Secrets To Learning To Play The Guitar Revealed

           

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So you want to Learn to Play the Guitar?

So I guess you want to learn to play the guitar seeing as how you are already here ?

Now the next question is, what type of guitar do you have, or are you considering buying ?

I suppose that guitars fall into two main categories really, acoustic, or electric, then of course there are the variations on these. For example is your electric guitar a one, two, or three pickup, does it have a tremolo bar, etc etc. or if its an acoustic is it a traditional wood guitar or a steel guitar, is it semi acoustic with electric pick ups, or is it steel stung or gut/nylon strung.

As you can see there are so many variations that it is impossible to write any one single tutorial manual that will cover every combination of methods of playing them.

Now most people who start out will of course start out at the very basic level of either a fairly nice but basic acoustic guitar with gut/nylon strings, or nice budget electric guitar with some sort of basic amplifier system. Any of these can be bought quite reasonably at many of the main chain store outlets. But if you want to do it right then the best thing you could do would be to go to a music or guitar specialist who will be able to give you impartial advice on the best type for your needs.

So now you have that sorted out you will want to learn how to play the thing. Again there are so many different methods of learning to play the guitar that it would be impossible to explain every method in detail. So lets spilt this down again in to a few different categories again.

The very best way is to go for one-on-one lesson's. This can be quite expensive and the main disadvantage is that you will probably be restricted to something like one lesson a week and then you go home and study and practice for a week to perfect what you have learned. But the big advantage is that if you are sensible you will also be learning to read music at the same time. Another advantage is that you can usually find a very capable instructor for the type of playing that you want to learn. For example do you want to learn to play lead guitar, Spanish style, classic style, or just strum along type of playing. So really this is the very best method of learning to play if you have the time and the patience, and if you want to learn to play up to a professional level.

If on the other hand you want to run at your own pace then the best thing that you can do is to teach yourself. So, how do you teach yourself if you can't play in the first place? Well that is easy to solve these days. You buy a teach yourself to play guitar instruction course or book.

There are literally thousands of these books and courses available. You can find them in most music shops where you will probably be able to view some of the content before you buy, or get the advice of am experienced store assistant. But increasingly these days there is of course the Internet. If you take your time and research your subject you will find the perfect system for to suit your needs.

I have tried many of these systems myself over the years and there are some that are absolute rubbish but promise the Earth, and then there are some that promise very little but are excellent. So do I have any recommendations? I sure do.

The one system that will guarantee to get anyone up and running so to speak in a very short period of time is ?Unlock the Guitar in a weekend? by Jared Crebs, which is available at http://www.master-the-guitar.com .

This course is either downloadable on the Internet or can be ordered as a cd for direct delivery. It is basically an E-Book that you can work your way through at your own pace, with some very good basic sound tracks that you can listen too and play along too. He teaches you basic chord structures, rhythms, and there is also a companion book that he supplies which contains about 150 tunes that you can play using just 4 basic chords.

Whilst this may not the best system it certainly is very good in as much as it will get you going very very quickly. Once you have mastered his system you can then move on to other systems, but for my money "Unlock the Guitar in a weekend? by Jared Crebs which is available at http://www.master-the-guitar.com will give most people the confidence and the basics to move on and really enjoy their Guitar playing.

The Beginners Guide to Unlocking the Guitar Course by By Jared Crebs

Computer Based E Book Lessons Good for Casual Students Rating 3/5

The course is based on an E-Book and some sound files that you could download which made it really easy to access almost immediatly without any fuss.

Once inside the book I was pleased to find that I could follow the program quite easily and soon picked up a few tips that I had forgotten after all those years.

But to be fair I have to say that if you can already Play the guitar quite well then this course would prove to be too easy.

I am still using the e book and everything that came with the program. I find the E Book quite well laid out, not perfect, but still easy to follow, The chords structures and playing techniques he teaches are a pleasure to learn as he leads you through the course. The sound files are very good also, and I was soon strumming along with them.

What do you get ? The Beginner's Guide to Unlocking the Guitar e-book including sound files.

Suitable for beginners, and re-starters like me, some intermediate players, may benefit from a few of the tips he gives.

Is not suitable for anyone under 10 years of age, experienced players

Bonus items include ane-book of 150 popular songs which can be played with 4 chords or less, the perfect chord chart for beginners, chord sound files for begginers, and singing techniques e-book for beginners

The Beginners Guide to Unlocking the Guitar

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Learning To Play The Guitar In A Weekend

           

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There are many systems and program that will guarantee to get anyone up and running so to speak in a very short period of time. Most of them can be found on the Internet by simply requesting a search for ?guitar lessons?

Most of those you will find will be in an E-Book format that you can work your way through at your own pace, with some very good basic sound tracks that you can listen too and play along too. Or some of the courses are available as a hard copy in either CD format or Book format from Amazon. Most of these books or systems teach you basic chord structures rhythms, and many of the E Book and cd format systems also include a companion which typically will contain about 150 tunes that you can play using just 4 basic chords or some other useful tool that you can use to aid you in your lessons.

The advantage of the downloaded E Book courses is that they are download as soon as you have paid which make it really easy to access and almost immediately start to use them without any fuss.

Whilst these may not the best system they certainly are very good in as much as they will get you going very quickly. Once you have mastered the first few lessons you will probably want to move on to other systems, but the best plan is really to stick with your first choice and go through that before branching out in all different directions. This way you will learn the basics well and then be able to move on and really enjoy your Guitar playing.

Once inside these E book systems you find that they are easy to follow and you will soon pick up a few tips and shorten your learning curve somewhat.

But to be fair if you can already play the guitar a little you need to be a little more selective in the program that you choose as some of those available will be way too basic for you and you will find that the vast majority of the information they contain will be way too basic for you.

I am still using the first e book I ever purchased including everything that came with the program. The E book was quite well laid out, not perfect, but still easy to follow. The chords structures and playing techniques that I learned from this book were a pleasure to learn, as I was lead through the course. The sound files that also came with it as a bonus were very good also, and I was soon strumming along with them.

Geoff Lord is a master Guitarist with over 40 years of experience. He has reviewed many of the available E Books and Books on the subject and is the owner of the Master the Guitar-The-Guitar system. You can find out about some of his methods and resources by visiting his websites

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Learn To Play Guitar Tab - Auld Lang Syne

           

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Today you will learn to play a popular melody with guitar tab. You do not need to know sheet music notation. Let me show you guitar tablature!

Here are the lyrics of the first verse and chorus:

Should auld acquaintance be forgot

and never brought to mind?

Should auld acquaintance be forgot

and auld lang syne ?

For auld lang syne, my dear

for auld lang syne

we?ll take a cup o? kindness yet

for auld lang syne

Below you have an example of a guitar tab staff. The lines represent the three first strings on your guitar, that is, the strings with the highest pitch.

The line number one represent the first string.

1. ----------------------

2. ----------------------

3. ----------------------

On this guitar tab staff you will find numbers showing which frets you need to press down to play the melody.

Now you will start to read the guitar tab for the first part of the lyrics:

Should auld acquaintance be forgot

1. -------------------------0------------------------

2. -------1----0----1------------3-----1-----3---

3. --0-----------------------------------------------

The number 0 on the third string tells you to play this string without pressing down a fret. In other words you will play the open third string.

The next note is on the first fret on the second string. Press down the first fret and play the note.

I suggest that you pluck the notes with your right hand thumb.

Time for the next line of lyrics and guitar tab:

and never brought to mind?

1. ---0----------------------0-----3-----5----

2. ---------3----1----1------------------------

3. ----------------------------------------------

The first two notes in the tablature will be used for the word "and" in the lyrics.

What about the left hand fingers? You can use your index finger to press down all frets as you play.

This is a very common way to play guitar for beginners.

In the long run a better way to use your left hand fingers is to play all notes on the first fret with your index, the notes on the second fret with your middle finger and the third fret notes with your ring finger.

In the special case above with the fifth fret I suggest that you slide your ring finger from fret three to fret five.

Yes, it is true that it is a bit awkward to use the ring finger but believe me it will soon get used to the new tasks and be of great benefit in your guitar playing!

Here are the third line of the verse and the tablature:

Should auld acquaintance be forgot

1. ----5----3------0-----0-------------------------------

2. -------------------------------1-----3----1-----3-----

3. ---------------------------------------------------------

The last line of the verse is here:

and auld lang syne?

and guitar tab:

1. ----0--------------------------------------------

2. -----------3-----1-------------------------1----

3. -------------------------2-----2-----0----------

By now you already now quite well how to read guitar tablature notation so I will give you the lyrics and the guitar tabs right on:

For auld lang syne, my dear

1. ----5----3----0----0---------------------------------

2. ----------------------------1-----3-----1-----3------

3. --------------------------------------------------------

for auld lang syne

1. -----5-----3-----0-----0----3-----5------

2. ---------------------------------------------

3. ---------------------------------------------

we?ll take a cup o? kindness yet

1. ----5----3----0-----0--------------------------------

2. ----------------------------1------3-------1-----3---

3. --------------------------------------------------------

for auld lang syne

1. ----0-------------------------------------------------

2. -----------3------1------------------------------1---

3. --------------------------2-------2------0-----------

Now you have learned a very popular melody with the help of guitar tab. I guess it is best for you to learn the melody by heart, one line at a time.

You have also learned to read guitar tab notation. You can find a lot of popular melodies on the internet written this way!

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The Number One Mistake Guitarists Make When Learning Guitar Scales

           

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There is a really common mistake that many guitarists make when learning guitar scales. This one mistake slows down their rate of progress drastically. What do you think it is? It is simply this?

They try to learn every single scale there is!

I did this myself when I first started playing guitar. I bought one of those thick guitar scale books and set about trying to learn them all. I was spending hours and hours a day learning the scales in the book. I thought that to be a ?master of scales? I had to know them all! I soon realized that I was making a big mistake?

Now why on earth would this be a mistake? Surely the more guitar scales you know the better right? Well?if you had seventeen lifetimes to learn them all, then this would be true. But the fact is, our time on this planet is limited. There is just not enough time to learn every possible scale!

So why does trying to learn huge numbers of guitar scales potentially slow down your progress? Here are four big reasons?

1. You?ll feel overwhelmed.

Just thinking that you have to learn hundreds of scales puts you in a total state of overwhelm. You might not even know which scales to start with. This feeling of overwhelm can often lead to procrastination. You keep putting off your guitar scale practice in favor of things that are more fun.

2. You?ll learn unnecessary scales.

Trying to learn every single scale there is can lead to you learning unnecessary scales. These are guitar scales that are not needed in order to play the style of music that you want to play. For example: If you have a love of blues guitar then it would be a complete waste of time to learn some exotic scales that you will never use. Your time would be better spent mastering the scales common to blues guitar.

3. Your guitar practice routine becomes unbalanced.

If you try to learn way too many scales at once then there is a good chance that you spend too much time practicing scales. This can cause you to neglect practicing other really important things such as phrasing, ear training, chords, improvisation and learning songs.

4. You learn scales in a superficial way.

This is when you know lots of guitar scales, but you don?t know any on a very deep level. They have not ?become part of you? yet. This probably means that you find it hard to improvise in a musical way. You may sound like you are just running up-and-down scales when you solo.

Can you see how these four reasons can slow down your guitar learning progress? Are YOU making the mistake of trying to learn too many scales at once? What would be some specific things that you could do to avoid making this mistake? (This last question is worthy of some serious thought!).
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If You Lack The Time For Formal Lessons, You Can Learn To Play Guitar Online

           

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In the same way as you can take educational classes online, you can now learn to play the guitar online. And as with educational classes, it takes dedication and self-discipline to be successful. Lots of people have hopes and dreams to learn things outside of work, but with the modern demands from work and family, it is often very difficult to make time for extracurricular lessons. Now, thanks to the wonder of technology and the Internet, it is possible to get multimedia lessons to learn to play guitar online.

The are several companies that offer you the opportunity to learn to play guitar online, by offering the lessons through the Internet. You can download the songs you have to learn for the lessons, practice playing them, and then record yourself playing the songs and send that back to the instructor, who will review it and give you honest feedback and criticism. Anybody can learn to play the guitar, and now if you have the discipline, you can learn to play the guitar online.

Since there is no instructor to look over your shoulder and make you play the piece over and over until you get it, your success completely depends on yourself to give each lesson the attention and time it deserves and requires. It will only be your desire to learn to play guitar that can make you practice and complete the lessons.

A major difference between personal lessons and online lessons, is the amount of personal attention you will receive from the instructor. While a live instructor can challenge you to play more difficult pieces by playing for you and getting you to try it too, a virtual instructor cannot convey the same challenge and urgency. Once again, it is important to realize before you start this venture that you must have a burning desire to learn to play guitar online, and you must dedicate the time necessary to each lesson.

Online classes are usually self-paced, but there is usually also a time limit in which you have to complete the course. This means that if you fail to complete the class in the time available, you would have wasted the money you paid for tuition.

All in all, if you do not have the time to take formal lessons, want to learn at your own pace and avoid any possible embarrassment from struggling in front of other students, learning to play guitar online is a good alternative.

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Learn to Play Guitar - A Beginner's Guide

           

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This article is devoted to learning how to play guitar (and even those just thinking about learning to play or giving the gift of music to a loved one) and how to approach gaining some kind of proficiency on the instrument. Now, we've all seen people playing the guitar at various times, sometimes on TV, sometimes up close (a real treat), playing various kinds of music and at varying skill levels. I think the hardest obstacle to overcome when you're learning how to play the guitar or thinking about starting is the thought that playing the guitar is only something musicians can do, or is only for people who are musically inclined. The simple fact is that anyone can learn to play the guitar. It's just a matter of spending some time with it on a regular basis, and practicing in a manner that's both fun and productive. Once it becomes part of your routine, it's only a matter of time before your skill level and confidence develop.

When I started learning the guitar, there were a couple of learning aids I found to be indispensable. They include:

• Learning to Play Guitar Chord Reference Book - This is really helpful when you're not sure how to play an F chord or a B minor, or want to learn some other ways to play it
• Artist Songbook - This is a songbook which has the piano, lyrics, and guitar chords to your artist's favorite songs, and is great for learning how to strum and change from chord to chord
• Classical Guitar Book - This helps you familiarize yourself with the feel of scales and arpeggios, and also improves your sight reading
• Guitar Tab Songbook - As you progress, you're going to want to play some of the guitar parts from your favorite songs note-for-note, meaning exactly as your favorite guitarist plays them. This type of book has the music for this both in standard notation and guitar tablature

I had a very insightful guitar teacher who started off each lesson by showing me a new chord and how to play it. Some good chord reference books that tackle these types of chords are the Whole Book of Guitar Chords and The First Book of Chords for the Guitar both written by Dan Fox. Once I had a feel for the chord, he would choose a song from a songbook from one of my favorite bands that used this chord (say a B minor or an A7) and would have me learn that song using an appropriate strum pattern. My mom played the piano, and would often visit the music store to buy sheet music songbooks from her favorite artists, so eventually I got her to buy me a few gems of this type:

• Beatles Complete - This is a valuable book for two reasons. One is that it's The Beatles. The second is that The Beatles composed songs with relatively few and very easy to play chords ("I Saw Her Standing There" has three), and also songs with many and often unorthodox chords ("Michelle" has, um, a lot), especially when used in rock music. This makes it a great vehicle for learning new chords incrementally via their songs
• Neil Young - Decade - My brother wore out this recording and when I started playing some of the tunes from it on the guitar, it gave his little brother some instant credibility. Many of the songs in this book were recorded by Neil on the acoustic guitar, so it lends itself to the beginner who's learning on an acoustic
• Led Zeppelin Complete - This is a strange and beautiful book. It has the main guitar riffs for every Led Zeppelin song on the first five albums (I - IV and House of the Holy) but it's in standard notation. I spent a summer learning every song in this book and not only did my guitar playing improve, but so did my sight reading
• Eric Clapton Deluxe Revised - This contains some of the best songs from Cream, the Layla disc by Derek and the Dominoes, and some of Eric's early solo work, but it's unique in that it has a separate section with some of Eric's best guitar solos transcribed. Eric is a great role model when you start learning how to play a guitar solo, because some of his solos are simple enough that they can be played by a beginning-intermediate guitar player (though it takes a lifetime to learn to play it with as much feeling as Eric)

Once we covered the chord of the week and the song that went with it, we would tackle a classical piece. One of the best classical books I can recommend, especially if you're not a classical guitarist, is Classical Studies for Pick-Style Guitar - Volume 1. This book is great for developing your right-hand picking and also for developing your sight reading since all the music is in standard notation. There are some interesting pieces by Matteo Carcassi, which require you to arpeggiate various chords, and also some Bach Inventions that are arranged for duet guitar, so you can play with a friend. You can hear how this sounds in an on-line guitar lesson I created at WholeNote - Bach's 8th Invention.

The one thing that's changed over the past decade in sheet music for guitarists is the emergence of guitar tab songbooks. In the late 1990's, an archive of guitar tablature files was collectively created and dubbed the On-Line Guitar Archives (OLGA), in which random guitarists from around the world created text files containing their own transcriptions of how to play your favorite songs by your favorite bands. The problem was that the quality and accuracy of the transcription was hit or miss. Sheet music companies finally wised up and started releasing accurate note-for-note transcription books, which were the real deal. In my day, you were a god if you could play the guitar solo, "Eruption", played by Eddie Van Halen off Van Halen I, because you had to learn it by ear off the record, which is pretty much impossible. Today, you can just buy the Van Halen I guitar tab songbook and get all the music for Eruption both in guitar tab and standard notation. Oh, and they also throw in the rest of the songs from Van Halen I, and from Van Halen II, as well. I've always loved the whacked-out intro that Eddie plays in Mean Street, which opens the Fair Warning recording. The Van Halen Guitar Anthology Series has the tab for this, note for note, including every last harmonic, pick scrape, bend, and tap. It's unbelievable. And it's not just Van Halen. You can find similar guitar tab songbooks for The Beatles, Metallica, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Dave Matthews Band, Nirvana, Green Day, Audioslave and pretty much anyone else you can think of.

Finally, as you develop your practice routine, the one thing most often overlooked during practice is being able to play in time. When you start to get comfortable with chords and strumming, there's a natural tendency to stop or to hesitate while switching between chords. A good metronome will make you aware of this and force you to play in time. The Qwik Time QT-7 Quartz Metronome is a good budget option and provides a good click, while the Wittner Wood Case Metronome w/ Bell and Cover is the kind you can hang onto forever and pass along from generation to generation (and I should know - I have one from my grandfather). The Fender MT-1000 Chromatic Tuner/Metronome is unique in that you get both a metronome and a guitar tuner in one convenient package. Very handy, indeed.

You too can learn to play the guitar today! Hopefully, this gives you a bit of direction as you learn to play the guitar. Remember that it's simply a matter of spending some time regularly practicing some of the basics and then applying them to your favorite music. Keep expanding your knowledge of the basic chords and learn to play songs that use them, along with the strumming patterns of the tune. Combined with some classical pieces for dexterity and developing your sight-reading chops, you'll be well on your way to mastering the guitar in no time!


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How Yo Learn Any Song In Under 30 Minutes With Your Guitar

           

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I remember when I got my first guitar. My mother came strolling in to the house with a guitar case, smiled, and sat it down about 15 feet away from me. I instantly ran over to find my very first Washburn guitar. I quickly began to "play" my new baby...

Just for reference, my version of playing the guitar was laying the body flat on it's back like a slide guitar so I could see what I was doing... Oh man those were the days!

My first adventure in to a song was Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here. I went to the search engine and had no idea what a tab was or even how to begin searching for one.

Finally I began to put two and two together and found a version of Pink Floyd's Wish You Were here from MXTabs.net way back before they got shut down =(

To make a long story short, I broke a sweat out of frustration in less than 5 minutes, put my guitar back in it's case and went back to playing my video games. That was back then...

This is now...

Guitar tabs look like perfect english to me now, but at the time when I was starting out I couldn't make sense of anything. It looked like another foreign language to me! My friends laughed when they watched my fingers try to play a song in the most ridiculous way imaginable. I was just trying to do what the tab told me to do, but the tab didn't tell me what finger position to play in, or if there were any helpful tricks to make it easier on my hands! I was getting tired of this dead end approach to improve my skills.

Here is my point: Guitar tab sucked then and it sucks now. I'm still waiting for the pioneer that fixes this problem for the masses...

Dane Maxwell & Paul Johnson produce guitar video tabs for popular songs and artists. Developed out of a need to help their students, the idea is still in its infancy and has yet to prove itself as a viable solution to guitar players around the world.

Tabs Cause Confusion.

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Learning to Play Bass Guitar - 4 Guitar Playing Tips

           

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Playing the guitar is one popular pastime nowadays. For some people, it is also a way of expressing themselves and elevates the hobby into an art form or sometimes, science.

Playing the guitar, however, is no joke. It requires a lot of patience and practice. For some people, they would rather study playing the bass guitar than the regular guitar. Here are some tips on learning to play the bass guitar.

1. Feel the beat

Playing the bass guitar differs primarily from playing a regular guitar because it entails an emphasis on the beat of the music. One can compare the bass guitar into a drum or percussion set that is made into a guitar. Beats are very important in playing bass guitar because this type of guitar gives depth and timing to any song.

If one grasps the notes of a regular guitar through his ears, a bass player grabs the notes of a bass guitar through his chest. The bass guitar pounds on the heart and gives it feelings through the depth of the music.

2. Learn the notes (single chords) on a regular guitar

The main thing about bass guitars is that they are tuned like ordinary guitars. The difference is that most regular bass guitars only have four strings which are far thicker than ordinary ones. This kind of strings allows the bass guitar to go very deep in terms of tone.

Take a regular guitar (which is tuned from the thickest to the lowest string- E - A - D - G - B - E) and exclude the two thinnest strings at the bottom and what is left is basically a bass guitar with thinner strings.

Bass playing is usually note-oriented and not chord-oriented. This means that single notes are hit more often in bass playing and this scheme is the essential element of bass playing. One should be familiar with the tunings and the notes in a regular guitar to be able to decently play the bass guitar.

3. Finger placing is important

Hitting the bass guitar fret board with the left-hand fingers is very important since it is a major factor that will determine the wholeness of each note. Try to place the fingers such that they are close to the fret on the right. The right hand should also be practiced so as to give bass guitar playing a holistic approach.

4. Strengthen your grip

Another important thing to develop in bass playing is the strength of both hand's fingers. The bass guitar is a sturdy and solid musical instrument, strength is needed to play it.

In playing the bass guitar, one should always take one lesson at a time. Bass playing requires repetition and there's no sense in hurrying the learning process. One should feel the notes through his soul and through his heart and become one with the bass guitar.

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Learning The Guitar - Traditional Methods Vs Learning Online

           

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What I'd like to discuss today, is whether or not is it, a) viable, and b) better, to learn how to play the guitar by methods of learning online.

Obviously learning online has it's huge benefits (less cost, learn when you want etc.), but the real question is, will it give you as good, or better of a result then learning through traditional methods?

Hopefully today I can answer that question.

Learning The Guitar The Traditional Way

So, you've made the decision to learn the guitar, whether that be because you want to be in a band and rock in front of thousands of fans, or whether it is just a hobby and you would like to improve your skills... either way, you'll need to find someone to teach you.

Traditionally, you would go to a music teacher who would impart their knowledge onto you, and teach you all the guitar secrets that they know, and bring you up to speed. Now, to me, there are some blaring problems with doing this.

Problem #1 - High cost... if you have to pay someone to teach you how to play the guitar, chances are it is going to cost you an arm and a leg over the period of time that you are getting taught... which could be anywhere from 3 months to years. And at $50 a lesson, it isn't cheap.

Problem #2 - Limited knowledge... now, yes you might be learning from a teacher, but chances are they also teach the piano, the flute, the trumpet and so on... what does this mean? It means they don't have specialized knowledge, which means they won't be as good as someone who just plays the guitar 8 hours a day.

Problem #3 - Learning speed... you are limited by the number of classes that you attend, but you are also limited to the program that your teacher assigns to you. They will have a set program for their students that they take them through, and usually not deviating from this program. This means that your learning progress could be seriously slowed.

Now, with those problems in mind, lets take a look at the other road, which is to find a program yourself (typically online) and learning from that.

Learning The Guitar Through An Online Learning Program

These programs are usually written by professionals. They could be written by ex-lead guitarists of some seriously high class bands, or teachers that have made a name for themselves in the industry, and are now trying to release a program to reach a wider audience via the internet.

Let's look at the problems of going this road.

Problem #1 - Requires self motivation... by effectively taking on a 'home study course' in how to learn the guitar; it requires that you are a self starter. Why? Because the person who is going to push you to learn, is going to be yourself. You don't have a teacher you can go to who is going to kick your butt if you have been slacking off, you have to do it yourself. Not everybody can do this, so if you're not the kind of person who is a self starter, don't even bother with this kind of course.

Problem #2 - Picking the right course... there are many courses out there to learn the guitar, so it can be hard trying to find which ones are good, and which ones are a waste of time. The way you get around this, is to do your own research, check out review sites, find out about testimonials and customer reviews. Find out what consumers think that have already bought the program.

So there you have it.

It really comes down to this fact, if you're a self starter, then you'll love getting an online learning program. The pace at which you will learn will be drastically increased, since you'll be able to go at your own pace (be that fast or slow).

If you're not really a self starter, but want to learn, then chances are that you should go find a decent teacher that will keep you in line.

All I will say is this, do your research on the teacher as well... have they produced any 'stars'? Have they been a successful guitarist themselves in their career? Or are they just teaching as a 'job'?

Enjoy, and good luck with finding the right course or teacher.

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You can learn to play guitar online - and it's never been easier.

Whether you wish to become a jazzy crooner, a country strummer or a jamming rock star, the guitar is one of the easiest instruments to learn. There are a variety of lessons, tools and help out there in cyberspace. And, you can learn enough to strum along with your first song after only one lesson!

To learn how to play guitar online, you need several tools in addition to your guitar. Some guitar lessons and tools designed to assist you in learning how to play guitar online, include:

- Step-by-step guitar lessons
- Chord lessons and chord charts
- Guitar tab lessons
- Song lyrics with chords
- Guitar lesson ebooks and software programs
- Sheet music
- Sound files and guitar jam tracks
- Online guitar site forums

If you are a beginner, look for online guitar lessons directed toward the new guitar player. These lessons should include the basics, such as; how to hold a guitar, choose a guitar, basic chord instruction, learning frets and how to choose guitar accessories.

Of course, the beginning guitar player will need charts for learning the various chords, so, at the very least, look for these visual aids. With practice, it won't be long before you'll be ready for intermediate guitar lessons.

The intermediate guitar player can also benefit from quality online guitar lessons and resources which illustrate the many chords. Furthermore, intermediate guitar players will be interested in learning to read guitar tablature.

There are many websites that offer free guitar lessons, but you may choose instead to get help with an online guitar lesson program. Although there's nothing wrong with teaching yourself guitar for free, many beginners find that it's easier, and faster, to learn to play guitar from a pro.

With professional guitar instruction, you'll learn how to play guitar the correct way, while learning which mistakes and bad habits you must avoid. It's truely a highly effective way to learn to play guitar. You'll learn valuable tips and techniques designed to reduce the confusion and frustrations that many people experience when learning to play a new instrument.

By choosing a guitar lesson program, developed by a professional guitarist, you'll get all levels of training needed. Most professional online guitar lesson programs are very affordable, and come with all the "bells and whistles" of proper guitar learning.

In Closing:

It's never been easier to learn to play guitar online. Of course it takes practice, but many of the greatest guitarists taught themselves most of what they know about guitar playing. Because of the Internet, you can play along with guitar jam tracks, learn unusual chords, find chords and lyrics for songs you want to learn, and even learn to read guitar tablature.

You can even join an online guitar players forum to get one-on-one help, support and to ask questions. And because of the high demand of learning guitar online, if you choose to invest in an online guitar course, the prices have never been lower than they are today.Article by Anna Rowe. Visit her online guitar lesson reviews site to compare the best online guitar learning programs. Get free guitar lessons and guitar playing tips.