Practise with any song

How to practise guitar along with a song

Split the song, then turn the other stem down or off. Guitars, keys and synths live there, so the drums, bass and vocals keep playing while you play the guitar part.

Free: splits, levels, loops, key and the Speed menu.

What it looks like in the chat

The audioworker chat answering: How to practise guitar along with a song — “Turn the other stem down so I can play the guitar part.” → The other stem, where the guitars are, is down to 20 percent, so you can play the part over the drums, bass and vocals. The audioworker chat answering: How to practise guitar along with a song — “Turn the other stem down so I can play the guitar part.” → The other stem, where the guitars are, is down to 20 percent, so you can play the part over the drums, bass and vocals.
The chat after “Turn the other stem down so I can play the guitar part.”

Step by step

  1. Bring the song and tick the rights box.
  2. Say “turn the other stem down so I can play the guitar part”.
  3. Loop the riff or the solo you are learning.
  4. Slow it with the Speed menu, and move the key if your guitar is tuned differently from the record.

Say it your way

  • Turn the other stem down so I can play the guitar part.

  • Loop the riff in the intro.

  • What are the chords in the verse?

Good to know

A split gives four stems: vocals, drums, bass and other. The guitar is in the other stem, together with keys, synths and anything else that is not voice, drums or bass, so lowering it to about 20 percent keeps a faint guide under your playing.

Ask for the chords first if you learn by ear: the chat reads them from the song and shows them along the waveform. If your guitar is tuned differently from the record, move the key by the same number of semitones and play the shapes you know.

Plan Free: splits, levels, loops, key and the Speed menu.

Try it on your own song.