4.8 rating out of 4016 reviews
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Kevin Kirby
I played guitar some in my early 20s, and decided to take it back up again now in my late 60s. I had seen the ads on the internet for Tony's Acoustic Challenge and noticed that most of the people on the ad were also senior citizens. I took the plunge for a year subscription now that I have the extra time being emi-retired from medical practice. I've been at it now for nearly 2 months and can now play about an hour per day, 5 days/week. Early on, my fretting fingers could only last 15-20 minutes before they were just too sore to practice longer. The progress is very gradual, but still noticeable. I now look forward to playing guitar every day since Tony's course seems to be geared to older adults, like me, who want to learn guitar and have fun doing it. Just the other day, I was telling my 43 y/o son that, at my age, it is nice for me to have something that I am getting better at, instead of getting worse at with age. Thanks Tony for the great course!
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Ed O’Brien
Hi Tony. I am enjoying your class very much. I decided to sign up because your ad seemed to make sense and you came across as a guy who could teach guitar. I like the method of daily challenges which lead to an end of week lesson, pulling them all together. I am learning a lot more about technique, ways to embellish playing and general structure of how the guitar works. There are some lessons I just can’t get my fingers around as yet, others seem really comfortable. My issues have been that I have good days where I think, so that was great, I am getting better and enjoying playing, but then I go to bad days where I feel like I am Sisyphus rolling a rock up the hill. It can be frustrating. As for now I will most likely continue my lessons up to 6 months at least and then review to see if I am getting anywhere. Thx again. Ed
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Bob Laipply
I've been "piddling" around with chording a guitar for 30 years. Never tried to pick, etc ... I've learned more in the 30 days and 5 day programs than in all those 30 years!
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Chuck Clendenin
1. I hesitated because I thought the price was too high. Also, I tried a few online courses before and I felt they expected so much in a short time and were complex. I burned out in a few weeks.2. I found your pace to be about right. Plus you expected only 10 minutes from me. But in fact I typically play for 30 minutes or so, usually until my fingers get sore.3. I am learning something new with each lesson. And I like that I can repeat a lesson to reinforce what I learned a previous day. I like my progress.4. It's best for a new players and those of us who used to play 40 years ago and want to get back into it. I haven't played this consistently in many years. Thank you.
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Elaine Crabtree
Excellent teaching easier than I thought I got my 1st chords yesterday it's enjoyable
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Brett Berger
Ok. I didn't want to leave a review before I'd used the service for a few weeks. So far I'm still going strong. I've played guitar for a very long time... about 40 years but never had a lesson and never really devoted myself beyond learning some chords and playing some rhythm in a small band. So this is long overdue. The thing that caught my attention was Tony's description of learning method... the 4 elements. And I completely agree that practice is difficult primarily in figuring out what to practice in any given session. It is easy to get stuck on the same thing trying to master this or that technique, chord, strumming pattern, etc. Then you move on to something else but it is difficult to leave off the previous thing as you begin to forget that and on and on until your practice is really repetitive and unfulfilling. I think Tony has hit on a really good teaching method for someone like me (I'm 67) and I'm enjoying the progress so far!
