>...

What about we Mac users????

Ed

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May 20, 2004, 9:13:52 PM5/20/04
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jfo...@excite.com (j647) wrote:

> What about we Mac users????

Yes, this is a problem. I should have pointed out that Mac
and Linux users may experience some difficulty running this
program, as it is for Windows.

;-)

GreenhornChickenHopper

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May 22, 2004, 10:34:43 AM5/22/04
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powertabs has great tools ... and is free.. and a great archive of tabs

www.powertabs.net

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