Fret1 is back for 2009.

Guitar Chord Finder is live, and works!

I had some problems with the upgrade from Silverlight Beta 2 to the full version. Browsing through the code muttering “who wrote this crap?”, I decided to bite the bullet and do a rewrite. Now more “Silverlighty” using databindings, data templates and such like.

Finally got round to implementing PayPal integration. After all, it’s hard to make money if you don’t have a payment option. Joining Fret1 gets you access to the full range of features in the Guitar Chord Finder

Of course, I’m hoping to pad things out in the website a bit more at some point in the near future.

Yes, it’s six months late, but still out before MixAction

Oh, and Happy New Year everybody, hope you all have a great 2009.

Here is a preview screenshot of the Fret1 Progression Maker

Here you can choose a Key from the Circle of Fifths, then select a progression. The chords required are then shown in the next listbox and if you select the chord itself you can see the individual notes.

I would really appreciate some beta testers, you can Register here. Only need email, username & password. Thanks!

As the 30 day challenge draws to a close, I have lots of half-finished bits of code lying around. I really need to organise and focus on completing some tools, probably the Guitar Chord Finder tool and this Progression Maker tool. While this may of started out as a 30 day challenge, the long term plan is to evolve Fret1.com into a place where many quality tools are available at a decent monthly price (still to be decided!). Possibly even offering weekly video guitar lessons if enough people are interested.

Have a good weekend everybody, don’t code too hard 30 dayers

Yes, that’s right. The Guitar Chord Finder is now in beta.
If you sign up as a beta tester before July 1st, you’ll get 3 month subscription to Fret1.com free!
Not only that, but you can influence future development and shape Fret1.com to be a great resource for musicians everywhere.
Become a Fret1 member here

Here is some Guitar Chord Finder Help

This requires Silverlight Beta 2 to be installed, but don’t worry it is quick and painless (doesn’t even require a browser restart in IE) You should be prompted through the short install. If you’ve been holding out installing it, why not take this opportunity to have a look.

I think I have crushed all the gremlins, but can never be sure so please leave your feedback in the comments, thanks.

Well after numerous days of coding, you would think it would be a disaster to lose all my code if something went horribly wrong. Of course, we all take daily backups, right?

If you’ve got yourself set up with Subversion source control then you have no excuse. Lots of free subversion hosting nowadays.

Floyd Price who host Planetmicroisv has free Subversion hosting for single projects.

Alternatively just zipping up the code and sending to an email account or backing up to a USB drive could save you a whole lot of heartache.

Sitting in Australia on Collins, tucking into a ham sandwich and free wifi. On a drizzly holiday Monday here in Melbourne. Time for a peek at what I’ve been working on. Silverlight Beta 2 was released, but no comboboxes yet They should be in the release candidate according to Scott Guthrie. So I’m stuck with big listboxes for the time being.

Guitar Chord Finder Preview

First up a Major D chord being highlighted

Here is a C Major Scale

An E Major Chord(blue) inside an E Major Scale(green)

And finally a all the notes in C-E-G chord progression