Guitar lessons you play, not watch

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This is GuitarManac

One app to learn, play and look things up

Lessons, songs, jam tracks, drills, chords, scales, games and a tuner. All in your browser. Chords, scales, games and the tuner are free.

The GuitarManac home screen
The song player
The C chord page
The four games
The tuner
One-minute chord changes
The A minor pentatonic scale page
A blues jam track
The learning path
The songbook
Play: songs, jam tracks and drills
The song player
Play: songs, jam tracks and drills
The four games
One-minute chord changes
The C chord page
The GuitarManac home screen
A blues jam track

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Songs, jam tracks and drills, at your speed

The chords scroll by in time, with a count-in, a click and a real guitar sound. Slow anything down and loop the part you keep missing.

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The song player playing Knockin' on Heaven's Door

Songs

16 songs and counting

Knockin' on Heaven's Door, Zombie, Stand by Me and more, with the chords and strum shown as you play.
A blues jam track in A with the A minor pentatonic box on the fretboard

Jam tracks

Solo over a band

Drums, bass and rhythm guitar loop while the scale sits on the neck.
One-minute chord changes from G to C

Drills

Five-minute warm-ups

One-minute chord changes, strum patterns, spider walks and scale runs, all in time.

Interactive lessons

Learn real songs, one easy step at a time.

Start with your very first chord. A few lessons in, you're strumming Knockin' on Heaven's Door. You play along the whole way, with no videos to sit through.

  • 1Hear it firstTap any chord or note and the app plays it, so you know how it should sound.
  • 2A band behind youStrum along with drums and a click, slowed down until it feels easy.
  • 3Little games, not testsTap the fretboard, spot the mistake, beat the clock on a chord change.
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A lesson in GuitarManac: playing along to Knockin' on Heaven's Door, with the G chord and the strum
Lesson 1: your first chord, Em

Chords

529 chords, every key

Tap a chart to hear how it should sound.

C chord diagramCG chord diagramGEm chord diagramEm
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Scales

180 scales, box by box

A minor pentatonic, box 1. Tap a note to hear it.

357912ACEGCDGADEACAll scales
TunerTune up with your micSongbookYour list of songsCheat sheetsFree charts to print

Games

Learn the neck by playing

Find notes against the clock, train your ear and switch chords on the beat. All four are free.

All games

Note Blitz

Find notes on the fretboard as fast as you can.

Ear Training

Hear an interval, then find it on the neck.

Fretmatch

Name the note at a fret. One miss ends the run.

Chord Switcher

Change chords in time with the beat.

17,000+guitarists have practiced here

"My favorite part is the fretboard memorization feature."
"Despite being a free app, it's packed with a lot of good stuff."
"User friendly, simple, and really useful for practicing."

Free

No account, no card

  • Every chord and scale
  • The tuner
  • All four games
  • The first lessons of every module
  • The first part of every song
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Pro

From $5 a month

  • Every song, start to finish
  • All jam tracks and drills
  • Every key, strum and pattern
  • The whole learning path
  • Unlimited songbook
  • Alternate tunings
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