Learning Guitar
I need a hobby. Badly. As senior year comes to a close, I find myself with only three classes, none of which meet Monday, Wednesday, or Friday. That means 4-day weekends, and a lot of free time (for now). Not wanting to spend my entire semester in front of an Xbox, I’ve decided to attempt something I’ve wanted to for a long time, and learn to play the guitar.
I borrowed my brother’s acoustic, a long forgotten Christmas present stored away in the attic and sat down in front of the computer. I hadn’t the first idea how to start. Serendipitously, that moment, my RSS reader led me to this post on TechCrunch, profiling a new website called iVideoSongs. The site offers a high definition videos from world-class instructors teaching you how to play acoustic or electric guitar. There are 25 free guitar basics tutorials, and currently 50 video tutorials for specific songs (with plans to expand to over 1000). I’ve downloaded all the tutorials, as well as purchased one of the song tutorials ($5 or $10, depending on the song). The quality of videos and instruction is excellent – I feel like I’ve made real progress in only an hour.
I’m normally extremely cheap when it comes to spending money on digital files, but when you compare with the cost of guitar lessons ($40/hour), iVideoSongs looks pretty good. It’s also really handy to be able to stop and rewind the videos – something you can’t do with in person lessons.
I’m also currently looking for a few good tablature websites, as well as a guitar basics DVD. Any recommendations?
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