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Learn & Master Guitar
One of the best ways to understand the depth of
Steve’s commitment as a teacher is to read some
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Video Guitar Lessons
One thing I like about online guitar lessons is
the flexibility. The time I
spend playing guitar is usually scheduled
between...
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Playing Through the Blues
- Griff Hamlin brings over 20 years of teaching
experience into this course. He created it to be
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VideoGuitarLessons.com Review |
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Most of us who play guitar have considered taking a
lesson. Whether you are just beginning to learn, want to
improve your current skills, or learn a totally new
genre of music, taking a lesson is the place to start.
However, many of us simply pick up random tips from
friends or scrounge around for dusty old books that
someone else bought years ago. Wouldn’t it make sense to
invest a little bit of time, effort and money into a
real lesson from a guitar great? Most of us don’t have
local access to accomplished guitarists who give
affordable lessons at a time that fits our schedules.
That is where VideoGuitarLessons.com fits in.
When you first check out the VideoGuitarLessons.com
page, a video automatically starts that introduces the
service. Pages with automatic videos like this can be
annoying, but this one is actually pretty laid back and
gives you some general information about the site.
Basically, VideoGuitarLessons.com is a service that
brings you access to all kinds of different
online lessons
for guitar from experienced teachers in many different
genres.
First, you can try some lessons for free to see if you
like the product. You don’t have to sign up for any
newsletters or give the site any personal information
about yourself in order to take a lesson. I really
appreciate this because my inbox is always overflowing
with mass e-mails from
websites that I subscribed to in order to get something
for free. If you decide you like the lessons and the
site, you have a couple options to choose from. You can
pay $24.95 for an online lesson, or many of them are
available on a DVD for the same price. This is a nice
feature because when you buy a DVD you have the ability
to go back and review the lessons as often as you want
without needing access to the Internet. The other option
is to buy an all-access subscription to
VideoGuitarLessons.com and pay $24.95 every month. So,
if you think that you will go through more than one
lesson per month, the subscription could save you a lot
of money. I like that
they also have a money back guarantee. If you subscribe
and then decide it’s not right for you in the first
month, you will get your money back.
So, who are the teachers that give the lessons on
VideoGuitarLessons.com? I found this list impressive,
considering I had actually heard of many of the bands
that these guys played in. The teachers include the
likes of Jeff Baxter who played with the Doobie Brothers
and Steely Dan who specialized in
vst effects; Alphonso Johnson who worked with
Santana, Quincy Jones and Phil Collins; Larry Carlton
who
also played with Steely Dan and Joni Mitchell; John
Heussenstamm whose claim to fame includes Lionel
Ritchie, Deniece Williams and The Commodores; Gregory
Newton who can teach you anything you want to know about
classical guitar; and Bill Yates, a southern rocker who
performed with Charlie Daniels, the Allman Brothers and
more. This list is just the beginning. You can see that
VideoGuitarLessons.com offers
song
guitar lessons by true,
professional, accomplished musicians in just about any
genre you could want to learn. They have lessons from
beginner through advanced in rock, blues, acoustic,
jazz, classical and even lessons for bass players.
One thing I like about online guitar lessons is the
flexibility. The time I spend playing guitar is usually
scheduled between work, family and all the other things
I have going on in my life. I have considered taking
lessons at the local music store, but that means one
more thing to schedule in
to my week. With a site like VideoGuitarLessons.com I
can take a lesson any time I want to. If I want to
practice and learn something new on my guitar at 2 a.m.,
I have complete freedom to go for it. Plus, the
professional instruction of the teachers on
VideoGuitarLessons.com is surely
superior to the local guy at my music store.
VideoGuitarLessons.com also offers free guitar tools to
use with your computer. They have an interactive chord
dictionary, metronome, fretboard note chart, and
fretboard tuner. They also have two programs called
tumedrum and minituner that use your computer’s
microphone to help
tune your guitar. I think that is pretty great because
tuning my guitar perfectly is one of the most
challenging parts of playing.
The only downside I can see to VideoGuitarLessons.com is
that you don’t have as much opportunity to get feedback
on your playing. If you work with a live teacher they
can tell you if you are making a mistake or playing
right on. They can also make suggestions on how to
improve your technique and give you plenty of feedback
and encouragement. The guys online, as great as they
are, really can’t give you much personalized
instruction.
All in all, VideoGuitarLessons.com gives you a great
service at an affordable price. For some guitar players,
it might be just the tool they are looking for to
improve their skills. However, I still recommend Learn
And Master Guitar for those who are serious about their
guitar playing. This course offers a comprehensive
approach that will take you from beginner to advanced
quickly. Instead of scattered lessons form all kinds of
different teachers you get a cohesive program that
builds on itself from beginning to end. That is really
the way to take your play to the next level. Click the
following link to read my detailed
Learn and Master Guitar review, or click
HERE to read more about
videoguitarlessons.com.
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