Go PlayAlong

Go PlayAlong is a powerful tool for musicians who love to use the TAB method for creating, analyzing, and playing guitar music. The program is meant to be used by anyone: from teachers and their students to musicians and guitar passionates.

Go PlayAlong is a cross-platform tool — it is available for Windows and macOS. The file size is reasonable and the installation process is quick and easy to go through. For starters, the registration is optional. If you just want to test the tool, shortly after installing it, you are good to go. The program is intuitive and has accessible commands with easy-to-follow instructions. For more details on how to use every feature, check the User's Manual.

The tool comes packed with a lot of awesome features; for example, you can synchronize your music notations with the original MP3 audio sound. The program is meant to be a utility that helps people who need to practice by enhancing their sessions' performance; that is why it encourages users to sing alongside real music recordings. Some other features you can use to maximize the practice results are the looping option (for the song's most difficult parts), the customizable score rendering, plus the original song's and your transcriptions' overlapping (to instantly spot glitches and/or false notes).

Go PlayAlong has a built-in feature that will allow you to connect with others in order to create collaborative projects. The Rehearsal Mode is like a room created in the cloud. Once you send invitations, the recipients are announced, via a notification (in the browser/in the app, depending on which version of Go PlayAlong they are using), about the invitation. Each room has its own settings and you can customize it to fit your needs. Use the tool's powerful features and control your rhythms.

Who should use it? The Rehearsal Mode is a virtually controlled ecosystem for teachers to interact with their students, for band members, for those passionate about sharing their work with other musicians. You can invite anyone you want to play your favorite songs together with. In the Rehearsal Room, you can load a multitude of songs and play them on different devices.

To summarize, Go PlayAlong is a program worth trying. It offers a bunch of features for you to have absolute control over the learning/practice experience — build your libraries, create playlists, use the practicing tools (metronome, looping, count-in, tempo pitch adjustment, and many others), get organized, and check for errors in your transcriptions. The program has it all.

If you are looking for a smoothly working utility for your guitar sessions with a beautifully designed GUI and excellent capabilities, Go PlayAlong is the guitar tab player and practicing tool you were hoping to find. It is so smart you will love it!