Guitarshelf
Plug in, tune up, play: short, no-nonsense guitar practice sheets — chords, rhythms, scales and improv — generated on the fly so you never get bored. Free, no account required, funded by unobtrusive ads: just you and your fretboard.
Who it's for, and why
Guitarshelf is for the guitarist who practises alone, somewhere between beginner and intermediate, and keeps running into the same problem: knowing what to work on today. Instead of a linear course, the site gives you a stream of short, focused exercises — a chord change, a riff, a scale position — that you can draw at random or filter by level and style.
Every sheet explains what it trains and why, with its tablature or grid and its diagrams. Teachers use it to put together an assignment in one link, with no account or app to install; self-taught players use it to keep things varied without constantly wondering where to go next. The site doesn't claim to replace a teacher: it generates exercises, it doesn't correct your posture or your tone.
New here?
Start with a level 1 sheet, or take a look at a full example to see what a sheet looks like.
Sheet of the day
Pop in C (with barre) — muted strumsMuting F is trickier than muting the Drop D barre chords already met in the catalogue: this F covers all 6 strings with the same finger that frets them, versus only 3 strings for a Drop D barre. Easing the pressure slightly to help with the muting, the way that works in Drop D, becomes much riskier here: the finger frets six different strings, and the smallest pressure variation can make one ring out by mistake.
Today's warm-up
Latest blog post
What guitar warm-ups actually train (not what you think)A guitar warm-up doesn't just heat up muscles: research points to a second, neuromuscular mechanism — which explains why Guitarshelf's catalog varies the pattern rather than just the speed.
Are you a guitar teacher?
Compose an exercise or homework for your students and share it with a link — no account, nothing to install.
Discover Guitarshelf for teachers →« The fretboard doesn't judge — it just waits for you to come back. »
How it works
The grids come from music theory, the diagrams are computed, nothing is copied from an existing tablature. Sources and method →