No Sony, No problem. Ideas for making Yousician easier for a student to use

You don't need all the pop songs to teach how to play. But, the way yousician organizes its songs has a huge influence on the way a player uses the app. My ideas --

Make categories of songs for the most used time signatures:

• Songs in 4/4
• Songs in 3/4
• Songs in 6/8
• etc.

Make categories of songs that are good exemplars of specific scales:

• Songs using C Maj Pentatonic scale
• Songs using Em Blues Pentatonic scale
• Songs using A Maj Ionian scale
• etc.

Make categories of songs that are good exemplars of arpeggio usage. This can be split in terms of

• Songs using CAGED form arpeggios (C shape, A shape, G shape, E shape, and D shape)
• Songs using triad arpeggios
• Songs using seventh arpeggios
• Songs using extended arpeggios

Make categories of songs whose (over)use of bar chords makes each song an endurance test for your hand (rhythm portion over the solo in Freebird, I'm looking at you)

Make categories of songs based upon their strumming patterns:

• Songs using simple strumming patterns
• Songs using complex strumming patterns
• Songs using note strum, note strum patterns
• etc.

Make categories of songs that require a player to focus on playing above the 12th fret.

Make categories of songs that include a key change.

Make categories of songs based upon which finger picking pattern they best exemplify:

• Songs using Travis fingerpicking
• Songs using ascending/descending fingerpicking
• etc.

Make categories of songs that exemplify usage double stops.

Make categories of songs that exemplify usage of string bending.

Will a guitar player have to comb through the Yousician library and designate certain songs as qualifying for created categories? Yes. Will that be cheaper then paying Sony? Yes. Will it capitalize on the songs you already have? Yes.

Just optimize the catalogue for a student who is sincerely looking for something to work on.