Fender Play - Learn Guitar

J S

Learning guitar! Great app, nice progression for myself as a beginner, don't feel like I'm rushed into things i definitely can't do helping to keep confidence up. The instructors are really good, clear with what they explain and reinforced through tabs. Join the Facebook group and the people there are really nice and willing to help. Couldn't recommend more as I'm making really good progress over the month I have been learning. Choose your desired style of playing too!

Nov 18, 2024 23:27:41

A Google user

Excellent learning platform for beginners. Love the different paths and the pace of learning. Only issue is that the app doesn't track course completion well. I have to either close/reopen the app or manually complete courses, and the streak function hasn't recognized playtime on two of the three days I've used the app, even after an hour or more of playtime. This wouldn't be a huge issue except that it is integral to Fender giveaways, the big carrot behind the feature.

Nov 17, 2024 10:37:59

Michael Sanders

I really love the app. My daughter & I both use it to learn guitar, bass & ukulele. The content is immediately engaging and keeps me coming back to learn more almost every day. I'd give it a 5/5, but it's pretty difficult to use practice mode on my phone. It is stuck in portrait so the tabs are too small to see and really difficult to follow. It seems to be an issue for a lot of people and I don't get why that little item hasn't been fixed. Outside of that, it's an awesome app/service.

Nov 17, 2024 00:20:00

Max Duckworth

I just picked up the ukulele and this app has been so helpful building my foundations. I like that the lessons are all very short, so I can do as few or as many as I want at a time without having to stop in the middle of anything. There's a pretty good selection of songs. Some of them have just the metronome and the strumming, but others have a nice musical accompanyment. I wish the practice more had the words on it!!

Nov 16, 2024 07:59:20

A Google user

the app content is great but there are a few bugs. Using Samsung S8 when I cast to Google Chromecast the video will continue playing but the app crashes and I have to go back into the content area each time. it also won't mark my lesson as complete when casting. Even when not casting the lesson complete marking is not consistent. I sometimes need to go into a video and forward it to the end several times before it marks as complete. It would be great if it would work better with chromecast!

Nov 16, 2024 05:23:06

Dave

I wish I could give this more stars but I struggle even with 2. Yes, if you use this app regularly you will eventually learn how to play guitar. But not well. The lessons are over simplified and the instructors unenthused. Since the system "upgrade" I feel lessons are inconsistent, jump around and skip content needed for the next lesson. I cannot help but feel if I'd been following another system for the last year I would be further ahead. The lessons in Fender are so boring and the songs suck.

Nov 16, 2024 02:41:40

A Google user

Utterly unusable. This app doesn't auto scroll, and I still can't figure out if my phone is supposed to be horizontal or vertical. There are no demarcations for the length of the notes or even rhythm or timing. The app DOES NOT provide any feedback on your playing. It's just videos. You might as well just look up tabs and YouTube tutorials to play the songs you like, because this isn't going to make you a better guitarist. I'm sticking with Yousician.

Nov 16, 2024 00:24:48

John Fisher

The app is good but not great. It should have an easier way to login like fingerprint or face recognition. It's different in the all and website, which is ok but sometimes they don't sync. The instructors are great and the lessons are helpful. I'm picking up guitar after 20 years of not playing so the review is helpful and I've learned things I never knew existed. Great job, just make it easier to log in, and no I don't want to use social media to log in.

Nov 15, 2024 10:51:30

A Google user

I expected better. I am finding this app frustrating compared to using a book. There are excellent demonstrations - nice and slow, but I find myself trying to play along with lessons where I can't remember what chord or note value I am supposed to be playing next. The written music I want is there in the lower half of the screen, but it doesn't scroll with the lesson and my fingers are too busy playing. It scrolls in practice mode, but without the teacher! Other videos on-line manage this!

Nov 14, 2024 16:40:06