I’m sure they already know that “ Alligators Eat Canned Greens” (for the uninitiated, that’s a helpful way to remember that the four ukulele strings are A, E, C and G). While the lessons follow “levels,” with each level increasing in skill and knowledge as you progress, the rudimentary starter lessons might irritate developed players. However, I can see how intermediate and advanced musicians might get frustrated with the pace. In fact, my eight-year-old was happily plucking away in less than ten minutes! The lessons focus on songs and fun over theory, which definitely keeps the player’s attention. What’s great about the interface is that you can start playing right away. There’s no doubt that Fender Play suited my skill level (newbie) and interest level (dabbler), and in most cases are recreation-focused. There’s also a Fender Tune app for your phone which, as the name suggests, provides a tuner, metronome, pre-programmed drum beats, chord charts and scales to support the lessons. The desktop app also provides a repository of relevant articles with tips and tricks, FAQs and how-to’s, making Fender Play a holistic one-stop-shop for all things Fender-related. Within 30 minutes, I was strumming along to Shakira’s “Try Everything,” and by the fourth lesson I was working on chords. Lessons are interspersed with practice runs, where you follow along with the exercise on the screen.
I truly felt like I was on a learning path where the pace matched my ability to follow along. The virtual instructors go very slowly, unlike other online teachers that tend to plow through the lesson, requiring you to pause and restart several times. The tutorial videography looks good, and there are different camera angles so you can see the fingering to practice in tandem, which is helpful when there isn’t an actual instructor in the room.
From there, everything became much easier.įender Play boasts a swanky user-interface and clean, modern design it’s easy to navigate and find your learning path. Once I registered and identified the instrument I was learning to play, I got my first lesson: I was holding my ukulele backwards. Using a loaner ukulele from Fender, here’s my review of Fender Play. “You can spend 20-30 minutes a day and tackle the lessons in increments, and we definitely see more engagement people now have a chance to learn something they’ve always wanted to learn,” said Martinez. Indeed, with many companies still on lockdown due to the pandemic, having a learning schedule that allows players to make their own schedule becomes more important than ever. “When you think about going online with the intention that the lesson platform won’t replace a physical lesson, but enhance it, you start to see the benefits,” Billy Martinez, VP of Category Management, Acoustic Division at Fender tells Parentology.
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