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🎸 Virtual Electric Guitar
Pick notes, play guitar chords, explore amplifier tones, practice scales, and record riffs online.
1. Guitar Sound & Amplifier Settings
2. Interactive Six-String Fretboard
Last Note Played — Select a string and fret to beginClick or tap any fret position to pick that note. The top row represents the high E string in standard tuning; the bottom row represents the low E string. Fret 0 plays the open string.
Computer keyboard: A S D F G H plays the six open strings, from low to high. J K L ; plays frets 3, 5, 7, and 12 on the selected string.
3. Guitar Chord Library
Chord shapes are based on standard guitar tuning. Select Standard tuning to hear the named chord pitches correctly. Other tunings change the pitches produced by the same fret shapes.
4. Guitar Scale Practice
Gold positions show notes in the selected scale. The scale player chooses available pitches across the fretboard, starting near the selected root.
5. Guitar Performance Recorder
No guitar performance recorded yet.
Record picked notes and chord strums, then play them back or copy a timestamped string-and-fret sequence. This is not standard six-line guitar tablature. Audio and MIDI export are not included.
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A Virtual Electric Guitar lets musicians, singers, songwriters, producers, and beginners explore electric guitar sounds directly in their browser without needing a physical guitar or amplifier.
Whether you're practicing guitar notes, experimenting with chords, or creating rock and blues riffs, this free online electric guitar offers an interactive way to make music.
How to Use the Virtual Electric Guitar
Click or tap the fretboard to play individual notes, or use your computer keyboard for additional control.
Choose between clean, crunch, overdrive, and distorted guitar tones. Adjust the amplifier gain, brightness, sustain, and vibrato to experiment with different sounds.
Learn About the Electric Guitar
The electric guitar is a stringed instrument that typically uses magnetic pickups to convert string vibrations into electrical signals.
These signals are sent through an amplifier or other audio equipment to produce sound.
Electric guitars are widely used in rock, blues, jazz, funk, pop, R&B, country, metal, and many other genres.
Explore Guitar Tunings
The virtual electric guitar includes Standard, Drop D, D Standard, and Open G tunings.
Changing the tuning alters the pitches of the open strings and the notes available at each fret.
Standard tuning is especially useful for beginners, while alternate tunings can inspire different chord voicings and riffs.
Practice Guitar Chords
Use the built-in chord library to explore common major and minor chords, along with power chords.
Experiment with strumming and arpeggios to hear how the same chord can sound different depending on the order and timing of the notes.
Experiment With Guitar Effects
The virtual amplifier settings let you compare clean and distorted guitar sounds.
Clean tones are useful for exploring note clarity, while overdrive and distortion can add a more aggressive character to riffs and power chords.
Practice Guitar Scales
Use the scale highlighting feature to explore major, minor, pentatonic, blues, and chromatic scales across the fretboard.
Scale practice can help you recognize note patterns, understand guitar positions, and develop ideas for solos and melodies.
Virtual Electric Guitar for Singers and Songwriters
Singers can use the virtual guitar for pitch matching, ear training, and practicing melodies.
Songwriters and producers can experiment with guitar-inspired riffs, chord progressions, and melodic ideas for rock, blues, funk, soul, pop, and hip-hop.
Record Your Guitar Riffs
The built-in performance recorder captures the notes you play, including their string positions, fret numbers, and timing.
You can play your performance back or copy a timestamped, tablature-style note sequence for reference when practicing or composing.
Tip: Start with a clean guitar tone and practice a simple E minor chord. Then switch to overdrive or distortion and experiment with an E5 power chord to hear how different guitar sounds and chord structures can change the energy of your music.
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