Well, OK, we all wish we could do this, unfortunately it takes a few good years and a couple of good ears just to start it.
However, a good learning program could help a lot. There are more programs out there that offers you to teach how to play the guitar, or in this case, to learn and master the guitar, and I personally give them credit, because I can tell you I have started to learn to play the guitar from a book.
Really, when people ask me how I started to play the guitar, I give them the facts: I started with a book of less than 100 pages, that gave me the basics, like basic chords, notes on the guitar neck, rhythms (ok, maybe not much to learn from a book when it comes to rhythms) and…the rest is, how they say, history. Or at least I wish it would be.
All I know is that I would have loved that at the moment I started to get interested in playing the guitar, such a resource be available (not that I had at that moment any mean to watch DVDs)
However, today there are plenty, and people interested in learning how to play the guitar don’t have why to complain.
So, as the title states, the reason I started this post is actually the method called Learn and Master Guitar (http://www.learnandmaster.com/guitar/), which is actually pretty acclaimed and not only that, it is an awarded program, as it is the winner of the 2008 Acoustic Guitar Magazine Players’ Choice Awards, two Telly Awards and an AEGIS Award for Excellence in Education! Wow! Not your regular guitar tutorial, right?
If you also count the 20 professionally produced DVDs, 5 Jam-Along CDs, a 100+ page lesson book, and a free online student support site, then I think we really have a winner!
The instructor on these DVDs is Steve Krenz. I must admit, I didn’t know about him, but the association to Donna Summer, Bruce Springsteen and Eric Clapton and the 20 years of professionally playing the guitar recommended him quite well.
As a second Learn and Master Guitar review, I could point you to www.guitarlessonsreviewed.com (they provide reviews for more than one such tutorial programs, such as Jamorama or JamPlay so you can compare for yourself)
Also, to make a long story short, there are 2 price packages there, one for 10 DVDs and one for 20 DVDs, price is either $139 or $149.
I don’t live in US, but honestly, how many lessons can you get from a guitar tutor for, let’s say, $150? Cause here I can tell you…not many!
Sammy
September 25th, 2009 at 1:13 am
Might I make a suggestion, also? Check out Dan Denley. I have a couple sets of his DVDs. He’s sincere, seems honest, and his instruction is easy to follow. His DVDs are professional, but not overly produced. He makes a mistake now and then and laughs about it. He has acoustic, blues, and lead guitar series, and they’re always priced right. I have a couple of his programs.
Here is the link: http://www.amazingguitarsecrets.com/
At the bottom of that page are several links to his courses. They’re really good. Also, type in his name on YouTube for tons of free lessons. And the sample lessons are not 90 second teases. They’re often 10 minutes long.
Ovidiu
September 25th, 2009 at 7:15 am
Thanks, Sammy, I will check! As I was saying, the internet is a great resource these days, you can find tons of lessons, while 15 years ago there were nto that many resources to pick from. However, there were those video lessons, on tape, with great guitar players, remember?
Kyle
October 13th, 2009 at 3:13 am
Right now I’m learning piano with the Learn & Master series and I have to say, if the guitar program they have is half as good it must be spectacular