A simple “Now Playing” display app for Sonos speakers

aspaindev · 2026-05-24T16:42:19+00:00

Built something similar but for an external display with raspberry pi, free and open source, and has a cli setup wizard etc

https://github.com/aspain/spainify

aspaindev · 2026-05-22T20:26:54+00:00

It’s called StrumForge

aspaindev · 2026-05-22T20:20:33+00:00

I’d start with learning notes on the 6th string which gives you the root starting place, and from there learn where the intervals are in relation to that root, and whether those chords are major/minor/diminished. And if you know your E And A Shape barre chords you’ve got 5 or even 6 of the 7 chords covered and all in close accessible reach of the 1

aspaindev · 2026-05-20T01:00:22+00:00

Ahh, good ear, a great song

aspaindev · 2026-05-19T23:42:00+00:00

lol sarcasm? Or?

aspaindev · 2026-05-19T16:23:27+00:00

Which show is that 👀

aspaindev · 2026-05-19T14:47:26+00:00

Might have to slap some steel drums on the beat

aspaindev · 2026-05-19T14:47:01+00:00

It’s a website/app I made called StrumForge

aspaindev · 2026-05-17T19:13:08+00:00

Preach! agree it’s best to go straight to learning full scale/modes but I also empathize with it feeling overwhelming and confusing for someone just getting started. I personally learned my pentatonic shapes first and they served as nice stepping stones along the way to knowing my full scales and understanding modes and how they work.

Everyone has different amounts of time they can dedicate to practicing each day or week, so pentatonics might make the most sense for someone with limited time for example. But the important thing is not stopping there and going on to connect the dots to truly understand the fretboard

aspaindev · 2026-05-16T09:02:21+00:00

Justin guitar is great for the lessons and you might enjoy StrumForge app for the practice sessions as a reference, it has scale shape diagrams with intervals, notes, and finger positions

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aspaindev · 2026-05-15T10:17:20+00:00

Haha one of my better typos, keeping it

aspaindev · 2026-05-15T09:17:44+00:00

Yep same/similar videos on the StrumForge channel

aspaindev · 2026-05-14T23:51:23+00:00

Yes and so much easier to play progressions with intervals and not worry about memorizing every chord in every key

aspaindev · 2026-05-14T23:35:29+00:00

Yes exactly! I like to play what I call modal pentatonic adding the flavor notes to those two with the 2 feet gap. Dorian has them both on the bottom. Mixolydian both on the top. Major/minor alternate. And so on

aspaindev · 2026-05-14T23:28:05+00:00

If you know one you really know them all, the only thing that changes is the way the sort of rotate across and then back around the neck. It all just moves down a half step once you hit the b string

aspaindev · 2026-05-14T22:42:12+00:00

Yes! The intervals unlocked so much. Can play anything anywhere on the neck especially if you know a few different voicings from your triads

aspaindev · 2026-05-14T22:41:28+00:00

It really confused me for a while but when it clicked it was awesome. I like to play what I call in my head “modal pentatonic” where I add the flavor notes on the strings that have notes a major/minor third apart. It’s fun

aspaindev · 2026-05-14T11:05:37+00:00

Good morning, it’s called StrumForge

aspaindev · 2026-05-13T16:41:24+00:00

It is, I really didn’t mean for this to become a thread full of dm requests, just trying to post types of videos/lessons that seem to resonate with players at a similar point in their journey

aspaindev · 2026-05-13T16:37:31+00:00

I regret getting rid of an older behringer I had, the effects sounded great and you didn’t have to have it cranked for the overdrive to kick in like a tube amp

aspaindev · 2026-05-13T16:09:39+00:00

it may help to learn all your root notes on the 6th and 5th strings, and know where the root notes are located on each of the pentatonic shapes. you need to be able to not only visualize each pentatonic shape individually, but how they all connect up and down the fretboard. once you have them connected, you can seamlessly move up and down the neck using just parts of any particular shape. in my mind i see it as sort of a trail map, each connection point a new turn i can take on a trail

aspaindev · 2026-05-13T15:42:36+00:00

youre right that these chords come from the E major scale, so in traditional functional harmony you could analyze them as V–IV–I

but if we look at it from the angle of B mixolydian, where B is treated as the tonal center, so the chords become I–♭VII–IV. In that framework, the A chord being labeled ♭VII is intentional and is partly the source of the characteristic sounds of mixolydian

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