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Riffo

Guitar lessons that hear you

Learn guitar by playing. The app hears you.

Grab your acoustic or electric guitar and play along. Riffo listens through the mic and checks each note as you play it, on your real guitar, not on a screen.

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Free beginner course. No account needed to start.

A Riffo lesson: tab notes scroll down a highway to your strings, and Riffo marks each one you hit.

Why it works

Practice that listens back

  • It hears every note

    Riffo listens through the mic and checks each note the moment you play it. No cables, no MIDI, no tapping the screen.

  • Miss? The note waits for you

    A mistake means you try that note again. Nothing restarts. After three tries the note moves on, and your stars come from the notes you hit.

  • A beginner course, free forever

    Intro and Base, all 37 units, with no trial clock and no energy bar to run out.

How it works

Three steps and you’re playing

  1. The Riffo path: lessons one after another, with Riffo on the current one.

    Step 1

    Follow your path

    Short lessons, one step at a time, from your first chord to your first solo.

  2. A study screen: a pentatonic scale shape on the tab and on the fretboard.

    Step 2

    See the shape, hear it

    Tab, fretboard and scale degrees come first, so you know what to play before you play it.

  3. A lesson result: three stars, XP earned and zero restarts.

    Step 3

    Play it, earn stars

    Play it on your guitar. Riffo counts every note you hit and gives up to three stars.

Free and Pro

Start free. Go Pro when you want more.

Free, forever

  • The complete beginner course: Intro and Base
  • The chromatic tuner, with a guide if you’ve never tuned
  • Cards with the chords and licks you learn
  • The Daily Session

Riffo Pro PRO

  • The rest of the path, from Fundamentals to Master
  • Every style path
  • Unlimited creation: Play to Tab and Tab Cam, to film yourself with the tab on screen
  • No ads

Prices are shown in the App Store and Google Play before you subscribe. Pro works on your account, in the app and on the web. See prices

Questions

Before you pick it up

Acoustic or electric?

Both. Riffo listens through the mic, so it works with any guitar it can hear. Headphones help.

Is my audio uploaded anywhere?

No. The mic audio is processed right on your device while you play. It never goes to a server.

Do I need to read music?

No. Riffo uses tab and a highway of colored notes, one color per string, and teaches you to read it all as you go.

What languages is Riffo in?

English, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese. Switch any time in Settings.

Can I try it without installing anything?

Yes. Riffo also runs in your browser: allow the mic, pick up your guitar and start the beginner course.

Your guitar is right there.

Play your first lesson today. Riffo will be listening.

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