I have been learning to play the guitar for a while now. What I have found is that there are a lot of resources out there to help you learn guitar. But this can be hindering sometimes as the choice can be overwhelming. This first article of mine is a sort of synopsis of starting out to learn guitar.
The Best Sources For Basic Guitar Lessons And Learning Techniques. This will give the new guitar player choices from which he/she can decide to follow.
Firstly, there are two ways of learning anything (not my way or the highway) No, they're teach yourself, or get a teacher. Let's look at teachers first. The cheapest and possibly least effective teacher you can get to learn guitar is probably a friend. Because you are not paying you seem to have a little less commitment i have found. Night school is the next and is more effective and relatively cheap method as well. This also gives you a chance to meet other guitar players at the same stage as you.
A professional guitar teacher is the most expensive option and will definately give you results as you will have more commitment when following this option. However, If you can't afford a professional guitar teacher, and you don't cant learn guitar at night school or have a friend handy for guitar lessons, the second option is to teach yourself. This option i recommend as you can learn guitar at your own pace and there are many resources out there available to you. With teaching yourself to learn guitar you have a few options. You can buy guitar tutor books fairly cheaply at most guitar shops, or purchase courses online. With books you generally can get out or find your favourite songs, listen to them over and over, work out the chords and lead work, then play. But books are static, they do not change, and when they do you have to buy a new one. Guitar lessons online are dynamic and will change as the resources do (with good online learn guitar sites anyway as they get updated). They can be fairly cheap and you can go over each guitar lesson as many times as you want. Check out
Guitar Lesson,
Learn to play guitar,
Learn guitar for some reviews of online guitar learning resources.
So there you have it--some basic guitar lessons sources: a friend, school lessons, night school, a professional teacher, a book or course, learning by ear, or an online course.
Gibson Guitars Crafty has a few related blog sites where he shares the trials and tribulations of learning the guitar. On this site he shares articles and resources that helps him learn guitar. They are:
Learn to play guitar, Guitar Lesson, Learn guitar
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