Guitar
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Tools — 6 tools
Chord progression player
Browse the progressions behind pop, rock, jazz, blues and classical music, hear each one in any key on piano or guitar, and loop it at your own tempo to practice or write over.
Tuning drone
Hold a steady reference pitch on any note, in any octave, at A = 440, 442 or baroque 415, with an optional fifth — tune to it and practice intonation, scales and long tones right in your browser.
Guitar chord finder
Pick a root and a chord type and see every way to play it — open shapes and movable shapes up the neck — with fingering, the notes on each string, and a strum you can hear.
Fretboard note finder
Pick a note and a tuning and every place that note falls on the neck lights up, named — click any fret to hear it.
Fretboard note trainer
A position lights up on the neck and you name the note from twelve choices, with instant feedback and a running score.
Guitar tuner
Allow your microphone, play a string, and tune by ear to standard tuning (E A D G B E).
Read about Guitar — 35 articles
All 35 articles →Piano vs guitar vs ukulele: which is easier to learn first?
Piano, guitar or ukulele as a first instrument: one table of cost, the first month, time to a first song, portability, theory and styles, plus who should pick which.
Guitar practice routine: a daily plan for 15, 30 or 45 minutes
A guitar practice routine in six fixed slots, tune, finger warm-up, chord changes, strumming, scales and fretboard notes, and a song, scaled to 15, 30 and 45 minutes, with a sample week.
How long does it take to learn guitar? Milestones from the first chord to the first solo
A realistic guitar timeline: sore fingertips and first chords, the G–C–D change, strumming, barre chords and solos, with a milestone table of skills and songs for each stage.
Guitar Chord Progressions: the Patterns Behind Most Songs
Chord progressions are numbers, not names — learn I–V–vi–IV once and you can play it in any key. The seven chords of the five guitar keys, the eight progressions worth memorizing, the songs that use them, and how to move any of them with a capo.
Barre Chords: the 8 Movable Shapes and How to Make Them Ring
A barre chord turns your index finger into a movable nut, so one shape gives you twelve chords. Here are the eight shapes that cover 96 chords, a fret-by-fret root chart for both root strings, and the fixes for every kind of buzz.
Guitar Chords: A Beginner's Guide
What a guitar chord is, how to read a chord diagram, and the eight essential open chords to learn first — each linked to an interactive finder where you can see the fingering and hear it.
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