Fun App but Glitchy – FourChords Guitar Songbook Review

You can look at the other reviews for what is likable about the app, so I won’t duplicate those praises. The biggest problem with this app is that it glitches on a regular basis. One of the most important thing as a beginner needs to work on is their timing. But this Apple often mess up on the downbeat advancing about a half a bar which will totally messed with your time. This is very frustrating and should easily be fixed by the developers. The other major shortcoming is trying to figure out strumming patterns that go with songs. You can easily start to think that you’re a better player than you really are because of the backing tracks. The interface is pretty sluggish changing from one Menya to another. Also the songs should remember what tempo you’ve been playing out. So for example knocking on heavens door is 74 BPM, but if you’re learning it at 59 BPM, the app won’t save what speed you’re trying to master. It resets to 74 ppm every time. Likewise there’s no tracking of your progress at any particular BPM. That would be a super simple feature to implement. There’s a microphone icon which I guess is supposed to allow you to record, but it doesn’t work.
Review by Air Blackstone on FourChords Guitar Songbook.