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F(OS)S for Learning a Musical Instrument ?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the a-software-conductor dept.

Anonymous Musician asks: "Recently I took up learning to play the violin (at age 37) and it is great fun. I found two little software tools to be of good help: Wired Metronome (Windows binary, free to download) to keep a steady beat, and TS-AudioToMIDI (Windows binary, shareware, 30 days free trial), using a microphone and built-in sound-card to detect in real time the note I am playing (I admit, sometimes it is more like a noise) and have it displayed on a piano keyboard to check and train my tuning. What tools, freeware or FOSS, are you using to assist you with learning to play an instrument?"

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  1. Learning an instrument... by Cryptnotic · · Score: 3, Funny

    Can't you just buy a six string and play it 'til your fingers bleed?

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