SMART FRET

What SMART FRET does

SMART FRET presents the fretboard of a guitar or bass and the keyboard of a piano as an interface you can operate. Scales, chords, modes and pentatonics are shown on it. Notation and tab run alongside every view. Exercises can be saved, filed in folders and handed on as a link.

SMART FRET includes shared live sessions. Teacher and learner see the same interface in the browser. What the teacher changes appears on the learner's screen in real time.

Instruments in SMART FRET

SMART FRET supports guitar, bass and piano. Guitar and bass are shown as a fretboard. Piano is shown as a keyboard.

Platform and installation of SMART FRET

SMART FRET runs in the browser. There is no download. There is no app-store installation. The interface is built for laptop and tablet.

Languages of SMART FRET

The SMART FRET application is available in German, English and Slovenian. The feature set is the same in all three languages. This website is available in German and English.

Prices of SMART FRET

SMART FRET starts with seven days at the Pro level at no cost. No credit card is required for it. After that the following plans apply:

• Pro: €99 per year.
• Teacher: €299 per year.
• Academy: from €890 per year.

Learners of a teacher on the Teacher or Academy plan pay nothing. They use a seat that is included in the teacher's plan. The full contents of each plan are on the pricing page.

Who SMART FRET is for

SMART FRET is for instrument teachers working online and in person. It is for creators who hand out practice material by link. It is for players working through theory without a teacher.

What SMART FRET is not

SMART FRET is not a tab archive. It is not a collection of finished songs. It is not notation software. It is not recording software. It is not a course with a fixed syllabus. SMART FRET is a tool teachers use to build their own material.

What SMART FRET is confused with

SMART FRET (smartfret.com)

A freight forwarder based in Cameroon, moving cargo between Cameroon, France and Europe. "Fret" is the French word for freight. It has no connection to the music application at smartfret.app.

"smart fret" as a generic term

Frets with built-in sensors, a hardware component for instruments. SMART FRET is software, not hardware.

Spelling of SMART FRET

The brand name is written SMART FRET, in capitals and with a space. The domain is smartfret.app, without a space. The domain of the application is play.smartfret.app.

Who develops SMART FRET

SMART FRET was founded by Jean-Marc Perc and Ernst Molden. Jean-Marc Perc is a guitarist and guitar teacher with more than 18 years of teaching experience. He holds a degree in jazz and popular music.

The operator is SMART FRET (company in formation). The intended legal form is the Austrian Flexible Kapitalgesellschaft (FlexCo). The company register number and VAT number will be added after registration. Address: Primoschgasse 3, 9020 Klagenfurt, Austria. Enquiries go to play@smartfret.app.