Archive for Beginner
Learning Guitar Online versus a Private Teacher
Posted by: | CommentsHere’s a good article about Learning Guitar Online versus a Private Teacher.
I think you can do both but if you learn online there a few rare opportunities to still have a teacher while you do it. Check out Online Guitar Coaching if you’d like to learn guitar online with a real teacher giving feedback.
Student Asks About My Gear
Posted by: | CommentsOne of my youtube students asks about my line6 podxt video lesson: “ok… i never understood how it works… do you like plug it to your PC and you set the settings you want on the software and load it to the PODxt and plug it to your amp using the settings you loaded to the podXT? plz answer.”
My response was: “depends what you want to do. for playing you can just plug in speakers to it.
you can plug it into your pc with usb cable in order to use the software I showed – to make changes to patches, etc. for recording you can go digital via usb or analog via the soundcard using audio cables. i don’t use an amp.”
Guitar Scale Generator
Posted by: | CommentsI posted this cool guitar scale generator over at my new online guitar coaching site. Check it out.
Are You Making These Practice Mistakes?
Posted by: | CommentsHow do you practice guitar? Do you stick to one thing, practice it until you have it down and move on to the next exercise? Do you review previously learned material or do you forget the things you once learned?
Do you wander around the internet looking for cool lesson videos with no real plan? Or do you have a step by step plan of attack?
I’ve been helping guitar students for years via my free video lessons and website. I’ve also scoured the internet for videos, and have joined sites such as Workshop Live. But something was always missing.
A few years ago I took lessons from a jazz teacher even though I had over 20 years of experience. I realized that there were many benefits:
* exposure to new ideas and concepts
* accountability – I had to practice before the next lesson!
* kept me progressing
* challenged me to new levels of awareness and skill
While having a teacher is probably the best thing you can do to explode your progress, the potential problems with having a teacher are:
* inconvenient – might be far to drive
* teacher may be intimidating
* teacher may emphasize too much theory and analysis
* teacher may not like the same styles of music as you
* teacher may give you too many things to practice
To avoid many of the usual practice mistakes, find a good teacher. If you decide to go with a teacher (which I strongly suggest, make sure you find someone who can give you all the benefits and avoid the possible problems.