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This detailed Jamorama review discusses my recent experience with Jamorama’s online guitar lessons.
As this is such an in-depth review, I’ve broken it up into four main sections to make it easier to read. These are:
1. Jamorama Review
This is my main review, and covers everything I liked and disliked about the Jamorama course. If you’re in a hurry, just read this page.
If you have more time, and want to learn as much about Jamorama as possible before deciding whether to buy, you might also …

I’ve worked my way through the Jamorama course of downloadable guitar lessons, and have written this Jamorama review to discuss my experience with it. Hopefully it’ll be helpful to those who are wanting to learn to play the guitar online, and are considering buying Jamorama (especially as a lot of the Jamorama ‘reviews’ that you find online are written by people who haven’t actually used – or even bought – the program!)
First – a bit of background. I’m not a novice guitarist, but have …

The first Jamorama lesson shows you how to find your way around the strings and fretboard (the first Jamorama book focuses on notes and chords in the first position, whereas the second book encompasses higher positions), and introduces chord diagrams. Unlike the traditional chord diagrams used in most tutor books, Jamorama uses dots on a photo of a guitar fretboard to show where the fingers should be placed – I think that this is a nice touch, since it’s a little easier to relate to …

Before beginning any new kind of course or taking in lots of info, I find it helpful to get an overview of exactly what I’ll be learning – perhaps you do too. Here’s what you get with the Jamorama Standard and Jamorama Deluxe courses:
Inside the Jamorama Member’s Area
The material is accessed through the member’s area, which looks like this:

From the Home page (shown here), you can visit the download area, and download the rhythm course (books 1 and 2), the Chord Kit, the Tuning Guide, …