Guitar Practice Studio: Tuner Drills and Ear Training

Guitar Practice Studio is a focused practice desk for guitarists. Rehearse reading tuner feedback with a pitch simulator, jump between the strings of a standard-tuned guitar, set a rhythm tempo from presets, and answer quick ear-training questions. It runs locally and needs no microphone permission, no account, and no external audio service.

What it does

Tuner practice with a pitch simulator. A tuner is only useful if you can read it quickly — which way you're off, and roughly by how much. The simulator lets you practise reading that feedback without a guitar in your hands or a microphone switched on.

Standard strings. Jump between the six strings of standard tuning, E A D G B E, the tuning almost every beginner method starts from.

Tempo with presets. Set a rhythm tempo, or pick a preset, and practise against a steady pulse the way you would with a metronome.

Ear training. Short questions that build ear training habits — the skill of recognising what you hear, which underpins tuning by ear, playing along, and learning songs without tabs.

What it won't do

This is the important part to understand before you open it:

• it doesn't listen to your guitar. There's no microphone access, so it can't tune your actual instrument
• it doesn't use online audio services or an account

If you need to tune your guitar right now, use a real tuner — including the original app this was adapted from, which does exactly that.

How it differs from the original

The original is a Russian-language web app, Night Rehearsal in English, built as an installable, offline-capable progressive web app. It's a much bigger tool.

The original's tuner uses the McLeod Pitch Method, a well-regarded pitch detection algorithm, and supports tunings from Drop D and DADGAD to 7-string, bass, and ukulele. You can open it in a browser at ic-albatross.com. Guitar Practice Studio keeps the practice side and removes the need for microphone permission entirely.

When to reach for it

• You're a beginner learning what a tuner's readout is telling you
• You want ear-training practice in short, regular sessions
• You need a steady tempo to practise chord changes against
• You'd rather not grant a web app access to your microphone
• You're teaching a student the basics of pitch and tempo

What's actually inside

One app. It runs locally, with no microphone access, no account, and no external audio service.

Setting it up

The GitHub route (the original). The original tuner runs in the browser at its own address, where you grant microphone access to use the live tuner. To build it yourself, clone the repository — it's a React project built with Vite — and follow its README, which is written in Russian.

The Taku route. Open Guitar Practice Studio in Taku and start practising.

Who made it

The original tuner is an open-source, MIT-licensed project by pavelmiskevich, who also published Guitar Practice Studio to the Taku marketplace.

You don't need to be technical to use this

You don't need to understand GitHub, Codex, or Claude Code to use this app. A good practice tool shouldn't require reading a Russian README or building a web project first.

Taku is a desktop app built for that: find something useful someone already made, open it in your own workspace, and use it with no setup. Browse the free app library for more, or read why most AI tools end up in your bookmarks for the setup problem Taku is built to remove. For a different kind of short daily practice, the 7-Minute Workout app times a bodyweight session.

Download Taku and warm up your ears. Taku is in Beta, and the Mac app is available now; there's also an experimental, unsigned Windows build for Windows 10 and 11.

FAQ

Can Guitar Practice Studio tune my guitar?

No. It doesn't use your microphone, so it can't hear your instrument. It helps you practise reading tuner feedback with a pitch simulator.

What can I practise with it?

Reading tuner feedback, the strings of standard tuning, playing to a set tempo, and simple ear-training questions.

Why doesn't it need microphone permission?

Its tuner practice uses a simulated pitch rather than live audio, so there's nothing to record.

Is it the same as the original tuner app?

No. The original is a larger Russian-language web app with a live microphone tuner, fretboard, chord checking, and drum machine. This is a smaller practice-focused adaptation.

Is it free?

The app is free in the marketplace. For what Taku itself costs, see pricing.

Key points

• A local practice desk for tuner reading, tempo, and ear training.
• Uses a pitch simulator — no microphone permission, no account.
• It can't tune your real guitar; use a live tuner for that.
• Adapted from a larger Russian-language tuner app with microphone pitch detection.
• Published on Taku by the original app's author.