GuitarGuru: A Realtime Guitar Chords Detection System

The guitar is one of the most popular and widely used instruments. The guitar’s popularity makes it an obvious choice for many who wish to learn an instrument. And due to its popularity, there are many materials available to learn with. Learning guitar can be a fun and exciting experience for a budding musician but unfortunately with the resources available today learning an instrument without the aid of a professional musician can be challenging and tricky. The available systems do not completely help the guitarists to identify the chords. An alternative to taking music classes is to follow online courses or applications to learn the guitar but these methods come with their own set of drawbacks. Hence there is a need for a system that will help the guitarists with the same. This is where the GuitarGuru system comes in. Our main aim is to combine the best elements of various methods of learning the guitar into one ultimate application while leaving out the failures and drawbacks that come with these methods. We want to make it easier for budding musicians as well as experienced guitarists to learn, analyze and track their performance to make faster progress while learning this sophisticated and beautiful instrument. We plan to make, the GuitarGuru system to be a one-stop shop for all budding musicians that want to make quick progress on learning and mastering the guitar most efficiently without the aid of an actual musical instructor or an online course that doesn’t provide any live feedback. When words fail, music speaks.