Software: Perisian Musik Ajaib Ayah Bean

 

Well, if you don’t love me yet, YOU SHOULD BY NOW!! :P

Okeh, aku dah siapkan app yg aku janjikan. Aku namakan app ajaran sesat ni “Perisian Musik Ajaib Ayah Bean”. Here’s the tutorial video. You should watch both parts, and listen carefully.

p/s: Actually mase buat video ni aku record skali video aku “bersyarah”. Konon nak buat Picture-in-Picture la. But I can’t figure out how to merge the screen shot and video tu fast enough. It’s not worth the wait.

Gi download software ni kat sini.

 

Minimum Requirements

Windows PC (XP or above)

Microsoft .NET Framework (3.5 or above). Just download program aku ni, pastu try run. Kalo ade error message pasal .NET Framework, just google “.Net Framework download”, the first search result should be the installation link. Install the framework (can be time consuming, but it’s worth it). Current .Net version is 4.

 

Software Info

Again, as mentioned in the video, this program will not make you the fastest shredder. It will not suddenly turn you into a music expert. But it teaches you the basic of something helpful: keys and chords harmonization.

Basically, pilih key, and you’ll get a bunch of chords that belong to the key.

Since aku ni Excel freak, memula skali aku research on chord formula, pastu letak dalam Excel spreadsheet. If you’re interested and you want to double check me, download it here (Excel 2007 or above).

After dah siap sotware ni, I did a quick check with my instructor to make sure the theory is sound. He approved. :D

So, learn what the software tells you. Tak yah memorize pon takpe. Just use it as a reference.

Oh, make sure korang faham beza Key, Chord ngan Note. Key ni macam a collection of 7 notes. It tells you what notes should be sharp, flat or natural. Contohnya, C Major KEY, note dia C, D, E, F, G, A, B (note-note yg sama ngan major scale of the same name).

Chord pulak, well u know what it is right? Contohnya, C Major CHORD diperbuat dari notes C, E, G. 

 

But, why?

I did this for many reasons.

Satu sebab dia ialah cam aku cakap sebelum ni, walaupon gitar ni popular, a lot of guitar players don’t know or care to learn about music theory. So aku design software ni to be user friendly (hopefully). And aku present the material ni dengan cara yg tak nampak terlalu technical. Well, a lot of people might be intimidated to learn if they see too many symbols they don’t recognize right? Oh, the theory covered by this software is not just for guitars. It’s universal.

The other reason is, I like my book, but I want a better reference.

I also love teaching. Like I said before, I taught an engineering course back in U, and fell in love with teaching right away. So, the love for teaching, music, and programming make this a perfect project for me.

With the amount of effort involved in developing this (the books I’ve read in the past, the classes I’ve taken,  and my precious time), I think I deserve to charge at least RM5 per user, right? :D But no, thanks. I just want you to learn something. Plus, more than RM750,000 of your tax ringgit was spent on funding my Mechanical Engineering education in the US. And due to contractual reasons, government tak suruh aku baya seringgit pon or balik keje ngan government. So, this is the least I can do for my people. :D

 

New Download Page

FYI, aku dah pindahkan download page aku. It’s no longer located at http://gshbbtabs.blogspot.com. Tak kuasa aku nak pakai blog lagi. Actually I am thinking of moving this whole blog to a standard website. But that won’t happen anytime soon. Well at least the download page is its own website for now.

The new download page is located at http://gshbb.xtreemhost.com/Download.php