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Apps for practicing guitar - Also FretBud is back and it's FREE (iOS/tvOS/M1)!
Hey all, I've been playing guitar again recently and was in search for a decent practice app that would help me with different scales, intervals, chords etc other than the pentatonics and blues scale I've been banging for last 15 years 
Then I realized that FretBud was a pretty sick app for that matter and I decided to bring it back.
So, it's available for iOS, Apple TV and M1 Macs for FREE!!
(it was $1.99 when it was in the store before and it was my second 'bud' app, released on May '17)
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/fretbud-chord-scales-for-guitar-bass-and-more/id1234224249
Other than this announcement, I'd like to hear some more app advices specifically for guitar that you love. Personally, I have an ultimate-guitar pro membership since forever and have been using their tab player and tonebridge. But I'm looking for more theory/practice kinda apps.
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@cem_olcay : solo is a pretty great app for training one’s ear as a guitarist...and requires a regular investment of time to pay off. It assumes that you know some basic theory and provides exercises to train you really know the fretboard and develop that automaticity of finding a note on the fretboard without thinking it by hearing it.
I’ve been dancing around getting ‘Solo’ as I really want what it offers, but I’m not sure I trust myself to put the regular time in. Not helped by the fact I can’t seem to concentrate for the duration of the YouTube introductory video. One of those ‘wait for a sale’ apps for me at the moment.
@espiegel 123, how much time are you putting in on it to get the benefits? I’m also using a learn piano app for about 15 mins a day and I’m currently stuck on an Ed Sheeran song, it’s like purgatory, I wouldn’t wish it on anyone, every time I screw up I feel close to tears. ‘Smoke on the water’ next too, so I’m not sure that’ll be much better, just want to get back to Bill Withers.
Guitar Parrot is interesting and worth a look - I bought that, but have yet to properly try it (hence not trusting myself with ‘Solo’).
Already bought - really cool to have the guitar and the app running on the Tv. Thanks for ATV support, Cem! 👊🏼
I haven’t been using Solo daily — but for a good chunk of the past year have spent time daily applying similar principles. And for most of that time I have made sure to spend some time (even if it is only 5 or 10 minutes of really focused time). I used to think practice sessions had to be longer to be fruitful — but I now believe that how focused one is (and honest with oneself) is the most important thing. A little bit of really focused time daily will result in lasting progress — and don’t beat yourself up — it takes however long it takes. Just make sure you are really focused and listening with your mind’s ear when you play.
(FWIW, I didn’t buy solo so much to use it as to check out what they were doing and give some support to an app that seems so well thought out and to supplement the other work I’ve been doing to develop the connection between what I can hear in my mind’s ear and my fingers). I do use it as a supplement to the main practice I am doing.
I’d say that even if you spent just 10 or 15 minutes a day with it — you will see improvements over time. For a while, it won’t be obvious and then you’ll notice that you can hear a note in your head and you’ll know where you can play it without thinking (or two or three places to play it).
The key for me has been sticking with what I am doing and not lying to myself about how advanced I am or how well I am doing. Sometimes it has meant sticking with something for a long time seemingly making no progress until I can really do it. Letting go of the notion that I should see progress in any given practice session or in a week has been helpful. I’ve also realized that sometimes I have to practice at like (and i am not exaggerating) 1/4 or 1/8th the tempo I was working on.
I use AnyTune Pro to slow down songs, adjust pitch, and loop sections for practice.
Thanks @cem_olcay
In terms of theory but also with a few AU’s built in is Tonality. Au Staff shows you what midi your playing, Au chord pads to play chords, custom pads, with strumming options, then a whole bunch of scales and stuff. It shows both piano and/or guitar info.
Ultimate Guitar Tabs is so great. That’s what started everything for me, learning songs off their website before it was an app. Then the app was paid, always in top ten, then free with IAP’s. Huge fan of that site/app.
They also make the app Tonebridge, which is free, and is amazing as well, find a song, and use an Au fx that replicates the effect used in that track.
Guitarism is cool with 3 channel midi out, but only IAA and lack of recent updates makes it... eh.
StrummerFX is pretty decent it lets you Visualize the sequencer as if it was a guitar neck, so you can easily strum, pluck, Arp, chords in a guitar playing fashion.
Tempo Metronome with Setlist is great for all your time keeping needs.
Guitar Tuna, free, simple, easy, tuner
It is great. I have been using it tons to figure out parts. One great feature is that you can select/loop just one or a few notes and once you have figured those out, you can tap a button and advances the selection forward starting at the end of what you just figured out.
Don’t have this but it looks dope, Solo.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/solo-fretboard-visualization/id1537057699
This website is phenomenal 144 notes
https://144notes.org/
Apps
Guitar Atlas
Guitar Chords +
GuitarLibChords
Aural Wiz
Ch!Ear
Chord Guitar
iHarmony
@espiegel123 thank you for such a considered reply. I too have been learning to chunk down my aspirations, I used to not practise (guitar) unless I had at least half an hour, but I now (finally) realise it’s the daily repetition that makes all the difference, even 5 or 10 minutes of, as you say, focused time.
I find I can get easily get lost in guitar (in a good way) and find a lot of satisfaction even just going up and down a scale, but I really struggle with focus on the piano. What I’ve noticed is that every single time I make a mistake I can pin it on a thought I was having about something completely unrelated to the task. In a way this is good because it means I’m opening time and space, but I’d love it if I could keep those thoughts out. I’ve found closing my eyes makes a big difference, but that’s not very helpful when learning to sight read is my primary piano objective.
Anyway, I start a new job and new routine on Monday, maybe I’ll grab ‘solo’ after all and try to integrate it into my day from the start (with my trusty travel guitar for lunch breaks). In the meantime I’ve got to get past Ed Sheeran on piano before the weekend is out.
Ps practise is the Uk english spelling of practice. I’ve been spelling it wrong for decades as practice means something distinct (like a dental practice). Now I know I’m trying hard to be consistent, it’s taking some practise though
My main guitar app is (1) TrueFire. And I found within a lot of great guitar lessons so I purchased a lifetime subscription years ago.
Also I like (2) GuitarToolkit and (3) Chord! and I use both of them on the regular basis for scale and chords studying.
(3) iReal Pro - it’s a great app for creating jamtracs.
(4) hearEQ - very useful app for understanding EQ.
(5) Ear training by Musicpoulos and (6) Guitar Interval Training
(7) Anytune Pro - I have it on my Mac and on IPad/ iPhone
(8) HookTheory - it’s a must for every songwriter.
In uK English practise is the verb and practice is the noun.
All time favs are for guitar practice are
Ultimate guitar
Modal buddy by nine buzz ( simple app)
Total energy tuner
AudioStretch to transcribe
Suggester to Jam a along
Honorable mention
Onsong
Lick library has some of the best tutorials and awesome instructors .. especially their “how to play like “ series
.. but I don’t think they have kept pace with digital age
.. but with a little effort and google you should get hold of Some ...
I love Solo but also https://www.guitarparrot.com/
Add to the the act of singing with lead playing to connect the brain to the fret-board.
Those alone are pretty helpful. I also like a number of apps that randomly generate a melody. I treat them like a game and see how few times around before I have it.
Most important one is using these tools which is the hardest habit to develop (for me).
Succinctly put, cheers Teach
Found this recently - really good metronome with song editor.
https://forum.audiob.us/discussion/44873/jazz-blues-backing-track-made-with-dr-betotte#latest
Guitar Toolkit is great as a chord/scale library, but it also allows you to look at listings of diatonic chords for a given key and add those to chord sheets. There is also a host of IAPs that let you explore numerous areas of theory.
Current favorite is Solo - be sure to try the lessons in the Tutorials section as well
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/solo-fretboard-visualization/id1537057699
I also like HarmoGnome
http://www.timsummers.org/?page_id=962