Gesture Synth
Practice
Learn to play songs on Gesture Synth, one chord gesture at a time.
Gesture Synth turns your webcam into a musical instrument: your left hand picks the scale degree and major or minor key, your right hand shapes the chord quality and octave. The songbook below turns that gesture language into playable charts — each song shows the exact hand shape for every chord, and the play-along player scores you against each target with a backing pad and metronome. New to the instrument?Start with our guide to picking your first song.
How it works
Pick a scale degree
Raise 1–5 fingers for degrees I–V; index + pinky for VI, add the thumb for VII. Tilt your wrist to flip between major and minor.
Shape the chord
1–4 fingers choose the chord quality, and your thumb shifts the octave up or down.
Follow the chart
Line both hands up to the target shape for each chord in the chart and the song rings out.
Guides
How to pick your first song
A simple framework for matching a chart to your skill level, with specific recommendations from the songbook.
Playing in time
Three stages of drills for hitting every chord exactly on the beat — the skill that makes it sound like playing.
All songs by difficulty
Every song in the book rated Beginner to Advanced, with the reason why.
Songbook
16 songsLet It Be
CThe Beatles
Riptide
CVance Joy
With or Without You
DU2
The Scientist
FColdplay
Creep
GRadiohead
Get Lucky
BmDaft Punk
Zombie
EmThe Cranberries
Blinding Lights
FmThe Weeknd
Hallelujah
CLeonard Cohen
Brooklyn Baby
CLana Del Rey
Let Down
ARadiohead
The Nights
C#mAvicii
Koca Bi Saçmalık
FJakuzi
Amazing Grace
GTraditional
Ode to Joy
CBeethoven
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
CTraditional