About Guitar Guru

Guitar Guru provides interactive song sessions designed to help teach you how to play your favorite songs on guitar.

Our song-based learning software acts as your personal guitar teacher, allowing you to interact with the song to help you learn fingering, techniques and more. Each Guitar Guru Session is accompanied by a guitar tab for your song.

To get started, click here to install Guitar Guru. It's free!

Browse Sessions

Do you already have Guitar Guru installed? If so, click here to browse Guitar Guru Sessions by artist, songwriter and more! You can also click here to find Guitar Guru Sessions by genre. For the bass players, you can also check out our bass Guitar Guru sessions.

FAQ & Help

Have questions about Guitar Guru? Need help installing the software? Read our frequently asked questions to learn more about Guitar Guru. There is also an in-depth help area located right here.

Features of Guitar Guru

Why You Want It!

• Detailed, note-by-note instructions
• Virtual fret board with real-time finger positions
• Choose colored dots, numbers, or dots and numbers to represent fingerings
• Adjustable playback/learning tempo (up to 300%)
• Voice Command
• Keep your hands on your guitar
• Control nearly every function of Guitar Guru using simple voice commands
• MIDI or CD-Synched/MP3/WMA-synched Audio
• Use your CD or MP3/WMA files as an audio track, or use the included MIDI.
• Step-Through Playback Function
• Step through each event (fingering change, strum, etc.) at any speed using the arrow keys on your keyboard.
• Repeat an event using the down arrow on your keyboard.
• Customizable display with additional guitar skins
• Learn on acoustic, electric or bass guitar.
• Learn the bass parts with Bass Guru Sessions.
• Over 1,500 songs now available
• Bonus printable guitar tab included with every song!

Free Add-ons for Guitar Guru

Free Session of the Month

Every month, Musicnotes releases a free Guitar Guru Session for our customers. You can view the current one for the month by clicking here.

Our featured Guitar Guru Session of the month is available free for a limited time only, so be sure to take advantage of this great offer!

Free Guru Skins

Click here to browse and download skins available for your Guitar Guru software. Available for the PC only. Mac version coming soon!

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Guitar Guru Customer Comments

Guitar Guru Sessions not only teach the beginner, but challenge the professional. - Daryl Steurmer, lead guitarist of Genesis

You guys effin rock!!!!!! I just ordered my first song on guitar guru, unbelievable. I just wish this technology was available 30 years ago. I could have become a serious performer back then, but at least I can still play quite well enough to enjoy the sheet out of it and still really impress my wife,who by the way just bought me my first guitar in 30 years. You guys have a customer for life,THANK YOU !!!!!!!!!!!!!! - G. Harrington

Thank you very much, I was able to figure out how to download my song and it’s absolutely amazing. I have a new appreciation for The Eagles now from realizing how many parts there are to the song Hotel California. Guitar Guru is great. Thanks again. - S. Merritt

I just wanted to say Guitar Guru Rocks!!! I travel a lot and its hard to continually get lessons at about $20 a session. This way all I do is purchase the song I like, take my time learning it then purchase another song when I want to. It is Theee best guitar learning tool, escpecially since I cant read a lick of music just play tabs. I will continue to use and will definitely tell all my friends about it. I think Guitar Guru sells itself #1. Thank you!!!! - R. Willis

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