What will they teach me in my Guitar lesson?
February 112010
I’m having my first guitar lesson tomorrow - it’s 40 minutes long.
Just wondering what they will teach me in my first lesson, second, third and so on.
Thanks.
You never know. Many teachers have different approaches.
Hopefully your teacher will teach you all of the parts of the guitar, correct posture, how to hold a pic, how to tune, etc.
From there teachers either go into standard notation (reading music), TABs, or chords. If they go into reading music, you’re in for a very long year without much progress. If they go into TABs, that’s better. You’ll learn things more quickly, but you’ll only learn a limited number of things if they only stay with TABs. If you start learning chords, you’ll be able to strum through songs the quickest.
I personally like to hit the basics and jump into chords as soon as I can with a student so that they can start playing though songs as quickly as possible. I use my whole method at my site: http://guitarmann.com
Stephen
February 11th, 2010 at 8:27 pm
The parts of the guitar…names of string..how to hold a pick etc ..maybe will learn some chords
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February 11th, 2010 at 8:37 pm
Yeah, it will be pretty basic. Probably a few basic chords, not much more than that.
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February 11th, 2010 at 8:42 pm
Umm… They’ll teach you to play Free Bird, Sweet Child O’ Mine, The Barney theme song, sweep picking, tapping, lighting your guitar on fire and playing it with your teeth… Was that a serious question? They’ll teach you the very basic basics unless you have prior experience with the instrument. Have fun!
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February 11th, 2010 at 9:06 pm
You never know. Many teachers have different approaches.
Hopefully your teacher will teach you all of the parts of the guitar, correct posture, how to hold a pic, how to tune, etc.
From there teachers either go into standard notation (reading music), TABs, or chords. If they go into reading music, you’re in for a very long year without much progress. If they go into TABs, that’s better. You’ll learn things more quickly, but you’ll only learn a limited number of things if they only stay with TABs. If you start learning chords, you’ll be able to strum through songs the quickest.
I personally like to hit the basics and jump into chords as soon as I can with a student so that they can start playing though songs as quickly as possible. I use my whole method at my site: http://guitarmann.com
Stephen
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guitar instructor for over 10 years