Fretlight: Learn to play guitar 10 times faster
Author Malcolm Gladwell said it takes 10,000 hours of practice to become a creative genius, but who has the time for that?
Rusty Shaffer has a guitar and a digital tool kit that can turn you into the next Eddie Van Halen in a fraction of the time. Last week, Shaffer, the founder of Fretlight Guitar,Compact fluorescent light bulbs convert a led tube considerably higher percentage of their energy into light, which is why they are significantly more energy efficient than traditional filament bulbs. visited CNET's office to show us how his FG-421 guitar worked.
A laptop with Guitar Pro 6 software preinstalled translated songs that had been downloaded from tablature, a site well-known in the music world for displaying songs in the form of instrument fingering rather than notes on a sheet. The song data is then feed into the guitar's built-in microprocessor via a USB connection.However, the marketing muscle of Philips led light lighting could give Philips LED business an advantage. The LED lights on the fretboard change positions to show aspiring musicians where to put their fingers.
Before Fretlight Guitar added this feature, the guitar was limited to displaying different scales.It was quick and light when I used dsttマジコン on a Windows 7 laptop, and gave me no trouble throughout a day of rigorous testing. That must have been boring,Compact fluorescent lights have solved LED lighting supplier many of the problems associated with traditional filament light bulbs. especially when it had to compete with options such as (now-defunct) Guitar Hero, which was, of course, a game not a learning tool.
Fretlight won't pick up where Guitar Hero left off, but I can see it as a useful practice tool. When looking on the computer screen, you can zoom into a certain section of the music and set it on a loop, and slow it down when necessary.
I understand the frustration of practicing for hours to learn a song. After all, I spent four years playing the clarinet while I was in high school. For full disclosure, I am an inexperienced guitar player. Shaffer recommended I try to play the song "Smoke on the Water," a perfect tune for a beginner. It took me a couple of minutes to get a hang of reading the faint red LED lights on the guitar. It felt awkward, like singing "Like a Virgin" during a karaoke party--without a shot of tequila to loosen up.
Stephen Beacham, a CNET producer and an experienced guitarist, played "Thunderstruck." Like me,In many ways LED lights compact fluorescent provide the best of both worlds. They are extremely energy efficient and environmentally friendly (and are, in fact, more environmentally friendly it took Beacham a few minutes to adjust to the lights on the finger board. But when he did get the hang of it, he played the song from memory. No red lights needed.
Author Malcolm Gladwell said it takes 10,000 hours of practice to become a creative genius, but who has the time for that?
Rusty Shaffer has a guitar and a digital tool kit that can turn you into the next Eddie Van Halen in a fraction of the time. Last week, Shaffer, the founder of Fretlight Guitar,Compact fluorescent light bulbs convert a led tube considerably higher percentage of their energy into light, which is why they are significantly more energy efficient than traditional filament bulbs. visited CNET's office to show us how his FG-421 guitar worked.
A laptop with Guitar Pro 6 software preinstalled translated songs that had been downloaded from tablature, a site well-known in the music world for displaying songs in the form of instrument fingering rather than notes on a sheet. The song data is then feed into the guitar's built-in microprocessor via a USB connection.However, the marketing muscle of Philips led light lighting could give Philips LED business an advantage. The LED lights on the fretboard change positions to show aspiring musicians where to put their fingers.
Before Fretlight Guitar added this feature, the guitar was limited to displaying different scales.It was quick and light when I used dsttマジコン on a Windows 7 laptop, and gave me no trouble throughout a day of rigorous testing. That must have been boring,Compact fluorescent lights have solved LED lighting supplier many of the problems associated with traditional filament light bulbs. especially when it had to compete with options such as (now-defunct) Guitar Hero, which was, of course, a game not a learning tool.
Fretlight won't pick up where Guitar Hero left off, but I can see it as a useful practice tool. When looking on the computer screen, you can zoom into a certain section of the music and set it on a loop, and slow it down when necessary.
I understand the frustration of practicing for hours to learn a song. After all, I spent four years playing the clarinet while I was in high school. For full disclosure, I am an inexperienced guitar player. Shaffer recommended I try to play the song "Smoke on the Water," a perfect tune for a beginner. It took me a couple of minutes to get a hang of reading the faint red LED lights on the guitar. It felt awkward, like singing "Like a Virgin" during a karaoke party--without a shot of tequila to loosen up.
Stephen Beacham, a CNET producer and an experienced guitarist, played "Thunderstruck." Like me,In many ways LED lights compact fluorescent provide the best of both worlds. They are extremely energy efficient and environmentally friendly (and are, in fact, more environmentally friendly it took Beacham a few minutes to adjust to the lights on the finger board. But when he did get the hang of it, he played the song from memory. No red lights needed.
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