Structured Guitar Lessons Can Often Help A Student Learn Faster

Mar 1
08:54

2010

Greg Zims

Greg Zims

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Learning how to play the guitar can be frustrating for students whether they study online guitar lessons, private lessons or learn at home using guitar instruction books from Mel Bay, Hal Leonard or Music Dispatch. This is quite common for many guitar players whether they are trying to learn guitar chords or music theory or play guitar songs.

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Guitar software can provide more structured guitar lessons for the guitar student who has been frustrated trying private guitar instruction,Structured Guitar Lessons Can Often Help A Student Learn Faster Articles online guitar lessons, or books}.  If, as a guitar player you ever feel this way, remember it is ok and perfectly normal.  Whenever you approach any subject for study whether it is a specific musical instrument such as the guitar or piano, or whether you study medicine or auto repair, there is always much more to the subject than you probably ever possibly imagined. 

For example one of the reasons learning the guitar can be slow and frustrating at times is because you need a structured lessons approach to help you navigate the various subjects that are involved.  For example, simply tuning the guitar is a subject in itself.  There are different approaches and devices suited just for this task.  How about an advanced use of open guitar chords?  Often open guitar chords are considered the more "easy" chords for beginners, but did you know that advanced guitar players use them all of the time.  Some of the most common and "more simple" of scale patterns are used by advanced players in a way that you don't understand because you have not had a clear way to approach this.  On the other hand you will never move from being an intermediate guitar player to an advanced player without having a far greater understanding of the instrument then some of the standard basic chord and scale patterns that you thought by learning would give you what you need to really understand and play the various styles of music that you enjoy.   

Some people have the ability to study the guitar in a more half hazard approach and it can work for their needs.  This approach can be beneficial for picking up ideas here or there with regards to things such as the specialized technique of a particular artist such as how they like to bend a string, or how they like to play certain chords and scales, or some of the ways that they practice.   They may use a certain type of harmonic technique or actually use a sewing thimble (yes absolutely) in their playing style.  However, for the beginner this method of pursuing guitar lessons is a disaster.  The intermediate player will get some benefit and the advanced player will always get the most benefit because he or she has the most knowledge to make the various fragments of information useful.  The half hazard approach to guitar learning will most often result in a very slow and tedious progress with the ability to play the guitar in a meaningful manner for any level of player.  However, regardless of the current skill level of the guitar player, it is always most productive and desirable to have a structured approach to musical and instrument specific study so that for example the ability to create a great guitar solo is fully understood and attainable.

Today the world of music is diverse with a number of guitar players performing in many exciting and creative ways.  It is imperative that the guitar player has a structured lessons approach to the guitar so that he or she can make full use of the instrument and equipment that they have purchased as well as really enjoy them. Think of your favorite artists and songs and think about how it would be exciting to really be able to enter the world of music as they do.  It can be done.  It can be learned in a fast way.  You just want to have a very structure approach so you can learn more in a shorter amount of time then you have experienced before.