Blues Guitar Lessons goo.gl/tq2gUb Doc Watson - Deep River Blues - Blues Guitar Lesson Preview The Essential Components Of The Best Video Guitar Lessons A search on the internet for guitar tuition in video format can be a off putting experience, particularly for the fledgling student with little idea of what he needs. What are the best features of the most effective packages on offer? As you might imagine, we can identify common components that might help us choose the right tuition. Easy To Follow Although it almost goes without saying, any lesson for whatever subject should flow in a logical way and be simple to take in. Basic steps should be clearly outlined, and build into further lessons. Theory is important, but the new guitar player is basically impatient to start learning - he wants to play! This then should be the first action, presenting the basic building blocks which can be put into practice straight away. After all, a thorough understanding of the first concepts will bring big advantages at a later date. Notation versus Tablature Traditonally, classical guitarists learned to read music and used written notes when playing or creating new music. Inevitably, this signifies a progress that is sometimes thought of as too slow in our modern way of doing things. In the sixties, blues guitar maestro Stephan Grossman and others, put together a method of notation that represented the strings and frets of the guitar. This short hand guitar tablature was quickly understood and is a powerful method for learning blues guitar, for example. A grid of 6 strings is numbered from the bottom bass E (1) to the top E string (6) and a number placed on a string indicates which fret finger should be placed above. A short line near the side of this number denotes that the picking thumb or finger is used. Image Presentation - What Should Appear On The Screen There are several variations on this theme, but we can identify important elements of this all important visual aid to guitar lessons. The new guitarist must be made aware right at the beginning what the object of that instruction may be. If he is to learn a complete song, then that song needs to be played in precisely the same as the detailed tuition shows in the video. Before the main tuition, any unusual techniques can be displayed and valuable tips passed on. A close up of each hand is priceless,and would be best displayed seperately. Chord diagrams and guitar tablature could be overlaid on the screen, so that the student can associate finger movements with the notation. Other Useful Attributes When being taught a song, it's good to have lyrics at hand and a short discussion about singing whilst playing. This might seem obvious, but it's very hard for a beginner guitarist to play and sing at the same! The full tablature and words could be supplied as a seperate Word or PDF file, which can be printed out and referred to at the student's leisure. A Wave audio file could additionally be given, in this way the instruction could be accessed casually at all times. However, if the video file is in the right format, it can be watched using an iPhone or iPad. Blues Guitar Lessons Free Trial goo.gl/tq2gUb www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmS3d4_cNdw

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