Lots of people have been told that learning guitar online is the path to take with practicing. And I can tell you most of them are on the money. The only headache is you have to find lessons with good value content otherwise you aren’t going to take on anything. I have been around for a while learning and instructing guitar. And like I tell many of my pupils, if we didn’t have the internet as a source for researching, I wouldn’t be able to have gained so much understanding of many genius artists and styles of playing the instrument. Even though I teach private lessons I don’t hide away from the fact that you can learn thousands online, I see it as an adventure to take on more knowledge from numerous different people and musicians. And would never hold that information back from a pupil.
Teachers like students should always be constantly learning new things to keep on growing, it’s endless, like BB King says he’s 82 and still attaining new information on guitar. Having worked with multiple musicians and being a tutor at a local college where the Rolling Stones started out, I think the most valuable piece of knowledge ever thrown my way has been to research into genres on the internet, and in doing so I’ve not only seen a vast improvement in my own playing, but in my understanding of the instrument and guitar music itself. » Read more..