Rock Prodigy v1.5 User Guide www.rockprodigy.com October 2011 www.rockprodigy.com Rock Prodigy v1.5 User Guide –Oct 22, 2011 Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS ........................................................................................................................... 2 GUITAR BASICS FOR BEGINNERS...................................................................................................... 7 Acoustic guitars and electric guitars............................................................................................................7 Parts of a guitar .....................................................................................................................................................8 Headstock.................................................................................................................................................................8 Tuning knobs ..........................................................................................................................................................8 Frets............................................................................................................................................................................8 Neck ............................................................................................................................................................................8 Strings........................................................................................................................................................................8 Body ............................................................................................................................................................................8 Soundhole.................................................................................................................................................................8 Pickups.......................................................................................................................................................................8 Holding your guitar .............................................................................................................................................9 Basic guitar performance language........................................................................................................... 10 What does it mean to press the string at a fret?................................................................................... 10 SET UP YOUR GUITAR TO USE WITH ROCK PRODIGY .............................................................11 Using your acoustic........................................................................................................................................... 11 Using your electric ............................................................................................................................................ 11 Commonly used adapters .............................................................................................................................. 12 Things to keep in mind.................................................................................................................................... 12 TUNING YOUR GUITAR.......................................................................................................................14 What does tuning your guitar mean?........................................................................................................ 14 How do I tune my guitar?............................................................................................................................... 14 Select a song or lesson..................................................................................................................................... 16 What is the difference between the easy, medium, hard, and prodigy skill levels? ............. 16 THE ROCK PRODIGY PLAYSCREEN ................................................................................................18 The horizontal lines represent the guitar strings................................................................................ 18 The playline is when you pluck a string .................................................................................................. 18 The numbers represent frets, also known as “notes” or “cues”.................................................... 18 Zero means an “open string”.........................................................................................................................18 © 2011 Rock Prodigy, The Way of H, Inc. Page 2 www.rockprodigy.com Rock Prodigy v1.5 User Guide –Oct 22, 2011 The tail of a number is how long you hold the note ........................................................................... 18 HOW YOU KNOW WHEN YOU ARE PLAYING THE RIGHT NOTES .........................................21 Glowing cues are good..................................................................................................................................... 21 Dim red disc means the note was missed............................................................................................... 22 What you hear while you are playing....................................................................................................... 22 Accumulate points by hitting the right notes at the right time ..................................................... 23 Points multiplier kicks in when you hit streaks of correct notes ..................................................23 ACCESSING PLAYSCREEN CONTROLS TO ACCELERATE LEARNING.....................................24 Tapping during play pauses playback and brings up more controls.......................................... 24 String orientation .............................................................................................................................................. 24 Tempo change..................................................................................................................................................... 24 Time-line scrub bar .......................................................................................................................................... 24 Start-over.............................................................................................................................................................. 24 Auto-pause ........................................................................................................................................................... 24 Auto-play............................................................................................................................................................... 24 Loop......................................................................................................................................................................... 25 Tuner....................................................................................................................................................................... 25 MiXer ....................................................................................................................................................................... 25 Chord names........................................................................................................................................................ 25 Note names........................................................................................................................................................... 25 Help overlay......................................................................................................................................................... 25 COMPLETING A SONG OR LESSON ..................................................................................................26 Discard score....................................................................................................................................................... 26 Save score ............................................................................................................................................................. 26 Share score........................................................................................................................................................... 26 GETTING MORE SONGS AND LESSONS ..........................................................................................27 GLOSSARY ..............................................................................................................................................28 Accidentals ........................................................................................................................................................... 28 Acoustic Guitar ................................................................................................................................................... 28 Bar............................................................................................................................................................................ 28 Bend ........................................................................................................................................................................ 28 Chord......................................................................................................................................................................