Guitar Instruction Software – You Don’t Need This Perfect Solution to Learn the Guitar Fast and with Minimum Expenses?
Is taking private lessons the only solution to learn the guitar? Or can learn guitar software provide a very effective alternative? When you ask around, most people seem to advocate either one or the other.
People can state many reasons why one is better; but the results seem to be the same. You either spend a fortune only to learn the guitar basics, or you spend less and end up with a lot of missing information. Now, the perfect solution couldn’t be a combination of these two, could it?
As you are trying to learn the guitar or advance your skills, your focus should not be judging which method is better, but rather it should be to develop your skills in minimum time with minimum resources. And this can be achieved through combination, not comparison.
Although I sincerely believe in the efficiency of online guitar lessons, I really can’t say that private guitar lessons are useless all together. You would most likely need an experienced person -aka guitar instructor- to show you the ropes and to help you avoid certain mistakes. But, as most of us can afford only one lesson a week, this alone would be much less than enough.
And on top of that, if for any reason you don’t get to learn what the instructor teaches you that week, you’ll actually have to spend the next lesson for the same topic, and also the week in between for practicing old drills.
And again, with a simple calculation assuming you take one lesson a week for $40 (which can actually be higher) and considering that to see a significant result you’d need at least 6 months of lessons (24 lessons to be exact), the bill you’d have to pay would be around $960 and most likely higher.
Is it too much? Well, yes! The solution? Actually very simple. You can take a private lesson at the beginning to learn correct posture, left hand positions and certain basics. After that you can switch to online courses which cost anywhere from $20 monthly video courses to complete programs under $50. And then at certain intervals you can take a private lesson once a month or every two months to address any weakness or to sort out anything you didn’t fully understand.
The result? Considering you’d pay $20 per month to a video course, and then take one private lesson each month, you’d end up paying $240 in six months. And you’ll be pleased to see that actually you had the same progress since it’s always you who does the hard work anyway, not your instructors. And then what could you do with $720 you have saved? Indeed, whatever you want!
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