The Guitar Skills You Need,
Disguised As Games You'll Love

StringKick Games is a set of fun, browser-based guitar games that build the skills you actually use when you play: fretboard fluency, practical music theory and ear training. They run on your phone, tablet or computer, so it's easy to fit in a few focused minutes a day. It's like Duolingo for guitar.

Here's how it works:

• Real guitar practice when you want it: the app listens to what you play and gives instant feedback, so you learn faster and correct mistakes straight away.
• Tap the on-screen fretboard when you don't have a guitar around.
• All the skills are broken up into levels that slowly become more challenging to keep you engaged and you always know what to do next to improve.

Right now, you can get in as an early-bird member: save money, start playing with the current games, and help shape what comes next.

It's for anyone who wants to improve their knowledge of the fretboard, no matter your level. You might be a beginner first learning the fretboard, or a more advanced player wanting to fill gaps in your knowledge. Difficulty scales automatically and you can focus on the specific skills you want to improve.

You've got three options:

• Learning Paths: step-by-step levels that gradually train a skill.
• Custom Quizzes: set up your own practice to focus on something specific (like strings, frets, or intervals).
• Test Sessions: measure your skills and get a 0–100 score.

This way you can follow a guided path, zoom in anything you need, or check how far you've come.

• String names — Build lightning-quick memory of the string names and numbers
• Note names — Learn where every note lives on the fretboard
• Intervals — Understand the distances between notes and how to play them on the fretboard
• Interval ear training — Train your ear to recognise intervals in a musical context
• Scale degree ear training — Train your ear to recognise notes within a scale
• Chords — Learn how chords are built, note by note (coming soon)
• Melodic ear training — Hear a melody and play it back (coming soon)
• Triads — Play triad shapes all over the fretboard (coming soon)

New topics are added regularly, and as a founding member your feedback helps shape what gets built next.

Being a founding member simply means you're getting in early and helping me build this.

In return, you get:

• Early access to the games as they roll out (start playing right away)
• Your early-bird price locked in for life
• A direct say in what gets built next: your feedback shapes development

You're not just buying what exists today, you're backing the expansion and helping create the best version of StringKick Games.

Early bird founding members get the full suite of games at a significant discount! For the price of a single private lesson, you get access to a suite of games that will help you master those important guitar fundamentals, improving your playing for the rest of your life. You decide ;)

To make this truly great, I need constant feedback from dedicated supporters who are actually using the games and helping me refine them.

The first games already exist and work (you can try them now!), but there's so much more I want to build: intervals, triads, ear training, chord construction... Not to mention all the features that tie everything together into a complete learning system. Your backing funds that expansion while you get to help shape exactly how it develops.

In return for supporting this vision and giving me ongoing feedback, you get significantly lower pricing than what I'll eventually charge when everything is complete. You're not just buying what exists today, you're investing in what we're building together. So right now, you can get in early, save money, and help create exactly the learning tool you want.

Three reasons. First, you'll save significantly: early bird pricing is much lower than it will be later. Second, you get to help shape the product! Your feedback directly influences what games get built and how they work. Third, you'll get access before anyone else, so you can start building these skills right away instead of waiting another year. If you're really want to improve your guitar skills, why wait?

Not at all! Many of the games work great with just your phone or computer: you can tap the fretboard on screen or use your computer keyboard. This is perfect for lunch breaks, commutes, or any time you want to squeeze in some practice but don't have your guitar handy. When you do have your guitar, the app listens to what you play for even better skill building. The flexibility means you can practice anywhere, anytime, so you don't have to wait for the perfect conditions to put in some practice.

The short answer: just 5-10 minutes a day will get you great results.

The long answer: the science of learning shows that how you practice matters more than how long you practice. StringKick Games uses two key principles that make short sessions incredibly effective:

1. Spaced repetition
Research shows that practicing a little bit each day is far better for memory than cramming everything into long sessions. Your brain consolidates skills between practice sessions, so daily 5-minute sessions actually build stronger memories than weekly hour-long sessions.

2. Deliberate practice with immediate feedback
Every answer gets instant feedback, so you know immediately if you're right or wrong and can adjust accordingly. This focused attention creates faster learning than passive repetition.

The result? Five minutes of this kind of targeted practice builds stronger neural pathways than an hour of unfocused traditional drilling. Most people find they naturally want to play longer once they get started, but there's no pressure. Consistency beats duration every time.

No. The audio stays on your device and isn't recorded, saved or sent anywhere. The app only listens for pitch so it can tell you if you played the right note.

Yes! These games are designed specifically to build skills you use every time you pick up your guitar. In the 'What Games Are Coming Up?' section above, I walk through all the exercises I'm building and how they'll help you.

Not at all! I started guitar at 16 myself (definitely not a child prodigy) and have taught students from teenagers to retirees. Musical skills develop through practice, not age. In fact, adult learners often do better because they understand the value of these fundamentals. You don't need lightning reflexes or perfect memory, just consistency.

Absolutely. I'm confident you'll love StringKick Games. But if you change your mind for any reason within your first 30 days, I'll refund your full backing amount straight away. No questions asked, no hoops to jump through.

If you run into any issues, have questions about how to practice something, or need help with the games, tell me! You can email me directly, and I'll get back to you. As a supporter, your feedback directly shapes how the games develop, so if something isn't working for you, I want to hear about it so we can fix it.