Practice with a score
- View TAB and standard notation
- Adjust playback speed by number or slider
- Follow tempo changes stored in the song
- Move by measure, use a metronome, and loop a section
Features & comparison
What Guitar Practice Mate can do.
From score-based practice and performance review to editing and sharing your material, see the complete feature set and edition differences in one place.
Detailed feature list
Practice, review, edit, and share in one place.
A plain-language overview of what Guitar Practice Mate can do, grouped by purpose.
Review your playing
- Check pitch and note timing in real time
- See correct, early, late, wrong, and missed notes on the score
- Calibrate judgment timing for your audio setup
- Track sessions, accuracy, and personal bests
Use your own material
- Generate TAB automatically from a MIDI file
- Choose which MIDI part you want to practice
- Set tuning and transposition for each track
- Edit string positions, fret positions, and technique markings
Create, share, and customize
- Create practice MIDI from a recording (beta)
- Share practice tracks and supported content through Steam Workshop
- Change the desktop companion
- Adjust screen layout and keyboard shortcuts
Edition comparison
Try the free demo. Expand with the full version.
The free demo includes the essentials for practicing with a score. The full version expands performance feedback, score editing, content creation, and sharing.
| Feature | Free demo | Full version |
|---|---|---|
| Built-in score display and playback | Available | Available |
| Display and play your own MIDI files | Available | Available |
| Tempo, metronome, and section looping | Available | Available |
| Pitch and timing feedback | Built-in demo tracks only | Supported tracks and configured custom tracks |
| Practice history | Saves demo-track results | Saves results for all tracks |
| Edit TAB string and fret positions | Full version only | Available |
| Create practice MIDI from recordings (beta) | Full version only | Available |
| Upload to Steam Workshop | Full version only | Available |
| Character selection, voice, and animation | Fixed character | Available |
| Import your own Live2D model | Not available | Supported DLC required |
| Steam achievements and stats | Full version only | Available |
The full version is in development. Features and availability may change before release.
Product category comparison
Choose around the way you want to practice.
Guitar Practice Mate is designed for players who want to repeat their own material and review performance results directly on the score.
| What to compare | Guitar Practice Mate | Guided lesson services | TAB and notation software | AI transcription and audio analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary purpose | Repeat your own material and review your playing | Learn fundamentals in a prepared sequence | Create, edit, and play scores | Analyze or convert recordings and audio |
| Practice material | Built-in tracks and your own MIDI files | Lessons and songs provided by the service | Scores you create, buy, or receive | Your own audio files |
| Feedback while playing | Pitch and timing shown on the score | Real-time feedback in supported products | Primarily score playback | Primarily review of analysis results |
| Score and TAB editing | Adjust fingering in automatically generated TAB | Varies by product | Detailed notation and editing are the main focus | Correction options vary after export |
| Repetition tools | Tempo, metronome, measure movement, and section loops | Practice tools organized by lesson or song | Playback and looping are common | Usually not the primary purpose |
| Progress tracking | Sessions, accuracy, and personal bests | Course progress and scores are common | Usually centered on file management | Usually centered on processing history and files |
| Distinctive experience | Practice with a desktop companion | A structured learning journey | Advanced notation and publishing | Automated analysis from audio |
This table summarizes common product-category tendencies. Actual features vary by service, product, plan, and version.
Try it yourself
Start practicing with the free demo.
Try score playback, tempo controls, and real-time feedback with the built-in demo tracks.