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Jamorama Review: My Personal Experience With Jamorama's Guitar CourseThis review of the Jamorama lessons is based on my own experience of workingthrough the complete course. I'm not a newbie guitarist (I've been learning forseveral years), but as Jamorama is among the most well-regarded online guitarcourses around, I wanted to give it a go to see if it was worth recommending onmy guitar site - and of course it never hurts to revisit the basic skills too! My finalimpression of the course is generally positive, but I don't think that it's theoptimal choice for everybody, and this review tells you why.
What Is Jamorama?
Jamorama is a course of downloadable guitar lessons which teach you to playrhythm guitar, as well as general musicianship – so you learn chords,progressions, reading tab and basic notation, basic music theory (including scalesand chord construction), playing along with a band, various rhythmic patternsand strumming techniques, ear training and more. It doesn't really cover leadguitar techniques; the follow up course, Jamorama Lead, is designed to build onthis one and teach solo guitar playing.The materials are delivered in text, video and audio format, and there are severalsoftware bonuses which complement the main course. You get:
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Jamorama Maestro software
– enables you to access all of the lessonsin sequence, and plays the relevant audio and video tracks
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Jamorama Books 1 & 2
– in digital text format, with full colour photosand illustrations. Most of the music is notated in tab (basic traditionalnotation is introduced, but you don't need it to play the material in thecourse). There are 15 lessons in Book 1, and 29 in Book 2
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Video lessons
– video instruction for each new chord and exercise,showing the correct positions for both hands, the fretboard and otherinformation
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Audio jam tracks
– enable you to practice playing with others, in avariety of musical stylesPlus there are some bonuses too:
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GuitEarIt!
– ear training software to improve your aural skills – vital if you want to be able to play by ear or improvise
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Jamorama Metronome
– makes it easy to practice playing in time
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Jayde Musica
– a software game to help you learn to read music quicklyand easily
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Guitar Tuner Pro
– simple software that helps you to tune your guitaraccurately to a variety of tunings
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How To Tune Your Guitar
– PDF guide to various tuning methods
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Advanced Learning Techniques For Guitar
– PDF guide to learningmore quickly and effectively
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Free access to SongPond
– 30 days free membership to the SongPondwebsite, which offers video tutorials showing you how to play a largerange of popular songs on guitar or pianoThere's also a member's only forum on the Jamorama site, and the course is fullyguaranteed for eight weeks after purchase – so you can try it with confidence.
 
Is It A Good Quality Course?
So you get a lot of learning material, but is it actually any good? For the mostpart, I'm impressed with the quality of the Jamorama materials. The software allruns smoothly, the books are well written and clearly presented, the audio isprofessionally recorded, and the videos are just excellent. I also had no problemswith downloading the course after making my payment, and the website is easyto navigate. It's not perfect however; I didn't really like reading off the screenespecially when a jam track was more than one page long), so I ended upprinting the text out. Also, I've noticed a few typos in the course text, which arepotentially misleading, and it's a shame to see these in such an otherwise goodproduct. Still, anyone who's paying attention to what they're learning shouldeasily spot them.
Reasons To Buy (And Not To Buy) Jamorama
Generally, I think Jamorama is very good. It's not right for everyone though –here's why you should (or shouldn't) buy Jamorama:
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Buy if you're a beginner, or you already play a bit of guitar, but want toimprove your skills. Don't buy if you're an advanced guitarist who'salready mastered a wide variety of chords, progressions, strummingtechniques etc.
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Buy if you want to learn to play popular styles on electric or acousticguitar. Don't buy if you want to play classical, flamenco or other non-popstyles – Jamorama doesn't cater for these.
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Buy if you're self-motivated and want to learn at home, at your own pace.Don't buy if you'd prefer one to one instruction with a private teacher.
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Buy if you want to play rhythm guitar, or you want to play lead but arestarting completely from scratch (in this case, you should do this course,then follow with Jamorama Lead). Don't buy if you want to play leadguitar, but already have solid rhythm guitar skills.
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Buy if you want to learn the skills that you'll need to play popular songs inmost styles. Don't buy if you only want to learn specific well known songs– Jamorama doesn't cover these.
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Buy if you have a decent computer and internet connection, and are okwith learning from digital materials (or printing the material out). Don'tbuy if you can't download the course material, or you only want to learnfrom physical media (there is a physical version of Jamorama, but in myopinion it's a bit overpriced).
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Buy if you want a great value complete course for the cost of a couple of lessons with a private teacher. Don't buy if you need or prefer the personalattention that one on one instruction provides.
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