Strum Machine

Luke Abbott LLC

About this app

Practice all your songs with customizable backing tracks generated with audio from real instruments: guitar, mandolin, and standup bass.

Strum Machine will play any chord progression, in any key, at any speed. It's one of the few apps built specifically for players of bluegrass, old-time, and fiddle tunes.

• Hear rhythm backup generated in real time from real instrument audio.

• Instantly change the speed, or have the speed automatically increase.

• View chord charts as letters or numbers (i.e. "1-4-5") and change the key with two taps.

• Over 1000 songs (mostly from bluegrass and old-time) ready to go.

• Add your own songs (or edit existing ones) with our simple song editor.

• Make lists of songs to practice from, or share with your friends.

• Syncs your custom songs, lists, and preferences with any device you use Strum Machine on: phone, tablet, or computer.

• Monthly or annual subscription options; easy to cancel, generous refund policy.

Terms of Use: https://strummachine.com/terms
Privacy Policy: https://strummachine.com/privacy

How can Strum Machine improve your music practice?

Ratings and reviews

I cannot praise SM enough. As a melody instrument, it is boring to practice my repertoire. SM is so easy to use, I literally added my own repertoire, 1 minute each tune. Plus you can share and copy other people's creations. Wiki-type thing. For chord players....this is a GREAT way to keep rhythm and learn the chords....or heck a great cheat sheet to take to gigs. This app does not require internet to use, only to load songs. I am a professional violonist/fiddler.

Simple yet versatile backing track tool for practicing bluegrass/old-time - much more fun than playing with a metronome. Huge library of tunes which easy to customise (key, chord sequence, bpm, etc) or you can make up your own really easily. Speedup function is also really useful. Agree with another review that it would be nice to customise the strum patterns, hopefully this will be on the roadmap...

I know this app works if you can ever find out how to sign up for it. If you sign up for the free version they will tell you that's all you have but they won't tell you how to sign up for the paid version. I guess they don't want your money very much.

What's new

Minor update to allow for the use of Strum Machine in reverse portrait orientation; i.e., "upside down".