Learn And Master Guitar: Learn Electric Guitar
August 2, 2010 by Cyn
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If there’s one single lesson that electric guitar students of all styles of music need to learn, it’s take it easy – slow down. The music will still be there, you don’t have to rush out to meet it. If you have a tendency to go too fast, to try to force your body to do chord changes before the muscles have learned them properly, ask yourself how you want to be sounding in a year’s time. Because if you don’t slow down when you are learning you are going to be sounding like a hat full of baby seals in one year – and probably twenty years time!
An important aspect of learning to play electric guitar is how you are going to be holding the guitar during your long hours of practice. If you do not pay attention to this stuff now, you could end up with back, neck and shoulder problems later from straining your muscles and skeleton.
Now you have your guitar, and of course a decent amplifier. A practice amp is good for use when playing near loved ones if you want to remain loved yourself. Another good idea is to get some kind of guitar effects program for your computer but be aware that some of them can be very hard on your computer’s resources.
A tuner and a metronome are essentials. These are two bits of equipment which are part of the discipline of electric guitar playing. Get into the habit of tuning your guitar from time to time during practice sessions – you might be surprised how far out you can get without being aware of it! While you are first learning how to play electric guitar you probably won’t be able to do too much jamming with friends until you develop a familiarity with your instrument. So once you feel you have gotten the hang of a song or a riff, try it out with the metronome. As slowly as you need to; you are not doing anybody any favors by rushing.
Do you need a teacher for electric guitar? Can you get all you need from books in your local music store or off the internet? It’s true that looking for a person who can teach you what you need to know in a way that you can handle it is a bit of a trial. It’s like any relationship, a lot better without the other person, but what can you do? If you want to try learning without a ‘human’ teacher then I recommend the DVD course Learn And Master Guitar.
There are also many ways online to learn to play guitar. Some give the less expensive option of downloading the videos and instructions. For online guitar lessons I recommend JamPlay.com. Their guitar teaching lessons are excellent and you can interact with your teacher and ask questions on the forum.
As the distinction between electric guitars and synthesizers becomes less distinct the novice electric guitarist gets more opportunities to reproduce the sound of his or her favorite artist. But as your guitar skills expand you will have a world of electronic music to play with. Enjoy!
Learn And Master Your Guitar: Finger Exercises
October 3, 2009 by Cyn
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These Finger Exercises will help you develop ‘muscle memory’
If you’re just getting started playing guitar or if you’ve been playing for a little while and wish you were a little faster or a cleaner player, check out these exercises to get your fingers in shape.
These exercises are designed to use all your fingers to develop a balanced strategy to get you playing better!
Play these every day at least 20 times each.
It won’t take as long as you think.
Also, use a metronome when you feel comfortable and every note is clean.
These exercises are written on the 1st string, however you’ll want to practice these on all six strings.
For demonstration purposes I’m playing these exercises in 7th position.
Play these exercises in all positions and on all strings.
Ex. 1………………….Ex.2……………..Ex.3
E |–1–2–3–4–3–2———–1–3–2–4———–2–1–3–4-|
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Ex.4 ……………….Ex.5……………..Ex.6
E |–2–3–1–4————–4–3–1–2————4–2–1–3—|
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These six exercises aren’t going to hit the top 40 charts anytime soon, therefore it’s important to mix these up and be as creative as you can.
You can also try creating your own exercises from these and mix them in to get something totally different!
Learn how to carve up your fretboard with razor sharp precision, lightning speed & complete control with the help of Speed Guitar Techniques.
This course gives you the techniques you need to double, triple or quadruple your guitar playing speed. The course has 83 audio and video clips plus tabs for each exercise.
For most examples you are even given a slow version and full speed version so you can see exactly what is being shown.
You find it at http://www.guitartips.com.au/speed-guitar/
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10 Most Important Things When You Learn Guitar
April 24, 2009 by Cyn
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- Get a good guitar that will not impede your learning ability. Make sure the action (distance of the string to the neck) of the guitar is good and that it is correctly intonated (the bridge adjusted so the strings are the correct length) or you will have tuning and playing problems. Also learning on light gauge strings is advised to stop finger strain. It is worth paying a few extra dollars to have the guitar ‘set up’ before your start to play. Here is a more comprehensive guide to selecting a good acoustic guitar.
- Get a good teacher or a good Guitar Lesson DVD or software or a great Learn Guitar Online Course that explains the methods of learning in a simple and easy manner and will ensure you are playing songs or at least riffs within the first couple lessons. Avoid learning boring scales and exercises that will just de-motivate you! You will have to learn these too, but it can be done later.
- Practice every day for at least 15 minutes, and always practice what you cannot play yet rather than playing what you already know or you will not progress. Try to learn simple versions of songs you know so you can sing along even if it’s just in your mind with the song.
- Learn a mixture of chords, single notes, scales and riffs even at the first stages of learning. This is important to develop your technique and strength in the finger and wrist.
- Have the guitar, if possible, in a place where it is easily accessible, so you will want to pick it up often. If it’s in a case in your closet you will forget about it.
- Know how to tune your guitar. Always have a tuner to ensure you are in tune otherwise you will sound horrible. If you don’t have a tuner you can use our free online tuner.
- Use a metronome (click to download free metronome software!) so you can stay in time and develop a sense of rhythm. This is one of the most neglected areas of learning and often the biggest cause of bad habits later on in a student’s progress.
- Try to learn to play songs you enjoy and play a style you like. Don’t play Bob Dylan if you like AC/DC. However its not a bad idea to learn new styles but stick to what you know and like at least when you are still Learn To Play Guitar Fast.
- Take a recording device (your MP-3 player e.g.), record yourself and listen back to it. No matter how awful it may sound it will improve both your desire to learn guitar, and your ability to play better. Also if you want to play lead guitar, play over a recorded rhythm part so you have a musical backing to play to. This will improve your solo ability dramatically.
- Set a stopwatch or timer for 3 minutes and continue to play without stopping. Sounds too easy? Try it! It is a lot more difficult than you think. Most students play on average for about 30 seconds before stopping and starting again!
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My JamPlay.com Review
April 4, 2009 by Cyn
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Disclosure: The opinions offered here are my own based on my experience. All information is verified as accurate at the time of review. If you choose to visit one of the courses I reviewed on this website and make a purchase I may receive a commission, how ever I do not allow this to interfere with my rating and review process. I never accept paid reviews and each product is thoroughly tested by me. All opinions offered here are my own. I am open to reviewing any guitar-training course – please feel free to email me with your suggestions.
What you get with the JamPlay.com Guitar course
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How JamPlay.com works:The subscription is currently $19.95 per month and cheaper when you subscribe for longer. You will get about 300 hours of video lessons from over 20 different instructors. I found it very cool that there are lessons from so many different teachers as everybody has his or her own style, strength and knowledge. This means a huge variety and different ways of looking at things. You will never run out of guitar learning video lessons on JamPlay because new lessons are added all the time! However, it is also very easy to get distracted and socialize and chat more than you practice… Each lesson is filmed from multiple camera angles you can focus on the teacher’s picking and fretting hands – very helpful! Each of the lessons ranges from 15 minutes to an hour and comes complete with a downloadable lesson manual (sometimes you need to see it in writing). You have also access to content like tablature, chord charts, guitar learning exercises and much more.
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What I liked most
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What I didn’t find so great…I really liked being a member for a few months. Then I decided to cancel my membership because:
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Getting StartedI hope this review was helpful to you. Click here to try some free JamPlay sample lessons at JamPlay.com
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Is It Easy To Learn And Master The Guitar?
March 28, 2009 by Cyn
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Some people say it is difficult, others say it really is easy to learn guitar. The ones who say that it easy are the ones who have actually learned to play. They have chosen the music style they want to learn and have disciplined themselves to set aside some time every day to practice. They have learned to read sheet music or tab and they have found out about the rewards of playing guitar for themselves or for their friends.
Go out and buy yourself an acoustic guitar, download some chord charts and guitar tabs from the internet, or buy an easy learn guitar course, get yourself a guitar tuner, and try teaching yourself. That’s the beginning, see whether you can easy learn guitar by yourself. Probably you won’t be by yourself for very long – there is always somebody who has also learned some guitar and who is ready to share their experience and jam with you.
If you decide to learn from online learn guitar videos you will easy learn from a great variety of guitar tutors. You are benefiting from the experience of guitarists from all over the world you would otherwise never have known. If you are able to devote some time to practicing regularly what you have learned from these guitar videos you will easily make fast progress as a guitar player.
If you begin to learn the guitar you will learn about callouses on the fingertips, and about the need to keep your guitar in tune at all times. If you can afford it, you could try taking lessons with a private guitar teacher – you will always gain something from the experience. Or you could keep teaching yourself with online guitar lessons for beginners, intermediates, or advanced players, make use of learn guitar DVDs, or the free guitar lessons on video that you can view on the internet.
Learning the guitar by yourself is one of many easy ways, but the problem is that it is missing structure. It is not easy for some persons to set themselves a disciplined practice regime. So in order to easy learn guitar, your progress as a guitarist will also include self-motivation. A great easy learn guitar course with a very active and helpful online Student Community is Learn & Master Guitar.
So if you get yourself an acoustic or electric guitar, learn some chords and some strumming patterns, you’ll be off to a good start. From there you can branch out to easy learning solos or riffs or fingerpicking.
My Gibson’s Learn And Master Guitar Review
March 28, 2009 by Cyn
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Disclosure: The opinions offered here are my own based on my experience. All information is verified as accurate at the time of review. If you choose to visit one of the courses I reviewed on this website and make a purchase I may receive a commission, how ever I do not allow this to interfere with my rating and review process. I never accept paid reviews and each product is thoroughly tested by me. All opinions offered here are my own. I am open to reviewing any guitar-training course – please feel free to email me with your suggestions.
What you get with the Gibson’s Learn And Master Guitar courseI learned guitar with the DVD course from Learn & Master and here is my review:
When you order Learn & Master Guitar, you get 20 DVDs. Each of the two sessions per DVD is between 30 and 60 minutes long. All DVDs have an on-screen menu, so you can go right to a lesson with your remote. In addition to the DVDs you get 5 audio CDs (each has appr. 12-18 jam-along tracks of about a minute length), plus a 100 page Lesson Book (and a bonus book, if you order the expanded version). These bonus lessons cover the same material as the regular lessons, but in more depth and give you additional information. For example, when lesson #1 teaches you the basics of a guitar and finger exercises, you will in bonus lesson #1 find some neat tips and tricks beyond the basics, like whether you should consider purchasing an electronic tuner, string winder, or metronome. I got a lot of great information from the bonus material. All lessons are both on DVD and in the lesson book so you can watch the videos, and follow the written lessons at the same time, or just flip through the book as a quick reference to refresh your memory later, which is also very handy. The Learn & Master Guitar course has received some educational awards. The guitar teacher guiding you through the course is Steve Krenz. You can read more about the rewards and Steve on the Learn & Master website. I like most that when you watch the videos, you feel you have a real guitar teacher sitting next to you and talking to you.
First Steve explains something to you, then he gives you a training assignment as your ‘home work’, and at the end of each session you have to answer a couple questions to test whether you are ready to go to the next lesson. If that sounds too much like ‘school’ to you, let me tell you that it’s not – after all, you set your own schedule and pick what you want to learn. With the course you also get access to the online member section of the website which is kind of neat as you can upload videos (e.g. you playing a song) and ask other members for their input, and you find a handful additional resources there. However, Learn and Master is not meant to be an online course, so don’t expect there to find constantly updated new learning material or thousands of members online. |
Learn And Master Guitar Is For Beginners And Advanced PlayersLearn And Master Guitar Lessons For BeginnersLessons 1 Through 8
On the Learn And Master DVD videos and in the printed lessons book Steve will show you hands-on all you need to know to learn guitar. And as nothing beats the joy of jamming with other musicians, five Jam Along CDs provide you that very experience. Learn And Master Guitar For Advanced PlayersChances are you have already learned how to play guitar by picking things up here and there, taking a few lessons, reading a book or watching some videos. You are able to play the basics, and now you’re ready to move beyond that. The Advanced Lessons 9 Through 20
I think many people become frustrated because they are trying to learn the chords, changing chords, and keeping time, all at once. As long as your brain and chording hand are working in terms of “finger 1 goes on the ‘e’ string at the third fret, finger 3 goes on the ‘A’ string at the second fret, and finger four goes on the ‘E’ string”, you’re going to take way too long. Once your muscles have learned the correct positioning, all of a sudden you will find yourself being able to put your fingers in the correct positions automatically. In the advanced lessons Steve will give you an insider scoop on how to improve your chord transitions, a lot of great tips for ear training, how to best develop your rhythm sense and much more, so things should start clicking for you at some point. I also didn’t know that it makes such a difference to have your guitar set up correctly. Plus you can always contact Steve in the Learn And Master Guitar discussion board if you have a particular question. |
How the Learn And Master DVD course works:
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What I liked most about the Learn & Master Guitar DVD Course
I like most that Steve Krenz, the instructor, is making the lessons very personal, you feel like you are sitting with a real guitar teacher, and he explains very well. I like the assignments you get after learning each lesson, you know exactly what you should practice and how. It was also very helpful to me that at the end of each lesson, when I was already eager to go to the next one, that there are 2 or 3 ‘are you ready to move on questions’ which sometimes showed me that I was in fact not ready to move on but needed to practice the current lesson some more. The course covers almost every style of music and guitar you can think of, acoustic, electric, classic, blues, etc. Also I liked that the JamAlong audios at the beginning of the course play slow, but get up to ‘real’ playing speed gradually in advanced lessons. I thought I could play along a ‘real’ song right from the beginning, but was I wrong… |
What Are The Downsides Of Learn And Master Guitar?
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I hope this review was helpful to you.
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How I Learned And Mastered The Guitar
March 18, 2009 by Cyn
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In spring 2010 I started learning to play guitar. I knew zero about playing guitar or any other instrument, so I wasn’t sure where to start. I downloaded all free guitar lessons I could find, watched videos on YouTube and tried to play along, but after a couple weeks I still sucked and I thought I will never learn it. I realized that I needed a ‘real’ Learn Guitar course if I ever wanted to learn to play guitar. So I started looking for online lessons, DVDs and software to learn to play guitar.
On this website I want to share my review of the three learn guitar courses I have tried out, and hope my reviews will help you find the course that works best for you.
- Read my Jamorama review (great entry-level course)
- Read my JamPlay.com review (if you like Facebook, this is for you)
- Read my Learn And Master Guitar review (this is my personal favorite – it helped me becoming a decent player in about 6 months – and I’m still using it to master the advanced stuff)
I got the Jamorama course first, because it comes so highly recommended on many guitar review websites.
Then I joined JamPlay (an online community with many lessons) and also bought the Learn And Master Guitar course on DVD.
I had selected these programs because they seem to be the most popular ones and always pop up when you do an online search for ‘learn guitar lessons’ or ‘online guitar lessons’, ‘guitar lessons on DVD’, ‘guitar lesson reviews’ and so on.
I was looking for the one program that would show me in easy and fun video guitar lessons how to learn guitar, with a ‘virtual’ teacher explaining everything to me like a ‘real’ guitar teacher would.
You find my Learn And Master Guitar review, my JamPlay review and my Jamorama review on this website.
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My Updated Jamorama Learn Guitar Course Review
March 17, 2009 by Cyn
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Disclosure: The opinions offered here are my own based on my experience. All information is verified as accurate at the time of review. If you choose to visit one of the courses I reviewed on this website and make a purchase I may receive a commission, how ever I do not allow this to interfere with my rating and review process. I never accept paid reviews and each product is thoroughly tested by me. All opinions offered here are my own. I am open to reviewing any guitar-training course – please feel free to email me with your suggestions. The New Jamorama Learn Guitar CourseI had bought the old version of Jamorama already two years ago (and returned it because I found it too basic). In July 2011 I bought their newly updated Deluxe version because I wanted to know why everybody else seems to like the course (they have now sold over 100,000 copies). And I have to admit, the new version is awesome!
Jamorama is a Step by Step downloadable learn guitar course, and members now have online access to a comprehensive members area. The Standard Edition is a beginner to advanced course and focuses on learning to play chords and strumming. The Deluxe Edition goes beyond the standard edition and takes the student into playing guitar solos, lead licks and scales. It provides you with over 12 months of lesson materials and prepares you to play famous songs. If you would like to see the specific features, please visit Jamorama.com for more information. I bought the Deluxe Edition for $99 and found it impressive. It is a complete package and covers the whole process of learning guitar, from strumming, muting and bending, to timing, reading music and playing songs. All parts of the Jamorama Learning Kit work well together to make learning to play the guitar fast and enjoyable. You can also get a Hardcopy Edition which contains the Jamorama Books, DVDs and Software plus online access. This means you can begin the lessons online right away while you wait for your package to arrive in the mail. With the Jamorama course you get some great free bonus games and software (GuitEarIt, Jayde Musica and Jamorama Metronome) for use on PC or Mac. |
How the Jamorama Guitar course works:Each lesson comes as video where you can watch a real player teaching you how to learn to play the guitar step by step. This is one of the neatest things about Jamorama, they have covered everything in detail and made it real easy to understand, so that everyone can follow and learn how to play guitar fast. So you can learn step by step at your own pace. For every lesson you have written material plus video and audio lessons, plus the software programs. I loved the video lessons and have to say the books are a clear and concise combination of instruction and encouragement, and really easy to understand, even for guitar newbies. I was also impressed with the bonus software and games. It’s a lot included in the course. You learn how to set up and tune your guitar, finger-picking and strumming. Also the Jamorama metronome is really handy. All in all, it is great value for the money compared to other guitar courses available online. The Standard version retails at the time of this review for $49, and the Deluxe package for $99. |
What I liked…
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What I didn’t like…If you already know how to play the guitar and are looking to get to a more advanced level then Jamorama is not for you. I’d rather suggest the Learn And Master Guitar course. If you are new to the guitar, Jamorama is the most complete learn guitar course at the best value you will find online. |
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I hope this review was helpful to you.
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