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Limiting this to work only with folks who have MIDI keyboards attached to their machines probably cuts your audience down by 99.9999%. Especially here on…",null,{"value":64,"source":50,"evidence":65},"Help build muscle memory for common chords and progressions on a real keyboard",[66],{"id":67,"by":11,"text":68},"42495686","Thanks for you feedback. It is really valuable for me. Actually, my main idea when I started this project was helping to remember the chords and common progressions on a real…",[],"unknown","launched",{"praise":73,"objections":90,"requests":111,"questions":137,"alternatives":143},[74],{"value":75,"source":76,"evidence":77},"Fun, useful for practicing chord progressions","commenter",[78,82,86],{"id":79,"by":80,"text":81},"42421192","joel-birchler","This was kinda cool once I got it working! It reminds me of the terminal learn to type games. I made an app to help learn chords and keys too:…",{"id":83,"by":84,"text":85},"42423327","boredemployee","god, the serendipity in HN sometimes is out of this world. im desperate to pratice chord progression in a more hands on way, hope this help me! ty",{"id":87,"by":88,"text":89},"42436376","brianvoll","nice game! I think it would be better from an education standpoint if the roman numerals were at the bottom of the circle and you didn't include the spelling of the chords. 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You don't want to contaminate…",{"value":127,"source":76,"evidence":128},"Clearer instructions on MIDI input",[129],{"id":79,"by":80,"text":81},{"value":131,"source":76,"evidence":132},"A demo video",[133],{"id":134,"by":135,"text":136},"42426043","andkenneth","I agree with you functionality wise, but a video showing it in use would be a good idea so those of us away from our midi devices can at least see it in action.",[138],{"value":139,"source":76,"evidence":140},"Does it work on iPhone or iPad browsers",[141,142],{"id":79,"by":80,"text":81},{"id":107,"by":108,"text":109},[144,151,158],{"value":145,"source":76,"evidence":146},"Yousician",[147],{"id":148,"by":149,"text":150},"42424713","criddell","I believe this is how Yousician works.",{"value":152,"source":76,"evidence":153},"SimplyPiano",[154],{"id":155,"by":156,"text":157},"42423374","block_dagger","Neat project. I’ve been using SimplyPiano on iPad for about a year and it’s great for learning sight reading, scales, and chords. 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