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Learn by lights....thoughts?
- Thread starter SteveC
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I'd hesitate to go quite that far. LOL
Let's just say someone might become a less frustrated beginner but knowing where to place your fingers is only a small part of the process. Being able to physically do it repetitively and in time is the harder part and that won't resolve that stumbling block.
Since many of us learned to play long before there were even touch tone phones let alone "smart phones" I guess I'd take the position that it's unnecessary but if it helps someone or at least they believe it will well then go right ahead and buy it but it's still not gonna be an adequate substitute for a whole lot of practice and woodshedding. JMHO
Fretlight was similar to that, only from the eighties. I still have the Strat clone I purchased back then. Chords, scales, notes lit up.
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Breakthrough technology to learn guitar quickly with upgraded pickups.
The FG-651 Electric includes the patented wireless lighted learning system and allows a player to light-up songs, chords, scales and riffs right on the neck of the guitar.
The Fretlight Wireless Ori Electric connects to a smartphone or tablet via Bluetooth BLE. A variety of apps are available on the App store and Google play which allow users to see chords and scales, purchase video lessons, see tablature, improvise over progressions and much more!
Connect to your smartphone or tablet and learn guitar anytime, anyplace! Extra bright LED's, over 100 hours of battery life and a Bluetooth range of nearly 50 feet give you the freedom to learn and play on the go - at the beach, on the road or in the comfort of your home studio.
Plenty of Apps to Play Tabs, See Chords, Scales and Interactive Videos.
At the touch of a button on your mobile device you have a world of learning at hand. Play your favorite tabs, lights up chords and scales in different positions, create playlists for automatic step through and check out the vast library of interactive videos from lessons to artist videos to style videos.
Convenience
Fretlight Wireless makes it easier than ever to pick up your guitar and play - whenever, wherever. Pairing to your smartphone or tablet is a snap with Bluetooth BLE. Download and launch an app and your learning and playing in seconds. It's that fast.
A New Approach to Learning Guitar
Traditional learning forces you to look back-and-forth between a book and your guitar. Connect Fretlight wireless technology with your mobile device and watch fingering positions light up right on the neck! The Fretlight method saves you hours of memorizing. You'll be playing songs, riffs, chords and scales that, until now, have been out of reach.
Learn and Play Anywhere
The Fretlight Wireless Guitar makes it easy to use with your mobile device anywhere - anytime! With over 100 hours of battery life you can fire up your Fretlight on the go for instant learning and playing.
Start learning and having fun on guitar. Order today.
Still going today: [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]
Breakthrough technology to learn guitar quickly with upgraded pickups.
The FG-651 Electric includes the patented wireless lighted learning system and allows a player to light-up songs, chords, scales and riffs right on the neck of the guitar.
The Fretlight Wireless Ori Electric connects to a smartphone or tablet via Bluetooth BLE. A variety of apps are available on the App store and Google play which allow users to see chords and scales, purchase video lessons, see tablature, improvise over progressions and much more!
Connect to your smartphone or tablet and learn guitar anytime, anyplace! Extra bright LED's, over 100 hours of battery life and a Bluetooth range of nearly 50 feet give you the freedom to learn and play on the go - at the beach, on the road or in the comfort of your home studio.
Plenty of Apps to Play Tabs, See Chords, Scales and Interactive Videos.
At the touch of a button on your mobile device you have a world of learning at hand. Play your favorite tabs, lights up chords and scales in different positions, create playlists for automatic step through and check out the vast library of interactive videos from lessons to artist videos to style videos.
Convenience
Fretlight Wireless makes it easier than ever to pick up your guitar and play - whenever, wherever. Pairing to your smartphone or tablet is a snap with Bluetooth BLE. Download and launch an app and your learning and playing in seconds. It's that fast.
A New Approach to Learning Guitar
Traditional learning forces you to look back-and-forth between a book and your guitar. Connect Fretlight wireless technology with your mobile device and watch fingering positions light up right on the neck! The Fretlight method saves you hours of memorizing. You'll be playing songs, riffs, chords and scales that, until now, have been out of reach.
Learn and Play Anywhere
The Fretlight Wireless Guitar makes it easy to use with your mobile device anywhere - anytime! With over 100 hours of battery life you can fire up your Fretlight on the go for instant learning and playing.
Start learning and having fun on guitar. Order today.
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Six string guitar and bass guitar are played differently. I see this as a beginner learning tool. If the lights were programed for the major and minor scale, plus pentatonic, chord tones, etc. it may have value on the bass. Then there is that rhythm thing...
Have to see what they have to offer before making a judgement. But, in any case I see this as a beginning learning tool, nothing more.
[Edit] Stumbo and I were typing at the same time, his post came in first. I bow to his experience and thoughts on using something like this on the bass.
Have to see what they have to offer before making a judgement. But, in any case I see this as a beginning learning tool, nothing more.
[Edit] Stumbo and I were typing at the same time, his post came in first. I bow to his experience and thoughts on using something like this on the bass.
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Numerous and outlandish are the ways capitalists have invented to bypass or circumvent learning notes.
This one is so odd, that I actually think learning the notes would take less time.
This one is so odd, that I actually think learning the notes would take less time.
As a beginner, I don't think I would buy that. What happens when you take the lights away? I'd rather earn my skill the old fashioned way... practice. I'll appreciate it more.
Looks like some fun. Probably saves a little time by showing the notes. I'd say the jury is out on whether or not it really makes a difference within a years time... but it might. Still, the desire to learn, and the willingness to put in the time are what it's really about. Minus that and you've probably just have a few more guitars sold and a few more frustrated beginners. Remember all this when you see one at a yard sale.
