Practice Tools
No longer do you have to wind up your old mechanical metronome or scratch your favourite vinyl records, trying to listen to that guitar solo one more time. The following links offer the best tools the web has to offer that will help you practice music.
Metronome
Practicing with a metronome is an essential way to improve your rhythm. Open this free online metronome select the desired tempo and play along, synchronising your playing to the “click”. I also recommend this free metronome app for your smartphone
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Drum Grooves
Whilst the metronome delivers a simple pulse, drum grooves make a more musical, real-life kind of vibe. Play along to these versatile drum grooves and listen out for the cues and drum fills that indicate a section change.
Backing Tracks
Jam along to the following high quality backing tracks, of common chord progressions. Practice your rhythm playing or solo improvising skills. More coming Soon.
Music notation software designed with guitarists in mind. You can write down and play back your ideas, access high quality transcriptions, search for chords and learn a lot about music notation by exploring this app. It's the only link here you'll have to pay for, but it's a great investment if you want access to thousands of free, highly accurate TABs.
One of the biggest and best libraries of guitar TAB and chord charts for modern music. User ratings help you find the most accurate transcriptions of almost any song you could think to learn. They also have thousands of songs written in the Guitar Pro format described above.