3 Amazing Guitar Courses all Beginners must Check Out
Are you ready to learn the guitar but expensive private lessons just don’t appeal to you? I don’t blame you. As someone who started taking private lessons and quickly moved to self study guitar courses I know the financial and time costs of taking private guitar lessons.
There are a lot of different guitar courses available online. Some are great, while others could stand a lot of improvement. I’ve bought and used each of the guitar courses I review and recommend on this site. So all of the information I’m providing is first hand. When I say that a particular course offers the best guitar lessons online, it is of course only my opinion, but I’m making this statement from the position of being a guitar player and knowing how a beginner will best easily learn.
Below are my current top 3 guitar courses as of July 2011. If a new course comes out and I feel it challenges one of these products I’ll be sure to purchase, use and review the course to maintain the quality of my guitar course ratings.
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#1 Learn & Master Guitar
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#2 Jamplay
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#3 Guitar Tricks
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5/5  |
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5/5 |
| Quality: |
5/5 |
| Ease of Use: |
5/5 |
| Support: |
5/5 |
| Price: |
4/5  |
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What We Liked:
- Amazing HD quality video lessons
- Easy to follow lesson plan and instructor for beginners
- Fun Jam along practice CD’s
- Tons of support at the private members only forum
- Covers music theory and multiple playing styles (Blues, Rock Jazz)
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What We Didn’t Like:
- The Price (although you get what you pay for)
- For some beginners there could be too much content
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Publisher: Legacy Learning Systems
Course Website: www.LearnandMaster.com/Guitar
Best Price: $149 (40% Off Sale)
Best For: Beginners, Intermediates and Kids
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| Overall: |
5/5 |
| Features: |
5/5 |
| Quality: |
5/5 |
| Ease of Use: |
4/5 |
| Support: |
5/5 |
| Price: |
5/5 |
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What We Liked:
- Lessons for all skill levels
- Fast loading videos in HD quality
- Lessons in a variety of styles (blues, metal, rock, country)
- Variety of practice tools (jam tracks, chord and scale library)
- Great support forum
- Multiple instructors to choose from
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What We Didn’t Like:
- Lessons must be watched on a computer
- Jam Tracks could be better quality
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Publisher: JamPlay Inc
Course Website: www.JamPlay.com
Best Price: $19.95 per month (coupons available)
Best For: Beginners, Intermediates
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| Overall: |
4/5 |
| Features: |
4/5 |
| Quality: |
4/5 |
| Ease of Use: |
5/5 |
| Support: |
5/5 |
| Price: |
5/5 |
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What We Liked:
- Lessons for all skill levels
- Videos are very fast loading
- Lesson in a variety of styles (blues, rock, country)
- Easy to follow lesson plan
- Excellent private support forum
- Multiple instructors to choose from
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What We Didn’t Like:
- Lessons must be watch on a computer
- Some of the videos are bit older
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Publisher: Guitar Tricks
Course Website: www.GuitarTricks.com
Best Price: $14.95 per month (Free Trial Available)
Best For: Beginners, Intermediates
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Of course there are other guitar courses available online and DVD. I’ve chosen these 3 as the best online guitar lessons and dvd guitar courses based on the quality of instruction, practice and supplemental materials, support available and price.
While I recognize that Gibson’s Learn & Master Guitar is the most expensive of all three it does offer the most straight forward and easy to follow lesson plan of any guitar course I’ve used. I still reference this course frequently, especially for the theory lessons and the jam along discs included.
