Why Chord Guide

This is not an app that plays MP3s.

It is an app that turns an MP3 into a song you can actually play.

Chord Guide — hear it, see it, play it right away.

Harmonica and guitar beside the Chord Guide app
Harmonica · Guitar · Chord Guide

The difference

Why it is different

Your own digital score

Unlike a player where listening is all you get, Chord Guide analyzes the song and shows lyrics, chords, and harmonica guidance on one screen, following the playback position. "Listening along" becomes "playing along."

Lyrics in a normal app are just text. Here lyrics, guitar chords, and harmonica holes all move on the same timeline.

Chord Guide screen with lyrics, chords, and harmonica guidance
Lyrics · chords · harmonica on one timeline

From "too hard" to "I can play this"

The original key is often too hard. Transpose, easier chords, capo, and key match lower the difficulty. Even with only a C harmonica, most songs can be prepared to match your instrument.

Pick the key and capo position that your hands can reach today.

Play-fit key strip with capo options
Play-fit — choose an easier key and capo

Vocal only, MR only — change how you practice

Sing along with the vocal, practice karaoke style with MR only, or keep just the singer's melody and play the rest yourself. Playback stays in sync; only the practice mode changes.

Loop, speed, and section practice work the same way in every mode.

Vocal and MR practice controls
Vocal / MR practice controls

Sing with two lyric lines

You can sing a song with two kinds of lyrics. Even across countries, people can sing K-POP using a second lyric line written in their own language.

Score showing original and second lyrics together
Original lyrics and a second lyric line in your language

Side by side

Compared at a glance

Regular MP3 player Chord Guide
Built for listeningBuilt for practice — read it, play it, blow it
Locked to the original keyTranspose, easier chords, and capo adjust difficulty
Lyrics only, when availableLyrics + chords + harmonica guidance in sync
Just stores and plays filesSaves an analyzed package you can replay instantly
Simple playback controlsLoop, speed, section practice, and play-fit
Vocal/MR switching is hard or missingSwitch between vocal-only and MR-only practice

Who it is for

Made for these players

Harmonica

Harmonica

  • Beginner — even with only a C harmonica, a registered song can be played in C.
  • Intermediate — transpose to the key you want and play the harmonica you own.
Acoustic guitar

Guitar

  • Anyone — creates guitar sheet music for you.
  • Beginner — swap hard chords for easy chords and a capo so beginners can play the songs they want more easily.
  • Chord and fingering diagrams follow the timeline as you play.

Play together — match harmonica and guitar to the same key and practice as a duo.

Same MP3. Change the player, and practice changes.

Chord Guide is not a tool for listening to a song. It is a tool that lets you play it. Start with the song already on your drive and turn it into something you can perform.