Fender Play: Learn Guitar

Name: Fender Play: Learn Guitar
Rating: 4.8 (60617 reviews)
Author: Fender Digital

Songs, Scales, Chords & Tabs

Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad

61K Ratings
Ages

4+
Years
Category

Education
Developer

Fender Digital
Language

EN
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119.9
MB

Fender Play® is your one-stop online guitar teacher for starting your guitar, bass, or ukulele learning journey. Start for free. Play for life. Created by the most trusted name in music; you can expect a robust, guided learning path to jumpstart your playing ability as a beginner or intermediate player. Whether you’re learning to play your favorite songs, building a healthy habit, or finding a new creative outlet — we’ve got you covered! Learn to play guitar with the industry's elite instructors and over 3000+ bite-sized video lessons, with chords, scales, songs and riffs that you can practice at your own pace. Play your way with Fender Play. How Does It Work? EXTENSIVE MUSIC LIBRARY Play songs by your favorite artists with our 1000+ song library! Fender Play helps you to master the chords, techniques and guitar scales to play songs from your favorite artists, including: "Come As You Are" - Nirvana "when the party's over" - Billie Eillish "Red" - Taylor Swift "Good Riddance (Time of Our Lives) - Green Day "Paint it Black" - The Rolling Stones "Master of Puppets" - Metallica QUALITY LEARNING EXPERIENCE Guided Learning Tools - Begin playing in a few short lessons with learning, practice and feedback activities. Bite-Sized, Quality Lesson Videos - Top quality lessons from our experienced instructors help show you a unique hands-on perspective, breaking down each skill, riff or popular song. Personalized Learning Path - Choose your instrument and your favorite genre to customize your learning experience. Integrated Lesson Feedback - Cutting-edge listening technology by MatchMySound helps to assess your playing, give you feedback and help improve your score. No Ads - Enjoy consistent and quality lessons, free of ads or other distractions. INNOVATIVE PRACTICE TOOLS Practice Mode - Built-in metronome and tempo control to help you learn timing. Reminders - Set practice reminders to prioritize practicing in a way that fits your schedule. Tone Integration - Tap into amp presets that work with select Fender amps to get the right tone to sound like your favorite artists. Practice Features for All - Scrolling tablature, chord charts, chord drills, backing & isolated tracks, looping, tuning, metronome and more. COMMUNITY & MOTIVATION Highly Supportive Community - Live instructor office hours, giveaways and more are here to help you feel supported and motivated to stick with your instrument. Streaks - Keep your streak going by practicing every week! Backing Tracks - Feel like you’re jamming with a full band, even if you’re practicing alone. Chord Challenge - Master chord transitions and improve finger dexterity. Beat your own high score by increasing the speed and tempo of chords from your favorite songs. Simply download the Fender Play app and learn to play guitar on your iPhone, iPad, or iOS device and get started learning how to play guitar today! Download the Fender Play learning app and get 14 days free. Get 10% off Fender gear (and other added perks) all year long with an Annual Plan or 10% off your next order with a Monthly Plan. Discount only applies to Fender products in the U.S., UK, France, Spain, Germany, Italy, and Australia. -- Terms of Use: https://www.fender.com/play/pages/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://www.fender.com/pages/privacy-center

Ratings & Reviews

4.8

out of 5

61K Ratings

Adult learner
08/21/2022

kissters20
As an adult learner I have found the fender app/website to be extremely useful. I can play it on any device i have and the video/audio quality is never subpar. That means i can take my guitar anywhere and play lessons from my phone, which is helpful when I have a bit of free time in between the events in my day. The instructors and instructions are clear and I like the fact they show a variety of camera angles when teaching chords and techniques. Best of all, I can revisit each video as many times as a need to, work at my own pace, and move ahead when i feel new information might be helpful to mastering previous techniques or to add variety. Overall, excellent job Fender. One MAJOR request that I have since I am coming from previous experiences playing piano and vocals, is that you provide lessons on how to transpose music from standard notation to tab and back again so I can use the music book i have collected over the years to play the songs I love. Thanks again Fender!
Adult learner
08/21/2022

kissters20

As an adult learner I have found the fender app/website to be extremely useful. I can play it on any device i have and the video/audio quality is never subpar. That means i can take my guitar anywhere and play lessons from my phone, which is helpful when I have a bit of free time in between the events in my day. The instructors and instructions are clear and I like the fact they show a variety of camera angles when teaching chords and techniques. Best of all, I can revisit each video as many times as a need to, work at my own pace, and move ahead when i feel new information might be helpful to mastering previous techniques or to add variety. Overall, excellent job Fender. One MAJOR request that I have since I am coming from previous experiences playing piano and vocals, is that you provide lessons on how to transpose music from standard notation to tab and back again so I can use the music book i have collected over the years to play the songs I love. Thanks again Fender!
Great App for budding intermediate guitarist
03/25/2021

StuckInJapan
Started playing guitar at the beginning of Covid. I haven’t put it down since. This is my second ‘self taught’ app I’ve used and I feel like this is progressing my skills and ability to the next level.Pros:- Video instruction for virtually every type of lesson, song, etc. This was huge for me and helped me grasp concepts and figure placements much quicker).- Logical and robust course design with real world considerations.Lessons aren’t limited to guitar technique. Courses range from music reading, knowing your guitar, theory, amp and tone, and so much more. Basically everything you need to become a competent guitarist (at least from my understanding as to what that is at this stage in the game...lol).- Along w/ Video instruction there you can view preset tones for a given song or lesson, tabs, chord diagrams, and effect playback speed.Cons:- Lots of content but not a good way to organize what’s relevant outside of the course structure. (For Developers/UX designers PLEASE SEE SUGGESTION below)Suggestions:- Develop a way for a user to organize content relevant to him or her. Right now you can ‘Love’ a piece of content and it’s saved in your favorites in the order of when you ‘Loved’ a particular piece of content. This becomes next to useless the more items you have tracked (I.e. various lessons, songs, etc.) It would be BETTER if you could create folders or some type of personalized lesson plan.
Great App for budding intermediate guitarist
03/25/2021

StuckInJapan

Started playing guitar at the beginning of Covid. I haven’t put it down since. This is my second ‘self taught’ app I’ve used and I feel like this is progressing my skills and ability to the next level.Pros:- Video instruction for virtually every type of lesson, song, etc. This was huge for me and helped me grasp concepts and figure placements much quicker).- Logical and robust course design with real world considerations.Lessons aren’t limited to guitar technique. Courses range from music reading, knowing your guitar, theory, amp and tone, and so much more. Basically everything you need to become a competent guitarist (at least from my understanding as to what that is at this stage in the game...lol).- Along w/ Video instruction there you can view preset tones for a given song or lesson, tabs, chord diagrams, and effect playback speed.Cons:- Lots of content but not a good way to organize what’s relevant outside of the course structure. (For Developers/UX designers PLEASE SEE SUGGESTION below)Suggestions:- Develop a way for a user to organize content relevant to him or her. Right now you can ‘Love’ a piece of content and it’s saved in your favorites in the order of when you ‘Loved’ a particular piece of content. This becomes next to useless the more items you have tracked (I.e. various lessons, songs, etc.) It would be BETTER if you could create folders or some type of personalized lesson plan.
Fender Play is incredible
Mar 6

The Overranter
Fender Play is a great option for learning electric guitar. There are songs, chords, and, unlike Simply Guitar, it actually teaches you tablature. There is one bug, however, and that’s sometimes when I play a video for a course, it glitches and plays the audio from the start while continuing to play the audio from where I’m at, and the video is just frozen. I just restart the app when that happens, but if you could fix it that would be great. Anyway, I just wanted to say I found an easier way to play Enter Sandman, the third riff on the course I’m currently doing. You play open low E 3 times, then you play the 6th fret on low E, then the 5th fret, then repeat, but on each repeat play the first low E 4 times. That’s how I found it easier to play.Can you see why I call myself the Overranter? Sorry for making you read, whoever sees this.
Fender Play is incredible
Mar 6

The Overranter

Fender Play is a great option for learning electric guitar. There are songs, chords, and, unlike Simply Guitar, it actually teaches you tablature. There is one bug, however, and that’s sometimes when I play a video for a course, it glitches and plays the audio from the start while continuing to play the audio from where I’m at, and the video is just frozen. I just restart the app when that happens, but if you could fix it that would be great. Anyway, I just wanted to say I found an easier way to play Enter Sandman, the third riff on the course I’m currently doing. You play open low E 3 times, then you play the 6th fret on low E, then the 5th fret, then repeat, but on each repeat play the first low E 4 times. That’s how I found it easier to play.Can you see why I call myself the Overranter? Sorry for making you read, whoever sees this.
Fender - you can so much better than this
06/05/2019

timpanglao
Maybe i didnt spend enough time with it, or not patient enough to follow their structure, but i am not impressed. I am still somewhat of a beginner guitar player, so what would have been nice is to yes learn chords and the appropriate songs with those chords so i immediately feel i have progression. Example i chose different songs and each one in the video shows me the chord fingering, if i already learnt C,G, A, Em....i dont need a video on that, yes i can fast forward but it tediuos. What would be nice is to see the guitar tab/ chords and play along, however at best i might get 8bars if i goto full screen you cannot play the video, or rather i just want to play along with the track but you can’t do that.Would be nice if you could filter songs based on Chords and the tutorial goes through the progression or strummimg pattern. Some of the structure of the app is about a few riffs which is ok - but not that usefull. Sorry but not worth the subscription - i was hoping the fender app would complement my JustinGuitar not the case. I am not bashing Fender, i have a Strat and a Mustang Amp and their Tone app which is great- hope this feeback is useful

Developer Response
Hi timpanglao - thanks for the great feedback! We'd love to get more details from you on your experience. If your interested in sharing more, please email me at jshapiro@fender.com
Fender - you can so much better than this
06/05/2019

timpanglao

Maybe i didnt spend enough time with it, or not patient enough to follow their structure, but i am not impressed. I am still somewhat of a beginner guitar player, so what would have been nice is to yes learn chords and the appropriate songs with those chords so i immediately feel i have progression. Example i chose different songs and each one in the video shows me the chord fingering, if i already learnt C,G, A, Em....i dont need a video on that, yes i can fast forward but it tediuos. What would be nice is to see the guitar tab/ chords and play along, however at best i might get 8bars if i goto full screen you cannot play the video, or rather i just want to play along with the track but you can’t do that.Would be nice if you could filter songs based on Chords and the tutorial goes through the progression or strummimg pattern. Some of the structure of the app is about a few riffs which is ok - but not that usefull. Sorry but not worth the subscription - i was hoping the fender app would complement my JustinGuitar not the case. I am not bashing Fender, i have a Strat and a Mustang Amp and their Tone app which is great- hope this feeback is useful
Developer Response 06/05/2019
Hi timpanglao - thanks for the great feedback! We'd love to get more details from you on your experience. If your interested in sharing more, please email me at jshapiro@fender.com

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