Oct 09
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I am sure many people received guitars for a Christmas present. While it is a great present, you still have to learn how to play it. There are a few different ways you can learn. You just have to choose which way is best for you.
One way you can learn how to play the guitar is by ear. Now not everybody is going to be able to do this. Some people are just born with a natural ability to equate pitch and tone from a song and play it on the guitar. Most of us are not this lucky.
Another way is to hire a private instructor. This is not a bad way to learn at all. The only downside to this method is that you are going to spend a lot of money and you are going to be taught using your instructors methods. If you instructor leaves or moves, you will have to find someone else and it will be a little different.
Private lessons can also be intimidating. The fact that you will have someone standing over you while your trying to learn can be intimidating. You get your lesson and go home to practice, but the week winds up being kind of crazy.
If you don’t get the amount of practice time in you will have to go back to the instructor not very well prepared. Not only are you going to pay for the next lesson, but you will wind up going over the same thing you did last week. Also instructors do tend to get annoyed with students that are not prepared for their lesson.
The third way is to use an online program. The benefits of these are that you only pay once, you get to learn at your own pace and you can always go back and review the lessons as many times as you want.
There are videos that show you exactly what to do that you can watch and practice as often as you want. They also usually come with cd’s you can play along with. The best part is you do not have anyone standing over you critiquing your ability. You will know when you are ready to move on to the next lesson. You do not need an instructor for that.
No matter which path you choose, the guitar is a great instrument to learn how to play. It will give you years of enjoyment if you learn to play it well.
Dennis R. Ward
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