

You’ll need to get your guitar in tune or the sound recognition software won’t work. Get out your guitar and set your device (iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch), open to Monster Chords, in front of you.


Learning how to play an instrument by rote and repetition is most music students’ least favourite learning activity, but Monster Chords turns it into a game that keeps you coming back for more, making skill development not just painless but entertaining as well.Īlthough a little discipline never hurt, it’s been proven that children learn best through play, and so turning guitar lessons into play sessions is a very effective learning technique, helping even the most distractible child to focus long enough to develop enough mastery and self-confidence to persevere with guitar study.Įven better, they’re learning not how to compete with others, but rather to compete with themselves, always trying to do better than they did last time- the only good kind of competition! Trial Run Their new app is called Monster Chords, and it’s amazing. It doesn’t get any better than this: In an age when infotech wizards compete with each other to see who can make internet activity the most pointless, the clever folks at Animoca (Outblaze Ventures) are making use of Uberchord Engineering technology to teach beginner guitar. Their playing kept improving, and they enjoyed every minute. The little monsters were such a good audience that _ decided to return every day. When the guitar sounded bad, some of the little creatures would become annoyed and return to the forest. It took a while for the guitar to warm up, but when it started making pleasing sounds little monsters began coming out of the woods to listen.Īs the sound got better, more monsters came. Once upon a time _ took their guitar into the enchanted forest, built a campfire, sat down on a log, and started to play. Having it All: The Monthly Subscription.Entertaining Monsters- It’s Not Just For Kids.
