When you first start FingerpickPro you have two broad options.
Keyboard Layout
The first are three instruments laid out and playable like a piano. These are:
- the Velocity Instrument,
- the Keyswitch Instrument,
- and the Chord Shift Instrument.
This approach using a keyboard layout will probably be more familiar, since most virtual instruments, including guitars, use this approach. These instruments are explained in detail on the pages linked above.
Chord-Based Layout
The second option, and the main reason for FingerpickPro, are 12 Key Instruments where the virtual keyboard uses a chord-based layout where you choose chords by selecting keyswitches, and the notes of the chord are mapped to keys representing the six strings of a guitar.
- The 12 Key Instruments are C, C#, D, D#, E, F, F#, G, G#, A, A# and B.
Since the Key Instruments have the least familiar layout, they are explained in greater detail in the following sections:
- The Keyboard Layout
- The Chords
- The String Keys
- Hammer-Ons and Pull-Offs
- The Auto-Bass Keys
- Muted Notes and Harmonics
- Finger Strums
- Sundry Sounds
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