Chord notes

[ojwethorns]

Hi,

I have created a little web app that shows a bass fretboard diagram of many popular chords.
Please have a look at [url="http://www.ojwethorns.co.uk/bassnotes/BassNotes.php"]http://www.ojwethorns.co.uk/bassnotes/BassNotes.php[/url] and let me know what you think.

Cheers

[voxpop]

This is great, can you make a down loadable app for the iPad?

[ojwethorns]

I have it in mind to do an iPhone and iPad app version if there is sufficient demand.

[voxpop]

[quote name='ojwethorns' post='1366209' date='Sep 8 2011, 11:46 AM']I have it in mind to do an iPhone and iPad app version if there is sufficient demand.[/quote]


I would buy one.

[Funkydunc]

Nice, I would buy it if it were available for the iphone

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[Moody]

Yeah, really like that, very handy!

[hillbilly deluxe]

Idiot friendly.............i undrestand it,thanks.
I think it would be better if there was a full fretboard notation on show at the same time though.

[fatboyslimfast]

Another vote for an iOS version! Many thanks for creating this ojwethorns!

[waynepunkdude]

Android version would be great although it should just work in the browser.

Posted to FB

[Doddy]

You may want to check out some of the notes. For example in the key of B flat minor you have C# as the
3rd and it should be a D flat. I noticed things like this a few times.

[Spoombung]

Who the hell invented musical keys, anyway? What a ridiculous concept.

[ojwethorns]

[quote name='hillbilly deluxe' post='1366362' date='Sep 8 2011, 01:26 PM']Idiot friendly.............i undrestand it,thanks.
I think it would be better if there was a full fretboard notation on show at the same time though.[/quote]
OK, I've adjusted it to show all notation greyed out. Thanks for the feedback
Cheers

[Guest bassman7755]

[quote name='Spoombung' post='1366456' date='Sep 8 2011, 02:36 PM']Who the hell invented musical keys, anyway? What a ridiculous concept.[/quote]

Keys are a good idea. Sharps and flats are the real crap idea - I mean naming the notes according to one arbitrary key and having two names for the same note is obviously insane so ideally we would dispense with accidentals and have a have a 12 note system, A B C D E F G H I J K. We would also get rid of this whole key signature nonsense and have a staff line for every note. Jobs a good'un

[ojwethorns]

[quote name='bassman7755' post='1366544' date='Sep 8 2011, 03:52 PM']Keys are a good idea. Sharps and flats are the real crap idea - I mean naming the notes according to one arbitrary key and having two names for the same note is obviously insane so ideally we would dispense with accidentals and have a have a 12 note system, A B C D E F G H I J K. We would also get rid of this whole key signature nonsense and have a staff line for every note. Jobs a good'un[/quote]
Yep, sharps and flats are a strange concept to the modern mind. I had great "fun" converting them to a numeric matrix so my app can work out relative offsets then cover back to display the notes....sorry boring detail.
But, have you ever tried playing 12 notes with one semitone intervals - sounds crap! But there is something magic about scales with sharps and flats. Is it the illogicality that actinly makes it good music?

[Guest bassman7755]

[quote name='ojwethorns' post='1366177' date='Sep 8 2011, 11:14 AM']Hi,

I have created a little web app that shows a bass fretboard diagram of many popular chords.
Please have a look at [url="http://www.ojwethorns.co.uk/bassnotes/BassNotes.php"]http://www.ojwethorns.co.uk/bassnotes/BassNotes.php[/url] and let me know what you think.

Cheers [/quote]

OK I'm genuinly curious as to the exact cirsumstance that people find things like this useful. I dont mean to target this specific page but I mean the whole chord/scale locator thing. For example if I needed to know where all the C major notes are I simply locate all the C notes and using my interval knowledge locate the 3rds and 5ths.

[hillbilly deluxe]

[quote name='bassman7755' post='1366563' date='Sep 8 2011, 04:01 PM']OK I'm genuinly curious as to the exact cirsumstance that people find things like this useful. I dont mean to target this specific page but I mean the whole chord/scale locator thing. For example if I needed to know where all the C major notes are I simply locate all the C notes and using my interval knowledge locate the 3rds and 5ths.[/quote]
Good for you.

[ojwethorns]

[quote name='Doddy' post='1366453' date='Sep 8 2011, 02:31 PM']You may want to check out some of the notes. For example in the key of B flat minor you have C# as the
3rd and it should be a D flat. I noticed things like this a few times.[/quote]
Yes, I know it will sometime show sharp / flat designation but it is still the same relative note. I could easily show the name of both notes that share the same fret position - would this help?

[Guest bassman7755]

[quote name='hillbilly deluxe' post='1366574' date='Sep 8 2011, 04:05 PM']Good for you. [/quote]

Thanks, but you didnt answer my question.

[Doddy]

[quote name='ojwethorns' post='1366579' date='Sep 8 2011, 04:07 PM']Yes, I know it will sometime show sharp / flat designation but it is still the same relative note. I could easily show the name of both notes that share the same fret position - would this help?[/quote]

Not really because if,for example,we are in Bb minor the third is always Db and not C# (which would be the #2/#9). If you are trying
to teach about chord tones it is important to make the distinction between the two.

[Doddy]

[quote name='bassman7755' post='1366563' date='Sep 8 2011, 04:01 PM']OK I'm genuinly curious as to the exact cirsumstance that people find things like this useful. I dont mean to target this specific page but I mean the whole chord/scale locator thing. For example if I needed to know where all the C major notes are I simply locate all the C notes and using my interval knowledge locate the 3rds and 5ths.[/quote]

Because you don't want to have to think "right,where's C? There it is...so the third must be here".It makes it so much easier
if you know what the notes of the chord/scale are and that you can just play them.

[Blademan_98]

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='1366373' date='Sep 8 2011, 01:38 PM']Android version would be great although it should just work in the browser.

Posted to FB[/quote]
Yes it does

[Guest bassman7755]

[quote name='Doddy' post='1366797' date='Sep 8 2011, 06:41 PM']Because you don't want to have to think "right,where's C? There it is...so the third must be here".It makes it so much easier
if you know what the notes of the chord/scale are and that you can just play them.[/quote]

Right but if you know the third of C is E and you know where the Es are then you don't need this app/we page thing right ? (which was kind of my point). It not my intention here to rubbish the efforts of people writing these kind of tools, it more a case of - how do you get something out of it that you cant get from say a single pic with all the note names on it.

Edited September 8, 2011 by bassman7755

[Doddy]

[quote name='bassman7755' post='1366813' date='Sep 8 2011, 07:01 PM']Right but if you know the third of C is E and you know where the Es are then you don't need this app/we page thing right ? (which was kind of my point)[/quote]

But do you know other chords? If you know what notes are used in what chords and where the notes are over the
fingerboard,then no you don't need a chart like this. But,there are obviously a number of people who don't know
what notes are in a certain chord or where those notes are-it's those people that may find something like this useful.

[GT40Graham]

I think it's a great idea but it could be improved IMHO very easily. Make the diagram more like the average bass neck by missing out most of the fret numbers and highlighting the "dotted" frets ie 5th, 7th, 9th, 12th, 15th etc.

[hillbilly deluxe]

[quote name='bassman7755' post='1366680' date='Sep 8 2011, 05:16 PM']Thanks, but you didnt answer my question.[/quote]
Well............i know where the notes are,and what fits with what in a certain key,as do you and many others,but not everyone does.I dont read music but something like this when i started out would have been a great help.