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.

While I understand licensing and coming up with the very well produced lessons isn't cheap, I'm just not finding enough songs to justify the expense. Easily 2/3 of the catalog is from groups I don't like, or never heard of. The bands I'm interested in usually don't have more than one song, or the song that's there is more simplified than I'd like. That said, it looks like an excellent app, with beautifully produced lessons - probably very good for an absolute beginner.

New to the ukulele, and it has been very easy to learn. I've progressed to level 4 in a couple weeks. I've also started the guitar path as well. My only complaint is that during the lessons with longer songs the tab doesnt scroll or move up the screen so I have to stop in the middle of playing and scroll the screen and try to catch up. The practice mode of the song scrolls on it's own. I also wish you could open the full tab up and have the video audio keep playing, you can't. Just some ideas :)

Simply Incredible! I'm one of those guys who had a guitar, played 1-2x a week, and then threw it in the garage for a decade or longer. Wanted to pick it back up during quarantine, so I looked at a variety of apps. Fender Play is perfect if you are just beginning or know the basic chords, and will help you fine tune your skills and learn new ones. Only a week in and already playing songs and learning new skills I never thought I could do. Highly recommend!

It's a fantastic app overall, and I would HIGHLY recommend to anyone that has the time and money to get an annual subscription, especially because that gives you 10% off ALL Fender gear (guitars, amps, etc.). The only thing that it could do better is have more adaptive lessons to the instrument you are playing. For example, I play an acoustic, and a lot of the rock course pertains to techniques that can only work (as intended) on electric. Other than that, this is the best thing I've found.

The app works well enough. The song selection seems to be updated regularly but for some reason when I try to search something, the app will delete a character after I type it. It happens constantly. I try to spell a word and it ends up to be about half the length and not even correct. Searching is a pain and you end up having to slowly type out each word and correct it after it deletes each character typed. Incredibly frustrating. This is the only app that does it as well...

I find the instructors annoying, especially the "catch phrases" they seemed to be required to use. There are no real skill tests. Also every single time I go to use the Tabs feature, I cause the app to hang up/refuse to load anything. Will likely end up canceling a few days in. It's too basic yet without built-in testing tools to make sure you're learning. I'll keep looking for something else.

The lessons are easy to follow, well paced and I love the variety of instructors. However, just make sure there's no delay in audio playback if you're using Bluetooth to play through you amp. My timing was off until I switched to phone audio. One frustration though, the practice and feedback modes are hard to use on mobile. The text is too small and the screen doesn't adequately scroll. The inconsistent speed of the temp depending on the bar length is off putting.

The lessons are solid! I've learned more with this app than any other guitar app. Fender is quality. The only reason I didn't get five stars is because it is constantly logging me out and when I do log back in it takes me right to the page of sign up as if I'm not already signed up and haven't already paid the $50 for the subscription. It's quite frustrating when I do want to go to practice and it won't let me.

I thought I was supposed to get a notification before my free trial period was up, but that didn't happen. I'm an idiot for not setting a reminder on my calendar to cancel before my free period ended. Cancelling the day after gets me the privilege of paying $90 for a year of nothing useful. There are only 3 weeks worth of lessons at most. Everything covered here, and so much more, can be found free on YouTube. Don't waste your money. You have been warned.

I normally use the desktop to access the lessons but the app comes in handy and I find myself using it. Haven't had any crashes or bugs so far. As far as the content, it has actually helped me progress more in the last 3 months then every time I've decided I wanted to "learn" guitar. (I've been "learning" to play guitar off and on over the past 6 years. This is my longest streak so it has that going for it.