Guitar Teacher or Online Lessons?
February 3rd, 2010
All beginner guitarists have to decide how to start about learning the instrument: with a personal teacher, or online.
I also appreciate being able to focus on the style of music I prefer. Therefore removing some of the aggravation of going to see a guitar teacher and having to stick with one set in stone curriculum. What I mean to say is that not all teachers are at the top if their game. Not all teachers will teach you the vibe you want to learn without going through a bunch of irrelevant material.
Many people tell me that wanting to play a particular style like the Blues, Rock or Jazz, they requested them from their personal teachers the day of their first meeting. They did not want to learn a bunch of other styles. Some teachers adhered, some didn’t. Taking lessons on the internet gives you total control of what vibe you learn.
Ideally online lessons can be a terrific learning aid combined with a good teacher.
For I instance, I bought the Jimi Hendrix Experience DVD and Tab Book from Musicians Friend. The DVD has every song on the album. Each song is broken down into the intro and main verses. The actual free time playing where Jimi loses his mind is not included.The breakdown was like this.
- He plays the lick at full speed using a backup track with drums and bass with perfect timing.
- He breaks down each lick into understandable terms. The key it is in, the scales and chords Jimi uses and how to finger or thumb the lick.
- He plays the lick nice and slow, so we can see and assimilate what he just played in perfect timing.
Free time by Jimi Hendrix would be the time he spent in between verses. Playing lead guitar using every weapon at his disposal and every bit of inner soul he had to make his wild and unorthodox notes say something. Free time often lasted up to 45 minutes in some live performances. Free time was a signature/trademark of Jimi Hendrix. Let me know what you think of free time!Downlowad our Basic Guitar Lessons for free!
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I like the article, you highlighted a lot of relevant points. I’ve had two different guitar teachers over a period of around 2-3 years and never really realised that I wasn’t learning anything from them until i quit. The web is truly a powerful resource – I’m mainly self taught from just learning tabs from ultimate guitar or wherever else and reading up on theory – I already have a sparse knowledge of theory from playing the piano at an infant age.