I’ve posted the first Flash game on the site under the um, Games menu. Seemed appropriate…

You can see it here.

The game is simple: match the pitches!

Future versions will have harder levels that remove the visual cues (the letter names) and harder still, require you to match the silent letter name to the unlabelled pitch.

We’d love to get your feedback because we have other ear training games in the works.

Happy picking,

The Guitar Matrix™ team

The 1st installment of the Fretboard Melodics: Pentatonic Scales is now online.

There are several methods available to ‘create’ these incredibly useful scales. The easiest is to leave out a couple of notes of the diatonic scales you can learn about in the Fretboard Melodics: Diatonic Scales section.

Omitting the 4th and 7th dgree of the diatonic major scale creates an open and decidedly oriental sound. Although you can get a major amount of Chinese flavor from the major pentatonic you can also use them to serenade the hired hands as they round up your cattle or practice for the chuck wagon races at the stampede.

Chinese Country and Western anyone?

Happy picking!

The Guitar Matrix™ team

Ready to roll again. Next up? We’ll carry on with Fretboard Melodics and delve into the pentatonic scale, short on notes but long on possibilities!

Work will continue implementing the Reality Check quizzes throughout the site as well.

Happy picking!

The Guitar Matrix™ team