Video/Computer-based Guitar Lessons
Computer-based/No Video Guitar Lessons
Are you confused like us?
Have you been overwhelmed by all of the "learn guitar"
programs available on the web? It's crazy!
Worst of all, most of them are pretty worthless and it's
difficult to tell how good they're going to be until
after you've already paid. We've visited to
several websites about "learn guitar" and found at least two that are good. If
you can afford it,
Learn & Master Guitar
is by far the best product We've seen anywhere,
and
Jamorama is also pretty good if you don't
mind taking lessons in front of your computer.
 
Learn
& Master Guitar is the Rolls-Royce of guitar training products. It contains ten DVDs, five jam-along CDs and a 108 page book. It's a bit pricey, but if you're serious about really learning guitar, there just isn't anything better. Everything is super high-quality -- from the website, to the video production, to the pro players they use for the Jam-Along CDs.
We like that it provides training in a variety of musical genres and that it takes students all the way from beginner through very advanced instruction. The assignments are clear and easy to follow and the instructor has a very natural communication style that makes it easy to learn. We also really liked the Jam-Along CDs. Having a CD to play along with while learning your songs makes the lessons a lot more fun! None of the other courses offer this.
What impressed us most, though, was that they also give free support after the sale. Once you buy the course, you get access to a members-only site where you can discuss your progress, post questions, and chat with other students. Steve Krenz, the author of the course, answers most of the questions himself and seems to be on the discussion board almost daily. This is a huge help!
Bottom Line: If you want something additional in essence than a brief introduction to playing guitar, Learn & Master Guitar is the most beneficial guitar training course available anyplace. It in truth is in a league all it's own. It does monetary value more than the computer-based courses, but if you're ready to get serious about really learning guitar, it's well worth the investment.
Insider Tip: It seems like they put the course on sale about once every three months approximately, usually for two or three days. Whenever price is a factor, check their website often or sign up for their newsletter so that you're notified when the sale happens.
Jamorama is the best of the affordable, software-based guitar instruction courses. As it is software-based (no DVDs or CDs), you'll have to practice your lessons in front of the electronic computer. However, the training is quite comprehensive and the computer lessons are fairly at ease to follow.
As the lessons are downloadable, it is easy to purchase them from anywhere in the world. However, We found it somewhat cumbersome and inconvenient to practise in front of a computer day-after-day. Luckily,
Jamorama does come with some video clips, which many of the other computer-based courses do not.
Bottom Line: If cost is a factor and you don't mind taking lessons from a computer,
Jamorama is not a bad way to go. It is the most beneficial of the software-based instruction courses.
Update: Although We stand by our recommendation, it seems some users have disagreed with our assessment. Please read all user reviews before deciding whether this course is for you, and if you have personal experience with the course, good or bad, please take a moment to share it.
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The Beginner's Guide to
Unlocking the Guitar makes our next choice. Like Jamorama, it's downloadable and computer-based training. It's not nearly as comprehensive as our other top picks, but it does take a pretty novel approach path to learning guitar. It as well does not have video, only audio lessons with pictures, which We did not come up to be as helpful. If you appear to be having trouble learning with the more conventional methods and want to pick up a few songs quickly,
The Beginner's Guide to Unlocking the Guitar perhaps worth a try.
Bottom Line: Although it is not as comprehensive as our top two choices, our first impressions of The Beginner's Guide to Unlocking the Guitar are reasonably good, despite the fact that it doesn't come with video. However, We have not yet had this course exhaustively tested by true beginners, so if you try it yourself, please post a review and let us know how it works for you.
The Beginner's Guide to
Unlocking the Guitar is our next choice.
Like Jamorama, it is downloadable and computer-based
training. It is not nearly as extensive as our
other top choices, but it does take a pretty novel
approach to learning guitar. It also does not have
video, just audio lessons with pictures, which We did
not find to be as helpful. If you seem to be
having difficulty learning with the more traditional
methods and want to pick up a few songs quickly,
The Beginner's Guide to
Unlocking the Guitar may be worth a try.
Bottom Line: Although it is not as
extensive as our top two choices, our first impressions
of
The Beginner's Guide to
Unlocking the Guitar are fairly good, despite
the fact that it does not come with video.
However, We have not yet had this course thoroughly
tested by true beginners, so if you try it yourself,
please post a review and let us know how it works for
you.
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The author of
Guitar Tutor Pro states that he created this course in response to the other online courses/classes which, he claims, contain theoretical errors. (In other words, they teach the easy way, not the right way.) These are actually true of some of the computer-based downloadable courses, but for casual students that may not be a major concern anyway.
Once again, our major complaint with this computer-based course is that it does not contain video. There are three downloadable e-books, and the lessons are given in audio files with pictures. And once again, you have to practice your lessons every day while sitting in front of the computer.
Bottom Line:
Guitar Tutor Pro is a pleasant supplementary course if you want to know more about music theory while learning guitar. The lack of video is a major downside.
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