Hello Pete.
More on your specific question below.
Welcome to JustinGuitar and this fantastic community. Please take your time to look around and get to know the wider space. View by Categories.
We are a supportive and encouraging group of students and guitarists from across the world. Essentially, we are all here for music and to improve as players. We truly are a ‘community’. Members help and support one another and a friendly, positive attitude underpins this. We hope that all - young or old, experienced or new players - adopt and foster the pay-it-forward ethos that Justin personifies and embedded all those years ago when he started the website and forum.
Also, please make sure to read the Community Etiquette announcement for some important information and guidance.
If you want to record yourself to show your progress and / or seek feedback there is our ever popular Community Recordings section.
Behind the scenes there is a small and dedicated team who work to make the JustinGuitar experience as good as it can be. Check out the Onboarding sessions provided by Fanny. Justin also has a small group of Approved Teachers he recommends for people wanting 1-to-1 lessons to supplement his courses.
That is plenty to be going on with. It is a vast community space so if you need help as you find your way around just ask.
Now - the App vs the Website. It may help to know the history.
Justin first imagined the App as a karaoke play-along tool to supplement and complement the thorough beginner courses on the website. It became so popular, and the working relationship with the app developers Musopia so fruitful, that the possibility of including some beginner course video lessons was explored and brought to life. The website always was and always will be where the bulk of the beginner material (and all other material) is located. The lessons have the videos plus written content plus tabs plus downloadable files in some places. The app has developed and expanded incredibly though and many people use it only to learn from, not fully realising that the website offers additional content. Where the app shines and offers something the website does not is the play-along functionality - the raison d’etre and original purpose of the app. Guitareoke if you will. Thousands and thousands of users have already attested to that being ‘worth the admission price alone’.
Cheers. Richard
| Approved Teacher, Official Guide & Community Moderator |
