What’s this week’s guitar lessons question? Let’s dive straight in…
Question: For Guitar, How Far Would I Get with 1 Year of Private Lessons?
Answer: if you took the private lessononce a week like i did, you’d learn the chords and scales and how to read music. guitar is something that takes a while to master. i’ve been playing for over two years and I’m doing pretty good. i can play solos and read tabs. I know my scales and can read music.
What’s this week’s question? Let’s dive straight in…
Question: Okay, so here’s the thing. I play the guitar, and I go to another city once a week to take lessons. The thing is, I don’t want to stop playing guitar. But I found that if I learn from some DVDs, will make me kinda equal to that. So, instead of waking up early in the morning, going to another city, then coming back home, I could buy these discs instead and learn from them. The amount of money is the same. If I pay those live courses, or if I buy those DVDs at home, it’s the same thing. I’ve been taking live courses for 6 months, but I wanna stop after a month or two. How can I convince my parents to let me do that, but to don’t make them think as I don’t want to get there for a reason or another. How could I explain them that?
I’m on a level which gives me awareness to what I’m doing good or wrong.
I can stop the course at anytime. The payment I made isn’t for another 6 months, so I won’t lose any money if I drop out, no matter when. And yeah, there’s a lot of petrol going out.
Answer: Hard to say. I would let them know you feel like you’re waisting your time with this teacher. A lot of people feel that way when they go to an instructor. When I first started out, I learned on my own, a lot faster then when I took lessons. What eventually happened was, I thought those dvd’s and magazines were going to teach me the right way, and eventually, they didn’t. I never knew I had to learn chords or scales… I mean, I learned them by learning songs, and by learning about intervals, like WWHWWWH and stuff, but I never learned the power of theory. Over the last year or so, I’ve been trying to find websites that taught me this, and a few showed me what I need to know, but I also (after about 14 years) had looked into getting another instructor. He showed me a few things (tips, tricks and licks), and showed me how to apply some of that theory. It’s taken me a couple years to kinda grasp the concepts on my own, and I definitely would have learned faster if I kept the instructor, but I found myself not being able to go every week and wasting my money.
So, my point… it’s good to have an actual instructor for the times you actually get stuck or confused, but if you find yourself learning better on your own, then it wouldn’t be a bad idea to do that, and every year or so, find another instructor to go over things, get some stuff cleared up, or learn some new tricks.
What a great learn guitar question:
Question: I love 80’s rock music, and want to learn guitar so that I’ll be able to play a lot of those songs. What’s a good pathway to take? Any specific books/videos you’d recommend?
Answer: the best way in my opinion is to just use guitar tabs, one of the easiest 80s songs to play is talk dirty to me by poison, my and my friend picked up the whole song in about 5 minutes. so if i were you i would use tabs, also if you buy a fender squier starter pack, it comes with everything you need to get started as well as a video and a book that teaches you the basics. so i guess it just depends on if u just want to play songs, or if u actually want to LEARN how to play, hope this helps…
A guitar lessons question that should definitely interest you all this week
Question: I have an acoustic guitar and has couple of books to teach myself a guitar, however, I have not yet learned how to play. I have learned about 10 chords, but knowing these chords does not make me a guitar player….. I have been thinking of taking a guitar lesson, is it worth it?
Answer: >>I have been thinking of taking a guitar lesson, is it worth it?<<
Guitar lessons (not just one lesson) are totally worth it. Statistics show that 90% of people who try to teach themselves, fail. If you’re serious about learning to play the guitar, take lessons. Good luck.
This week’s question is a good one. Let’s have a look:
Question: I wish my mom had put me in more things when I was younger but apparently I was close minded and didn’t want to do anything. On a scale of 1-10 how difficult is it to learn to play the guitar decently and why?
Thank you
Answer: I would say about a 5.
It’s not really hard at all, it’s just time consuming. When you first start and know nothing, that’s the hardest part. Once you learn a couple of tunes and get your fingers used to moving around like that it becomes wayyyy easier.
The best part: The more you learn, the better you get at learning. Once you get pretty familiar with chords and music, you can learn a song very fast and very easily. Just pick and play on your guitar a whole bunch and before you know it you’ll be getting bragged about by your friends.
I just love answering these learn guitar questions. Here’s another:
Question: I am 15 years old and I play flute and piano. I have a good ear for music. I’ve been playing flute for as long as I can remember and piano for not even a month and I’m already playing Yiruma music. I understand that guitar will be more challenging but I’m looking for an estimate on how long it’ll take for me to learn to play a little guitar, any info would be much appreciated.
Answer: Takes time, and depends upon how dedicated you are. To build a decent amount of fingerstrength, you should practise exercises 15-20 mins a day. I did that and i had a decent finger strength after a year and a half.
In my opinion, I wouldn’t consider there a point where you "learn guitar". obviously there is a point where you have learned so much, and you play so well that you can be considered a "master" but i believe that you will continuously get better over time.
A little bit of guitar, as a hobby, if you practise alot, you could be there in about 1 year, seeing as you already have a bit of strength from playing piano. and the fact that you already have a good ear for music is an advantage and it should take about a year if you keep practising, til you’re decent at guitar.
But practise always makes perfect, and the longer you practise and the harder you try, the quicker you’ll become very good.
This week’s question is a good one. Let’s have a look:
Question: What's the Average Price of a Guitar Lesson?
Answer: Depends on your location.
Expect $15.00-$20.00 for 30/60 mins.
If you live near a college that has a music school you can contact the guitar/strings professor and ask if they know of any guitar majors that could take on a student. That is your best bet for a cheap price. However, they may not be a good teacher as they lack experience.
What’s this week’s question? Let’s dive straight in…
Question: I have a guitar, shoulder strap, amp, cable…..
how about chair ?
Tuner ?
and also
Music book stand ?
so I need these? what kind?
Answer: a chair (computer chair works good) and a computer with internet. Thats all i used to learn. Find songs you like and look up on youtube how to play them or go on 911 tabs and search for them.
A tough learn guitar question this week. Let’s dive straight in
Question: Any tips for a beginner learning bass guitar?
Answer: Bass is a very instinctive instrument, since good bassists tend to be very rhythmically inclined. Many if not most of us learn by ear and start out by playing along with music that has prominent but simple bass lines. First, focus on the rhythm more than the notes. The simpler the song, the better. That will enable you to get comfortable with holding the bass and your role in the rhythm section. Repetition is absolutely essential, so play the same songs over and over until they become second nature to you. That will subconsciously make you familiar with where the notes are on the fretboard, as well. When you start adding songs to your repertoire, you’ll increase your familiarity with the fret positions and find it’s much easier to play without looking at your fretting hand. It just sort of happens naturally as you become more comfortable with your instrument. Once you’re able to match notes you hear within a few tries, you’ll be able to tackle more complicated songs in pretty much the same way.
Even if you get frustrated, stick with it. Most of us have a strange moment of epiphany when everything very suddenly falls into place. I played very simple, repetitive bass lines for a few months before my bass felt natural to me, but once it did, I found it relatively easy to learn more intricate songs. The biggest obstacles beginning bassists face is the desire to overplay. Adding too many notes to a song actually makes it sound worse, since bass isn’t a melodic instrument. But if you listen to the bass drum and use that as your guide, you’ll be able to lock into a rhythmic groove and then noodle around to match the chords of songs.
If you’re looking for an instructional program, Musician’s Friend has one that’s supposed to be great. I haven’t used it, but I have used the same company’s guitar DVDs and they’re phenomenal. I’m guessing the bass DVDs are structured similarly to the guitar ones, which contain everything you’d learn from years of private instruction but cost what you’d pay for two or three lessons. Here’s a link:
http://books-videos-music.musiciansfriend.com/product/Rock-House-Learn-Rock-Bass-Beginner-DVD?sku=501086
Well here’s a question I just had to answering straight away:
Question: I’ve been playing for a while now but still of course learning. What songs do you recommend that I should learn how to play? I usually play classical rock, hard rock, metal, and classical.
Please reply only if you play guitar.
Answer: Eric Clapton – Tears in Heaven is an easy standard.
