FreeBalalaikaChords

FreeBalalaikaChords is an educational software designed to help and guide you through learning how to play the balalaika guitar without a teacher. The software can educate you on the name of the chords, as well as instruct you on how to correctly apply the pressure points on the fingerboard.

The balalaika is a musical instrument, used in Russian folklore, similar to a guitar, but smaller and with only three strings. FreeBalalaikaChords allows you to learn the chords names and practice with minor or major tonalities. The software displays each chord on an individual button, that can produce the genuine sound rendered with the balalaika.

Moreover, each chord is represented as dots on a fretboard, in TAB view and in an image depicting the correct placement of the fingers. Given the instrument’s physical particularities, a correct grip of the fretboard can be very important. You can easily study the correct way of playing chords on a balalaika.

FreeBalalaikaChords also offers you the possibility of creating sound sequences for practicing different levels of difficulty. You can easily add a chord in the queue, then let the software play the entire sequence. In other words, you may compose an original song for the balalaika, with a few mouse clicks.

Moreover, you may save the current list of chords as a favorite, then load it at any future time and practice with it. Once you sent a chord onto the song board, you may delete or edit it, by transposing it to a different tonality.

With FreeBalalaikaChords you can learn to play the balalaika in a short time, even if you have no previous experience. The software offers you comprehensive educational tools that can help you advance from beginner to experienced balalaika player and song composer. You can easily learn chords and their correct rendering on the Russian traditional guitar, thanks to the several graphic representations.