Desktop Guitarist 2.0

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License:
Free to try; $29.95 to buy
Editor's Rating:
5.0 stars
Average User Rating:
3.0 stars (out of 6 votes) Rate it!
Downloads:
53,166
Requirements:
Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP
Limitations:
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Date Added:
January 03, 2003

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Publisher's description of Desktop Guitarist

From Desktop Music:

This fully functional guitar shareware lets you easily generate chord charts, tablature, and MIDI files. The intuitive user interface allows you to enter music by clicking on the guitar neck. Teaching mode allows you to display information while the onscreen guitar plays examples, with two example lessons included. The help file has a step-by-step tutorial. Version 2.0 has many improvements and additions.

Note: The trial version features a 15-second start-up delay. Otherwise, this is fully functional, five-fret guitar software. The paid version has 24 frets.

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Editor's review of Desktop Guitarist

5.0 stars

This program provides a number of tools useful when learning to play the guitar. First of all, it helps you build and listen to the chords. The program window shows the strings you should press on the guitar fret board. Desktop Guitarist lets you enter chords by selecting notes or by going through the Chord and Scale Finder. You can save a sequence of chords and print it or convert it to a MIDI file. The program also helps you tune the guitar, calculating the chords for any method of tuning. Though the interactive lessons are geared toward beginners, even experienced guitarists will find something to like in Desktop Guitarist.

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Average user rating: 3.3 stars out of 6 votes
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3 stars

4 out of 4 people found this review helpful

Version: Desktop Guitarist 2.0

"This program is a good program for people intrested in guitars!"

by rush-o on March 9, 2006

Pros: i like the program and the fact that the help section was just that, helpful.

Cons: I dont like that fact that it was too complicated to use, the average person would have problems using this program. Must spend alot of time on it to get familair with the program. You have to have a guitar background to understand it.

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5 stars

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

Version: Desktop Guitarist 2.0

"Great for Newbies and Experienced Guitarists!"

by shallmann on January 4, 2003

Summary: Marty Balash scores again! After purchasing the first Desktop Guitarist, I didn't even bother with the trial version of version 2, I just bought it. MANY new features! Greatly improved interface, scales, a Quote of the Day, even a tuner! And I h... read more >>

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5 stars

2 out of 3 people found this review helpful

Version: Desktop Guitarist 2.0

"Buy it!"

Summary: This is good for guitar beginners!
With a no-nonsense interface, you could play right through the program--as if you were holding a real guitar

The only downside is that other than the steel acoustics--the sounds of the electric g... read more >>

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1 stars

2 out of 4 people found this review helpful

Version: Desktop Guitarist 2.0

"Registered Version and Unregistered Version"

Summary: What? Only 5 frets? Registered Version has all frets? I don't use it.

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0 out of 2 people found this review helpful

Version: Desktop Guitarist 2.0

"sucked."

Summary: I could not even get it to work. I usually don't write bad reviews, but this deserves one.

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