A universal, visual guide for guitarists, complete with tuner and metronome.

What does it take to learn to play a musical instrument? The most important thing, in my opinion, is, of course, ear for music and a sense of rhythm. However, without knowing the structure of the instrument and the basic techniques of playing it, even with one hundred percent ear it will take quite a long time to learn.

If you want to speed up this process, then it will be much easier to do this using a computer if you have special programs at hand. So, today I will introduce you to one very good utility that will help you quickly master such a popular musical instrument as the guitar.

Program Guitar Instructor at its core, it is a universal visual reference for a guitarist. At the same time, two more very necessary functions are integrated into it: a tuner and a metronome. If you have ever been interested in this kind of programs, you will have noticed that there are very few universal programs.

Usually you have to separately install programs for tuning your guitar and learning chords and scales. Here we have everything in one and at the same time completely free!!! Of the paid analogues, the Guitar Power program is closest in functionality to Guitar Instructor. Let's compare the capabilities of both:

Comparison of the Guitar Instructor program with the paid analogue Guitar Power

The disadvantage of Guitar Instructor compared to its paid counterpart, in my opinion, again :), is the lack of a function for constructing your own chords and classifying them. Minor shortcomings also include the lack of voicing of chords and scales, as well as the numbering of fingers with which to press a chord.

The advantages, of course, include a more convenient and beautiful interface and the availability of detailed information on each chord or scale.

Installing Guitar Instructor

The program is installed in the standard way. Open the downloaded archive and run the installation exe file. Now we wait until all the files are copied, and after unpacking is complete, the program can be turned on and used.

Guitar Instructor Interface

This is the main window of Guitar Instructor. Here is the beautifully designed main menu. From here we can jump into one of the program's five components: Chords, Chord Progressions, Scales, Tuner, and Metronome. Let's look at all the sections in order.

The first section, “Chords,” contains more than 600 different chords. They are clearly presented in the form of colored dots on the fingerboard, which correspond to the strings clamped on a certain fret.

Working with Chords

We have the option to choose between standard chords (Regular) and chords with modified bass (Special (Split)). Let's look at working with the “Chords” section using standard (Regular) chords as an example. First, we need to select in the first list the note corresponding to the desired chord (A - A, B - B, C - C, D - D, E - E, F - F, G - G). The second step is to choose the configuration of the chord itself.

To do this, you need to check one of 50 options in the second list. In our case, I decided to choose the A minor chord, which is shown in the screenshot. The strings on the virtual fretboard are listed in order from thickest (6th) at the bottom to thinnest (1st) at the top.

A red cross above the 6th string means that it should not sound during the game (that is, we actually start playing from the fifth string). The marks for the 1st and 5th strings are located outside the fingerboard. This means that they should not be clamped, and they remain “open” (unpressed).

Accordingly, the 2nd string should be clamped on the first fret, and the 3rd and 4th strings on the second fret. That's it - our chord is ready. Pass along the strings from top to bottom - all strings should sound clear. If any of them rattles, it means you haven’t pressed it well enough to the fingerboard or it’s being caught by a neighboring finger. Achieve clear sound.

For each of the standard chords we can get detailed help, which can be very useful. To do this, select the chord that interests us and click the “More Info” button.

In the window that opens, we will receive information about the name of the chord, its type and designation (the index that is assigned after the capital letter that denotes the main note). The “Steps” field displays the chord triad formula, and the “Recommended Scales” indicates in which scales the selected chord is used most often.

In our case, we can recognize that the minor A chord is symbolized "Am", "Amin" or "A-", is built by lowering the third degree (the "b" here means "flat") and is most often found in minor and blues pentatonic scale, as well as in the Dorian, Phrygian and Aeolian modes.

We figured out the chords. Let's close them and move on to the next section of the program - “Chord Progressions”.

Chord Links

This tab will be of interest to those who want to learn how to play not just individual chords, but entire strings of them. This can be useful when selecting chords for a particular song or even when composing your own compositions.

This section is actually a scale consisting of chords in a certain key and built according to certain rules. For example, let's take the same key of A (A). In the second list we can select the formula by which the chord progression will be calculated.

In pop songs, combinations of natural and harmonic minor chords are most often used, so in the screenshot we will look at the latter. Next to each fret is its formula, by which the entire progression is calculated.

Note that minor chords appear in the formula as small Roman numerals, and major chords as large ones. Near some minor steps you can also see an asterisk. This means that we are dealing with a diminished chord (dim).

Most popular chords

A small digression on the topic :). If you want, I'll open it little secret about modern songs? Try playing the chord progression “i – iv – V – i” (in the key of A, for example: Am – Dm – E – Am). Reminds me of something? Yes! It is these three chords that are most often played in yard songs! So, if you learn the above-mentioned combination, you will be able to play about 30% of the songs in the yard and chanson style;).

Want more? Then play the link “i – iv – VII – III” (in A: Am – Dm – G – C), and then add the previous link. Another plus 30% of songs guaranteed!!! :))).

Scales

When you are already quite confident in playing chords, you can move on to learning scales. They will help you become more familiar with the guitar fretboard in terms of where to place the right notes, which will give you the ability to eventually play powerful solos in a variety of styles. Go to the “Scales” section.

Here, as in previous cases, we select the key we need, and then in the second list we mark the scale that we want to study. Each scale can contain from 12 to 5 steps. You can find out their number and construction formula by clicking the already familiar “More Info” button.

When learning a scale on the guitar, it is best to start with the bass note itself and play until you reach its octave (the 13th semitone along with the starting note). Then play the same notes in reverse until you get back to the bass you started with.

When you have mastered the scale well within one octave, move on to studying the next octave, and then try to play the scale in two octaves in a row, etc., until you have mastered the entire selected scale. Only then can you move on to studying the next scale and only then will you be able to achieve good results in your playing.

That's it for the reference part. Guitar programs Instructor ends and her instrumental part begins, consisting of a tuner and metronome. Let's go to the "Tuner" menu.

Tuner

In this version of the program we have the opportunity to tune the guitar in standard “E” tuning. To set up, no additional equipment is required except computer speakers (or headphones) and good hearing :). We simply click on the name of the note we need and it starts to sound. All that remains is to adjust the strings to the standard. In the “File” menu we can see key combinations that are responsible for the sound of a particular note.

In the “Tuning” menu, only the standard setting is available for now, however, a new version of the program should be released soon, in which alternative settings will be available, as well as “fine” tuning via the microphone (the new version will require the .NET Framework 3.5 to be installed).

Metronome

The last thing that Guitar Instructor will please us with is a metronome. Practicing with a metronome develops a sense of rhythm very well, so it will be very useful for beginning guitarists.

Controlling it is quite simple: use the slider to set the desired tempo in the window (the number indicates the number of beats per minute) and press the “Start” button. The rhythm begins to sound, and beats of the measure are counted at the bottom of the window.

The default rhythm time signature is 4/4. If you need to change it, go to the “File” menu.

In the “Time” tab you can set one of three possible sizes: 2/4, 3/4 or 4/4 (in new version More support is expected). You can also change the sound of the metronome clicks in the corresponding “Sound 1” and “Sound 2” tabs.

conclusions

Guitar Instructor pleasantly surprises with its capabilities. With a size of only a couple of megabytes, the program contained almost five fairly high-quality separate full-fledged subroutines.

The intuitive interface allows you to quickly navigate even those who do not know in English, and the presence of such a not very common tool as a chord progression builder will help beginning guitarists quickly learn to apply their theoretical knowledge in practice!

Use Guitar Instructor and you will definitely achieve success in mastering such a wonderful instrument as the guitar. Good luck!!!

P.S. Permission is granted to freely copy and quote this article, provided that an open active link to the source is indicated and the authorship of Ruslan Tertyshny is preserved.

Finally, we can talk about the electric guitar learning program itself.

During his teaching activities I managed to create a fairly interesting, diverse and most importantly effective program learning to play the electric guitar. Below is a list of program elements in the appropriate order of execution. The general task of each element (riff, solo, legato, staccato, etc.) is deciphered in brackets.

FIRST STAGE:

The sequence and content of program elements is designed according to the principles of increasing complexity and minimizing the overlap of common tasks. In addition, it is important that practicing each subsequent element helps to better master the previous one. It should also be noted that a large number of real works in the program. Such a correlation between them and exercises allows you to practice technical elements, as well as their combinations in the context of real guitar parts, which significantly increases the literacy and versatility of the guitarist, increasing his vocabulary.

Internet tutorials

As a rule, for the query “guitar tutorial”, search services return hundreds of approximately identical sites that represent Internet analogues of paper publications. There's nothing wrong with that: guides like these can give you the necessary theoretical knowledge, teach you how to play songs using tablature and read chord fingerings.

• GuitarProfy tutorial. Here you can find all the necessary theoretical basis for further self-development, a table of correspondences between notes on the stave and frets of the guitar, as well as examples of classical guitar works.
• GuitarUser tutorial. A small tutorial written in simple language, which will teach you how to accompany your favorite compositions. Suitable for those who want to sing songs to friends with a guitar, but do not want to become a professional.

YouTube

There are probably as many guitar tutorials on YouTube as there are text textbooks. We advise you to pay attention to those where lessons are taught by reputable musicians, or channels with a significant number of subscribers. For the rest, follow your personal preferences, and we will tell you about two popular Russian-language channels about guitar.

Pima Live

The channel of Anton and Alexey - two St. Petersburg residents who not only share tips on playing and learning, but also invite experts to give exclusive lessons, play instruments and post video reviews of guitars. There are videos for both beginners and advanced guitarists.

GuitaristTV

On this channel, guitarist Pavel posts thorough analyzes of popular compositions on acoustic guitar. The repertoire is wide: from pop hits by Max Korzh to the soundtrack from Interstellar.

Interest clubs "VKontakte"

With VKontakte groups, everything is more complicated: many advanced guitarists do not communicate in the community for beginners, but there are a lot of amateurs who consider themselves pros in such groups. We advise you to be skeptical about professional advice from groups and publics. But similar interest clubs can be very useful in finding like-minded people, chords and tablatures for songs. Also in such groups you can almost always find advertisements for sales and purchases.

• « Guitar lovers" One of the most popular groups about the guitar on VKontakte, with more than 120 thousand subscribers. The community has a wall where you can post questions that interest you.
• « guitar player" Another group with an open wall and a variety of content related to guitar and music.
• « Guitar and guitarists" Project of flamenco guitarist Alexander Kuindzhi. You cannot publish a post on the wall, but you can ask a question in the discussions.

Programs

A music editor familiar to many who have dealt with learning melodies from tablature. You can record your own tracks various instruments, export them to MIDI or print them. The program has a metronome, a function for displaying the staff and guitar neck, the ability to record any nuances of articulation and add effects. On the Internet you can find tablature for Guitar Pro for any famous song. Special sites will help you with your search:

• 911tabs. An aggregator site that searches the largest libraries of tablature and chords. Here you can find sheet music of all famous foreign songs and even many domestic compositions.
• GTP-tabs. A huge archive of scores of Russian and foreign songs.

A useful experience for any guitarist is to listen to yourself from the outside. This requires special applications. DAW programs (sequencers) will help you record your compositions, mix guitar tracks and create accompaniment from virtual instruments. There are at least a dozen worthy sequencers. For beginners, we advise you to pay attention to PreSonus Studio One, Steinberg Cubase and Ableton Live.

Applications

Yousician

An interactive tutorial that recognizes notes played on a guitar using a microphone. You can take lessons step by step or focus on learning songs from the library. The gameplay is reminiscent of Guitar Hero, only not colored circles light up in front of you, but numbers indicating the fret on the desired string. The free version of the game has limitations; a premium subscription will cost 332 rubles per month if purchased for a year.

Internet tutorials

As a rule, for the query “guitar tutorial”, search services return hundreds of approximately identical sites that represent Internet analogues of paper publications. There's nothing wrong with that: guides like these can give you the necessary theoretical knowledge, teach you how to play songs using tablature and read chord fingerings.

• GuitarProfy tutorial. Here you can find all the necessary theoretical basis for further self-development, a table of correspondences between notes on the stave and frets of the guitar, as well as examples of classical guitar works.
• GuitarUser tutorial. A small textbook, written in simple language, that will teach you how to accompany your favorite compositions. Suitable for those who want to sing songs to friends with a guitar, but do not want to become a professional.

YouTube

There are probably as many guitar tutorials on YouTube as there are text textbooks. We advise you to pay attention to those where lessons are taught by reputable musicians, or channels with a significant number of subscribers. For the rest, follow your personal preferences, and we will tell you about two popular Russian-language channels about guitar.

Pima Live

The channel of Anton and Alexey - two St. Petersburg residents who not only share tips on playing and learning, but also invite experts to give exclusive lessons, play instruments and post video reviews of guitars. There are videos for both beginners and advanced guitarists.

GuitaristTV

On this channel, guitarist Pavel posts thorough analyzes of popular compositions on acoustic guitar. The repertoire is wide: from pop hits by Max Korzh to the soundtrack from Interstellar.

Interest clubs "VKontakte"

With VKontakte groups, everything is more complicated: many advanced guitarists do not communicate in the community for beginners, but there are a lot of amateurs who consider themselves pros in such groups. We advise you to be skeptical about professional advice from groups and public pages. But similar interest clubs can be very useful in finding like-minded people, chords and tablatures for songs. Also in such groups you can almost always find advertisements for sales and purchases.

• « Guitar lovers" One of the most popular guitar groups on VKontakte, with more than 120 thousand subscribers. The community has a wall where you can post questions that interest you.
• « guitar player" Another group with an open wall and a variety of content related to guitar and music.
• « Guitar and guitarists" Project of flamenco guitarist Alexander Kuindzhi. You cannot publish a post on the wall, but you can ask a question in the discussions.

Programs

A music editor familiar to many who have dealt with learning melodies from tablature. You can record your tracks of various instruments, export them to MIDI or print them. The program has a metronome, a function for displaying the staff and guitar neck, the ability to record any nuances of articulation and add effects. On the Internet you can find tablatures for Guitar Pro for any famous song. Special sites will help you with your search:

• 911tabs. An aggregator site that searches the largest libraries of tablature and chords. Here you can find sheet music of all famous foreign songs and even many domestic compositions.
• GTP-tabs. A huge archive of scores of Russian and foreign songs.

A useful experience for any guitarist is to listen to yourself from the outside. This requires special applications. DAW programs (sequencers) will help you record your compositions, mix guitar tracks and create accompaniment from virtual instruments. There are at least a dozen worthy sequencers. For beginners, we advise you to pay attention to PreSonus Studio One, Steinberg Cubase and Ableton Live.

Applications

Yousician

An interactive tutorial that recognizes notes played on a guitar using a microphone. You can take lessons step by step or focus on learning songs from the library. The gameplay is reminiscent of Guitar Hero, only not colored circles light up in front of you, but numbers indicating the fret on the desired string. The free version of the game has limitations; a premium subscription will cost 332 rubles per month if purchased for a year.

In adolescence, interest in an instrument such as the guitar is especially pronounced. Playing the guitar and in an ensemble is the most mass form active involvement in music. Due to the popularity of this species art, a social order has been formed for fast and high-quality education.

Traditional methods of teaching guitar are not effective enough for club use. Filling requirements require classes in groups rather than individually, which reduces the speed of learning. All interested children are accepted into the club; teenagers are recruited into the association without special selection. State of the art musical abilities sometimes it comes down to the level of inclinations.

The novelty of the methodology lies in the use of modern computer technologies, teaching techniques that promote musical, creative development teenagers, taking into account their individual capabilities, abilities, safety of the contingent:

• selection of works taking into account the interests and hobbies of students.
• studying tablature, the most convenient recording for learning melodies
• mastering the musical computer program “Guitar pro” for learning parts in an ensemble

Goal and tasks

Target: accelerated learning to play the guitar using the Guitar Pro program

Tasks:

• teach how to use the Guitar Pro program
• develop an internal ear for music, a sense of rhythm, the ability to improvise and create
• cultivate diligence, perseverance, independence, responsibility, ability to work in a team

Psychological and pedagogical explanation of the specifics of perception and mastery of educational material by students in accordance with age characteristics

Features of this age are associated with the peak of puberty. This is the period when there is a desire to break free from the control of adults and assert oneself as an individual. At this time, the teenager needs communication among peers, which brings the teenager into companies, sometimes even unfavorable ones. This is when the effectiveness comes into play. group classes, where children are brought together by common interests, common causes, there is an opportunity to realize their strengths and express themselves in the creative field. Thinking becomes more systematized. It is characterized by a transition to highest level development - theoretical, formal-logical. Main core cognitive development at this age, thinking in concepts begins: the formation of abstract concepts takes place, making it possible to reveal deeper connections between objects and phenomena of reality, to understand the patterns that govern reality.

A distinctive feature of adolescence is an internal inclination towards creative expression, an internal tendency towards productivity, this manifests itself in the form of composing poems, songs, diaries, etc., in the creation of a certain love ideal.

The fantasy of a teenager is more creative than the fantasy of a child, although less productive than the fantasy of an adult.

What is essentially new in the development of fantasy in adolescence is precisely that the teenager’s imagination comes into close connection with thinking in concepts, it is intellectualized, included in the system of intellectual activity and begins to play a completely new function in the new structure of the teenager’s personality.

We can say that the creative images created by a teenager’s imagination perform for him the same function that works of art performed for an adult. This is art for yourself.

The free participation of everyone and the encouraging atmosphere of preparation for the fight awaken ingenuity and humor in those students who seemed to have none. Many show themselves as organizers: students, as a rule, select the performers themselves, establish the order of summing up the results, and find the necessary materials. Carrying out this kind of games turns out to be not just entertainment for students, but one of the most exciting things.

Their disposition to improvise is very noticeable. For example, in the first year of study, in order to convey the character of a piece of music or some image, they try to theatricalize their performance. And in the third year of study, when the guys have already mastered the basic course and worked out the playing technique, they enjoy improvising in solo parts, composing melodies and songs themselves.

However, the inability to realize one's creative potential, turning your ideas into reality can lead to the manifestation of other qualities characteristic of a given age period, for example, stubbornness, selfishness, isolation, withdrawal, and outbursts of anger. That's why it's so important to take care of spiritual world, manifestation of teenagers' feelings.

Creating conditions for creativity, the opportunity to discover new things for creative search and self-expression, as social factors, play an important role in the development of creative abilities of adolescents. They (these conditions) can either slow down, block creativity, or contribute to its manifestation.

throughout educational process the guys learn not only professional skills but also the ability to be friends, help each other, respect and appreciate both themselves and those around them, and most importantly - to love each other, to love the beautiful, to love their HOMELAND. The formation of youth as patriotic individuals is important and necessary today. Therefore, a lot of attention in the program is paid specifically to Russian, Soviet and modern Russian music.

Expected results

Conceptual Framework

Work with teenagers in the musical association “Voice Strings” is based on general humanistic and artistic-pedagogical principles:

1. The principle of humanization. Personality is nurtured by personality. Humanistic pedagogical interaction provides for the personal growth of the teacher and students, their joint personal development, creating favorable conditions for identifying and cultivating individually specific elements of general and special talent in each child.
2. The principle of harmonization of personality and environment. Development of interests, abilities, formation of a personality that will be in unity with the world, people and with oneself.
3. The principle of activity and consciousnessis expressed in the fact that it is necessary to accustom the child to pose questions, both in front of the teacher and for independent answers and solutions.
4. The principle of visibilityis based on the peculiarities of the development of a child’s thinking, which develops from the concrete to the abstract. Visualization increases the child’s interest in knowledge and makes the learning process easier.
5. Accessibility principleis expressed in the need to take into account the age and individual characteristics of students in the learning process and the inadmissibility of its excessive complexity and overload, in which mastery of the material being studied may be overwhelming.
6. The principle of systematicity and consistencylearning involves students’ deep understanding of the logic and system in the content of the knowledge being acquired, as well as systematic work on repetition, systematization and generalization of the material being studied.
7. The principle of the strength of learning and its cyclical natureassumes that the child performs a full cycle of educational and cognitive actions during the learning process: perceives and comprehends educational material, memorizing it and repeating it.
8. The principle of motivationthe development of internal motivation involves awareness of the need for training for later life, the process of learning as an opportunity for communication, praise from significant persons, the desire to be the center of attention.
9. The principle of educational, developmental and educational functions of training:

• careful preparation of the teacher for classes, selection of material;
• choosing teaching methods that would activate children's thinking;

• the connection between theory and practice, teaching with the productive work of students, the formation of their views and beliefs.

1. Principles of interaction:

• at the level of the relationship between the teacher and the teenager during the lessons;
• interaction of students as partners in creative activity.

Methodological support

Description of the Guitar Pro program

Guitar Pro program well known to guitarists all over the world. Amazing opportunities that it gives this program for a musician, even “old people” who cannot master modern computer technologies cannot remain indifferent.

What is the program?

Guitar Pro is a sheet music and tablature editor designed for guitarists. This program has become widespread due to the fact that there is a huge library of almost all guitar music on the Internet. Unlike other music editors, which are mainly designed for printing music text, Guitar Pro gives the maximum visual understanding of the guitarist's playing.

The guitarist can see both standard notes, tablature indicating which frets to play certain notes on, and the guitar neck where these notes are reflected. The program has introduced the RSE function, which provides exceptional sound for this type of program. Typing notes can be done either from a midi keyboard (or guitar synthesizer), from a regular computer keyboard, or using a mouse, pointing out notes on the guitar fretboard. Dialing is quick and easy.

To study famous pieces, you can reduce the tempo and simply analyze all the nuances of the virtuoso’s play, bar by beat.

The Guitar Pro program interface is quite simple and easy to use. At the top of Guitar Pro there is the main, so to speak, remote control for working with the program, on which there are various buttons, such as key signs, reprises, note duration, tablature tempo and others. Also, in the same upper part of the program, there is a guitar neck and a piano keyboard, on which, during the playback of tablature, there are indicators that tell you which string, keys on which fret, to take in a given beat.

In the middle part of the program, there is a notation and tablature stave, in which the typing and editing of the tablature itself is carried out. At the bottom of the program Guitar Pro guitar effects and a track panel are located, for creating parts for several instruments, such as bassguitar , drums and many others.

Possibilities:

• Multi-track recording of guitar and bass guitar parts in the form of tablature; simultaneously with the creation of tablature, a corresponding recording in sheet music is created;
• A powerful MIDI sheet music editor that allows Guitar Pro to be used not only by guitarists;
• Builder of tablatures for percussion instruments;
• Adding lyrics and linking them to the notes of tracks with vocals;
• Powerful built-in guitar chord builder and finder;
• Export of created scores into various graphic and text formats, printing;
• Import from MIDI, MusicXML and others, export to MIDI, WAV;
• A virtual guitar fretboard and piano keyboard that displays the notes currently being played. They can also be used to create and edit guitar parts;
• Built-in metronome, guitar tuner, track transpose tool;
• A variety of instruments for reproducing the notes and sound of typical guitar playing techniques;

Working with Guitar Pro

After loading, there will be a white field with six horizontal lines - this is the designation of the strings, the first from above, the second from below, and all together this is called a track.

As a rule, the composition consists of the consonance of many musical instruments(guitar, bass, drums, etc.). Each instrument produces sounds, the order in which these sounds are played on the working field is indicated by a series of numbers (frets) on six horizontal lines (strings), this is a track, it should be noted that there can only be one for each instrument.

At the bottom, on the left, there is a window, “track properties”, here the track number, name (by clicking on the name, you can change it), instrument (you can also change it in

any time, for example, replace an acoustic guitar with an organ, and so on), here you can also change the volume, balance, etc.

At the top of the work field there are toolbars with shortcuts:

• Standard. Create, open, save.

• Settings. Here you change the settings of the program itself, that is, appearance, starting music on boot, etc.

• Print, preview, cut and copy.Here the program asks from which bar, at which bar it is necessary to insert, add a track

• Change sound settings.Here you can change the instrument, volume, balance, etc.

• Tact. Each composition is characterized by the organization of sounds in time. At the same time, the obligatory quality of sounds is their forceful emphasis - emphasis or not emphasis. The periodic alternation of strong and weak sounds, perceived by our ears, makes it possible to dismember musical composition into parts. These parts are called measures; the boundary of a measure in the working field (as on the staff) is marked by a vertical line - a bar line.

• Time signature. The beat size is indicated by two numbers, which are written one below the other. The top number indicates the number of beats, and the bottom number indicates the duration of each beat of the bar. Open/close reprise. Mark the places from where and to where you need to repeat the playback.

• Rearrange views.Move the "track properties" field above/below the working field.

• Note duration.The note duration symbols are indicated here. The basis for determining the duration of sounds is a conventional unit of time, for example one or several seconds. Sounds of various durations are recorded using notes that have different kind. Let's take one second as a conventional unit of time.

1. A whole note. The duration of a whole note is measured in four conventional units of time - therefore, equal to four seconds (the METRON is responsible for tapping these conventional units in Guitar Pro), it is depicted by an oval circle.
2. Half note. The duration of a half note is half as long as a whole note - therefore, it will be measured by counting "one, two". This means that the count of “one, two, three, four” produces two half notes. A half note is represented by an oval circle with the addition of a vertical stick (calm).
3. Quarter note. The duration of a quarter note is half as long as a half note, that is, equal to one count, which means that the count “one, two, three, four” will account for four quarter notes. A quarter note is represented by a black oval circle with an added stem.
4. Eighth note. The duration of an eighth note is half as long as a quarter note, which means the count of “one, two, three, four” is eight eighth notes. The eighth note is represented by a black oval circle with the addition of one tail (flag) to the stem.
5. Sixteenth note. "One, two, three, four" - sixteen sixteenth notes. It is depicted as a black oval circle with two flags added to the calm.
6. Thirty-second. Similarly. It is depicted as a black oval circle with three flags added to the calm.
7. Sixty-four. Similarly. It is depicted as a black oval circle with four flags added to the calm.

• Playback. Play from the beginning, the current measure, from the current position, go to the beginning, to the end, one step back/forward (play the previous/next sound (note)), loop playback (after finishing playing the melody, it will sound from the beginning), metronome.

• Pace. It is possible to reduce/increase the playback tempo.

The "File" menu has two buttons "Export" and "Import". You can export and import both Midi files and ASCII tablature.

• Export. When exporting, the recording made in GP is saved in Midi format (all tracks are exported, and a full-fledged Midi file is obtained) or ASCII tablature (they are opened with any Windows text editor).

• Import.
  When importing Midi files, a window will pop up in which you can listen to all the tracks, each one separately. It is possible to import quick method, GP will simply transfer each track from the Midi file and correctly determine the pitch and duration of the sound. And also in step-by-step mode, title, tracks (one at a time), and you can also import several tracks into one.

Between the “Bookmarks” and “Sound” buttons there is a “Helpers” button, by clicking on which a number of useful functions appear:

• Speed ​​trainer.Allows you to practice a new battle or more accurately select the tempo.

• Transpose. Allows move notes one or more semitones.

Using Guitar Pro throughout the course

I year of study

Introduction to the program

Studying in the program melodies of varying complexity on an acoustic guitar, depending on individual characteristics, which allows you to perform more complex accompaniment in musical works

II year of study

Working off techniques playing electric instruments (rhythm guitar, lead guitar, bass guitar) using exercises recorded in the program

III year of study

Studying rhythm parts, solo parts, bass parts of various musical works in the program.

Learning to play in an ensemble.

Learning to record your own music in the program.

Independent work with the program at home.