2.8
2022-10-24
This version corrects a few minor bugs and is our first Spanish language release.
2.7
2022-05-21
As the amount of data the app displays keeps growing we've added easier ways to look at it. On the Fretboard Page users can now use Up/Down buttons to scroll through both Dictionary Items and chord and scale extensions.
2.6
2022-05-08
Along with the boatload of changes for 2.5 we have now included some helpful tool tips accessible from Help buttons on the main pages. The tool tips are meant to get users up and running as quickly as possible and also to direct them to the more detailed Help Manual on the 69th Street Band's website.
2.5
2022-05-01
This version contains some significant improvements(along with the usual minor bug fix or two)! Fonts have been made as big as possible in order to make the app more user friendly on aging eyes, especially on phones. More importantly the Tuning Page now groups all tunings by instrument. This was needed as the number of tunings was growing rapidly and getting confusing, if not overwhelming. On the Tuning Page users can now repeatedly click on an instrument to scroll through all tunings available for that instrument.
2.4
2022-02-16
This release includes the ability to view the all important chromatic scale with both notes and scale tones. The second note in the scale is referred to as the flatted 9th (b9) as I've never heard of a flatted second.
2.3
2022-01-14
This version includes a major enhancement for those who own 12 or 14 stringed instruments. Going forward any device larger than a phone will be able to input tunings with a maximum of 14 strings. This enhancement came from a request from one of our users at the Steel Guitar Forum.
2.2
2022-01-08
This version corrects a rather significant bug that was found by an astute user from the Pedal Steel Forum. Prior to this release any tuning with 12 frets or less would crash when users tried to display it on the fretboard. That has now been corrected and users with prior versions are encouraged to upgrade to this release.
2.1
2021-12-04
More breaking news from The Chord and Scale Finder Skunkworks Team!! Along with some minor bug fixes this version features a "Diatonic/Chromatic" button on the Fretboard Page. This opens up countless new possibilities for extensions and chords. When users are in Diatonic Mode all extensions are relative to the root note of the Dictionary Item. Tapping the button and entering Chromatic Mode lets users map out chords and scales for any note regardless of the parent key. Since so many pop, blues and especially jazz tunes have chords that are not in the parent key this makes it much easier to create fretboard maps to help learn these tunes.
Version 2.0
2021-10-13
More big news (along with a few minor bug fixes)! The plus/minus buttons on the fretboard page have been shrunken in order to create more space and room for two more buttons. One of the buttons gives direct access to the User Guide from the fretboard page, where it is most needed. The other button (Stay Tuned!!) will be used for a dazzling new feature that we are not currently at liberty to discuss beyond saying that our skunkworks team is hard at work on it.
1.9
2021-09-15
Big news!! Along with a few minor bug fixes this version contains a vastly improved User Guide on the website of the 69th Street Band. The User Guide is accessible from the app and opens the door to modest tutorials based on Dictionary Items and snapshots.
1.8
2021-08-30
This release corrects a small bug in the display of the blues scale.
1.7
2021-08-22
Along with some minor bug fixes this version contains the ability to display diminished chords, augmented chords and the all important (for jazz players) shell voicings consisting of the 1st, 3rd and 7th chord tones. These shell chords convey the essential flavor of the chord with only 3 notes and are very useful for comping.
1.6
2021-07-15
This version corrects a few minor bugs and introduces some useful new features. Foremost among the features is the ability to show the pentatonic scales on the fretboard for Dictionary Items using the 7 note major or minor scales. For 7 note major scales the "Blues Scale" (I, b3, IV, V, b7) can also be superimposed on the fretboard. The note list on the Fretboard Page will now start with the root note of the selected Dictionary Item and the scale tones are marked next to the proper notes.
1.5
2021-06-02
This version contains several bug fixes that were first implemented in the free, ad-embedded version as well as a few enhancements. First the bug fixes: prior to this release hitting the "Raise" and "Lower" buttons on the fretboard before selecting a dictionary item would cause the app to crash. That rather embarrassing glitch has now been corrected along with a few other minor ones. Beyond that this version contains the ability to examine modes for heptatonic (7 note) scales along with the ability to omit strings as well as a few other minor enhancements.
1.4
2021-04-14
This version constitutes a significant upgrade and incorporates valued feedback from our users. The font sizes have been (hopefully) optimized for the various Apple devices and the app should now have a much more uniform look across devices. The various lists that users select data from are now scaled to fit available screen space and are easier to read. The fret markers at the bottom of the fretboard have been been moved up closer to the fretboard so that no scrolling is necessary to see them. The lists users select data from have now been moved so that no information is lost due to curved corners.
1.3
2021-04-11
This version constitutes a significant upgrade and incorporates valued feedback from our users. The font sizes have been (hopefully) optimized for the various Apple devices and the app should now have a much more uniform look across devices. The various lists that users select data from are now scaled to fit available screen space and are easier to read. The fret markers at the bottom of the fretboard have been been moved up closer to the fretboard so that no scrolling is necessary to see them. Also, prior versions only served up test ads due to an oversight on my part that has now been fixed.
1.2
2021-04-04
This version has new marketing material; a modest explanatory video recorded on my iPad. there have been no changes to the code.
1.1
2021-03-23
I found a bug relating to note selection in the fretboard that was capable of crashing the app. Users are unlikely to encounter it but better safe than sorry. There are no visible changes to the app from the previous version.