Fret Zealot: Learn Real Guitar 4+

Just what I was looking for!

I have wanted to learn to play the guitar since I was a kid. I was not one of those who are gifted and can just simply pick up the instrument and go. I have tried many things over the years such as instruction manuals, internet sites, etc. I have always come away frustrated. Over the years I was either too broke or too busy to take lessons. Now I’m in my fifties and I still have the desire to learn. When I came across Fret Zealot I was intrigued. I decided to give it a try and I have been totally satisfied. Learning the guitar is hard work, but this program takes you from total novice through advanced playing. The instructional videos are simple and the LED system resolved the issue I have had with finding my finger placements. It’s made so many things easy and allows me to focus on muscle memory, reading chords, strumming, timing, etc… I love this product! It was easy to put on the guitar and it syncs perfectly to my IPhone each time.

2 critical issues (and 1 gripe) on an otherwise amazing product

I love this and I plan to use it a lot to learn scales and write bass lines. That said, there are 2 glaring mistakes and 1 gripe. 1. On the scale exercises, The Degrees of the keys are not numbered correctly. The “Root” is numbered “0” not “1”, meaning that the “1” is the “2”, the “2” is the “3”, etc... this is a totally egregious error and violates basic music theory. You can even see this in the photos provided on the app page right here in the App Store (photo 5 as of writing this). Luckily it should be easy to fix. Start the key numbering at 1, not 0. 2. When assigning the light colors to the scales. It should be based on the degrees of the key, not the notes. So if I try to color the “1” or “root” note as green, the 3rd as blue and the 5th as orange, then color the 2,4,6,7 as red, it only works in one key. As soon as I switch the key I have to recolor the notes. It seems to me that allowing a person to have a “template” for how they want their keys colored should be a no brainer. 3. Bass players are people too! Haha. Seriously. All the tutorials online, social content… it’s all for guitars. Also, can we get a 5 and 6 string bass version? I’ll change my review to 5 stars if you fix 1 and 2. Otherwise I think it misses the mark just enough. But I’ll still be using it. Great product overall.

Developer Response ,

Thanks for the feedback! We're looking into the Root note numbering and will get back to you. We're glad to see you're enjoying all aspects of the product other than the note coloring, which is indeed something we're looking into being able to let users customize as you stated in the future and link it to the root note instead of the note itself.

For bass, just change your instrument to bass in settings! There are also several courses for bass and over 50,000 song tracks for bass. We definitely haven't forgotten about bass players.

Great tool for beginner guitarist

I could not be happier about purchasing and using the Fret Zealot. I started learning and playing guitar about 2 years ago and the Fret Zealot has helped me out immensely. Learning chords,scales and songs is made very easy in my opinion. With a great library of instructional videos and songs that are available and the ability to learn and digest them at my chosen pace is awesome. Lastly their customer support is second to none. The couple of questions I’ve had since purchasing my Fret Zealot have been answered within 15 minutes of me sending an email to support and getting back the answers I needed.
I wouldn’t hesitate to buy this again if I had to, thanks for a great product Fret Zealot!

Developer Response ,

This is so great to hear! Thanks so much for being a customer. Reach out to us anytime if you have questions or feature/song requests!