It’s understandable to feel annoyed when technology doesn’t behave as expected. However, becoming disillusioned with Justin Guitar’s entire teaching approach due to issues with a separate application, which he isn’t directly involved in developing, seems shortsighted. The app in question is attributed to Musopia because they are the developers and owners, having created it before Justin Guitar’s association. While Justin Guitar may offer input on content, he isn’t responsible for the app’s technical development.
It’s highly unlikely you’ll find any software that perfectly meets every expectation without occasional glitches. Consider phone-based guitar tuners that use a microphone. While some are functional, accuracy suffers outside of perfectly quiet environments due to ambient noise. Given the extraneous sounds from fretting, especially common for beginners practicing one minute chord changes, it’s not surprising that the Justin Guitar app might encounter similar challenges in accurately assessing progress.
Justin Guitar’s lessons are exceptionally valuable, with a wealth of free content available. Continuing to utilize these resources, even if it means primarily using the website instead of the app, is strongly recommended. Manually counting one-minute chord changes is straightforward, and the website offers tools to log progress and visualize improvement, which many find motivating. Dismissing a truly excellent and inspiring guitar teacher simply because of minor inconveniences like manual tracking is, frankly, unwise.
