> ## Content Index
> Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.hypebot.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further.

# Spotted At TechCrunch Disrupt: Songful – An iOS Based Virtual Guitar App
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/spotted-at-techcrunch-disrupt-songful-an-ios-based-virtual-guitar-app/
- Published: 2012-09-11T09:56:09.000Z
- Updated: 2012-09-11T09:56:09.000Z
- Description: Ever since video games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band made their splash on the console market and allowed everyday people to feel like actual skilled musicians, the whole idea. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/09/spotted-at-techcrunch-disrupt-songful-an-ios-based-virtual-guitar
- Author: admin
- Tags: Apps, Mobile & SMS, Startups & Funding, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:49

[![Screen Shot 2012-09-11 at 1.23.36 AM](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e2017c31c94492970b-150wi "Screen Shot 2012-09-11 at 1.23.36 AM")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e2017c31c94492970b-popup?ref=hypebot.com)

Ever since video games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band made their  
splash on the console market and allowed everyday people to feel like actual skilled  
musicians, the whole idea of creating music while mimicking the motions of  
playing a real instrument became increasingly popular. Many seemed to draw satisfaction  
from simply following on-screen commands to trigger an instrument’s feel,  
without any of the actual legwork of learning chords or reading music. One  
company showcasing at [this week’s TechCrunch’s Disrupt](https://www.hypebot.com/techcrunch-disrupt-to-take-place-in-san-francisco-next-week/) event in San Francisco  
is **InstruMagic**, who decided to create **a virtual guitar app** that gives users the  
ability to “play” thousands of songs in a simple and easy-to-use iPhone and  
iPad application.

  
The app is called **Songful**, and it is the creation of Tel-Aviv  
based music app developer instruMagic. The company recently partnered up with  
**Ultimate Guitar**, a leading online community of guitar enthusiasts, to allow  
users to play any of the hundreds of thousands of songs that are available on  
Ultimate-Guitar.com. Based on instruMagic's "ZAP Guitar" technology,  
Songful creates a guitar-playing experience that they say is equally engaging  
for musicians and non-musicians alike.

*Watch Soulful's "ZAP Guitar" technology in action below:*

“Combining Ultimate Guitar's huge database of licensed chords and  
lyrics with instruMagic's technology creates a compelling app for an untapped  
audience of guitar enthusiasts who never mastered the instrument, as well as  
guitar players that can take their 'songful' guitar with them anywhere,"  
said instruMusic CEO Eyal Eldar.

As expected, a user doesn’t actually have to know how to play  
guitar at all in order to play the songs downloaded via the Songful app, but it  
does help if you already know the basic layout of a song. For instance, you’ll  
be able to better move your fingers in the approximate rhythm of the song and  
be more prepared for chord changes, but the app does all the tuning, chord  
changes, and note changes for you. All the user has to do is trigger them.

InstruMagic says that they’ll be launching the app at the end of  
this month. To learn more and get in touch with instruMagic, [click here](http://instru-magic.com/?ref=hypebot.com).

—

***Hisham Dahud*** *is a Senior Analyst for Hypebot.com. Additionally, he is the head of Business Development for [Fame House](http://famehouse.net/?ref=hypebot.com) and an [independent musician](https://soundcloud.com/hishamdahud?ref=hypebot.com). Follow him on Twitter: [@HishamDahud](http://twitter.com/hishamdahud?ref=hypebot.com)*