Guitar Learning Courses

Learning to play guitar via guitar learning courses is a viable alternative to getting personal lessons nowadays for a number of reasons. Not only is it much cheaper, but the multimedia elements found in the best online and DVD guitar courses make learning music more accessible than ever. If you’re searching for a way to learn guitar from home, read on! Learning guitar at home? There are several types of guitar learning packages available on the net and in stores, some of them are good, some of them are not. I’ve decided to split the courses up into 3 sections, depending on your needs, budget and general type of course: Online guitar courses DVD guitar courses Downloadable guitar courses Online Guitar Learning Courses The Internet has revolutionized education, including musical education. The better online guitar lessons I’ve seen, that have the largest value added, are video lesson websites. The great thing about video guitar lessons is that you can actually see and hear the instructor playing, which makes it a near perfect alternative to personal lessons. The only negative they would have compared to a personal teacher is the lack of feedback, but the best online guitar lesson websites have active feedback available as well. Here is a list of the better guitar learning websites with their main features and pricing: TheGuitarLesson.com TheGuitarLesson.com (this website) GuitarTricks.com GuitarTricks.com The biggest and oldest online video lesson website with thousands of videos, all of which are downloadable Lessons categorized by genre, which is perfect for learning specific styles once you reach an intermediate level Large online community Online guitar tools (metronome, guitar tuner chord charts, jam tracks) $14.95 / month Click the link for a  detailed review of GuitarTricks.com DVD Guitar Courses There aren’t many thorough DVD guitar courses available for beginners. There are a lot of DVD providers who produce single DVDs on specific subjects (for example lick library), but I am only familiar with 1 who provides a detailed course to follow for beginners. If you know of any other, please leave it in a comment and I will check it out. Learn & Master Guitar Learn and Master Guitar The oldest, most established DVD course available 20 DVD + 5 jam CDs + 2 workbooks in the course High quality, well structured lessons to get a beginner to an intermediate level Loads of theory included in the course The only negatives are that there aren’t too many songs to play and practice $149 for the entire course, which comes out to $7.45 / DVD Read a detailed review of Learn and Master Guitar Downloadable Guitar Courses I place the ebook and software type courses into this category. By software, I mean specifically the type of guitar software which offers a set guitar learning course for beginners to follow, and which is actually effective. eMedia Guitar Method eMedia Guitar Method Jamorama Jamorama Popular ebook based course, with some video and audio supplements Best for someone who doesn’t have that much access to the Internet, or DVD player Detailed, well structured course (but all the reading is a bit boring in my opinion) $39.95 for the downloadable version Click here for a detailed review of Jamorama I have purchased or have had a chance to review all of the above guitar learning courses, and have found them to be the best home based guitar learning method. You’ll find many more out on the Internet, some will be better, some will be scams, but the above are legit and top-notch.