People ask me on a regular basis how I learned to play the guitar. I always respond with “Lots and lots of practice and hardwork.” See, I took the long road with my guitar instruction when I was a beginner. I sat at home with some tablature I printed out, and started learning to play Counting Crows. I took so long to become proficient. The problem was that I didn’t have any basic guitar instruction. I was a man with no plan in high school with tons of time to kill. I guess it was fine for me at the time, but I could’ve learned more in weeks than I did in years!
It would have helped me out so much if I had someone to show me how to hold my pick, tune my guitar, do a proper hammer-on, alternate different picking patterns, and basically take me through everything step by step. Even though I had “private lessons” later on, I was only able to get as much instruction from an instructor for 2 hours per week when I took a guitar class at my local college. Don’t get me wrong, I really liked the teacher, and his advice and techniques that he taught me were awesome, but always wanted more time for instruction.
I’ve seen some guitar programs that start out at three hundred bucks, and that just isn’t affordable, but I’ve recently had the opportunity to review Guitar SuperStars, and I love this guitar instruction program (and it’s under $50 bucks!!). These guys offer tons of stuff for that price, too:
There are hundreds of instructional videos for guitar in tons of categories, including beginner chords and bar chords as well as rock licks, finger-tapping, scales, big poor sound, acoustic technique (stage presence), electric technique, and many more.
Instant access to 7 different guitar instructors with different approaches to get you on the road to mastery.
This jam machine is great for playing along to music in certain genres, keys, and tempos. This will improve your playing and allow you to develop your stage improvisational skills.
Members have exclusive access to an area that allows you to meet other musicians at the exact same level for networking and even starting your own band.
Guitar SuperStars offers resources that other guitar instructional programs charge hundreds of dollars for and they offer a full 60 day money back guarantee. Instant download technology eliminates packaging, shipping, handling and marketing costs. This makes it affordable for so little. Read my full review. It’s definitely the best bang for your buck in fast learning beginner guitar instruction. Beginner R&B Songs