Fretting a guitar chord
The prompt “Close-up of fingers pressing chords on an acoustic guitar neck, warm indoor lighting, slight hand movement between chords”
Combines finger articulation with contact against a rigid object. Models tend to melt fingers into the fretboard.
- Models tested
- 16
- Top score
- 5.00 7 models tied
- Average
- 4.64
- Lowest
- 3.50 MiniMax Hailuo 02
Every model, same prompt
The clips on screen play together from the first frame, muted. Open one for sound, controls and our notes.
FLUX 3
Black Forest LabsFingertips press the strings cleanly and the hand shifts between chord shapes with stable geometry, with fitting acoustic guitar audio.
PixVerse v5.5
PixVerseFingers fret chord shapes against the strings with a small shift of position, in a wider and darker shot than most.
Kling 3.0 Turbo
KuaishouFingers press chord shapes cleanly against the strings, with one cut to a slightly wider angle midway.
MiniMax H3
MiniMaxFingertips press strings against the fretboard cleanly, no clipping or fusion.
Google Veo 3.1
GoogleFingertips press behind frets without clipping through strings or neck.
Seedance 2.5
ByteDanceFive digits on the fretting hand, clean contact with strings and fretboard.
Kling 3.0
KuaishouCorrect anatomy, plausible fret/string contact, zero artifacts.
Kling 4.0
KuaishouFingertips press the strings with five fingers throughout, but the clip cuts to a new angle about every 2 seconds. Checked frame by frame.
Wan 3.0
AlibabaFingertips press the strings and shift between chords, with five fingers on the fretting hand throughout.
Seedance 2.0
ByteDanceNatural contact with the strings and fretboard, but the guitar neck has extra frets.
OpenAI Sora 2
OpenAICorrect fretting-hand anatomy and plausible contact, but the fretboard is too long for the guitar.
Google Gemini Omni
GoogleFingertips press the strings cleanly, but the shot cuts twice to a new framing during what should be one close-up.
Vivix W1
VivixCuts to new angles twice, and in the later shots some fingers lift away from the strings instead of pressing them.
Grok Video
xAIPlausible fret contact through a real chord change, but the clip cuts from the close-up to a wider shot halfway through.
Runway Gen-4.5
RunwayFingertips show rubbery warping/clipping into fretboard and strings without realistic string depression under tension.
MiniMax Hailuo 02
MiniMaxThe fretting hand is fine, but the right-hand fingers never touch the strings and the shot is nearly static.
Ranked by our blind vision-model judge; models with the same score share a position. Read how we test.