Two weeks ago we published a new guitar app packed with really new features, such as high quality video and animated tabs that are in sync with any audio, even the backing tracks and the metronome. Blues Guitar Soloist was under development since last year, and we aimed at producing a much higher quality product that was simple to use and the right tool for intermediate guitar players that wanted to learn a new approach to improvisation or composition beyond scales. Think chord tones!

Let’s explore its most remarkable features:

1. Video

Tabs are cool, but videos are cooler. Watch this video, for example, which is lick 13 in the app. You can see what both right, and left hands are doing, the fretboard positions, the fingerings and all in sync with the tab below. Tablature, and in general, music notation is a simplification of the actual interpretation, you should listen to the audio and make that the reference rather than the other way around. Add a close-up video to the equation and you have a lot of information in just a few seconds, take the video, as an example, you can see how the left and right hands help prevent unwanted string noise, and that the left hand positions and fingerings clearly reflect a precise and minimalistic use of motion.

In addition, you can follow the chord changes shown in the tab, and the video is played in the app at three different speeds, normal, slow, and superslow.

2. Animated Tab

We’re used to Guitar Pro (or tuxguitar for a linux fan) playing animated tablature in sync with the sound, it’s been there for decades. While this midi sound, or even the RSE (real sound engine) that they introduced since version 5, is a great feature to have, it can become a bit annoying as the realism of the sound is mere synthesis. Any song with bendings, vibrato or a wealthy use of the tremolo bar always sounds bad, but that’s OK, it’s a machine playing the notes.

What if you could synchronize the real audio with the tablature, so you wouldn’t loose the feel of the interpretation? We did just that for you in this app. Visual and aural learners will both have a blast. We even went further and made the sync for the backing track too, so you would always know exactly what you should be playing at the moment, and what chords are playing.

3. Advanced notes

Next to each lick there’s also its theoretical explanation. This would require some knowledge of music theory to understand completely. They are there to help you extract the most out of each lick, and you should strive for that as it presents tools that will be very beneficial when composing or even improvising.

4. Additional information

Some basic music theory won’t hurt, it would rather make you a better musician in the end.

If you feel like giving Blues Guitar Soloist a try, you can download the free version from:

Our website:

http://www.amparosoft.com/?q=node/18

Or these Android and BB10 Stores

Full version: http://www.amazon.com/AmparoSoft-Blue…
Free version: http://www.amazon.com/AmparoSoft-Blue…
Free version: https://play.google.com/store/apps/de…

BB 10:
Blackberry full version: http://appworld.blackberry.com/websto…
Blackberry lite : http://appworld.blackberry.com/websto…