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Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Beginning Guitar Lessons - Pros and Cons of Online Guitar Lessons

By Harley Hamilton

These days, it is quite easy to learn to play acoustic guitar even online. You do not have to go someplace for lessons or pay lots of money to learn how to play, easily.

Instead, you can learn how to play online. A new program called Jamorama is available to anyone who wants to learn to play acoustic guitar without ever leaving the comfort and privacy of their own homes. How does it work?

Jamorama's goal is to allow you, the player, to be able to play almost any guitar song you hear. That means playing your own original music as well as any music you might hear and want to reproduce. You may have the goal of starting your own band or becoming a professional musician, or you may just want to learn to play the guitar for its own enjoyment.

Is Jamorama for you?

You can learn how to play with Jamorama whether you have no experience with guitar at all or have had some experience. You have to be at least eight years old, and you must have access to a computer. Other than that, just about anyone can learn how to play, easily and on his or her own time. Jamorama utilizes video, audio and their own proprietary "Jamtrack" functions to let you learn and practice like a pro. In particular, "Jamtrack" provides backup for you to practice with your band, if you want to.

The pros and cons of online guitar lessons

Of course, it is probably true that nothing would take the place of lessons with a "real" teacher, quite, but there are some drawbacks to that particular scenario, too. Number one, it is expensive to take guitar lessons with a trained teacher one on one. And number two, while it is true that you can probably take "class" lessons in guitar, what happens if other students are far ahead of you or you are far ahead of other students? Teachers can only go as fast as their slowest students, so personalization is out the window when it comes to those kinds of lessons. Therefore, a good alternative is to learn to play acoustic guitar online.

When you want to play acoustic guitar online, you get most of the benefits of a "one-on-one" experience without any of the drawbacks. Jamorama addresses most of the problems when it comes to online guitar lessons by making sure their technology is up-to-date and is as easy to use as possible. You can easily access every lesson when you need it, and you can go back to practice again when you need a refresher.

Whenever you need to listen to a particular video, audio or Jamtrack, you just click on that particular symbol and they automatically load.

Negatives?

There is one minor drawback with the program, which is that the video samples of left and right hand positioning could be larger, but the video itself is clear and easy to see. In addition, the lessons themselves are really written lessons with video, photo, diagram and audio enhancement instead of full video lessons; however, this may not be detrimental, necessarily, since the written lessons are very, very clear, so that the video and audio enhancements clearly do their jobs well.

In short, if you want to learn how to play acoustic guitar, you can do so online very easily and well, and it is inexpensive to boot. The lessons come with a full money back guarantee if you are not happy, so you have nothing to lose. Give Jamorama a try today.

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