YGS Guitar Chords Help System

It's every young boy's dream to become a professional guitar player. Although an achievable dream, a lot of effort needs to be invested not only in playing the guitar until your hands are full of blisters, but also into learning the theory of music. Computer applications make this a little easier, with YGS Guitar Chords Help System being a suitable example.

After a short and uneventful installation you can grab your guitar and take the application for a spin. You don't actually need the guitar for the program to function, but it does help you learn a little better. The visual design is clean and simple and poses no accommodation problems whatsoever.

Most of the space is used to display a representation of the first four frets of a guitar neck, along with finger positioning. Even beginners know how to read such representation so it's no rocket science. The only thing that's missing are string notations, but the application comes prepared, so this isn't a major inconvenience either.

You are free to interact with finger positions, with neat implementation of features not cutting sound if another note is triggered. There's even a “Play” button that strums through all notes for a clean sound so you get an idea of the sound that needs to come out when you do so on a real guitar. Don't expect great quality, because the output is under the MIDI format.

Chords are displayed in an editable text field. You can input custom chords to be played, with finger positions being displayed. For better learning, you can generate random chords by pressing a corresponding button.

Some degree of customization is provided when accessing the patch menu. You can pick from a stunning array of instruments held in a drop-down menu, with options to preview effects on the spot. All functions can be triggered using hotkeys, which is a neat advantage.

Taking everything into consideration, we can say that YGS Guitar Chords Help System manages to accomplish its goal, being a trustworthy guitar teacher. Most effort on your behalf needs to be invested in the real guitar, the application taking as little of your attention as possible. It's easy to understand, with the variety of sounds and chords making it worthwhile.