Learn to Play Guitar With Online Software
As with many who aspire to learn to play guitar, my research on competition has had many twists and turns. I considered taking formal lessons at $ 30 an hour. Although this method seems to be the best, is expensive and requires a long commitment. Furthermore, due to my busy schedule I found it impossible to commit to a timetable. I bought the latest books, videos and software online. Using each of these different distribution methods learned a little, and I can play many basic themes of the guitar. The purpose of this article is to share my thoughts on the advantages and disadvantages of each method mentioned above. These opinions are based on my experiences and frustrations in my journey to learn to play guitar. So lets get started!
My love affair with the guitar began about 12 to 15 years. I was listening to B. B King and was fascinated by the sounds coming out of Lucille. I knew that I would like nothing more than sit at home and play these amazing songs all night! I thought it would be great to play some blues sick for some of my friends in my very common (and often drunk!) Parties. So I started looking for information on how to learn to play guitar. The Internet was not as packed with information as it is today (and not having a PC at my disposal) so I went to the bookstore and buy some books. These books gave a pretty good base story of the guitar and a brief introduction to music theory. When it came to learning to play, problems occurred from the beginning.
The first issue was tuning his guitar! The instructions were to use a piano for tuning. I did not have it and I suspect that not many people today. The tuning fork was a pain and I fear that my first few months of learning is done with a guitar out of tune. The next topic was the hand and finger position. Six lines, frets and black spots are a bad way to show how to place your fingers. Even if you have no problem with this, the dynamic nature of the guitar is hard to illustrate on paper. The next item was the reading of music. Was presented in a cumbersome and boring. How do I know that I was playing the right notes? The big problem with the method book for me was a lack of visual activity by-step instructions that showed me his fingers, working together and how the notes (and lyrics) is supposed to sound. In later years, books on how to learn to play guitar came with CD. This was a huge improvement and help. Tuning was much easier, and I could hear what the songs I was learning was supposed to sound. But many problems remain. I think the books are not the best delivery method for learning to play guitar.
Then came the videos. This medium was leaps and bounds better than the books he had bought. I could see and hear what the instructor was teaching. Tuning was even easier than before. Video plans shed light on many of my earlier questions about the position of the hand and the dynamic nature of the guitar. I was able to copy the instructor and actually play some cool songs. I used the rewind function hundreds of times to reproduce something that was lost or was having problems with. There are some limitations though this method is very painful. The first was the boredom. You can only back on the same tape to see the same thing many times. After losing interest. The next problem was that really only learned to play any song on the tape is 60 min. You were never (or at least not very well) with the tools to play songs from others. This was very limiting for me. The last issue was the actual camera angle of the videos. The shots were often too far or wrong angle for you to see exactly what the instructor was doing. This was frustrating for me.
So I get to my favorite method: the software online! Today’s Internet gives us the ability to download full courses to help you learn to play guitar in the comfort of your home. Some of these courses are multimedia instructions that allow you to use technology to maximum effect. One of these courses is Jamorama. This course teaches the Users tab, and how to play songs by ear. It takes advantage of the thousands of songs available for free card online. The price is about what you would pay for an hour of instruction, or what you would pay for books or 2 to learn to play guitar. This course exceeds the lack of books and videos, as it is dynamic. There are games that teach how to learn the tedious and boring task of reading and transcribing music. There are over 148 videos that show step by step how to play songs. One of the most interesting things about Jamorama is that it also has 26 tracks that play well with him. In fact, you can turn off the guitar track and play along with drummer and bassist. This is a great improvement over other methods. The main benefit of this method, and with this course in particular is that it’s interactive!
What are the falls? Because these methods are made to attract a large audience with many different styles of music interests, there are plenty of songs that just do not appeal to me. I personally have no interest in Nirvana, Van Halen and a host of bands / singers that always appear in such courses. Much of the content is not only interesting and therefore part of the wealth of information offered is often wasted. I still believe that software online is the best way to go to learn to play guitar. The interactive benefits are excellent. This is also a very convenient way to learn!
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