The DigiClef Guitar Buddy is a free mobile application which packages and presents Guitar Scales, Licks, Chords and well-known Rock & Pop Songs as high-quality dynamic guitar tabs on the iPhone and iPod Touch.

Guitar Buddy gives guitarists the chance to learn and practice some of the most famous guitar songs, wherever they are in the world. The Guitar Buddy app scrolls guitar tabs and corresponding lyrics across iPhone and iPod Touch screens – allowing users to control the tempo as well moving forward and backward within the score using the latest touch sensitive technology. The app integrates into an online content server which musicians can search via the app’s interface.

The content server contains a mixture of free and paid content which can be downloaded in the Guitar Buddy app:-

• FREE SCALES tabs – 30 scales, grouped into the following classifications: Major, Minor, Pentatonic, Blues, Scales in A, D, E, G, plus Dorian, Harmonic Minor, Locrian, Lydian, Melodic Minor, Mixylodian and Phrygian in C
• FREE LICKS tabs – over 300 licks grouped by genre including rock, blues, jazz and country
• FREE Classical tracks – 20 tracks including works from composers such as Bach, Sor & Carcassi
• FREE chord dictionary with audio note playback: over 1300 popular chords from the following chord groups: Major, Power (5), 6, 7, Maj 7, 9, 11, 13, Maj 13, m, m6, m7, m9, m11, m13, m (Maj 7), Suspended 2, Suspended 4, Diminished, Augmented, 6/9, 7 Suspended 4, 7b5, 7b9, 9 Suspended 4, Add9 & Augmented 9.
• A library of over 350 Rock & Pop songs from Faber Music Publishing Sheet Music catalogue (only available to European users) including songs from the following acts: Arcade Fire, Arctic Monkeys, Bloc Party, Boston, Bullet for My Valentine, Damien Rice, Death Cab For Cutie, Depeche Mode, Doves, Duran Duran, Elbow, Foo Fighters, Gallows, Graham Coxon, Green Day, James Blunt, Kaiser Chiefs, Kasabian, KT Tunstall, Lenny Kravitz, Los Prophets, Manic Street Preachers, Motorhead, Mumford & Sons, Muse, Nine Black Alps, Nirvana, Pink Floyd, Plain White T’s, Primal Scream, Queen, R.E.M., Radiohead, Seth Lakeman, Snow Patrol, Son of Dork, Starsailor, Supergrass, The Cult, The Enemy, The Fratellis, The Libertines, The Magic Numbers, The Smiths, The Strokes, The Twang, The Zutons, Turin Brakes & White Stripes

Release Consulting Ltd's membership to Faber Music Publishing’s ePartner scheme has ensured that all DigiClef electronic guitar tab apps are fully sanctioned for use by the relevant copyright and licence holders – and that all content is legally used, accurately produced and of an extremely high-quality.

IC tomorrow, a Technology Strategy Board programme, enables content owners and application developers – any business with a new service, new business model or new way of deploying hardware or software technology – to trial their ideas with UK consumers.

DigiClef won an IC Tomorrow Competition for Digital Innovation in March 2011.

"DigiClef has been one of the most active players in the musical instrument app space. Its Guitar Buddy packages and presents Guitar Scales, Licks, Chords and well-known Rock & Pop Songs as tabs on the iPhone and iPod Touch. It's an official digital partner of Faber Music Publishing."

The BCS & Computing UK IT Industry Awards are a platform for the entire profession to celebrate best practice, innovation and excellence. We're extremely proud and pleased that DigiClef has been selected as a finalist in the "UK Innovation and Entrepreneurship" category.

"Congratulations to the finalists; the competition to reach this stage of our prestigious Awards is tough. Our Awards are central to our mission to recognise the innovation and professionalism of those working in IT and I’m delighted that every year we have such a variety of high quality entries. They are an excellent reflection of the impact IT has on so many aspects of our information society and the potential IT has to transform business, society and our lives.”
David Clarke, Chief Executive Officer, BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT