Guitar Highway - Learn Guitar

Play your real guitar and the app listens. Loop just the hard bars, or play along over a song you own. All you need is a guitar and your phone.

Play your real guitar and the app listens, then tells you how you did. Match your tab to a song file you own and practice over the original backing. All you need is a guitar and your phone. No cable, no extra gear.

THE GUITAR HIGHWAY

• Play each note as it reaches the line. The app follows your pitch and timing and lets you know right away: PERFECT or GOOD.
• Notes look like a rhythm game: a block where you play and a band for held notes. Bends, slides and vibrato show up and sound.
• Chord diagrams and finger numbers show exactly where to press. Bass (4-string) practice is supported too.

PRACTICE WITH THE ORIGINAL SONG

• Pick a song file you own and hear it split into guitar, bass, drums and vocals. It runs on your device.
• Match your own score (a Guitar Pro file or a sheet photo) to the song, with timing and pitch matched automatically.
• Mute the part you play and jam with the rest as the original backing.
• No score? It finds the chord progression in the song and gives you 8 strum patterns.
• Save a backing without your instrument and play or sing along any time.
• Loop just one section, and hear matched songs with the song's own guitar sound.
• Bring your own audio files. The app does not provide or sell songs.

START FROM ZERO - 8 COURSES

• Start: first chord, first song
• Add chords & change chords
• First strums & progressions (upstrokes, waltz, calypso, 4-chord progressions)
• First melody songs, Fingers & scales, F chord and first barre, First classical piece, Electric guitar techniques
• All courses are open. On first launch, a quick sound check and an easy first tuning get you going.
• Every day, "Today's Guitar Highway" walks you through tuning > warm-up > today's course > one song.
• Sore fingers or a long session? The app reminds you to take a break.

AT YOUR OWN PACE, THEN IN RHYTHM

• Slow waits for you to play. Pass it and you move on to the next day.
• On beat tells you how early or late you were, and earns you a bonus star.
• Stuck? Try it a little slower, or move on and come back later.
• Strum where there's no arrow and you'll see a gentle "Extra strum" hint.
• Pluck the first note three times to start - keep your hands on the guitar.

SONGS START WITH CHORDS

• Learn songs step by step: chords on the beat > chords with strumming > melody.
• With earphones, the melody and backing play along so it feels like a real jam.

YOUR SHEET MUSIC, READY TO PLAY

• Snap a photo of sheet music and the notes become a song you can play right away.
• Import MusicXML and PDF files too.

GUITAR PRO FILES, AS THEY ARE

• Open gp, gpx, gp5 or gp4 files and pick your part.
• The other tracks play as the original backing, and strings, frets, fingers and techniques come along too.

TUNER AND METRONOME BUILT IN

• A tuner that follows you as you switch strings.
• New to tuning? Open the step-by-step tuning guide right on the tuner screen.

WATCH YOUR PRACTICE ADD UP

• XP and levels, streaks, weekly challenges and badges, a weekly summary and report.

• Songs scoring 80+ earn stars in "My Collection", and you can compare your first recording with today's.

• On beat takes are recorded automatically; turn on video mode to save the screen as video too.

• The result screen shows your timing and lets you play again anytime.

• Family members can keep separate progress on one device.

• Song analysis runs on your device. No internet or login needed.

• Earphones keep the app's sounds out of the mic so it hears you more accurately.

• Recordings and videos stay on your device. No sign-up or login needed.

• Only anonymous usage stats are sent to improve the app, and you can turn them off in Settings.