[ Audio to guitar tab ]
Drop a song. Watch its guitar tab appear.
BeatMap hears the notes and picks frets you can really play. Sharpest on clear guitar: riffs, intros and solos.
Free to try · No card · Your audio stays on your device
[ The problem ]
The tab is wrong. Or it doesn't exist.
Your song has no tab
That deep cut, the local band, the riff from a video. Nobody tabbed it, and nobody will.
Five versions, all different
You learn one, then find out whoever wrote it was guessing too.
Waiting on strangers
You ask on a forum and hope someone answers before you lose interest.
[ How it works ]
Three steps. Then you play.
01
Drop the song
An MP3, WAV or M4A, or a voice memo of the part you want.
02
Watch it work
BeatMap finds the tempo and key, hears the notes and picks the frets, right in your browser.
03
Play along
Read it on your screen, play it back, slow it down and loop the hard bars.
[ Features ]
Too fast? Slow it down. Stuck? Loop it.
No guitar in the song? Get a guitar arrangement.
Vocals, piano, synths: BeatMap hears the melody, the bass and the chords, then writes one guitar part you can play, with chord shapes and a strum.
Slow it down
Play the tab back anywhere from 25% to 150% speed.
Loop the hard bars
Tap two bars and they repeat until your fingers know them.
Take it with you
Download your tab as a PDF. On Pro and Master, as MIDI too.
Solo guitar on YouTube?
Paste the link, play it on a speaker, and BeatMap listens through your mic. For a full band, use a file.
[ What changes ]
From “I wish I could play that” to playing it.
slowest speed, to learn fast licks
top speed, for when you've got it
strings, with real frets. Not just note names.
of your audio uploaded. It stays on your device.
[ Compare ]
BeatMap, or the usual way.
- A song nobody tabbedWorks, if you have the audioNothing to find, or a forum post and a long wait
- Getting the first barsWhile you waitInstant if a tab exists, hours by ear if not
- Frets you can reachPicked for your handsDepends on who wrote it
- Slow down and loop25% to 150%, any barsRewind by hand, or pay for each site's tools
- Your audioStays on your deviceNothing to upload, but nothing made from it either
- AccuracySharpest on clear guitar. Check full bands by earOften better on famous songs. Mixed on the rest
Comparing apps? The 5 best AI guitar tab generators, BeatMap vs Songsterr and BeatMap vs Ultimate Guitar.
[ Questions ]
What guitarists ask
BeatMap is an AI web app that turns a song file into a playable guitar tab in your browser, so guitarists can learn songs without waiting for tabs. BeatMap the guitar tab app is not an osu! or Beat Saber beatmap, the Beat Map device for Reason Studios, or the BeatMap and BeatMaps music-sharing and event apps.
BeatMap is for guitarists who want to learn a song that has no tab, or only a bad one: hobby players, students, teachers and songwriters tabbing their own riffs. It is sharpest on clear guitar like riffs, intros, solos and acoustic takes. On a full band mix it gives a first draft to check by ear.
BeatMap costs Starter $5/month or $48/year (5 tabs a month, songs up to 4 minutes), Pro $9/month or $86/year (15 tabs a month, songs up to 8 minutes), Master $19/month or $182/year (40 tabs a month, songs up to 15 minutes). Prices are in USD, renew until you cancel, and you can cancel anytime. You try it free first, with no card.
Yes. Without an account you can make 3 tabs a day and see each one's tempo, key and first 2 bars. The full tab, slow-down, looping and exports come with a paid plan.
Use Songsterr when your song is already in its library: it has over a million tabs, and its Plus plan ($9.99/month on the US App Store) also makes 50 AI tabs a month from a YouTube link or a file. Use BeatMap when the song has no good tab and you want your audio kept on your device, because BeatMap writes the tab in your browser without uploading anything.
BeatMap uses Spotify's open-source Basic Pitch model to hear every note, then picks strings and frets you can actually play. It's sharpest on clear guitar like riffs, intros, solos and acoustic takes. On a full band mix the drums and vocals get in the way, so treat it as a strong first draft you fine-tune by ear.
Yes, with Arrangement, once you've signed up. BeatMap hears the melody (sung or played), the bass and the chords, finds the key, tempo and time signature, then writes one guitar part: the melody on the top strings, the bass on the low strings, chord shapes above and a strum pattern, with a capo when it makes the chords easier. On test songs we made from synths and a sung lead, it got the key, tempo and every chord right. Busy mixes and heavy effects make it less exact, so check it by ear.
YouTube, yes, once you've signed up: paste the link, then play the video out loud while BeatMap listens through your microphone. Nothing is downloaded, and what the mic hears stays on your device. It works best on one clear guitar played on a speaker. With a full band, or from a phone's own speaker, most notes will be wrong, so use a file for those. Spotify links aren't supported.
Nowhere. Your audio is processed right in your browser and never uploaded. We only save the tab (the notes) so you can come back to it, and you can delete it anytime.
It writes 6-string guitar tab in standard, Drop D or half-step-down tuning (change it in Settings). Bass and ukulele aren't supported yet.
Yes. Play the tab back from 25% to 150% speed, and tap two bars to loop them until your fingers know the part.
More about the app on What is BeatMap?
That song in your head? Play it tonight.
Drop the file, grab your guitar, and start on bar one.