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[David Stilley]

OK, I know some of you guys out there make your living writing code for computer software. How about this, I have an old pocket calculator type thing made by Korg in the 80's. It's called a "Chord Processor". It has a keyboard on a LCD screen and buttons with intervals and chord strictures starting with triads, quads, and then on to 7ths, 9ths, 11ths and 13ths. it has a pair of up and down buttons for Root and Inversion variations. You can put any chord you like in and it shows you the inversions possible. Now I know that steel guitar isn't like a keyboard, and no one would manufacture a pocket version of this but what about iPad or Android type software or even for your Mac or PC. If you could enter your copedent into a table and then see all the chord variations possible with the pedal combos on YOUR STEEL. Wouldn't you guys buys some software like that? It could be really useful for people learning or transcribing other music like choral music, or vocal group harmonies, classical compositions or Big Band wind or string arrangments into pedal steel arrangements. It would save a lot of time for people who wanted to do that kind of stuff, I would think. Also for figuring out how to play difficult arrangements on the steel. I'm sure many other uses would surface. What do you all think, would you buy that software?

[Richard Sinkler]

This might come close to what you want. I use it at times. Don't know if can be used on an iPad or phone.

http://home.comcast.net/~k.abolins/guitarmap.html

[David Stilley]

Wow Richard, thanks. I've downloaded it and will try it later tonight. I guess you never do really get an original idea, do we? It's all been thought of before. This looks like it might do what I want it to.

[Richard Sinkler]

When I went through programming school, the hardest part was to try to think of something new and/or different. Everything was pretty much already done.

[Richard Sinkler]

It's really a pretty good tool. It not only shows where the chords can be found, but also scales. It lists them by note or scale number. The only thing is, you have to enter what chord you want, and try different pedals to see where the chords are. It won't tell you which pedals. I don't know of any program that will do that. Another benefit is, you will see places where only two notes of the chord are located since we love to play two note partials a lot.