Learn
One finger at a time
Clear chord boxes with finger numbers, open and muted strings, and a short tip for every chord. Place the fingers step by step, hear how the chord should sound, then tap Your turn and strum.
Guitar chord trainer for iPhone and iPad
Your first guitar chords. Checked by ear.
Put your fingers where the diagram shows, strum, and Campfire hears whether every string rings. If one is muted or on the wrong fret, it tells you which string to check. Then count your chord changes, learn a strumming pattern and play real campfire songs. No videos to sit through, no account, no ads.
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Free to download · Em, Am, D and G free forever · No account, no ads
- 25 chords
- Microphone check per string
- One-minute changes
- 12 strumming patterns
- 30 campfire songs
- 45 languages
A guitar teacher that listens
Most apps say "wrong" and leave you guessing. Campfire tells you what to fix, one string at a time.
Microphone check
Which string, not just "wrong"
Campfire listens to each of the six strings. If one is muted by a stray finger or pressed on the wrong fret, it names that string and shows it red on the diagram. The sound is analysed in memory and never recorded.
One-minute changes
Fast changes make songs work
Pick two chords, start the minute and strum: every clean switch is counted by ear, and your best for each pair is kept, so you can see yourself get faster day by day. Aim for 30 a minute. Prefer to count yourself? Tap after every change.
Then play real songs
Songs
30 campfire classics
Oh! Susanna, Amazing Grace, House of the Rising Sun, Scarborough Fair, Red River Valley and more, all traditional or public domain.
Chords over words
Easy to follow
Chord names sit right over the syllable they land on, with the chord boxes on top and auto-scroll.
Strumming
12 patterns with a click
From four downs to folk, country, island and waltz, with arrows, counts and a guitar sound at any tempo.
Transpose
Fit your voice
Move a song up or down a semitone at a time; Campfire keeps the easy open shapes wherever it can.
Strum it, then sing it
Free to start. Premium for the rest.
Campfire is free to download, with no ads and no account. Campfire Premium is $2.99 a week or $19.99 a year with a 3-day free trial, $4.99 a month, or $29.99 once for life. Prices are in US dollars.
Free
The four chords behind hundreds of songs
Em, Am, D and G with the microphone check, one-minute changes between them, three strumming patterns and seven songs. No limits, no timer.
Campfire Premium
Every chord, song and pattern
All 25 chords including C, E, A, Dm, F, sevenths and the first barre chords, all 30 songs, every strumming pattern, transposing and the changes history.
Questions about Campfire
Do I need to know anything about guitar?
No. Campfire starts with Em, the easiest chord there is (two fingers), and shows the strings, frets and finger numbers on every diagram. You need a guitar in standard tuning.
How does the microphone check work?
Campfire analyses the sound of your strum in memory: it looks for the note of each string you should be playing and for notes that don't belong to the chord, then names the string to fix. Nothing is recorded, stored or sent. Play in a quiet room and let the chord ring.
What are one-minute changes?
A classic guitar-teacher drill: switch between two chords for a minute and count the changes. Doing it daily is the fastest way to play songs without stopping. Campfire counts each clean change by ear, or you can tap to count.
Are the songs licensed?
Every song is traditional or in the public domain, and the words are our own short editions of the traditional texts. Song titles and words stay in their original language.
Is it for left-handed players?
Yes. Turn on left-handed diagrams in Settings and every chord box is mirrored.
Is Campfire free?
Yes. Em, Am, D and G with the microphone check, the changes drill for them, three strumming patterns and seven songs are free with no limits. Campfire Premium adds every other chord, song and pattern.
Three chords and a campfire.
Campfire for iPhone and iPad. Free to download, with Campfire Premium for every chord and song.
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