Some people falsely believe that to play guitar you need guitar lessons and that's all. The truth is that learning to play guitar cannot be simply bought. There's so much more to it than that, it has to be earned.
Let's take a few moments to talk about how to take responsibility for your guitar lessons and how not to waste your time and money.
The vast majority of work in learning guitar is the students responsibility. A teacher is there to show you what to do but cannot do it for you. This is why your attitude to study and practice at home in-between lessons is so crucial to the end result. Just attending guitar lessons with nothing to back it up will do very little and your rate of improvement will be painfully slow.
Before you begin lessons it's important to have thought about the types of music or songs and bands your aiming to be able to play. It can be quite surprising to know the number of students who have no opinion of what they'd actually like to be able to play!
You'll end up with much more focused lessons from your tutor if you have put some thought in the type of music, songs and bands you would eventually like to sound like or play. This helps in two major ways. Firstly it means your lessons will be targeted to your personal tastes and secondly, you'll be much more likely to continue guitar lessons over the long term since your level of interest will remain high.
My own suggestion would be to use a combination approach and utilize 2 or more methods to learn to play. The most accessible way would be to combine 1-1 lessons with online guitar lessons. Take out a membership to a quality guitar website and use video guitar lessons in tandem with one from a real tutor. This will almost certainly speed up your rate of improvement to its maximum.
It's necessary to have at least a few months of guitar lessons with a real tutor before you'll gain any real benefit from buying instructional guitar books or DVDs. One of your goals from taking lessons should be to eventually be able to go on teaching yourself. To do this however you'll need to have acquired some confidence from real lessons otherwise trying to teach yourself will be a frustrating experience.
I hope that what you'll take away with you from this article is the extra responsibility of taking charge of your guitar lessons and a greater awareness of what you need to do in order to gain the maximum benefit from them. - 30404
Let's take a few moments to talk about how to take responsibility for your guitar lessons and how not to waste your time and money.
The vast majority of work in learning guitar is the students responsibility. A teacher is there to show you what to do but cannot do it for you. This is why your attitude to study and practice at home in-between lessons is so crucial to the end result. Just attending guitar lessons with nothing to back it up will do very little and your rate of improvement will be painfully slow.
Before you begin lessons it's important to have thought about the types of music or songs and bands your aiming to be able to play. It can be quite surprising to know the number of students who have no opinion of what they'd actually like to be able to play!
You'll end up with much more focused lessons from your tutor if you have put some thought in the type of music, songs and bands you would eventually like to sound like or play. This helps in two major ways. Firstly it means your lessons will be targeted to your personal tastes and secondly, you'll be much more likely to continue guitar lessons over the long term since your level of interest will remain high.
My own suggestion would be to use a combination approach and utilize 2 or more methods to learn to play. The most accessible way would be to combine 1-1 lessons with online guitar lessons. Take out a membership to a quality guitar website and use video guitar lessons in tandem with one from a real tutor. This will almost certainly speed up your rate of improvement to its maximum.
It's necessary to have at least a few months of guitar lessons with a real tutor before you'll gain any real benefit from buying instructional guitar books or DVDs. One of your goals from taking lessons should be to eventually be able to go on teaching yourself. To do this however you'll need to have acquired some confidence from real lessons otherwise trying to teach yourself will be a frustrating experience.
I hope that what you'll take away with you from this article is the extra responsibility of taking charge of your guitar lessons and a greater awareness of what you need to do in order to gain the maximum benefit from them. - 30404
About the Author:
The writer is well known for his system of learning guitarcalled Guitar in a Nutshell. You can find lots of free guitar lessons to try on his popular website as well as many other valuable resources for learning to play guitar. All instruction is video based for maximum clarity.
