How To Play The Guitar For Beginners | Start At The Top | Best Guitar Course – My Two Favorites

Start At The Top | Best Guitar Course – My Two Favorites

Posted on October 27, 2009
Filed Under Acoustic Guitar Lessons, Guitar For Beginners Online, Online Guitar For Beginners, Video Electric Guitar Lessons | Leave a Comment

I’ve written about my top best guitar course recommendations before, but as this is a common request I thought I would revisit them.

I personally use and recommend two great guitar courses.  Which one you choose will depend on what kind of guitar you own and which direction you would like to go.

My two recommendations are:

Jamorama Acoustic

and

Guitar Super Stars

Jamorama Acoustic is geared specifically towards learning to play the acoustic guitar, but it will be valuable to electric guitar players as well.  The lessons are well organized, clearly explained, and get straight to the skills without a lot of extra fluff.

Each lesson has several videos and audio files that help you both see and hear how each chord or technique is supposed to be played.  Each lesson also generally has a jam track, where you practice playing along with a virtual band.

Looking over the course syllabus, the sessions cover just about everything there is to know about playing the acoustic guitar.  It starts with the basics and covers just about every type of chord, music theory, strumming patterns, and chord progressions.

By the time I finish, I feel like I will have a very solid foundation in the guitar that I can use to play just about any song.  With the help of the included bonus software, this course is also improving my ability to read music as well as the ability to hear and hear and transcribe music from the radio.

Guitar Super Stars is another fun guitar training program.  It is a bit different in its approach from Acoustic Jamorama and has lots of raving fans.  It teaches many of the same skills, but is more geared towards the electric guitar.  It teaches everything from basic guitar skills to jam with friends and perform on stage.

The key difference is in the approach.  While the Jamorama course is written and presented by one teacher, Guitar Super Stars offers several different teachers who specialize in several different guitar styles.  This means that you can freely switch between different instructors and styles at will.

Some days I am in the mood to practice rock and blues techniques.  Other days I may feel more like learning some classical guitar.  I get bored easily and this guitar course keeps me active, keeps things fun, and keeps me interested.

For more information on these two courses, please visit my review page.

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