What are Spotlight courses?
Spotlight courses is a series that connects you with artists from a variety of genres. Each course is tailored to the style of the artists’ music and personality, with one constant theme: connecting artists and Yousician players to learn and play together.
In each course, you:
- Get exclusive content: Inspirational advice and behind-the-scenes stories from your favorite artists’ musical journeys.
- Learn your favorite songs: Watch breakdowns of your favorite hits with custom instruction, tips and tricks for playing them.
- Share the spotlight: Join the artists in the spotlight using Yousician’s interactive gameplay.
What's included in the Juanes Spotlight course?
Juanes, a GRAMMY-winning Colombian singer-songwriter, shows how he communicates through music with his signature guitar riffs and rhythms. For the course, Yousician teamed up with Duolingo, the language learning app, to inspire players to speak the universal language of music. With content in Spanish and English, guitar players can learn how to "speak music" along with him through specially-designed tutorials.
The course includes a range of video lessons and exercises for guitar players. Songs have different difficulty levels and playing styles, so you can choose a version suitable for you.
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Juanes’ course includes:
- Inspirational advice and behind-the-scenes stories from Juanes’ musical journey.
- Advice about songwriting and communicating through music.
- Story of how "La Camisa Negra" came together.
- Tips and techniques for playing "La Camisa Negra", "Es Por Ti", "A Dios Le Pido", "Para Tu Amor", and "Me Enamora” (guitar).
What’s included in the Jason Mraz Spotlight course?
Jason Mraz, a GRAMMY-winning singer-songwriter, shares full song performances, provides tips and tricks for playing and speaks about his musical journey, including his songwriting process, and experiences learning and performing music.
The course includes a range of video lessons and exercises for ukulele and guitar players. Songs have different difficulty levels and playing styles, so you can choose a version suitable for you.
Jason’s course includes:
- Tips and techniques for playing “I’m Yours” and “I Won’t Give Up” (guitar and ukulele).
- A never-before-heard ukulele version of “I Won’t Give Up,” exclusive to Yousician.
- Full song performances of “I’m Yours” and “I Won’t Give Up” (guitar and ukulele).
- Inspirational advice and behind-the-scenes stories from Jason’s musical journey.
- Access to all-new Jason Mraz song on Yousician: “93 Million Miles”.
How can I access the courses?
Juanes and Jason Mraz Spotlight courses are available for Premium+ and Premium+ Family memberships. If you have a free account, you might be eligible for a free premium trial.
Where can I find the courses?
To access Juanes' Spotlight course, log into your Yousician account, switch to guitar and head to the Songs tab.
To access Jason Mraz's guitar Spotlight course, log into your Yousician account and head to the Learn -> Courses tab. Change your instrument to ukulele and head to the Songs tab to play Jason Mraz's ukulele Spotlight course.
Why can’t I find the courses?
Juanes Spotlight course is available for guitar. Switch instruments to guitar in the Game tab in-app to access the course.
Jason Mraz Spotlight courses are available for guitar and ukulele. Switch instruments to guitar or ukulele in the Game tab in-app to access the courses.