If you're new to Fender Play's online guitar lessons, tutor Nikki Stevens' introduction to alternate picking is a great way to preview the high quality and accessible teaching on offer with the subscription service.
Fender is currently offering a three months of free lessons with the service – click through the link below to find out more and sign up.
Nikki has taught hundreds of students over the last 13 years of her 22 spent playing. She co-owned and operated a musical instrument store in Montana and was also the director of the store's private lesson program.
She joined Jason Newsted's "Chophouse" jam crew before moving back to her home city of Los Angeles to join Paradise Kitty-- the all female tribute to Guns N' Roses. As Fender Play, but also contributes to curriculum development as a lesson writer.
How to get 3 months of Fender Play for FREE
Visit fender.com/playthrough to redeem your code. Once you have redeemed your code you can download the app via Google Play or the App Store and sign into your account. You can also sign into Fender Play via web/desktop.
Get the MusicRadar Newsletter
Want all the hottest music and gear news, reviews, deals, features and more, direct to your inbox? Sign up here.
Rob is the Reviews Editor for GuitarWorld.com and MusicRadar guitars, so spends most of his waking hours (and beyond) thinking about and trying the latest gear while making sure our reviews team is giving you thorough and honest tests of it. He's worked for guitar mags and sites as a writer and editor for nearly 20 years but still winces at the thought of restringing anything with a Floyd Rose.
“I can’t play jigs or reels or any of that traditional Irish stuff, but I have got a good ear for blues, the tonality of it”: 3 ways to supercharge your lead guitar playing like Rory Gallagher
“A well-crafted sequence is successful wherever you may wish to use it”: Use these tried and tested chord progressions to build an engaging song