Gibson Learn & Master Guitar Application – iPhone App Review
by admin on 03/03/10 at 1:30 am
Gibson Learn & Master Guitar Application (Free)
Version – 1.1
REVIEW – “An awesome free app for the budding musician in you!”
I’ve reviewed several applications in the past that have different tools for musicians. While every once in a while you find a diamond in the rough, a lot of the free ones just don’t measure up. Well if you’ve been waiting for a high quality free app with features such as a digital tuner and chord reference chart then look no further! This app sponsored by Gibson and Legacy Learning Systems is both free and 
extremely useful!
The app is fairly basic, but is just as beautiful as it is useful. The interface is full of classic Gibson decorative work. When you open it up it starts out on the “Tuner” screen. The tuner is probably the best feature of this app. By default it is set up as a chromatic tuner, meaning you can tune to any note that you wish. If you’d like to be able to tune an instrument quickly to a specific tuning there are several other options that 
you can choose between by touching the “Mode” button in the lower left corner.
Along the bottom of the screen you’ll notice a menu with several buttons to take you to the other areas of this app. The next option is the “Metronome” button. The metronome is extremely easy to use. It has a “Start” button, a wheel that you scroll to set the speed, an option to turn the sound on and off and a button to change the time signature that it is in. The metronome is quite accurate and useful because it not only gives audible cues but clear visual ones as well!
The next option in the menu is the “Chords” screen. This screen will give you a quick list of how to play a bunch of different chords. If you are a beginner you will really appreciate a quick access chart like this, but if you are not you probably won’t find any chords that you haven’t played before. Unfortunately there is not a way to see chord forms in different positions on the neck. With that 
said the interface is simple and the visual representation is nice.
Of the rest of the features in this app, my favorite was the “Lessons” screen. This screen will give you quick access to some free tips. Some of the tips are aimed more at beginners while others will show you how to do more advanced techniques to help you find that sound you are looking for! There is also an ad at the top of this
screen that will take you to the Legacy Learning Systems website for learning and mastering guitar. The system is a well known one, and if you enjoy some of the lessons/samples that you get for free in this app then it may be worth it for you in the long run!
To sum it all up, while this is obviously a shameless plug for Gibson and also for Legacy Learning Systems, it offers some great tools that are hard to find elsewhere for free! Trust me, I have tried quite a few “free” tuning apps and found that most of them worked very poorly/not at all. If nothing else this app is worth it just for that functionality alone! With that said, whether you are a novice or an expert guitarist this is one free app that you really shouldn’t pass up. So what are you waiting for? Check it out in the App Store today!
- David H.
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Developer – Legacy Learning Systems
URL: http://www.learnandmaster.com/guitarapp/
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