Beginner Guitar Lessons – Which Method to Choose
Sep 2, 2010 Lead Guitar Lessons
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When I was learning to play the guitar I found that there were a lot of options out there. There were books, CDs, DVDs, teachers that taught theory and how to read music, teachers that taught how to play by ear, and teachers that thought they should be paid way more than they actually should. I tried them all and finally determined what was best for me. So what did I find out? Read on to learn more.
Lessons Lead by an Instructor
The first and obvious choice when learning to play guitar is to find a good instructor that will actually sit down with you and take the time to show you what you are doing wrong and what you are doing right. So, I started with a traditional instructor that attempted to teach me how to read music and play simple songs like jingle bells note by note. As you can probably already tell, my problem with this was that I was not having fun at all. There was just no point in music if I was not having fun. Also, the instructor was very expensive and I would have easily ended up paying thousands of dollars before I became an accomplished musician. I then moved on to an instructor that taught me a few chords and some theory and let me pick out the songs. This was much better but was still very expensive.
Books
Another type of beginner guitar lessons I tried was simply learning from a book. I figured since the instructor was just teaching me out of a book anyway it should not be hard to find a book covering beginner lessons and teach myself guitar that way. This worked for me for a while but the problem was I was not able to stay motivated with just words and notes on a page and there was no real way of gauging my progress or hearing if what I was playing sounded like it was supposed to sound.
CDs, DVDs, and Online Resources
While still searching for beginner guitar lessons I finally discovered the Internet. Through the Internet I was able to find online lessons, videos, jam tracks and more. I also found several complete courses that were being offered by download. I went through several of these courses and found several complete courses that were very helpful in learning to play. I believe that Jam-o-rama is one of the best for teaching all the that you need to play the guitar like a professional band member, they teach you the notes ,chords, songs and rhythm with a downloadable E-book, video and audio lessons. There are tutorials from the creators so when you need a question answered it’s all ready been answered for you. These courses included DVDs with hours of video, digital workbooks, CDs with jam tracks, and lots of updated online content. Now that I have been playing guitar several years I have gotten to try out even more of these types of courses with students that I am teaching and am still using more advanced courses to teach myself.
In the end I would have to say that paying an instructor for beginner guitar lessons is always going to be the first and best option. However if you are on a budget I would definitely consider one of the quality courses you can find online to learn guitar. Many of the courses cost less than what you would pay an instructor in a month. Are you going to learn to play guitar in one month? Most of us would like to think so but I know I didn’t.
This is a full course on how to play from the beginning to advanced play. Before you spend all your time searching for the best computer guitar lessons on your own, I suggest that you try this course and see if it has what you are looking for. This course has a 60 day money back guarantee so if you do not like it you can return it with no questions at all.
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September 2nd, 2010 at 11:15 pm
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