Peter's Blog

Guitar Toolkit is an iPhone app that I am finding really handy. It provides a number of guitar tools:

• fretboard reference with scales marked (below is pentatonic C major). The notes on the fretboard can be played although as an instrument it doesn't compare to a guitar.
• chord reference. Can strum the strings to hear the chord. Changing chord is too laborious for this to be useful for developing chord progressions. No tools to help with that.
• metronome for people with no innate rhythm
• tuner. This is cool, listens to the note you play and tells you what it is and how far out of key it is. I find this easier to use than the tuner in the line6 pocket pod although I use the pod's tuner if it is plugged in

As with all things iPhone, the best thing about the Guitar Toolkit is that it's always in my pocket. Wish iPhone had access to guitar tutor ebooks though.