Sonora Guitar IntensiveReviews of learnwithsonora.com

This way of learning the guitar has been such an amazing experience. I appreciate the Sonora team and respect their mission. It truly has been a dream come true for me. I gave up guitar at a younger age due to the lack of practice structure and feedback. The curriculum, masterclasses, open sessions, and 1:1 mentorship provides a constructive game changing feedback loop that is unmatched.

he Sonora Guitar Intensive is a great (and intense) program that helped me break out of a rut in my guitar playing, and I have made real progress since then. More progress than in the last 10 years, in a matter of months. It does take some dedication, but if you are looking to get further in your practice, check out SGI

My initial months in the Sonora Guitar Mastery curriculum were super engaging and inspiring. Without a doubt, Sonora saved me through the pandemic when there were no gigs and no jams, and me and my guitar were at a loss. The daily exercise flow with the software is something I truly enjoy and still return to three years later. I have become more agile, stronger, and more confident with these practices. My understanding of the fretboard has greatly increased. 7th chords make me so happy! My songwriting has definitely more options for chord forms and directions. I think it was worthwhile to pay extra for the weekly individual instruction time with one of Sonora's great teachers because I had someone to answer to, and that engaged me even more. Arianna helped me ground the concepts and forms I was learning into actual badass chord melody arrangements of a Stevie Wonder song and a song of mine that she helped me write and arrange. Highly recommended!

Sonora really lays out the platform, program resources, people resources, and sets expectations expertly up front. They have really built a platform/service that adapts to each students needs, while also creating a learning environment in a digital space.

Very helpful in leading you in the right direction towards guitar fluency. After just 3 months with it I felt I understood the fretboard layout far more than before I had joined.

This program helped me to the next level: years of online you tube lessons, Guitar Courses through good sites like Truefire, occaisional live lessons did not give me a coherent approach to the guitar. Sonora Guitar Intensive gave me a core curriculum and their mentorship program provided me with my own mentor to get feedback on assignments, tailor my progress and that discipline of the curriculum and the frequent feedback from my mentor allowed me to make leaps in my playing. I play in a jazz combo and my band mates notice my improved ability to support the music in my comping, better rhythm, and better solos. The audience has noticed to. Importantly, I'm playing with better time, better facility and having a blast. Thank you Sonora Guitar Intensive. I highly recommend it.

Sonora is a very well conceived and intensive guitar program. The curriculum itself is wide and encompassing, yet focused. It is presented in a "building-block" manner that allows the student to incorporate new learning with built-in timed reviews so that new concepts are not easily forgotten when a new teaching is presented. The mentorship is an invaluable method for rapid improvement. Videos from all the mentors at Sonora are accessible students, and from what I have seen, every mentor is a world-class player who actually knows how teach teach and share his or her knowledge. PLUS, everyone at Sonora I have encountered is just plain cool, kind, and caring.

Love Sonora Guitar Intensive! Thanks to Spencer, Ila, and especially my Prep Class mentor Curt for moving me beyond the perpetual beginner stage! I have enjoyed both the Prep Class and The Intermediate online program. The modules are great and so are the Facebook Classes. I look forward to working with a mentor again in 2024.