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24 alternatives to CoachGuitar

Guitar Learning with colors

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. CoachGuitar launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Hello HN, I just released this music theory and ear training mobile app for guitar which I've been working on for a bit more than a year on the side. The idea was to make something for the eternally "intermediate" guitarist (myself included). There are a lot of beginner apps which rely on learning songs, toolkits which give you a bunch of stuff with no explanation but not many in-between apps to actually learn and practice more generic and somewhat advanced stuff. The app contains short lessons, recaps and most importantly challenges (visual, audio and pure theory) along with a very complete…

    Oct 2025 · cadenceguitar.com · its alternatives →

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    Guitar chord diagrams for a whole lot of popular chords at different positions on the guitar fretboard. The chord diagrams show finger positions.

    2022 · muted.io · its alternatives →

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    An easy way to learn the notes on your guitar's fretboard

    2022 · muted.io · its alternatives →

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    AI Music Tutor that gives real-time feedback on your playing

    Jul 2026 · soundgate.ai · its alternatives →

  6. 6SG
  7. 7IG
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    ChordIQ▲103

    Learn notes, chords, sight reading, perfect pitch and more.

    2020 · its alternatives →

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    Learn guitar chords, scales and notes with games

    2021 · its alternatives →

  10. 10HG
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    A visual & simple way to learn how to play guitar

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    I designed a relative piano-roll-based music notation. I used 12 colored arranged in a specific way to make visible the main effects and oppositions of Western tonal harmony. The tonic is always white, so a manual annotation/interpretation is required for each MIDI file. All chords are flags of three to four colors. Minor mode is darker, major mode is lighter. Colors are arranged in thirds. I sorted the pieces from simple complex harmony. I also wrote a bit of text to explain what you may see. There's also a corpus of structures: hyperlinks of tags that allow you to find similar…

    Nov 2025 · rawl.rocks · its alternatives →

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    Modern tools for music learning and teaching

    2025 · notewize.com · its alternatives →

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    Fretello▲164

    Duolingo for learning how to play guitar

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Learn songs on guitar with chords & lyrics that move along

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    Notion template to organize your chords and learning guitar

    2021 · its alternatives →

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    A data driven music tutor, smart recorder & midi controller

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    Musical exercises for beginner musicians

    2022 · treblekey.com · its alternatives →

  19. 19AL
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    MelodiQ▲120

    Learn and play songs on guitar with real-time feedback

    2019 · its alternatives →

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    Fretello▲122

    AI-powered guitar lessons

    2020 · its alternatives →

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    This started out when I vibe-coded a guitar scale fingering generator. It came out pretty good, and I started adding stuff to it: chords, then how chords and scales interact. Then I added charts for other instruments I mess around with: piano, cello, alto recorder. There's a complexity toggle to go from basic harmony to extended/experimental stuff. It's honestly still mostly a toy, but I thought other people might be interested in playing with it. Source is on github, so it's easy enough to run locally and fork. https://github.com/aleshh/gtr-scales

    May 2026 · projects.alesh.com · its alternatives →

  23. 23AF

    Hey everyone, I wanted to share something I’ve been working on that I think could be really helpful for fellow guitarists. It’s called StringScales (https://stringscales.com), and it’s a free tool that I built because, honestly, I've been able to learn so much about music on the internet, and I wanted to contribute something useful. It started as a personal project. I’ve always felt that a lot of the tools available for guitarists could be better... more intuitive, more accessible, and without the constant need to pay for basic features like CAGED or 3NPS position highlighting. So,…

    2024 · stringscales.com · its alternatives →

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