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diff --git a/website/sandbox/chord-drill-sergeant/README.md b/website/sandbox/chord-drill-sergeant/README.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..db471fa40143 --- /dev/null +++ b/website/sandbox/chord-drill-sergeant/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +# Chord Drill Sergeant (CDS) + +Are you a musician looking for a more effective way to improve your craft? Maybe +you're a music teacher looking to create useful exercises to give your students. + +Studying music theory can be a fruitful undertaking, but it can often overwhelm +or bore students. I think that if practicing is enjoyable, students will +practice more. Practice doesn't make perfect; *perfect* practice makes perfect. +Chord Drill Sergeant is a web app that lowers the barrier to practicing and +internalizing music theory. + +## How does it work? + +1. Grab a cell phone or a laptop and your instrument. +2. Open a web browser and visit the Chord Drill Sergeant app (URL and app forthcoming). +3. Set the tempo at which you would like to practice. +4. Set the target duration of your session. +5. Select the key(s) and chord(s) you would like to practice. +6. Set the tempo (i.e. pace) at which you would like to practice. +7. CDS will display chords at various rhythmic intervals during your practice + session. It is your job to play these chords in time before the next chord + appears. + +## Highlights + +Here are some useful features of CDS: +- Tempo: Set the rate at which CDS displays chords. +- Predefined practice sessions: CDS offers users a few practice sessions to get + users started. The goal, however, is to teach users to create their own + bespoke practice sessions. CDS aims to foster a community of practitioners who + curate and share their practice sessions. +- Whitelist / blacklist: Construct the set of chords you would like to + practice. Let's say you only want to practice triads in the keys of F, C, and + G. Would you also like to avoid diminished chords? Or maybe you *only* want to + practice major-7th chords for *all* keys. CDS supports all of these scenarios + and many others. You can save these chord configurations to reuse them at any + time. You can also share chord configurations with other CDS users if you find + the practice useful. +- Inversions: Every chord has inversions. For instance, every triad (i.e. chord + composed of three notes) has three inversions: root, second, and third + positions. CDS acknowledges all of the positions in which chords may appear + and helps you study all, some, or none of these inversions. +- Harmony: CDS understands basic harmony and can sort the chords you would like + to train in various harmonious permutations. +- Chaos-mode: Feeling confident? Throw the classical notions of harmony to the + wayside and use CDS in "chaos-mode" where CDS samples randomly from the Circle + of Fifths. |