Yes, Fiddlewax Blue is gridded. That is both a weakness and a strength. :)
There are two main use cases for the app:
1. New musicians (i.e. people who haven't really played an instrument before) can jump directly into playing notes and chords in a way that far less intimidating than most physical instruments, but still build intuition around chord types, pitches, harmonies, relationships, etc.. It's a foot in the door to no longer feeling like making music is beyond you, and encourages you to play/enjoy the process. When you hit the app's limits of griddedness, that's when you take that intuition and excitement to other instruments.
2. Proficient/comfortable musicians can pick up Fiddlewax Blue to create new sounds and progressions than they would otherwise explore on their main instrument. For example, a lot of people play the guitar, but spend so much time learning a few chords that they can feel boxed in. When you have a larger palette of chords and scales, you can find new melodies and riffs, then translate those back to your main instrument.
There are two main use cases for the app:
1. New musicians (i.e. people who haven't really played an instrument before) can jump directly into playing notes and chords in a way that far less intimidating than most physical instruments, but still build intuition around chord types, pitches, harmonies, relationships, etc.. It's a foot in the door to no longer feeling like making music is beyond you, and encourages you to play/enjoy the process. When you hit the app's limits of griddedness, that's when you take that intuition and excitement to other instruments.
2. Proficient/comfortable musicians can pick up Fiddlewax Blue to create new sounds and progressions than they would otherwise explore on their main instrument. For example, a lot of people play the guitar, but spend so much time learning a few chords that they can feel boxed in. When you have a larger palette of chords and scales, you can find new melodies and riffs, then translate those back to your main instrument.