This chapter describes the ways in which Virtualoso Guitar teaches and tests you on the multiple locations that notes can be played at on the guitar. This solidifies your knowledge of the fretboard by querying you for the different frets that a single notational note could be played at up the entire length of the fretboard.

Learning the notes on the guitar is done with the "Learn Notes" mode. After you know the general location of all of the notes on the fretboard, you should use this mode "Play Tunes Anywhere" mode, to facilitate playing a given note anywhere possible on the fretboard. You may use any key signature with this testing.

You use the Position menu in order to determine how many positions you are going to be tested at. Start with "Two Positions Low" in order to test on notes that can be found at two different positions on the guitar, namely the lowest pitched, closest to open position notes. Work your way up to "Two Positions High" where you will learn the notes high in pitch and very high up in position. By selecting "Accidentals...Order" of "Use Key Signature...Ascending Order", you will be tested on ascending scale runs with implied accidentals from the key signature. You can also select "Random Order" so that the notes do not appear in a simple ascending scale order. "Chromatic in Key...Random Order" is your final goal, here you will be tested with implied accidentals from the key signature as well as accidentals that are not in the key signature, with the notes appearing in completely random order.

Getting Started

Use the Mode Menu and select the Play Tunes Anywhere mode.

• Select the "Position" that you are testing on.
• Select the "Accidentals...Order" that you wish to test on.

Select the "Progress Report..." menu item under the "File" menu to review your progress.

Menus

Position

This menu item actually determines the number of positions, in addition to the actual positions where you will enter notes into the Virtualoso Guitar fretboard window.

String

This menu is always set to quiz on all strings.

Accidentals

You can test with the implied key signature accidentals, or include other accidentals as well. You can also test with ascending or random ordered notes.

Key Signature

This menu allows you to change the key signature that is associated with this test. By changing the key signature, and testing over the same position on the guitar, you exercise a different group of notes. Your "Progress Report" keeps track of the key signatures that you work with for all QUIZ types.

Buttons

More or Less Info

This button shows or hides the graphical text in the mode window.

Fields

Name Field

After you enter each answer, this field shows the name of the correct note.

Done Bar

This bar fills to the right. When the bar is completely filled you are "Done" with this test.