FretMaster™ reads standard notation and works out how to play it on guitar: positions and fingerings chosen for the whole passage, shown as tab and on a fretboard. We're looking for guitar teachers to test it with their adult students this January and tell us honestly what works.
On guitar, the same note can live in several places on the neck. Choosing where to play each one is the hard part, and it's usually guesswork or a teacher's pencil marks. FretMaster looks at the whole passage and picks positions and fingerings that flow.
It works with music written for guitar and with music written for other instruments, so a student can learn a violin line or a piano melody on guitar without working out every fingering by hand.
Positions chosen for how the whole passage flows, so shifts land where they make sense.
Compare a stable hand frame with early shifts and pattern reuse, then pick what fits the student.
Tab that keeps the rhythm, so the feel of the original isn't lost.
See every note where the hand actually goes.
Hear how the piece should sound, then play along.
Piano parts, violin lines, flute melodies. If it's written down, it can be learned on guitar.
We're inviting a small group of guitar teachers, because you know better than any algorithm whether a fingering is right.
Tell us a little about you and your students. Someone from the FretMaster team will get back to you within a few days to set up a quick demo.
Not for this beta. We're starting with students 18 and older, like college students and adult learners. Younger students will be welcome once FretMaster launches.
Nothing. FretMaster is free during the beta, and Founding Educators get free educator access after launch.
It fits into lessons you already teach. Beyond that: a 30-minute onboarding call, a 15-minute check-in partway through and a short wrap-up conversation.
Single-line music: studies, melodies, and scale and arpeggio etudes, written for guitar or for another instrument.
FretMaster reads MusicXML, the format most notation software (MuseScore, Finale, Sibelius, Dorico) can export. PDF upload is coming soon, so you'll be able to drop in a PDF and go.
Yes. Open it in the phone's browser, tap Share, then "Add to Home Screen." It opens like any other app after that.
