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Geetar.io Video Tutorial

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Having trouble understanding/using Geetar.io?     No problem! Here's a Youtube video to show you Geetar.io  in full action, complete with voice-over and explanation of its main functionality and methods of usage. Direct video link:  Geetar.io Video Tutorial (YouTube)

Welcome to Geetar.io !!

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Geetar.io Documentation (GET1033) Welcome to the documentation page of an interactive guitar tool app created by Koh Yi Da and Wong Liang Hsi! What is Geetar.io?        Geetar.io is a simple interactive chord library/tuner application to aid YOU in your learning journey on the guitar, all hosted on OpenProcessing and accessible just from your web browser! Access it here:  Geetar.io on OpenProcessing Geetar.io Page on Open Processing How do I use Geetar.io? It's simple!        -First, search for a chord in the ' Search for a chord! ' input box eg. 'Cmaj7' (without the inverted commas).        -Click on  ' Search! '  to look up that chord in our in-built library.        -Click ' Strum again! ' to strum the guitar again. Click ' Strum down! ' to strum the guitar in reverse. What do the dots, circles and crosses mean?        -In Geetar.io ,...

Project Reflection (YiDa)

GET1033 Final Project Reflection In this project that I collaborated with Liang Hsi, we aimed to create a tool for guitar players and musicians. This includes a primitive tuning tool and a mutable chord library. The motivation for this was to incorporate technology into the music-making and learning process. Additionally, I saw this as an opportunity to practice the skills I have learnt during the course of this module- particularly the programming and coding aspects. The choice of using OpenProcessing as the medium for our artefact was because of two main reasons:   1. The ability to conveniently host our sound samples online and 2. The availability of already built-in p5.js libraries.             There were several challenges that I faced while creating this piece of work. Firstly, I underestimated the difficulty and mathematical complexity of creating a tuner that reacts to microphone input accurately. Secondly, abs...