How To Pick Guitar Instruction Courses

By Mike Cole

Finding the right guitar instruction course can be challenging. If you are a beginner playing the guitar or you are thinking about it, after a little research you will no doubt realize that there is a sea of information on learning the guitar.

Which way do you go?

who do you listen to? why should you listen to them and not the other guy? well i will share with you some of my own experience to help you on your way.

First let me tell you who i am, i have been playing guitar most of my life, and i am REALLY good if i do say so myself. I am also a guitar instructor and have had the satisfaction of seeing hundreds of people benefit from my instruction. It fills me with pride when i see someone finally get it.

Ok enough about me, i just wanted to share that with you.

If you are a complete beginner, i would suggest going to your local music shop and pick up an E-Z chord book. These are great, they will show you the most basic chords and put them together to form hundreds of classic rock and pop songs.

If you are a little more advanced, and have finally developed those lovely calluses on your fingers, you are probably ready for some barre chords and soloing ideas.

This is the point where a good guitar instruction guide can help you. Hopefully I can guide you to choosing the best one.

Now most guitar courses that i have seen often leave out fundamental elements when it comes to playing. I see it all the time, most of them show you what to play, but never really HOW to play it. If you have been playing for any length of time, have you ever wondered why you practice the same thing over and over and still cant do it after weeks or months? frustrating isn't it? well its probably because of two things.

1. You are not aware of the sensations in your body.

2. You are practicing too quickly and moving onto something harder before fully mastering the first thing you were trying to do.

Lets elaborate.

Playing the guitar well should feel light and effortless, there shouldn't be any huffing and puffing and getting your fingers tied up in knots.

when you practice be constantly aware of any tension or stiffness, especially in your shoulder, arms and fingers. if you feel it, stop, focus your attention and relax. then continue always looking out for it. Eliminating tension can be difficult to learn, but once you start doing it the easier it will be.

Also buy a metronome, and play any new movements with it, whether it be a hammer on or changing to a new chord "shape". Start at about 60bpm playing each movement for an entire 4 clicks, then do the same thing on 2 clicks, then one. when you feel you are ready move up to 65 and repeat the process... the idea is that your body wont notice the small increments of speed and eventually you will be playing the movements fast and fluently.

One other piece of useful advice, is to keep a schedule of what you are practicing and working on. This will keep you focused and motivated.

I guarantee that if you follow these simple ideas your progress will explode, like i said before if your looking for guitar instruction courses on the internet the best ones are the ones that give you information like this... anyone can say oh yeah, play this and this put your finger here and do that. but is that helpful? no of course not, but if you find a course that shows you "what to play" with "how to play it" then you are on to a winner.

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