I recently started taking guitar lessons about a month ago (have always wanted to learn to play the guitar), i get a lesson from this dude once a week, but i've been checking out shit on the internet as well.......my question- am I wasting money on this "teacher"? can i get as much out of just self- teaching myself with the aid of the youtube and shit like that???? I just havn't been overly impressed with the guy and have thought i could probably be spending this money on better things.........so if any guitar people out there could give me a little guidance, i'd appreciate it. Thanks in advance...........
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I recently started taking guitar lessons about a month ago (have always wanted to learn to play the guitar), i get a lesson from this dude once a week, but i've been checking out shit on the internet as well.......my question- am I wasting money on this "teacher"? can i get as much out of just self- teaching myself with the aid of the youtube and shit like that???? I just havn't been overly impressed with the guy and have thought i could probably be spending this money on better things.........so if any guitar people out there could give me a little guidance, i'd appreciate it. Thanks in advance...........
I taught myself how to play through initially just using tabs and stuff like that. There is some really great stuff available on-line. Just look on youtube and there are literally thousands of tutorials/lessons on how to play certain songs. Here's an example (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifQhQv9nlaM).
It also depends on what your goal is for playing. If you're looking to play as a hobby - which appears to be the case - so you can jam with friends and play your favorite songs you can certainly get good enough to do that on your own. The basic stuff like learning the notes, strengthening your fingers (callouses FTW), pull-on's/off's/slides doesn't really require teaching. It's also probably more gratifying to teach yourself even if that makes it harder.
That being said, I don't see how a good teacher wouldn't be an
asset. But if you aren't overly impressed with this guy and feel like it's a waste of money then skip it. You can definitely learn more than enough on your own for free.
If you're looking for tabs obviously ultimate-guitar.com/ is the place. They have literally everything on there. Good luck and enjoy playing, it's really a lot of fun.
I taught myself how to play through initially just using tabs and stuff like that. There is some really great stuff available on-line. Just look on youtube and there are literally thousands of tutorials/lessons on how to play certain songs. Here's an example (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifQhQv9nlaM).
It also depends on what your goal is for playing. If you're looking to play as a hobby - which appears to be the case - so you can jam with friends and play your favorite songs you can certainly get good enough to do that on your own. The basic stuff like learning the notes, strengthening your fingers (callouses FTW), pull-on's/off's/slides doesn't really require teaching. It's also probably more gratifying to teach yourself even if that makes it harder.
That being said, I don't see how a good teacher wouldn't be an
asset. But if you aren't overly impressed with this guy and feel like it's a waste of money then skip it. You can definitely learn more than enough on your own for free.
If you're looking for tabs obviously ultimate-guitar.com/ is the place. They have literally everything on there. Good luck and enjoy playing, it's really a lot of fun.
Like seriously, there are lessons on youtube for beginners that go through everything step-by-step. I really don't see how that would be any different than the lesson you're probably getting except you can't ask questions.
Like seriously, there are lessons on youtube for beginners that go through everything step-by-step. I really don't see how that would be any different than the lesson you're probably getting except you can't ask questions.
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