Eli's Guitar Trainer
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Memorize the guitar fretboard and train your ear to recognize notes, using your real guitar.

Getting started
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1. Unpack this folder anywhere (no installation needed, the app is portable).
2. Connect your guitar to your audio interface (or use a microphone).
3. Run EliTrainer.exe.
4. Open "Audio Settings", pick the input your guitar is connected to and an output for
   the reference notes, then press Apply.
5. Press "Start Training", choose a mode and a note range, and play the requested notes.

Training modes
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- Fretboard: the note name is shown, find and play it on the fretboard.
- Ear + Fretboard: the note is only played, recognize it by ear and play it.

Files in this folder
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- EliTrainer.exe             the application
- Resources\                 the SoundFont used for the reference notes
- detection.ini              advanced note-detection parameters (see the comments inside)
- LICENSE.txt                license agreement
- THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES.txt    licenses of the third-party components used by the app

Settings are stored per user in %APPDATA%\EliTrainer\settings.ini.

Updates, help and donations
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The latest version is available on the website; the "About" page in the app links to it.
The app is free. If it helps you, please consider a donation through the website.
