Pocket GuitarRef Elite provides a comprehensive reference for chords, scales and modes. It also provides the ability to add and organize your favorite chords, scales and modes. There's even a chord discovery mode, in which you can tap on the fretboard for different notes and it will discover and display the chord name. In addition to these features, which also exist in the original Pocket GuitarRef, this version adds sounds and progression composition ability.

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Tuning

Includes the most common tunings for guitar. They are:

Tunings can be set for left and right handed players, so that the strings and chords will look the same as on your guitar.

Four useful operational modes

A free-form mode in which you can click on the fretboard to form your own chords. After each click, the program will try to determine what chord you have formed and displays it in the box at the bottom of the screen. Note: this feature is still in beta.

Displays chords according to the selection in each of the note, type and variation fields. There are 36 chord types, so for common chords, there are 2,592, while dynamically generated chords show up to 21,600 chords!

Standard Tuning (EADGBE) has the option to use dynamic chord generation (via the Tools menu) or static reference. There are 6 of the most common variations for each chord type stored in an internal reference table. When not in dynamic chord generation mode, the program will use this to reference and display chords. When using dynamic chord generation, the program uses an algorithm to find 50 variations of the chord and allows the user to see those. Only Standard Tuning chords have been put into the internal reference table. All other tunings use dynamic chord generation.

Display chords however you like. You can highlight the open and muted strings, show an icon or both. PGRef Elite is completely customizable according to your preferences.

Displays scales according to the selection in the note and type fields.

Major Natural Minor Minor Harmonic Minor Melodic Minor Diatonic Major Diatonic Minor Pentatonic Major Pentatonic Blues Whole Tone Diminished

• Option to show for max finger span or on entire fretboard
• Option to scroll screen to scale to ensure its visibility
• Option to exclude open strings from scale display

Displays modes according to the selection in the note and type fields.

Ionian Dorian Phrygian Lydian Mixolydian Aeolian Locrian

• Option to show for max finger span or on entire fretboard
• Option to scroll screen to scale to ensure its visibility
• Option to exclude open strings from scale display

Favorites

Allows you to save specific chords, scales or modes. These favorites are shown for their respective mode. In other words, the favorites you have set for your chords while in Chord mode will not appear when in Scale mode. You are also allowed 10 favorites per tuning in each of the program modes.

Sounds

Sounds are a new and exciting feature of PGRef Elite. Sounds allow:

• Strumming of chords right on the screen in Plotter and Discoverer modes.
• Unlimited extensibility from free sound packs.
• Play button that plays strings in a picking pattern (or simple strum) that you define with loop ability.
• Unlimited pick pattern definition ability.
• Scales have 4 patterns (ascending, descending, ascending then descending, descending then ascending) with looping ability.
• Separate visible BPM (beats per minute) for chords and scales/modes. Can test BPM within options to hear what it sounds like.

Sound Packs

Sound packs are files that you can download and reference in PGRef Elite. The program senses and makes the sounds available once the program starts up. This allows the program to cater to every type of user, from those with limited memory to others that have much more room to play with. There are currently basic sound packs, that have medium-quality, moderately-sized sound files for those that just want basic sound. Future packs will have high-quality, larger sound files, for those that want the highest quality sound available.

Progressions

Ever have a chord progression that you want to work on, but don't have the time, or it's just inconvenient? PGRef Elite allows you to play with chord progressions on the go. You pick your chord, string picking pattern, and # of times to play. This results in a pattern, which group together into progressions. You can even import and export your favorite progressions to share with others.

Progression Manager
	The Progression Manager holds all over your progressions for easy viewing and access to editing. Progressions are categorized by their tuning. From here, you can add, edit and delete progressions, as well as see their details and even sample what they sound like. The Progression Manager also allows import and export of progressions so that you can share your creations with the world.

Progression Editor
	The Progression Editor allows easy editing and reordering of patterns. All patterns and their relevant information is displayed clearly so you can get on with the important business of creating the next big hit!

Pattern Editor
	The Pattern Editor shows all of a pattern's details: Name Strum or Pick Pattern # of times to play You can even test what the pattern will sound like before you commit to using it. All note information is displayed on the screen, so you're always kept informed.

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