Strum Machine Guides

A quick walkthrough of playing your first song

Here's how to get Strum Machine on all of your devices

How to start/stop playback, change the key or tempo, loop part of a song, and use the Auto tools.

How to search or browse the song library to find songs to play.

Tour of the song playback page, from top to bottom.

How to organize your songs into lists for easy access and smoother practice routines.

How to make your own songs by typing in the chords.

How to modify any existing song in the library, from simple chord substitutions to more extensive rearrangements.

Choose from preset musical styles or customize every aspect of the instrumentation to fit the song.

Adjust the volume and pan of each instrument, mute instruments temporarily, and more.

Switch to numbered chords (a.k.a. “1-4-5 chords”) or change how repeated chords are displayed.

Change what you hear before the first downbeat: a spoken “1, 2, 3, 4” and dampened guitar by default.

Hear a metronome along or instead of the other instruments if you like.