Version 0.14 - Transposable Exercises, Scale History, Mode Calculator, and More


New in 0.14:

  • Exercises are now transposable (see below for details on how to make your custom Exercises transposable).
  • Scale browsing history makes it easier to switch between scales and/or compare them (use your mouse thumb buttons or assign custom shortcuts in Options).
  • Added the ability to derive scale modes automatically. Please note this feature is still experimental.
  • Renamed the "Custom scale" tool to "Scale builder."
  • In the Scale builder, there are now buttons for sorting custom scale degrees and for copying degrees from the currently displayed scale image ("Get from image" button).
  • Added a "Copy to clipboard" button for scale degrees in the bottom window.
  • Hash (#) character is now allowed in saved scale filenames.
  • Added the Mixolydian b6 scale.
  • Minor bug fixes.

Transposable Exercises

All Exercises are transposable. However, to make your custom Exercise's timeline show transposed note names (or scale/chord root names), you'll need to tag note names in scales.csv and chords.csv. Here's the syntax for tagging a C note in C major (or A minor):

{n=C k=0}

"n" stands for "note" and "k" stands for "key signature."

The key signature number indicates the number of sharps or flats in the key signature, with sharps as positive numbers and flats as negative numbers.

Examples:
C in A minor: {n=C k=0}
D# in E minor: {n=D# k=1}
Eb in Bb major: {n=Eb k=-2}

Here's an example of a transposable Exercise that displays the triads of the chord progression Am Dm G E:

scales.csv:
A, triad minor, {n=A k=0}m triad (1-b3-5), 00:00.00
D, triad minor, {n=D k=0}m triad (1-b3-5), 00:08.00
G, triad major, {n=G k=0} triad (1-3-5), 00:16.00
E, triad major, {n=E k=0} triad (1-3-5), 00:24.00

chords.csv:
{n=A k=0}m, 00:00.00
{n=D k=0}m, 00:08.00
{n=G k=0}, 00:16.00
{n=E k=0}, 00:24.00

(Note that Bad Guitar VR doesn't support transposable Exercises yet.)

Files

Bad Scales 0.14 Win64.zip 226 MB
Oct 29, 2024

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