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24 alternatives to The Jambourine by Marlowe

A sound hole tambourine for acoustic guitars

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Jambourine by Marlowe launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Jamstik Smart Guitars▲83

   Portable MIDI guitars for music production & instruction.

   2018 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Jammy Guitar▲255

   Portable steel string digital guitar made to play anywhere

   2017 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Guitar! by Smule▲74

   The best recreation of "Guitar Hero" on mobile

   2014 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Jammer▲97

   Turns songs into musical instruments anyone can play

   2017 · its alternatives →

5. 5IB
   I built a website for sharing drum patterns▲495

   Originally started as a project to restore patterns from now defunct website 808.pixll.de just for myself, but eventually i decided to share it with others. I've seen this website mentioned a couple of times on HN:) Currently it only supports Roland TR-808, but there will be more.

   2025 · drumpatterns.onether.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Melodics▲93

   GuitarHero/RockSmith for pad drumming

   2015 · its alternatives →

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   SoundGate Guitar▲419

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

   Jul 2026 · soundgate.ai · its alternatives →

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   Marmoset▲133

   A boutique to find the perfect music for your video projects

   2014 · its alternatives →

9. 9AG
   A guitar tab viewer that listens▲190

   2019 · fatpick.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    LightNote▲242

    An interactive site to learn the basics of music theory 🎶

    2016 · its alternatives →

11. 11AA
    An attempt to rethink a music sequencer design▲305

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    MelodiQ▲120

    Learn and play songs on guitar with real-time feedback

    2019 · its alternatives →

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    RiffBank – A reverse guitar tab search engine▲83

    Little side project from the past few months indexing ascii guitar tab sections into pseudo-language "words" (notes, chords) and "sentences" (riffs) that can be queried and indexed with ElasticSearch (Apache Lucene).

    2013 · riffbank.com · its alternatives →

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    Knops▲85

    An analog, acoustic and adjustable hearing solution

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    Kord – Python tool for displaying guitar chords/scales on your terminal▲173

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    JAMtime.ai▲94

    Just tell your guitar pedal how to sound

    May 2026 · jamtime.ai · its alternatives →

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    Melosity▲82

    Your music studio and collaboration tool everywhere

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Jelly Note▲75

    Learn how to play music online.

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    Jam Looper▲97

    A simple & fun way to make music.

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Jamboree▲102

    Multiplayer synthesizer

    Jul 2026 · jamboree.space · its alternatives →

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    Jamstik+▲93

    The Portable Smart Guitar

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Teesounds▲128

    Turn any SoundCloud song into a sound wave you can wear

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    SoundShirt▲89

    Personalized waveform t-shirts for music lovers

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Cymbal Explore▲110

    Discover and share your favorite song of the moment

    2016 · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →