Reviews for Fender Play: Music Lessons

I hadn't played in over 25 years (didn't know much then either haha). Bought a used acustic Fender guitar not too long ago but just started playing again recently with this Fender app and it's been great! If you want to learn something you first have to unlearn what you already "know", so i decided to start from scratch. My goal is to be able to play a couple full songs by the end of the quarantine. Stay safe and play.

It takes forever to load once you purchase the subscription. Tried it on my tablet and phone and just keeps loading. During the free trial everything worked smooth and great. I could do lesson after lesson seamlessly. Now I have to wait for it to load average 45 minutes between lessons. I'll run errands and leave it loading since that's the only way it's usable. Yes I've tried signing in and out, deleted the app and reinstalling it, tried on friends phones and tablets as well. Don't buy subscrip

It's okay. It was nearly worth the $50 per year they were charging. However, they are now charging $150 per year (even for current loyal subscribers), and it's just not worth that at all. I'll continue to use the app while my current subscription is active, but there's no way I'll be paying triple my current price. There are hundreds of alternatives that are either free or fairly priced. I would recommend against Fender Play at their current pricing.

The app does what its suppose to and its fun! Although i am not sure why certain song lessons appear where they do in the stream of things. After learning the notes on the G string, the first song in the rock bass series focuses on the A string... Then we later learn those notes too. Also, the bass songs arent so much songs as they are riffs. They appear to be simplified to the one riff that people are most familiar with. This is a review of level 1. Maybe later levels step up the complexity.

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.

The app has a good interface and the lessons are clear and well structured. It is more oriented towards beginners than intermediate players, but there is some content for intermediate players if you really look. I really would like the ability to filter based on "Electric" v. "Acoustic" guitar when looking at songs to learn. I also think only three levels of difficulty for the songs is too limiting (I'd prefer 5).

As a beginner guitarist I find myself using this app more than any other. The quick lessons and challenges gives me things to practice in the short bursts of free time I have during my busy evenings. One thing i would like to see improved is the size of the tablature. Its difficult to see in the practice sections. Having an option to crank up that font size would be nice for some of use who only have 5" screens to work with.

I love the app, and I've learned a ton from it, but one thing that's making me hesitate on 5 starts is that when you're taught a song, the song progression is in a wierd order, and you don't learn lyrical cues. While, yes, you can just pull the song up on ang media site, but it would be much easier to have the tab there so you can play along without having to leave the app.

I have always wanted to learn how to play a guitar, and this app has been amazing at getting me started! Small bites made it easier to jump in and learn at my own pace. My only complaint is that when it gets into play that scrolls on my phone, my phone screen wasn't big enough. I bought a Chromebook to accommodate, only to find out the app isn't compatible with it, and I can't use it. Please update the app compatibility so it can be used with the Gemini Lake Chromebook!

Good in theory. And maybe better on a computer. But terrible as a phone app. Lessons might have a teacher briefly mentioning a new chord. You then have to pause and move over to the chord page to see how to play it. Then they'll run through a song, but the tabs/notation doesn't scroll in lesson. So you try to do it in practice mode, but the scroller and metronome don't line up and don't stay on tempo. I like the material, but it's very hard to use on a phone.