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Very nice. Does anybody else also picture the lower strings as being at the top and the headstock to the right (like watching someone else play)? That kind of
by ano-ther 3y ago
Very nice. Does anybody else also picture the lower strings as being at the top and the headstock to the right (like watching someone else play)?
That kind of trips me up here because the image is mirrored.
- udit99 3y agoTry going under settings (https://www.fretboardfly.com/settings https://www.fretboardfly.com/settings) and turn on "Front View Fretboard"
- ano-ther 3y agoAh, there it is. Thank you!
- reactordev 3y agoThis usually isn’t how guitar is taught, learned, or tabbed. The low E is always on the bottom, just as it is in sheet music.
- ano-ther 3y agoYou are right. And i can read tabs. But still can’t help it when watching a real fretboard. Guess it’s the student’s view on the teacher’s guitar.
- udit99 3y agoyeah, this came up before when the last time I posted to HN. It seems like a small minority of users are wired differently in how they perceive the fretboard layout :) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36086449 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36086449
- reactordev 3y agoDo you want to watch or do you want to play? To play requires visualizing the guitar in 1st person perspective. You want to play guitar right?
- ano-ther 3y agoPlay. The app made me realize that I have several mental representations, depending on whether I read tabs or a score (low at bottom) or when shown by someone else (front view, low at top). Guess it comes from teachers and bandmates showing me something on their guitar.