When you tap on a song, you get access to the song screen. It shows the chords included in the song and lyrics to sing along to. Songs can have 3 versions: Simplified, Original or Tabs. You can switch between the versions and pick the one that best suits your skills.
If you’re not familiar with a chord, tap the chord name to see a diagram of how to play it.
Playing with a capo
If the song suggests a capo, you can check which fret to place the capo next to the song chords. If you decide not to use a capo and play the chords as they are shown, GuitarTuna recognizes the chords and scrolls through the song as you play. Do note, that if you listen to the song on another device, as you play it in GuitarTuna, it won't sound the same. You can toggle off Capo in the song options (more information below).
Smart Scroll
The Smart Scroll feature allows you to play without having to stop to scroll through the song. Just start strumming and GuitarTuna listens to you play and follows along.
This also means that you can play the song at your own pace. If you want to take it slower, the intuitive scrolling slows down as the app listens to you play.
Don’t want to start a song from the beginning? That’s ok too! Just manually scroll to the part of the song you want to start from, and start playing. You can toggle off the Smart Scroll feature, when you don't want to use it.
Song options
By tapping the Three dots button in the top right corner, you can access the song options:
- To transpose the chords, tap the - or + button. Each tap transposes the chords by a half-step and you can view the new chords you are asked to play. To view the original chords, tap the Reset button.
- If you transpose a song and play the chords shown, the song sounds different than the original.
- Toggle off the Capo option if you don’t have a capo or don't want to play with one. This toggle is only enabled when the song requires a capo. Disabling it for a song that needs a capo changes the chords you’re expected to play.
- When you toggle off Smart Scroll GuitarTuna no longer scrolls through the song as you play.
- Tap the Like button to add a song to your favorites collection found in the Songs tab. You can also favorite a song by tapping the Heart button on the song screen.