Emma Martin asked:




There are basically two different approaches to consider when you want to know how to to learn to play guitar. We’ll take a look at the pros and cons of each method so you can decide what is the best way for you to learn to play guitar.

One on One Guitar Lessons

The first method of learning guitar is the most traditional, taking one on one guitar lessons with a professional guitar teacher. For most students, you would attend your guitar class for an hour to two hours once a week and then the rest of the week you would practice at home.

The big advantage of one on one instruction is that you have another person to show you exactly what to do and the guitar teacher can also show you what you are doing wrong and how to correct it. This can be a big help with fingering in particular, as some folks have a hard time getting this right.

The major disadvantage to one on one guitar lessons is how time-consuming they are. When I took guitar lessons in my teens, it took weeks of lessons before I could even play a simple song and I spent most of my time doing boring drills. This was frustrating and made me not want to practice during the week because I didn’t feel like I was getting anywhere.

Most traditional guitar instructors spend a lot of time on learning how to read music first and they don’t do anything with guitar tabs. Personally, I prefer to start getting into playing songs immediately. I can go back and learn music later if I decide I want to get serious and start writing my own music.

The other disadvantage of taking one on one guitar lessons is, of course, cost. Weekly guitar lessons do add up to a pretty penny and can cost as much as $30-$100 per lesson depending on where you live and the demand for your particular guitar instructor.

Take an Online Guitar Course

The second method of learning guitar is to take classes online. A long time ago I may have recommended just buying guitar books and videotapes or DVDs to teach yourself how to play guitar, but the internet has come a long way and so has bandwidth and so I think it makes more sense to do the guitar lessons online. You still get both written guitar lessons and video instruction, but for what you’d spend on those materials bought at a music store vs what you would spend online, you come out much better off online and usually wind up with way more lessons for your money, regardless of which online instruction course you decide to take.

The big advantage of taking your guitar lessons online is that you will be able to start learning to play actual songs right away. Most online guitar lessons start with learning guitar tabs which makes it much easier to just get right into playing songs. You also will have access to the material at your own pace. So you don’t have to take a class, spend a week doing drills, only to come back and learn more drills that you have to work on for a week. You can move from lesson to lesson as slowly or as quickly as you can master the material.

The major disadvantage to taking guitar lessons online is, of course, not having access to someone in person that can show you if you are doing something wrong. For some people, having an instructor that you can directly interact with is not something they’d want to give up, so it just depends on how confident you are about some self-direction in your learning.

With a good video course, you should easily be able to mimic the instructor’s movements and fingering, so it pays to take a look at a few different online guitar courses and making sure they have some sample video instruction available so you can be certain you will be able to follow along without getting frustrated.

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Ricky Sharples asked:




Have you ever felt that you have feelings inside you that could be expressed through music? And have you regretted not learning to play the guitar? Do you feel that you could get REALLY good at guitar playing? That you would love to experience first hand the excitement of watching your fingers fly all over the fretboard? Maybe you actually started to learn to play a guitar but your life got in the way. Maybe you know a few chords and you would like to progress some more.

Naturally many guitarists believe that there are overwhelming advantages to learning how to play guitar with the benefit of face-to-face lessons with a live teacher. Your guitar teacher can give you personal guidance, watch as you play while correcting your mistakes and complimenting you when you have done well. If you feel that you can’t do without the personal touch of one-on-one lessons from a private teacher then that’s okay. But you should be warned that personal lessons are now an extremely expensive way to learn guitar. The internet is an ideal medium for passing on knowledge with little effort and no cost. Text, pictures and videos teaching you how to hold the guitar, how to read conventional music notation and guitar tablature plus instruction in all guitar styles can be downloaded into your life in an instant.

Much of this material teaching you how to play guitar is packaged and sold by expert guitarists who make their living sharing with others the pleasure of playing the guitar. The key phrase is “make their living”. Everybody has to do it, and the fact is I can’t think of one guitar course available on the web that is poor quality or low value for money. The difference between the various packaged guitar courses and membership guitar sites is musical tastes and different approaches to teaching.

There is also a great deal of free material out there that will show you how to play the guitar. There are free computer programs that will help you tune your guitar and learn the notes on the fretboard. There are thousands and thousands of videos teaching you all kinds of basic and advanced guitar techniques. There are free guitar tabs and sheet music for any song you could ever want to learn. If you want to learn how to play a guitar for free, all you have to do is put all this material together by downloading it to your computer or bookmarking it so you can find it when you need it.

Maybe it is not a good idea to try to learn something new without a teacher looking over your shoulder. You never know until you try. Based on the experience of many beginner guitarists, it could easily be possible for you to learn to play the guitar without the help of a teacher.

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Paul Gian asked:




When turning on your television at night time, you will notice the remarkable amount of ads that are targeted to hit the younger generations. The younger generation consists of the members of the community who are under the age of 35.

As we begin to climb the ladder of age, we have to begin to admit to ourselves that we are no longer any part of the cool generation. What the big question is then, is when do we become uncool? You will find a large number of ads that are taken and aimed at the senior generation, but most of these ads are from the pharmaceutical corporations and how cool do you believe this to be? It’s not very cool at all in your opinion right?

When you begin looking for guitar lessons you will come across the similar problem. In fact, there has been research conducted that shows that the average age of males looking to learn the guitar ranges from 12 to 25 years old. So as a result of this information, the beginner lessons are targeted for the much younger generations and why wouldn’t it be when that is where the money is.

If you are sitting there considering picking up the guitar to start to learn, later on in life, then you will realize that the lessons that are targeted at the younger generation are not the same as the older generation. By avoiding key word terms such as shredding, speed picking, guitar god, blazing fast and guitar superstar.

You will want to take note of the artist and the teachers who are teaching these classes. This may be one indicator that the classes are aimed at the younger generation. These courses are good courses but it may be harder for you to learn the guitar as a mature male student.

Some of the ways to learn the guitar can range from, taking lessons at home with a guitar teacher as well as purchasing online guitar courses. You can take courses at home which will teach you the guitar and others range from just plain learning to do it yourself. There is a large amount of information out there that allows for just about anyone to pick up a guitar and do it, absolutely free. In most cases keep in mind, that the instructor you may feel most comfortable with is an older generation male who can relate to you better than the younger generation teacher.

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Adam Robert Manuel asked:




When you get online guitar lessons it’s important to know where to look and work through the whole process step by step. That is one of the minuses abut learning guitar online. In a “real” guitar lesson you will have a personal tutor with you to tell you what your doing right and wrong and generally guide you through the whole process until you are a competent guitarist.

he problem with this method of learn is that you usually will only be able to have one lesson per week at prices in excess of 30. This can also lead to progression problems and other hurdles, such as becoming a linear guitar player and only learn one style. With online guitar lessons you can learn from so many different tutors that will each specialise in a particular type of playing, this will open doors for you on a creative level.

Tips for looking for a guitar teacher:

1. Ask around.

Find out what others are doing and get some feedback.

2. Visit forums.

Ask on forums what people think of online guitar tuition and how it’s helped them.

3. Get a good price.

Get quotes from multiple guitar teachers. Find the cheapest option if you decide not to learn online.

4. Try to get free access online

Ask to preview online guitar tuition websites. See if it’s for you before you buy, the worst that can happen is that they will say no.

5. Buy a guitar!

It may seem obvious but a lot of people try and just use their friends guitars or try and learn theory first thinking they will just be able to pick up a guitar and play… Doesn’t work like that!

Have a look around, weigh up the pros and cons of online guitar lessons and normal lessons and do whatever suits you best. Remember it’s all about the music and progressing as a musician so you want to do what works for you.

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Happy Girl asked:


Without teacher. And is it hard to learn to play guitar?How long time it will take?Are there any websites to learn?I’m nearly 13 years old.
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Fame Ahmed asked:




The Internet is a great resource for all things and as you will find guides to learn to play bass guitar online is one of them. Most people think it is impossible to learn to play bass guitar online but with the multimedia world we live in it is far from it.

We will start with some steps to get you familiar with the basic aspect of the bass guitar and the fundamental’s behind it. Hopefully by the end you will be ready to play wonderful music and all from the comfort of your own home.

Choosing you Guitar

The first step when you learn to play bass guitar online is the only thing you can’t do online and that is choose the instrument, I recommended to pick up and hold it before buying, try and choose one that feels comfortable it will become very hard to learn bass to play bass guitar online if you are uncomfortable the whole time. It does not have to be the most expensive one on the rack because these days even the cheapest ones are very good so don’t let the price tag fool you.

Resources

The bass guitar is one of the simpist instruments to learn to play but it can take a life time to master, but if you choose to learn to play bass guitar online you will have the knowledge of a thousand life times at you door step and there is not one single guitar teacher that can produce that. You can purchase video tutorials online that are as good if not better then having someone in you house pointing every thing out and you have the added advantage of being able to pause and rewind at your will which will become very useful as time goes by.

Your environment

Try to choose the room you practice in very carefully, when you learn to play bass guitar online try to find somewhere quite and free of distractions and unnecessary noise because you will need full concentration all time. If you do decide to learn to play bass guitar online by downloading video’s try to get good quality versions, ones that will require you to watch fine movements and to listen to very precise sounds, which is where the environment comes in again choose a room with lots of furniture and drapes as this will stop echo which can become very annoying.

Confidence

Now you know how to learn to play bass guitar online it is always a good thing to get a group of friends or family together and and play something for them it does not have to be anything special but something you feel confident playing in front of people this will help build you confidence and will make your decision to learn to play bass guitar online seem a lot more rewarding then you first thought.

Well I hope you enjoyed this information and I hope you stick with it as when you learn to play bass guitar online it is one the most rewarding things you can do. Don’t forget to reward the people around you by letting them enjoy your music to.



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Em Kei asked:




Learning to play guitar? Consider online guitar lessons.

Remember the old pre-web days? You used the phonebook to look up a friend or a business, TV guide to see what was on the box, record stores to buy your albums.

Now these things, for the most of us, are done online. And of course it works a lot faster, more convenient and down right better.Maybe some other things should be done this way too? Like learning the guitar for example.

The old way vs. The new way of learning the guitar

The old way: Look up local guitar teacher, either through your local music store or the phonebook. Call them and sign up for lessons, hope they’re good, and do as they say. Pay them by the lesson. if you were in luck you’re local teacher was great and you learned a lot, and if not, well, it’s kind of hard to tell when you don’t have that much to compare with right? Basically, you were stuck with the guitar teacher that happenend to be around

The new way: Sign up for free guitar lesson online, have access to the materials, audio, video and print, in the comfort of your own home, play the lesson over and over again, if the teacher’s good, you stick with them, if not, try another free guitar lesson before deciding on learning from any particular teacher.

It’s like having the teacher move in with you, accessible when you want to learn, and the ability to kindly ask them to leave (or kick them out!) when you decide to move on.

So, do you go with the old way or the new way?

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