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Pick a routine
Start a saved routine, a pre-made one or an empty one, then add exercises as you go.
How it works
FRETTLIFT treats guitar practice like training. Short sets of real exercises at a tempo you choose, rated honestly, so you can watch your hands get better week by week.
Open FRETTLIFT
Free during the beta. No account needed.
Every session
Four steps, one loop
Every exercise works the same way, so after one session you know the drill.
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Play to the click
The metronome starts at your set’s tempo. Every 10 BPM has a name, so a small step up still feels like one.
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Rate the set
Clean, Scrappy or Failed. Only clean sets count towards your progress, so the numbers stay honest.
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Beat it next time
Your last tempo sits next to every set. Clean at 100? Next time try 102.
Why FRETTLIFT
What you get
No lessons or videos. Just the exercises, a click and a record of every set.
21 exercises with settings
Every exercise has a diagram, finger numbers and settings, with a reason to change each one.
Every tempo remembered
Your last tempo sits next to every set, so you always know the number to beat.
Honest sets
Rate each set Clean, Scrappy or Failed. Only clean sets count, so your progress is real.
Metronome built in
The click starts at your set’s tempo. No second app, no fiddling between sets.
Scales, chords and theory
Every scale in every key, chords and progressions in any key, and a Guide that explains the words.
Free with no sign-up
No account. Your history stays on your device. Works on a phone, tablet or laptop.
Make it work for you
Six habits that make it stick
You don’t need long sessions. You need regular ones, at a tempo you can actually play.
Little and often
15 to 20 minutes most days beats one long session a week.
Warm up, work, then push
Easy warm-up sets, working sets at your clean tempo, then one push set a little beyond.
Only go faster when it’s clean
Scrappy at 110? Stay at 110 next time. Speed follows control.
Take it to the music
Once a drill is clean, use it in a song or a jam. The app builds your hands. The music is where they go.
Set up where you play
A phone, tablet or laptop on a stand keeps both hands on the guitar.
Stuck on a word? Tap it
BPM, 16ths, legato, pull-off. The Guide explains it and takes you straight back.
Where to start
Pick the player you are
Each one opens in the app, ready to play. Change anything you like once you’re in.
Just starting out
Clean shapes, changing in time and a steady strum.
- SpiderClassic 1-2-3-4 warm-up
- Chord ShapesG major
- One Minute ChangesG to C
- Strumming PatternsFolk strum on G
Rock and blues lead
All in A minor so it joins up into licks.
- Scale RunsA minor pentatonic
- BendsWhole step, G string
- VibratoRock, ring finger
- Hammer-ons and Pull-offsFingers 1 and 3, G string
Speed and shred
Short, relaxed bursts. Speed comes from staying loose.
- SpiderPairs walk
- Alternate PickingSpeed bursts
- Scale RunsA minor, 3 a string, in 3s
- Legato RunsA minor, 3 a string
- Sweep PickingA minor, 3 strings
Fingerstyle
A steady thumb under moving chords.
- Fingerpicking PatternsTravis, C F G C
- Chord ChangesC Am F G
- One Minute ChangesC to F