For a smoother experience, you can download the UG app directly from the App Store or Google Play.
If you are located in Australia, your app will be named as Ultimate Guitar: Tabs & Chords. If you’re located in US, EU or another country except Australia, your app will be named as Tabs & Chords.
Explore section:
Discover new Tabs in the Explore section. Here, you can:
Run targeted searches to find songs that match your specific preferences
Recently viewed tabs.
Tap to Theory and Practice tool (Premium subscription to UG Courses)
Best of the artist's songs you’ve listened to last time.
Play Tabs which connect with your Favorites from Spotify.
To add favorites from your Spotify account to UG, you need to log in to the Spotify app first and then log in the UG App using your account.
Browse the Top 100 chart to see what’s trending and most popular.
See the chords that will adapt to your skill level with the chord's progression.
Dive into curated tab collections divided into decades, genres, etc.
My tabs section:
Unlock a full range of features in the Tabs section.
Here, you can:
Create and publish new tabs to share your musical work.
2. Keep track of updates and activity through notifications, manage notifications for your convenience.
3. Search for a song you want to play.
4. Use an AI tool to create your personal tabs.
5. Tune your guitar using multiple built-in tuner options:
• The Chromatic Tuner features a sleek, accurate display for fast and reliable tuning, and a whole library of alternate tuning settings.
The Brain Tuner plays rich string sounds for all our tuning options.
• You can use Settings > Loop feature so the tune will be repeated for your convenience.
• You can use Settings > Tunings to see all the keys for your instrument.
• Use the Metronome feature, which works only in this Section. When you exit it, the metronome function is disabled. Scroll to the right side to see a Metronome feature.
Chords library tool. Here you can play a specific chord in different keys and listen to how it should sound when played on the guitar in real time.
Organize and manage your favorites, and playlists and artists.
You can read more about My tabs section here.
Shots section:
Explore, connect, and create in the Shots section. Watch videos from other users, leave likes, and join the conversation through comments. Use collection filters such as “For You,” “Featured,” “Top This Week,” and “New” to discover standout content.
You can also showcase your own creativity by recording and sharing your own shots. You also can read more about Shots here.
Courses section (premium access):
For UG Courses subscribers, this exclusive section provides a rich library of video lessons for musicians of all levels. Enhance your skills with a variety of courses carefully designed to support your musical growth.
Beginners courses.
To access them, simply have an active Pro subscription, then go to the Courses tab in the app. You will be prompted to purchase a Courses subscription, but this is not necessary - just scroll down, set the Beginners filter, and scroll down to the First Steps section where you will find the beginner course. The Beginners course is developed for an app, available only in the app and not on the website.
Please follow this path to reach them:
Open app > log in with your account > go to Courses section > scroll down the offer > tap on All levels and choose "Beginners" > scroll down > tap on "Beginners course" > here are 22 lessons.
My progress: These are the courses you have completed and that are saved in your profile. The key difference from Favorites is that these courses are stored automatically by the system, rather than being manually added to your favorites list.
Favorites: These are the courses you’ve marked as favorites. To remove a course from this list, open the course page again and click the Add to Favorites button. The course will then be removed from your favorites.
You can read more about Courses here.
Songbooks section (premium access):
Please note that access to some features may depend on your subscription level. We are constantly enhancing the app and adding new features to enrich your musical journey and deliver a smooth, seamless experience.
My progress: Here you can keep track of the songbooks you’ve started reading.
Favorites: These are the Songbooks you’ve marked as favorites. To remove a Songbook from this list, open the Songbook page again and click the Add to Favorites button. The Songbooks will then be removed from your favorites.
Simply put: Songbooks is a huge library of online versions of real books. Currently, our database includes more than 2,000 songbooks available online.
You also can read more about Songbooks here.
Note: The availability of certain features may vary based on your subscription status.
By continuously improving our app and adding new features, we strive to enhance your musical journey and provide a seamless user experience.
Related articles:
More about My tabs section: https://help.ultimate-guitar.com/en/articles/6741372-mobile-how-to-work-with-my-tabs-folder-of-ultimate-guitar
More about Shots: https://help.ultimate-guitar.com/en/articles/6741295-ug-shots-feature-overview-for-creation-and-publishing
More about Songbooks: https://help.ultimate-guitar.com/en/articles/9490802-what-gives-the-ultimate-guitar-songbooks-subscription