To create a worthwhile e-learning program that students would be willing to pay for, Fender had to differentiate its offering from everything else out there.
Fender Play is a new online learning tool from the legendary American guitar company.
I spent a month using it to improve my skills.
It’s a great program of instruction, but it might not be for everybody.
It is very affordable, however.
The guitar isn’t an easy instrument to play, and unfortunately for a lot of aspiring axewomen and axemen, there aren’t lots of shortcuts.
Adding to the challenge is a sea of online instructional videos, ranging from excellent to awful, as well as many accomplished guitarists posting their efforts, which can be intimidating. Topping it all off is, of course, many decades of serious shredding recorded on vinyl, CDs, pumped through good old-fashioned radio, committed to film, and now streamed.
Tech: I spent a few months using Fender’s online guitar-learning tool — and I was surprised by how much I learned
