Hey Product Hunt! I've been playing guitar for years, and I've always struggled with the massive gap between expensive 1-on-1 lessons and trying to learn on my own through static YouTube videos.
That frustration led me to build SoundGate Guitar - an AI music tutor that listens to your playing and gives immediate, real-time feedback. While building it, I've thought a lot about the future of creative learning. AI is incredible at detecting mistakes, analyzing technique, and providing instant guidance, but music is also deeply personal and emotional.
I m curious to hear your take: Do you think AI tools will eventually replace traditional tutors for creative skills like music and art, or will they strictly serve as practice companions between human lessons? Let me know your thoughts!
Hi, on the initial start page it asks what type of guitar you play. I have an electric and acoustic but i was only able to select one option. A multi option for some of us who play multiple instruments might be good. Great work so far.
SoundGate Guitar
@kenshipley Thanks, Ken, you have great point! For now, that question is only used for analytics and doesn’t affect the experience. Later, we plan to use it to personalize lessons and styles for each player. Multi-select definitely makes sense, and we’ll add it to our roadmap! 🎸
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Find it pretty useful. At some point in my life, I wanna learn to play any instrument. And if AI can teach me, this could be my option to try it. Do you also have any background in the music industry that you decided to create this?
SoundGate Guitar
@busmark_w_nika thanks so much! It's never too late to start, and we'd love to help you when you're ready. To answer your question, yes I've actually been playing guitar since childhood and most of our team are guitar players as well. Because we play, we knew exactly what was missing from other apps, that real-time feedback you only get from a real teacher. Let us know when you decide to pick up your first guitar! 🎸"
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@aren_barseghyan I like this background story! :)
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Congratulations with the launch. Do you plan to add more instruments or you wanna go niche?
SoundGate Guitar
@tigran_chakhalyan1 thanks so much, Tigran! Right now, we are laser-focused on the guitar niche to make sure our real-time engine and AI tutor are absolutely flawless. But the long-term vision is definitely to expand the band and add more instruments down the road
SoundGate Guitar
@thediffidentgarlicbread thanks so much Divya! We feel the exact same way - we built this to be the tool we wish we had when we were kids first learning to play! We are completely focused on perfecting the guitar experience right now but expanding to piano is absolutely on our long-term roadmap.
Love this idea! I've wanted to learn guitar for years but never knew where to start. Does the AI create a personalized learning path for complete beginners?
SoundGate Guitar
@dhatri_rai1 YES! The AI builds a completely personalized learning path from day one. It starts with the absolute basics and adapts to your pace as you go, so you never feel lost or overwhelmed. It's time to finally pick up that guitar!
Sounds interesting. Are you planning to launch a uke tutor as well?
SoundGate Guitar
@sarthak_shrivastava2 Thank you! We are focused on making the guitar experience great first, but a ukulele tutor is definitely something we would love to explore.
Seems interesting. As I've tried the same with generic AI which failed to recognize the music properly, I will give this a try. And why only for guitar?
SoundGate Guitar
Hi Nithish! Generic AI definitely struggles with polyphonic music, which is why we built a custom audio engine from the ground up just for this. We started solely with guitar to ensure our real-time recognition was 100% dialed in for one complex instrument first before expanding. We'll definitely explore others in the future! Let us know how your trial goes!