JamBuddy - Tools for Musicians

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About this app

🎸 JamBuddy: Your Ultimate Music Practice Companion

Hear any chord and see it instantly. JamBuddy uses neural network pitch detection to identify chords in real timeβ€”all on your device with no internet required.

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🎡 REAL-TIME CHORD DETECTION
β€’ Instant chord recognition via CREPE neural network
β€’ See chord root, quality (major, minor, 7th, dim, aug, sus), and bass note
β€’ Interactive Circle of Fifths with live highlighting
β€’ Automatic key detection that learns as you play
β€’ Smart next-chord predictions based on music theory

🎼 SHEET MUSIC & TRANSCRIPTION
β€’ Live melody capture to ABC notation in real time
β€’ Render professional sheet music
β€’ Tablature for guitar, ukulele, fiddle, baritone ukulele
β€’ Transpose any tune to any key with one tap
β€’ Playback with multiple instrument voices
β€’ Print publication-quality PDFs

🎯 PRACTICE TOOLS
β€’ Precision chromatic tuner for all instruments
β€’ Visual metronome with customizable time signatures (20-300 BPM)
β€’ Slow down audio 5%-250% without changing pitch
β€’ Loop sections for focused practice
β€’ Record takes and save them per song

πŸ“š MASSIVE TUNE LIBRARY
β€’ Thousands of tunes included
β€’ Irish Session Top 100, Roaring Jelly Old-Time, Nigel Gatherer
β€’ Mandolin CafΓ© Bluegrass, OpenHymnal
β€’ Import ABC files, PDFs, images, and audio
β€’ Search and filter by key, genre, rhythm, collection

πŸ‘οΈ SEVEN VISUALIZATION MODES
β€’ Circle of Fifths β€” harmonic relationships in real time
β€’ Current Chord β€” stage-ready display
β€’ Fretboard β€” detected notes light up as you play
β€’ Next Chord β€” predictions for likely progressions
β€’ Histogram β€” note distribution analysis
β€’ Spectrogram β€” live frequency display
β€’ Timeline β€” chord changes over time

πŸ› οΈ FIVE ESSENTIAL TOOLS
β€’ Chromatic Tuner β€” cents sharp/flat display
β€’ Visual Metronome β€” beat visualization
β€’ Fretboard Reference β€” chord fingering positions
β€’ Chord Browser β€” shapes for any chord
β€’ Live Transcription β€” capture melodies as notation

🎨 FULLY CUSTOMIZABLE
β€’ Light, dark, and custom themes
β€’ Material You dynamic colors
β€’ Customizable interval colors
β€’ Multiple layout options
β€’ Focus mode for stage use

⌚ WEAR OS COMPANION
β€’ Circle of Fifths with chord detection
β€’ Chromatic tuner
β€’ Chord chart browser

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✨ WHY MUSICIANS CHOOSE JAMBUDDY

βœ“ 100% OFFLINE β€” On-device processing, music stays private
βœ“ NO ADS β€” Distraction-free forever
βœ“ NO SUBSCRIPTIONS β€” One purchase unlocks everything
βœ“ LOW LATENCY β€” Optimized for live performance
βœ“ MULTI-INSTRUMENT β€” Guitar, bass, ukulele, mandolin, fiddle

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πŸ‘₯ PERFECT FOR:
β€’ Beginners learning chords visually
β€’ Students practicing with slowdowns and loops
β€’ Teachers creating handouts
β€’ Gigging musicians transposing on the fly
β€’ Session players learning from built-in collections
β€’ Songwriters exploring progressions
β€’ Transcribers capturing melodies

Download JamBuddy β€” the ultimate practice partner.
Updated on
Apr 7, 2026

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What’s new

Note highlighting + auto-scroll during playback.
Repeat button!
New GitHub API search (ABC results).
Improved chord detection.
New tap tuning tools + dB meter.
Fixed long-press in tune browser.
Better tune management + collection import.
Stability improvements.
Smoother audio playback + chord charts.

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About the developer
Stephen Ewing
steve@jambuddy.live
4424 Nanticoke Ct Lilburn, GA 30047-3219 United States