Getting Started:
From the home screen, hit the “Play” button to launch the fretboard. You should see four large buttons, or “frets.” If you’re a lefty, just flip the phone over and hold it in your left hand: the fretboard will flip automatically. Press your finger down on one of the fret buttons and it will light up.
Touching the screen only allows you to select the active chord. To actually play Air Guitar, you need to strum the entire device. Holding your iPhone or iPod touch perpendicular to the ground, pump your hand straight up and down. The harder you strum, the louder the sound.
Playing Different Notes:
Whichever note you’re holding down when you strum is the note that will play. In the default mode, if you hold down multiple frets the highest one (closest to the pinky) is the one that will play. If you strum without any notes held down at all you’ll get a different sound: a mute on the guitar and an octave on the bass.
Whammying:
Once you’ve strummed and a chord is sounding, bend your wrist to tilt the screen towards the ground. As you do this you should hear a noticeable pitch bend, or whammy.
Changing Keys:
In the default mode the fretboard has four notes that are designed to sound good together. This way you don’t need to know anything about music theory. From the home screen click on the “Tuning” button to launch the tuning screen. The large rolling picker displays the four currently active notes.
Changing the first note (the root note) automatically adjusts the other three to keep them in tune. Use the “Progression” selector above the picker to change the feeling of the four notes. Selecting “Custom” unlocks the entire picker.
Advanced Mode:
For maximum flexibility, you can activate Advanced mode in the top right of the Tuning screen. In this mode, every different combination of frets will play a different chord, letting you play a full scale. Selecting Advanced mode also brings up a fingering chart in the Tuning screen to help you figure out which combinations correspond to which notes.
More Info:
Check out our YouTube demo here. If you’re still stumped, feel free to go to the Contact page on this site and ask for help. You can also look at the FAQ for more info.
Getting Started:
From the home screen, hit the “Play” button to launch the fretboard. You should see four large buttons, or “frets.” If you’re a lefty, just flip the phone over and hold it in your left hand: the fretboard will flip automatically. Press your finger down on one of the fret buttons and it will light up.Touching the screen only allows you to select the active chord. To actually play Air Guitar, you need to strum the entire device. Holding your iPhone or iPod touch perpendicular to the ground, pump your hand straight up and down. The harder you strum, the louder the sound.
Playing Different Notes:
Whichever note you’re holding down when you strum is the note that will play. In the default mode, if you hold down multiple frets the highest one (closest to the pinky) is the one that will play. If you strum without any notes held down at all you’ll get a different sound: a mute on the guitar and an octave on the bass.
Whammying:
Once you’ve strummed and a chord is sounding, bend your wrist to tilt the screen towards the ground. As you do this you should hear a noticeable pitch bend, or whammy.
Changing Keys:
In the default mode the fretboard has four notes that are designed to sound good together. This way you don’t need to know anything about music theory. From the home screen click on the “Tuning” button to launch the tuning screen. The large rolling picker displays the four currently active notes.Changing the first note (the root note) automatically adjusts the other three to keep them in tune. Use the “Progression” selector above the picker to change the feeling of the four notes. Selecting “Custom” unlocks the entire picker.