Lessons
Each person has different needs and abilities. It is important that the lessons progress at a pace suited for the specific student. A lesson plan cannot be worked out until goals can be established.
Your responsibilities as a student are to determine your goals, what you would like to achieve by playing guitar and commit to a practice schedule.
A lot of what you will learn will depend on what you want to get from the guitar and how much practice you put in: Do you want to learn a few specific songs or guitar basics?
Even to learn a few songs you need to know how to hold the guitar, finger chords with one hand and strum with the other ( with or without pick ). You will be exposed to several chords and how to read a chord chart. You will be shown how to tune a guitar and read tablature.
Please note that non-adult students are expected to learn to read guitar music during the summers months.
A complete course will take you from the very basics of learning to hold the guitar, to tuning and tablature, reading music, some basic music theory, and various guitar playing styles ( folk, rock, country ,etc ). Please call for more information.
If you want to learn specific songs, please remember that it will be dependent on the complexity of the song and the skill level of the guitar player. Basically, what I'm saying is that a simple folk or simple country song can easily be learned by a beginner. Imitating a full blown rock band on one guitar is another story. Those songs may be simplified to fit the skill level of the student. You may also have to supply the CD and sheet music/tablature.
You will need a Guitar
The more you can spend on a guitar, usually the better the guitar. A very cheap, inexpensive guitar will be hard to tune and difficult to play; and it's resale value will be low or nothing. A good guitar is fun to play and may even appreciate over time. Usually, but not always, an inexpensive electric guitar is better than a same-priced acoustic (wooden) guitar. But then you have the amp to deal with.
I may be able to arrange a rental guitar if you aren't ready to buy one. Renting a guitar is a good idea if you don't yet know how to play a guitar. You should take a couple of months to learn how to play chords and a couple of songs. That way, when you go to the guitar store, you will have a better idea what to look for in an instrument. You won't depend on the salesman to pick the guitar for you. An experience guitar salesman can make any guitar sound good. Please ask me for details.
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