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Where Can I Download Guitar Learning Software?

Posted on October 28, 2009
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As I was picking up the guitar again after many years of letting it sit in the corner, I began asking myself, are there any good sites where I can download guitar learning software?  I needed a comprehensive course not just a few free tutorials.

First I explored YouTube and some of the other free video sites.  I found a few that I liked but mostly I was dissatisfied.  I think this is mainly due to the nature of YouTube and other sites like that.  Anyone can upload anything.  You get a lot of stuff to choose from but there isn’t a lot of quality control.  Most of the YouTube videos seemed to be filmed in front of a cheap webcam and usually just seemed to be a guitarist showing off for his/her friends.

The second drawback to YouTube is that you will rarely find more than two or three guitar video tutorials in a series.  I think this is because these guitar hobbists are not trained teachers.  They are doing it for fun and eventually run into problems with the more technical subjects or even knowing what to teach.

For me, the best option was to look into the various commerical guitar training programs available.  I searched around on the web and found a few that looked promising.  Then I read through all the information on the sites and signed up for any free introductory courses that were offered.  This enabled me to get a good sense of the general quality and care that went into the production of the courses.  I also tried to get a sense as to whether the instructors teaching methods worked for me.

I eventually decided on two guitar learning programs that seemed to stand out from the rest, for me anyway.  They seemed to have a good mix of video tutorials, audio files, and software designed to help me learn the guitar.  I also made sure that these guitar tutorials offered a comprehensive lesson plan.  I didn’t want just a simple beginner guitar course.  I wanted a training program that would take me far beyond the beginner level and really help me master the guitar.
For my recommendations on where to download guitar learning software, please be sure to check out my review page on this site.

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