Affordable Exceptions to High Priced Traditional Guitar Music Lessons

Everyone wants to play. Or, they want their children to learn how to play a musical instrument but the expense of it all is sometimes prohibitive. You’ll learn here that you have options and exceptions to high priced traditional guitar music lessons to consider. Read to find a few.

Beginner guitar instruction

When you are starting out and the guitar hasn’t really captured your imagination yet, it can be hard to think of the learning cost you are willing to commit to. Who wants to say, “I want to dedicate myself to becoming the next king of guitar players, but I’m not willing to pay money any larger than $10 for a lesson”?

A music lesson from dad

My father hated the idea of skimping when learning , and he sent me to a great guitar instructor; but even my idealist father began to realize that a $50-an-hour lesson plan wasn’t going to get me very far.

Can guitar lessons become too expensive?

To begin with, his dollars would begin to run out before I got along too far. And when you are just starting out with your guitar music lessons,getting your fingers to feel their way around doesn’t really take professional coaching.

There is the feeling of self-conscious embarrassment, playing before anyone else too when you learn in a traditional setting. And what do you do when you forget a pointer the teacher gave you?

Taking online lessons for guitar playing

Online guitar music lessons, a software application or online videos for the beginner are a deal that can’t be beat. Let’s look at some of the choices you have at your service, shall we?

For online video lessons, Jamplay is one of the top names in the business. What it is, is an online guitar website with a stockpile of 400 hours of professionally recorded guitar lessons.

With that much instruction a click away, you get to skip around, and watch experts in every style of guitar playing lay down the basics in a really approachable manner – there are chord diagrams, exercises, tablature, everything. And best of all, Jamplay has instructors online to help students through rough spots.

Now 400 hours is a pretty big deal; if it weren’t for the user-friendly layout they use, it would be pretty impossible to navigate the website. Thankfully though, they’ve paid attention to this, and you could easily get more value on an online guitar music lesson site like this then you could buying your own set of videos. Unlimited access goes for $20, and it’s hard to argue with it at a price point like that.

Jamorama guitar music lessons online

Next up, let’s look at what it should be like taking guitar music lessons with  software you install on your computer. Jamorama has been at the top of the heap for PC-based guitar music lessons.

The great thing about this package is the way it addresses the absolute beginner. Jamorama has a basic instructional method that is effective; and large well-designed books that you download to supplement the software.

A couple of hundred video examples and jam tracks keep you company with everything in the book, and you get all kinds of useful support software -  a metronome, guitar playing video games, a guitar tuner, and a chord instructor. The package goes for $50, and for the price, you truly get value.

Steve Krenze guitar instruction on DVD

My personal favorite though, is the Learn and Master package that consists of 25 DVDs. You can’t download it though, considering how large it is. The package is a concept of the Legacy Learning Systems program in Nashville, and the instructor on the job, Steve Krenz has a great teaching style.

Each DVD contains two teaching lessons, and there are five disks that give you a full well-accompanied version of all the songs they teach you on the DVDs. Turn them on, and you have a blast playing along the with your newfound guitar playing skills.

The instructional disks themselves teach you how to read music, how to strum, how to build harmony, and how to pick chords in the blues and rock styles; the recording in slow-paced, and the teaching quality is matchless. At @ $150, there are a steal.

Technology certainly democratizes things. Consider how difficult it was at one time to have any access to professional quality teaching without paying the full price of entry. In my book, this truly is progress.

So, now that you know the options, it’s your decision as to choosing your guitar music lessons. If you feel more comfortable with a live instructor, you should go that route but, if you are a self starter and can handle guitar music lessons online then the price is much more affordable. Which do you feel is right for you?