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Fretmate is a daily practice partner for guitar and bass. Your companion, Mate, builds today's routine, listens through the mic as you play along to a click and TAB, and scores your timing.

9 MINUTES OF FUNDAMENTALS A DAY
Drills for the right hand (alternate picking, string crossing, string skipping), the left hand (chromatic, spider, stretch, scales) and rhythm (subdivision changes, offbeats, syncopation, rests). The routine fits your records and goal. Choose 5, 9 or 15 minutes.

A PLAN THAT FITS YOU
Name the guitarists you love for a plan built on the core techniques of their playing, like open-string arpeggios or sixteenth off-beats. Or pick a genre, from indie rock and shoegaze to funk and J-rock.
Three questions on TAB, scales and chords set your first tempos and drills.

EVERY NOTE SCORED
See each note marked early, on time or late as you play. Each set is scored for notes played, timing average and spread, evenness and timing by beat. It scores timing and evenness, never pitch (guitar arpeggios also check the strings you pick).

THE BPM GOES UP WHEN YOU PLAY CLEAN
Play a set clean and the next set is faster. Each drill keeps its BPM, so tomorrow starts where you left off. Or play nonstop for 3, 5 or 10 minutes as the BPM climbs.

CHORD ARPEGGIOS AND STRUMMING
Hold a chord and pick it one note at a time, on guitar or bass; guitar also checks the strings picked and breaks at chord changes. Strumming, sixteenth-note cutting and power-chord riffing (guitar) are scored on timing. Chord changes (guitar): count switches between two chords in a minute, charted by pair.

PLAY ALONG TO DRUMS
Play to the click or an 8-beat or 16-beat drum groove. Drums play through earphones or an interface (the speaker plays the click).

FRETBOARD AND REFERENCE SOUND
A fretboard below the TAB lights the note to play and the next, with optional finger numbers. "Hear it played" plays a bar of the drill in tempo; tap a note to hear it. Scales: minor and major pentatonic, blues, major and natural minor, in any key and position.

TUNER
It finds the string you play and shows the cents off. Standard, drop D, half or whole step down, any reference A.

MATE REMEMBERS YOU
After practice, Mate reviews today's numbers and previews tomorrow. Every Monday, a letter sums up your week. Ask Mate about practice, music or gear anytime, and approve the settings changes it suggests. It remembers your name, goals, weak spots, tastes and past talks. AI writes the reviews, letters and chat (marked as such) and matches guitarists to techniques.

CHOOSE ITS TONE AND VOICE
Pick a friendly bandmate, a gentle coach or a cool pro, with a female or male voice. Mate speaks its comments; between sets, say "one more", "slower" and more.

SEE YOUR PROGRESS
Your streak, this week's practice, the best BPM of each drill over time, timing by beat and chord-change counts.

MADE TO PLAY ALONG
Turn your iPhone sideways for a two-column view. Left-handed? Flip the fretboard and the tuner's strings. Light or