Online tools for guitar and teaching
From a first chord diagram to a complete exercise: choose a tool, try your idea and connect materials for your guitar lessons.
An example for your next lesson
Write four bars in the score editor, show the matching chord as a diagram and practise the phrase with a metronome before playing over a backing track.
How to get started
- Choose the musical goal of your exercise.
- Open the editor or practice tool that fits.
- Check the result by playing and listening.
Which tool fits my idea?
Use the score editor for notation and tabs, and the diagram editor for fretboard illustrations. The chart editor captures chord progressions; the strumming editor explains picking directions and rhythm.
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Create, explain and practise together
Create guitar tabs and sheet music online
Write your own guitar exercises in the Stringlr score editor. Notation and tablature help students understand pitch, rhythm and fret positions.
Create guitar chord diagrams and fretboard charts
Show chords, scales and individual notes on the guitar fretboard. Design your own diagrams with colours and labels for your lessons in the Stringlr diagram editor.
Create guitar chord sheets and charts online
Capture chord progressions and song structures in a clear chart. The Stringlr chart editor helps guitar teachers prepare accompaniment exercises that students can follow.
Create guitar strumming patterns online
Make upstrokes, downstrokes and rhythmic rests visible. Use the Stringlr strumming editor to design patterns and listen to how the rhythm works.
Explore guitar chords and voicings
Find guitar chord shapes and compare different voicings. Use the chord library to prepare changes and explain chords with a specific teaching goal.
Guitar scales and pentatonic shapes on the fretboard
Explore scales, boxes and intervals directly on the fretboard. The Scale Finder connects roots, scale tones and positions for clear explanations in guitar lessons.
Online metronome for guitar and rhythm practice
Practise against an even pulse and develop controlled timing. The Stringlr metronome supports short rhythm exercises, chord changes and gradual tempo increases.
Guitar backing tracks for practice and improvisation
Practise in a musical setting with Stringlr’s published backing tracks. Choose by style and key to develop accompaniment, phrasing and your own improvisation ideas.
Listen to, understand and practise guitar licks
Discover musical phrases in the Stringlr lick library. Combine listening, notation and fretboard practice to bring new ideas into your playing and teaching.