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Mobile Games for Music Training

Theta Guitar

This mobile game trains guitarists to quickly identify chords by hearing them and visualizing their fingering positions. Ten chords are played in sequence, with fingerings displayed on a guitar fretboard diagram. Players try to identify as many of the chords as they can within a one-minute time limit. Bonus points are awarded if they correctly identify all ten chords before the time is up. Three difficulty levels: beginner, intermediate, advanced For each round, all ten chords are in the same key, so players get used to hearing groups of chords that are commonly used in songs. The chords for a round can be chosen by musical genre (jazz, J-Pop, etc), or even by songs (chords used in 'Yesterday', etc)

Theta Beat
Players listen to a one-measure rhythm pattern, then try to recreate it using a programmable grid like those found on drum machines and sequencers. The game helps players to identify individual drum sounds and different types of rhythms by ear.

• Timeline sweeps across the grid, much like an actual drum machine
• Icon-like images of each drum also light-up as the rhythm pattern is playing
• Develops the ability to learn drum and percussion parts by ear

Theta Tones
Theta Tones is a musical 'action puzzle' game, in which players try to retrieve the individual tones that make up specific chords. To start, sphere-like objects fall from the top of the screen, periodically emitting a 'tone' as they fall. In the beginning levels, the name of the tone is shown (C, F#, etc.), but in the more difficult levels, players must identify the tone only by its sound. At the bottom of the screen is a 'container' for the chord which the player moves horizontally in order to catch the tones that belong to the chord, and avoid the ones that don't.

• Excellent for learning to distinguish between chord tones and non-chord tones
• Also helps players learn how to construct or 'spell' chords (learning which tones are used to make up specific chords).
• Can also be adapted for use in other (possibly non-musical) contexts; for example, using colors instead of tones