Songsterr Tabs & Chords Reviews

by Jdj521

I use SongsterrTabsChords on my phone because it is easier to move around with and I can hear the music coming from the notes. That’s something you can’t do on computer. On computer you get all of the tabs on whatever song you wish to learn but you cant listen to the notes unless you subscribe to them. On phone you can hear the notes but it only gives you between 5 and 20 seconds of the song. Sometimes you don’t even get the notes. This rating is mainly for the Mobil app and how much of the tabs you get. It’s as if they are trying to get you to only use the computer website and play the song over it with you phone. Just use Guitar Tabs app. Incase you don’t know what it looks like, it a orange “O” with horns along with a black background. You don’t hear notes but you get the whole song without having to pay 5 bucks.

by Alxandr337

I’ve used SongsterrTabsChords because I’ve been able to start a nice collection of tabs that aren’t available else where. I’ve been paying for SongsterrTabsChords for a long time now and it works well but there are lots simple QoL features that aren’t there. Like simplified song sorting. The online version of the site has the luxury of being able to see more than just one line at a time, meaning if you want to practice a smaller section at your own speed, well you can’t because you can barely see what’s coming next without the song playing at whatever speed. The online version remedies this, so you don’t have to touch the screen constantly. It ALSO REALLY bothers me that I don’t have premium features online even though I pay monthly for this crappier version of the service. 2.5/5

by Jeanne-d-Arc

I was disappointed to find an atrociously wrong transcription of a Seals and Crofts song I wanted to play just now. I no longer presume everything is going to be done well at SongsterrTabsChords.
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Also as I have explained before to Songsterr, I do not normally do monthly payments to any place.

At most I would consider annual payments but I prefer a one time payment option for everything.

If they want to make it ridiculously high then make it high but let me be done with this paying after one payment. Even some groups have lifetime memberships for a large fee. I would like a lifetime membership option to pay with one payment. I use a virtual credit card and it’s too hard to make the card work with these monthly payments that it wants. My virtual cards expire every 12 months and require me to create new ones, and they are better for one time purchases.

This company has lost out on a payment (and income) from me by trying to force a monthly plan on me with no other option.

I should be able to pay a large fee if they are that focused on getting large fees out of people. If someone pays a lifetime membership fee it’s up to Songsterr to budget the money in a way that gives them money every month. They don’t give me any options and I continue to wait for them to make it possible for me to use it. My guitar teacher bought it when it cost nearly nothing. It’s a shame I can’t use it with him.

by Zeppo57

SongsterrTabsChords used to be great. There was a free version that had limited features, but now, it’s a monthly subscription? That’s insane! Thankfully, a while back I purchased the one-time payment so I don’t have to ever pay again. But I’ve got a students, friends, family, coworkers, and customers that want SongsterrTabsChords but don’t want to pay the monthly fee. They’d happily pay for one-time charge, though. Bring that feature back please! The creators are LOSING MONEY by taking away this feature. I think it could even be a one-time payment of $50 and it would still be a great deal for both the purchaser and the company. Bring the one-time payment feature back ASAP please!!

by Cavin04

I like the site, so I got this because I had $5 on my phone from Christmas, and I looked at the subscription page and it seems like it has different 4 different choices all the same price $4.99. There’s the regular, but then there’s one with “(NT)” after one has “(1WT)” after it and the last one has “(WT)” after it it’d be great if someone could explain the difference and/or reasons for multiple subscriptions. Thank you. (The four stars is because it doesn’t carry over to PC)

by Kutshers!

Overall, this is a very good application that helps you to learn songs, especially difficult lead parts. I just wish they would update the program to allow you to save specific loops of parts of songs as favorites . I find it frustrating to have to find the section I had worked on, on a previous date, and loop it.
They charge separate monthly fees for the phone app and computer. I think the $4.99 per month fee should be enough to cover both.

by Not A Opinion A Fact

I just want to say this is the best guitar lesson app I’ve EVER came across. Ever. Well... on computer only lol. I downloaded this on my phone and I have to pay, but on my computer I don’t. How come? It doesn’t effect me that much because I only really use it on my computer but that was very annoying to see. But when it comes to my computer I love SongsterrTabsChords . The rest of these guitar apps cost money and are very expensive even when the lessons aren’t even good. I found SongsterrTabsChords on my computer desperately trying to figure out how to play this one song on my guitar and found this gem. I’m genuinely scared for people to even find it because you guys might make it cost money on computer too!!! Lol. No but I gotta say man... your team is really a fricking lifesaver. I loved SongsterrTabsChords on my computer so much it took everything in me not to run and make a great review on it. Good job guys! Maybe you can make changes with the phone situation? If not I’m cool!

by Brianrw43

I like the side scroll but I wish I could also look at it like a normal piece of sheet music like on the website as well, the audio almost never works on the website, it’ll sometimes work once but then I’m forced to reload it if I wanna hear it again, and count in, solo, and loop don’t work at all on the website even though I pay a subscription. SongsterrTabsChords itself works great, never had issues but the guitar hero style is kinda hard if your trying to play a song for the first time, I like that more after I’ve played a couple times and I’m still working on rhythm and memorizing it. Also for solo mode, it’s cool but I wish you could also make it so you can hear all instruments except for the part I wanna play, that way I can have the drums, bass, vocals and maybe rhythm guitar going while I play lead guitar over it

by Game Persone

So I think SongsterrTabsChords is really good for people who want to play guitar or for musicians in general but there is one thing I don’t and that is really bad tuner it’s all ready made break three strings on three separate guitar because I couldn’t take if I was going higher or lower because the tune said it was right then it was wrong and Wright again and before I realize it I’ve gone to high and snapped a string mainly the E strings but really the only things I have are that there are no difficulty settings and no way toAccommodate six string players trying to play song with more strings but besides of that this is still a great that has helped me play some of my favorite songs

by Cynthia123456

It’s a major improvement to show the drum notation in the actual location of each instrument on the staff, with the note value (I.e. half notes, quarter note, etc. notation). The old way of drum “tabs” just did not work, with abbreviations for each instrument, jumping around all over the staff.
Now, can we be big boys and girls and have the actual sheet music for bass & guitar too, not just tabs? Tabs are quick and easy, like junk food, but don’t give the full picture of how the song is supposed to sound with full musical notation. Even just the notes on the proper staff would be an improvement. Thanks

by Joshman0013

Honestly for a company smart enough to develop an app like this, it somewhat astounds me that they developed the option to mute all other instruments except for the part you’re practicing, without developing the option to mute just yours. What’s in there is useless! How does that help develop your ear at all? SongsterrTabsChords currently functions somewhat like training wheels on a a bike. You can walk through complex pieces from at variable speeds, while it plays all the instruments for you. But eventually, you need to work on you’re ability to play it alone to maximize your tone; yet you have no way of removing just the instrument you’re playing. It would be great if we could keep the accompanying instruments, the tab, the speed control, but then mute the track it’s showing for the tab. As it stands I’m being forced to mute the phone entirely which is really stupid. I may cancel my subscription over this, because I feel like I’ve hit a plateau with songsterr and there’s better alternatives out there. Vote with your wallet!

by John_Volt

I've been subscribing to Songsterr for years. They are the ONLY place I consistently find perfect transcriptions to any obscure song I can think of. For me SongsterrTabsChords is one of those examples of how our lives are better today than they were 10, 20 years ago.

Update: I've been using other apps to slow music down but the slow to 15% speed feature is here and practice just got simpler. Nice job.

by J Keith D

SongsterrTabsChords is awesome. I’m amazed at how much music is available. The playback remains very tinny and painful to listen to, however, and more importantly I hate that I am unable to see more than one line of the tab at a time. I know that I can play it forward very slowly if I want but when first learning a song it must be still. I am forced to transcribe everything into a book. This is far and away the biggest problem.

by Todd The Builder

SongsterrTabsChords helped me learn how to play the drums including some of my favorite songs in just 2 years! I’m now taking lessons which is great, but I’m soo glad I started here. I started playing at 48 and now at 50, I can play Comfortably Numb, and Shine on 1-7 both while reading SongsterrTabsChords!
What I do is play the real song in my headphones and follow along on the screen. I don’t use the green cursor so I can get used to reading along in time.

by The Chosen1

So I have had Songsterr now for a day and I noticed a few things.
1. The side scroll is a little difficult to follow especially when you are trying to learn a song. I’d like to be able to view it as a whole piece of sheet music.
2. The sound and the actual notes are not in Unison. Maybe it sounds a little better when playing slower stuff but at full speed for a song at 180bpm there is a very noticeable lag the sound plays after the note passes the green bar not exactly on time. This makes it very difficult to learn new stuff

Overall I have this 3 stars because for $4.99/month SongsterrTabsChords should have these wrinkles ironed out by now. The timing is inexcusable because most people are learning how to play a song for the first time and it throws everything off.

by French 101 Student

I find this to be extremely useful listening and learning to play songs that I’m not emotionally attached to and that I’m not familiar with and being able to slow down the progression and then to even add in other instruments really is cool. I can’t even play one song yet but I dropping the speed down to 40% and slowly plugging along I’m able to memorize and then eventually speed up and play along with SongsterrTabsChords

by PageistheGOAT

I’ve had other TABS apps, never paid for any of them though. My friend pays for this one and it’s AWESOME if you pay for the full version. I don’t pay for the full version because I’m broke and would rather spend money on equipment. My favorite part about SongsterrTabsChords is that is has almost every song and it is SUPER easy to read, unlike other apps. I had zero questions about how to read these TABS. Also, I love that SongsterrTabsChords tells you how to strum (up or down). It’s the best TABS app to get an accurate sound. Gotta love it.

by The Garth Vader

I learned how to play the bass using SongsterrTabsChords. Very simple interface that displays tabs in real time that you can slow down, mute other instruments, 3 count, metronome- my only complaint is that there are a few repeat tabs and a few that are obviously wrong, but overall it’s an excellent app with a very extensive library and it’s simple to read and use. It also provides tabs on the fly in case you forgot a part and just need to see it. 5 stars all day.

by Bdogg82

I’m not going to lie I was not happy when the latest update rendered SongsterrTabsChords unusable for old users who purchased SongsterrTabsChords before it was a subscription service. The developer once aware of the issue was proactive to fix the issue and it now works again as promised. I honestly feel with as much as I’ve paid in monthly subscription fees to use the web browser based version across all platforms that I should at least get to keep SongsterrTabsChords version that I bought long ago for a one time fee.

SongsterrTabsChords itself is excellent and a vital teaching tool for me.

by TMM30

I downloaded this to print drum tabs. I am very new to drumming so it was a bit over my head (at this time) but I do appreciate that this is a great app and reasonably priced if you print a lot of tab sheets. When I have had questions or concerns, my emails were answered promptly by Denis, who was very kind and helpful in guiding me through any issues. I will likely use SongsterrTabsChords again after I’ve improved. Note: I was not aware that auto-renewal may occur through SongsterrTabsChords Store, so be sure you pay attention.

by MizMM

I have explain before to songster, I do not do monthly payments to any place.

At most I would consider annual payments but I prefer a one time payment option for everything.

If they want to make it ridiculously high then make it high but let me be done with this paying after one payment. Even some groups have lifetime memberships for a large fee. I would like a lifetime membership option to pay with one payment. I use a virtual credit card and it’s too hard to make the card work with these monthly payments that it wants. My virtual cards expire every 12 months and require me to create new ones, and they are better for one time purchases.

This company has lost out on a payment (and income) from me by trying to force a monthly plan on me with no other option.

I should be able to pay a large fee if they are that focused on getting large fees out of people. If someone pays a lifetime membership fee it’s up to Songsterr to budget the money in a way that gives them money every month. They don’t give me any options and I continue to wait for them to make it possible for me to use it. My guitar teacher bought it when it cost nearly nothing. It’s a shame I can’t use it with him.

by FrostFireX2001

It’s a great app. Love using it. I get if I were paying for the mobile and all, but I typically just go on the internet via a laptop to use the website. My main gripe is I have to pay for the website version in order to just have a song slowed down. Five dollars a month as well. I would be fine paying five dollars a month if it was only a mobile app, but it’s not. I’d essentially pay five dollars a month to slow the song down. It makes no sense. Offer a one dollar version for that feature alone.

by Soul Sista 1005ab

I would give it 5 stars if there were bass tabs for all of the songs I look up but I doubt any app would have that. Most are on here however. Sometimes the tabs aren't completely accurate but close which still helps decipher the notes. It’s good to get an ear for the notes anyway. And it’s computerized and sounds like it so you’ll want to eventually play with the actual music once you’ve learned the song on here.

by ModernDayCliche

I’ve been using Songsterr for many years now and You May find songs not tabbed out perfect but it get you close and trying to figure out the part yourself only makes your ear better. I have nothing to complain about songsterr cause I remember when nothing was like this when I started learning songs !! Thank you songsterr for making songs easier to figure out 🤘🏻

by Ayyyyyy A Lamao

I love all of the features that come with the monthly subscription. The feature that allows you to slow down the tab helps a lot but I do wish there was a little more percentages to choose from because on certain songs, the ten percentage gap feels like playing a simple riff to a full on solo. Best purchase I’ve made despite the minor complaint!

by BB10023

Every time I open SongsterrTabsChords to review the tabs for a particular song you have to type into the search bar the name of the song. No option to save a song as a “favorite” or even show a history of prior searches to quickly and easily go back to the same song.

by OMGitsJohnny5

SongsterrTabsChords is fantastic. I’ve cleaned up my playing on several songs and learned many new ones as well. I love the tempo and isolation features.
I recommend subscribing on their website for the pc version and using that login for app access. If you subscribe through SongsterrTabsChords then you can only use it on iOS devices.

by T. Browning

... hell have you been all of my life! First guitar lesson in 1976. I learned to play but had to rely heavily on ear. Now, just about every song i can think of is available here in guitar TAB, and it’s descent TAB! I’m finally able to clean up my chops a bit. If anyone has any desire to play, you can no longer blame it on not finding any guitar TAB. Thank you!!!