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In the age of Cyberspace, we’re going to take a look at the benefits of learning the guitar over the internet and which courses offer what.

I think over the course of ones life, everybody has a dream to play the guitar. Some accomplish this feat and others don’t. If you have a little patience then within just a few weeks you should have the basics down to play a tune. Sure there are 6 strings and up to 24 frets on each string but when you break it down, it’s just like a piano. Only 12 notes and repeat, repeat, and repeat. You can learn 12 notes right? Of course you can!

In the day I learned how to play the guitar there was no internet. You would take private lessons to get your knowledge and chops up to speed. The problem with that, it was only 30 minutes to an hour a week. You we’re left hanging for up to 7 days if you hit a speed bump. That’s when frustration builds and some people give up.

So how did I solve this problem? V.H.S tapes! Remember those? In the back of a guitar magazine there was an ad for a guitar training course (The Metal Method) and my dad bought it. It was a game changer to say the least. I had a guitar teacher 24 hrs a day and could rewind, fast forward and pause if I needed. Brilliant idea and it worked amazingly!

With the internet things have only gotten faster and better so we’re going to take a look at four products that will help you get to your goals of becoming an accomplished guitarist!

1. Jam Play – Online Guitar Lessons

Jam Play is a site dedicated to teaching you absolutely everything you need to know to learn and master the guitar. Provided is over 19,302 minutes of lessons from 24 instructors.

• Access to Phase 1 Beginner Lessons, Phase 2 Advanced Lessons, & Phase 3 Song Lessons
• High-definition lesson quality with scene selection & supplementals
• Full Chord Library to Print, Memorize and Access Any Chord
• Supplemental tools & Printable guitar Lesson Documentation
• Ask Jam Play guitar instructors your questions, get video responses

Price: $19.95 / Monthly
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2. Guitar Tricks – Learn To Play Guitar

Learn guitar from a hand-selected group of instructors, technicians, and professional guitarists. You have access to a large library of video and audio lessons, tutorials, sheet music, reference, exercises, personalization tools, and more.

• Thousands of streaming videos and tutorials
• Connect directly with instructors in the exclusive Full Access Subscribers Forum
• Jam Station software offers 150 tracks of backing music for you to practice over
• Proprietary Metronome and Tuner tools

Price: $12.95 / Monthly
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3. Guitar Superstars – Guitar Training

Guitar Superstars is the guitarist’s choice in either advancing their stellar performance career or that beginner who would like to learn how to take their guitar playing to the next level.

• Hundreds of lessons in video format
• Personal lesson plans
• Award-winning Jam machine technology & prerecorded jam tracks
• Supplemental tools & Printable guitar Lesson Documentation

Price: $37.00 / One Time Fee
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4. Metal Method – Electric Guitar Lessons

DVD guitar lessons that specialize in classic rock, hard rock, metal, and neoclassical shred electric guitar lessons. Includes beginner, intermediate, and advanced lessons.

• Instructor Michael Angelo Batio was 2009 Guitar World Magazine’s Reader’s Poll
• Lessons are shipped on DVD format
• Metal Mike Chlasciak (Halford) and shred master Rusty Cooley (Outworld) are former students
• Instant access to evaluate the quality of the products including instructional programs, product demos, and live concerts.

Price: N/A
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* Metal Method is mostly a DVD course although they do offer some free online material. Due to the fact that I’ve gone through his previous training as a kid I felt it should be mentioned.

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