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Guitar Sight Reading Trainer

Guitar Sight Reading Trainer

with focus on position playing

16 ratings
80 reviews
#193 in paid Music
📚 Education
🎵 Music
$1.99

Details

  • Released
  • Updated
  • September 13, 2010
  • March 26, 2026

Developer

Rolfs Apps
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Enhance your music reading skills with this app, focusing on fretboard note identification and positional playing. It offers various practice modes, supports numerous scales and tunings, and tracks your progress. Ideal for guitarists looking to improve their ability to read sheet music.

✓Note identification on fretboard
✓Positional playing focus
✓Practice and test modes
✓Key signature and scale support
✓Customizable fret groups
✓Alternate tuning support
✓Left-handed guitar support
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What users say

Summarized from real user reviews of Guitar Sight Reading Trainer. Based on 16 reviews and a 4.9/5 average, it highlights the 16 positives and 6 negatives reviewers mention most about this Music app.

Positive things

  • 👍Great for sight reading
  • 👍Helps with fretboard memorization
  • 👍Customizable settings
  • 👍Horizontal view is innovative
  • 👍Developer responsiveness
  • 👍Good for beginners
  • 👍Useful for intermediate players
  • 👍Good for jazz players
  • 👍Helps learn note positions
  • 👍Good for practicing away from guitar
  • 👍Well-designed interface
  • 👍Adaptable to progress
  • 👍Makes learning fun/like a game
  • 👍Connects staff to fretboard
  • 👍Supports left-handed players
  • 👍Good value for money

Negative things

  • 🤔Limited to single notes
  • 🤔Sound quality not realistic
  • 🤔UI could be improved
  • 🤔Fretboard presentation not realistic
  • 🤔Fret grouping awkward
  • 🤔Can be monotonous
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What's New in Guitar Sight Reading Trainer

6.18

March 26, 2026

Fixes a text display issue on iOS 26.4.

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Last updated on August 14, 2026.

User reviews

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Very Helpful App!

Daily use of the quiz mode has definitely helped my sight reading. And the setting options are great. And I LOVE the horizontal option! When horizontal, the fretboard is slightly skewed to give it a perspective as if you were looking down while holding the guitar. It’s great!
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Revising prior review (Sound does not work)

The developer quickly responded to me email and helped me resolve the problem. My iPad has a “mute” button that is separate from the volume control. Although all my other apps had sound, I had to turn mute off for this app, which now produces sound.
mehangrymanmehangryman

Actually teaching boy the stave!!

Wow - this app actually has my son engaged with trying to find the right frets. BRILLIANT. Highly recommend this for newbies to reading music and playing guitar.
Alki GAlki G

Great for guitar sightreading and fretboard memorization

This app was perfect for an intermediate guitar player looking to perfect sightreading. You’ll want to dive in to the options to set the keys that you want to learn and, if you’re like me, to set the mirrored view so that the low E string is on top. Easy to configure speed of testing.
markfog77markfog77

Love this APP! How about making one for ukulele?

Perfect for mastering guitar fretboard!!

Please make one just like this for ukulele!!!
Jcej1Jcej1
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User experience

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Reported Bugs

3 issues

Sound does not work (resolved by turning off mute)

Bug

Bug for lefties: string isolation incorrect

Bug

App does not launch on iPhone 3g

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Requested Features

34 requests

Ukulele version

Feature

See whole fretboard at once in landscape

Feature

Disable timer altogether

Feature

Choose any range of fretboard for testing

Feature

Use sheet music for actual sight reading

Feature

Standalone chord trainer

Feature

Real guitar interface to play notes

Feature

Option to see whole fretboard at once

Feature

Pause button

Feature

Smarter re-testing of weak points

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Play answers back on a real guitar without touching screen

Feature

Generate short musical phrases for sight reading

Feature

Add intervals mode

Feature

Chords or double stops

Feature

Scales mode

Feature

Save and restore settings

Feature

Better visualization of stats

Feature

Tweak random generator to avoid repeated notes

Feature

Concentrate on problem notes

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Moveable SOL-FA

Feature

Option to only display note on selected string

Feature

Melody trainer

Feature

Easier to touch open string options

Feature

Bass guitar version

Feature

Fretless bass version

Feature

Option to leave sharps and flats off

Feature

Review lesson showing notes on certain strings

Feature

Test on more than one note at a time

Feature

Pick a key or scale to be tested in

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Dark mode

Feature

Advanced analytics dashboard

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Option to change fretboard presentation

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Bass guitar support (5 string)

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Switch to bass clef

Feature

FAQ

What does the Guitar Sight Reading Trainer app do?

This app is designed to help guitarists improve their sight-reading skills by focusing on identifying notes on the fretboard, especially with an emphasis on positional playing. It offers various modes to practice and test your knowledge of notes, scales, and key signatures.

What are the key features of the Guitar Sight Reading Trainer?

Key features include four practice modes for note identification, support for various key signatures and scales (major, minor, blues, pentatonic, modal), customizable fret groups, tracking of progress per fret group, support for over 15 alternate tunings, and left-handed guitar compatibility.

Is the Guitar Sight Reading Trainer app free or paid?

The application is a paid app. It does not contain any advertisements or in-app purchases, offering a complete and uninterrupted experience for users.

What devices is the Guitar Sight Reading Trainer compatible with?

This is a universal app compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch devices. It supports all screen sizes and runs on iOS and iPadOS.

How can this app help me improve my guitar playing?

By improving your sight-reading abilities, you can more easily learn new songs from sheet music and understand musical notation. This allows you to focus more on other aspects of your playing, such as rhythm and harmony, and opens up the ability to play a wider variety of music.