FourChords Guitar Songbook Reviews

So rewarding to jump in and play

tupacvsworld

I learned violin growing up the hard way and this was the total opposite - just jump in and learn a few chords and already play some of my favorite songs. This is my favorite app to blow off steam and take a break from analytical work. I’ve been subscribing to it on and off for years now to just enjoy making music and relaxing a bit with my favorite songs. Thank you for making this app! PS Please bring back my favorite feature (now gone?) “similar songs” that really helped me discover songs I could play and enjoy and motivated me to learn more chords.

Doesn’t work with jamstik!!!!

Vidiot72

I bought a jamstik+ for my kids to learn how to play the guitar because they get frustrated with me teaching them. The ENTIRE reason I bought the jamstik was to use this app! The demo worked perfectly but the second I paid the $37 for a yearly subscription it stopped working. To make matters worse apple refuses to refund my purchase. If you’re looking to use this with jamstik it is NOT supported.

Best value

MikaUP

As a beginner learning to play guitar later in life, this App has helped me progress very rapidly to where I want to be. Without this App I would have stopped learning within months (when fingers became too painful) but following songs on the App even when using simple down strums only and recognizing the song you’re learning was a great incentive to keep ploughing on. Worth every penny!

Karaoki guitar

DeniseEcho

It’s a great learning and practice app. I'm a returning guitar player after a very long hiatus and it’s fun just to play along with. I use it on the iPad with an acoustic guitar at home and with a JamStik and iPad and headphones while traveling, even on an airplane. App support has been great because I didn’t realize how simple it was and tried to over-complicate it. And they continue to add more songs—lots I’ve never heard and a lot of oldies for me! Plenty of selection!

Old new guy

oldnewguitarest

App is perfect to keep me interested in attempting to play music to annoy my wife. No fault of hers it kind of like hearing a child learn a clarinet.

Great

RMS1

I think it's wonderful app with great updates would like to be able to print out chords and lyrics. Great app, great price.

Definitely not a Music Utopia.

Kari H.

What a great idea, horribly squandered. I think a talented developer could really make this “chordal karaoke” into something amazing. Musopia has put wasted energy into developing 4 different apps that all do the same thing, FourChords Guitar Songbook, Justin Guitar Beginning Lessons, Kala Ukulele and Songbook, and Ukulele Karaoke. They could have created just one app called FourChords and let us choose between guitar and ukulele in the settings, instead there are 2 separate guitar apps and 2 ukulele apps that are redundant. I’ve been checking in with these Musopia apps for years and they haven’t change anything meaningful. Look at the version history, it's mostly "stability improvements". How about an option for left handed players, or a better song browser. Having to search through hundreds of songs alphabetically seems very beta. How about a chord progression song search, that's what the whole "four chords" premise is based on to begin with, being able to play tons of songs from the same progression! If I learn a song that is C,F,G let me then search for all the songs that contain these chords- building on what we know is how we learn music. In the end it just feels like some kind of promotional tool for JustinGuitar.com(talk about overkill on the how to strum a chord videos). I'm asking that someone please take this wonderful premise, and develop it into streamlined app.

Stuck with payments

Mccord Karen

We have been trying to unsubscribe from this app but it seems impossible. We have been stuck with monthly payments despite not using the app. There should be a easier way to unsubscribe.

Inversions

Salsapete

I have always wanted to play piano since a young age of 14 I am now 62 and due to this app I am finally getting it. I have tried many different programs and have had trouble to learn advancements in my knowledge beyond the basic chords. I Also have never been able to grasp the inversion theory and have struggled with just jumping around the keyboard Basic cord to basic cord which will upset the fluid flow of playing a song. With this app it is simple, it is designed for Guitar which is also a struggle for me but this app has helped me immensely in understanding the bass guitar but most of all it has help me with my piano playing by forcing me to learn the inversions to keep up with my favorite songs which for mere $35 One has access to over 1000 of life’s past and current favorites. I am learning at an emendsly faster pace than I have ever done before in my life. No private lessons to bore me just fun and an eagerness to come to the keyboard and learn daily. This app is a game changer for beginners and advanced players helping to develop skills in cord reading, cord inversions and in ear training. I would love to see future advancements in this app for melody training to all the songs to help one become a complete musician. This is a must have app for public school training in the music department which is always underfunded but can really give it a burst to all music departments around the world. Thank you and God bless the developers of this app which must have taken possibly years to develop to its current state. Salsapete

Best Guitar App

GRUMPY22222

OUTSTANDING APP!! HAS TOTALLY REINVIGORATED MY PLAYING BY ADDING HUNDREDS OF GREAT SONGS TO MY REPERTOIRE!!