Play Acoustic Guitar! - AcousticGuitarSchool.com

The acoustic guitar is, without question, the most versatile and fun musical instrument that you can learn to play. Whether you like rock or country, blues or jazz - whether you want to play at parties, coffee houses, and bars, or just at home or around the campfire, there is nothing quite as satisfying as picking up your guitar and playing your favorite music.

But I don't have to tell you that. You wouldn't have found this website if you weren't already interested in learning to play acoustic guitar or interested in becoming a better player.

You want to play acoustic guitar and you want to play well. Maybe you have freinds who play. Or maybe you used to play, but gave up a long time ago. Whatever your particular circumstances might be, you know that it's time to stop thinking about playing guitar and actually learn to play.

So what's holding you back? There are actually a lot of common misconceptions that keep people from reaching their goals with guitar - even though they've wanted to play for years. Do any of these sound familiar?

The list really goes on and on. But let's take a closer look at all of these misconceptions...

Let's think about what talent really is. A common dictionary definition might be something like "talent - n. a special natural ability or aptitude: a talent for drawing."

I don't buy this for a minute. I don't know whether or not some people have a natural aptitude for learning certain skills, but nobody has natural abilities. Abilities are skills. Skills are learned and then improved upon every day.

Think about Michael Jordan - possibly the most talented professional athlete ever. As a sophomore, Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team. That disappointment led Jordan to taking action to improve his skills - because he wanted it.

That's the formula for talent: Talent = Desire + Action. The formula applies to everything - including music and guitar.

I started playing piano when I was was 7 years old, but I never got very good. My mom wanted me to take piano lessons - I didn't have the desire.

When I was 13, I had the desire to play guitar and I took action to improve my level of skill every day.

If you have the desire to play acoustic guitar, and are willing to take action, then you have the talent.

Okay, I understand that people are busy. I certainly don't want to sound rude, but I need you to ask yourself a few questions and give yourself some honest answers. Do you really want to play guitar? Remember, desire is half of the talent equation.

Seriously. You can make time. Give it 20 to 30 minutes a day and you'll progress.

So you're probably wondering what the heck that's supposed to mean. It just means that whether playing guitar is simple or complex depends on each student's individual goals. What do you want to play?

Do you want to strum Neil Young covers in an acoustic duo. Pretty simple (and fun, too!).

Want to create your own solo guitar arrangements with lots of tasty jazz voice leading? That's more complex.

But either way, it's still not hard. More complex simply means you'll need to develop more skills - none of which are any harder than driving a car.

Honestly, I don't think reading standard notation is much different from reading TAB. It's really just what you're used to. However, you don't need to read standard notation to understand music or guitar. So I'm not forcing standard notation on anyone.

In fact, I think that the visualization of musical relationships on the fretboard is very important. That's why in addition to video and TAB, each AcousticGuitarSchool acoustic guitar lesson includes the entire lesson presented in fretboard diagrams.

For those that want to learn to read standard notation, there will be an entirely optional series of lessons and exercises on the subject.

Organic chemistry is complicated. Music is 12 tones and the harmonic and melodic relationships between them. Plus, you don't need to know everything there is to know about music theory to be a good musician.

Always remember that music comes first and theoretical analysis is the afterthought. Again, how deeply you choose to dive into music theory is up to you and depends on your individual goals.

AcousticGuitarSchool.com provides enough instruction in theory and ear training to allow you to label and recognize harmonic and melodic relationships between the 12 tones. This will enable you to truly "play by ear" (something many programs promise, but few deliver) and help you compose your own music if you'd like to.

The average fee for guitar lessons in my area is $25 - $35 per half-hour. (Check here, here, or here to see for yourself.) I know some teachers that charge $80 to $100 per hour for private lessons.

If you were to take private lessons from me, the fee would be $65 per hour (I don't think enough can be accomplished in a half-hour to make the lesson worth it, so I only offer hour lessons). Students must commit to blocks of four lessons with the entire $260 payable in advance. This policy is designed to prevent students from reserving lesson time, but then not showing up for their lesson.

Now I realize that this can get really expensive. Especially for students who want to progress quickly and take a lesson every week.

However, the alternative is AcousticGuitarSchool.com - where my online students get the same effective, quality instruction that I have delivered in my face-to-face, private lessons since 1993. The difference is, instead of $65 per hour, AcousticGuitarSchool.com costs only $27 per month.

And, for a limited time only, I am offering AcousticGuitarSchool.com membership for only $17 per month! With new lessons being assigned every week, that comes out to less than $4 per lesson - That's less than the average Starbucks purchase!

Even if you took a half-hour private lesson each week for $25, the savings over a year is impressive!

Factor in how slow and inefficient half hour private lessons make the learning process, and you really can save thousands of dollars!

Try AcousticGuitarSchool.com risk-free for a full 60 days. If your not happy, just send me an email and I'll personally refund your money. No private guitar teachers I know of stand behind their lessons like this!

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