Guitar Teacher
This section will contain all of the articles and lessons of interest to guitar teachers, including lesson materials and teaching concepts and styles related to the instrument. A guitar teacher can look to this area of the site to improve their methods and get advice. Anyone thinking about becoming a guitar teacher will also find this section helpful and there will be links to other resources that can help prospective teachers get started.
The Free Guitar Lessons and Articles site is now accepting user submissions of lessons and articles on any guitar related subject. A this site, we believe that the internet can be a great resource for players of all levels interested in strengthening their guitar skills through study and practice, and in the interest of providing as much good information as possible, we are now opening up our platform to lessons and articles from experienced players and guitar teachers around the world. This should help create a wealth of information capable of helping any player teach themselves guitar or supplement their private lessons, and it will all be available for free.
If you would like to submit a guitar lesson or article to this site, please use the submission form.
One of the main reasons that the internet is so effective as a learning tool is because people from all over the world are able to communicate and share information that can help those looking for it. In that spirit, the Free Guitar Lessons and Articles site is going to develop into one of the best places to look for any of your guitar questions.
Although users will be able to submit lessons and articles without annoying hassles like registration and long approval periods, every submission will be read and edited for correctness so that only the highest quality information is appearing on the site. Articles with misleading or useless information will be rejected, but if you have some good guitar playing tips, strategies, lessons, or articles that you want to share, don’t hesitate to send them into this site for publication.
In addition to the user submitted content, this site will continue to be updated with free professional guitar articles and lessons from our team of experienced players and teachers. This combination should prove to be extremely effective in creating a site rich in valuable information for anyone seeking to improve their guitar playing.
There are many different ways to learn how to play the guitar, and a good strategy would be to combine as many of them as possible. That’s why even if you are taking private lessons or studying music in school the information on this site can still be of use to you. If you aren’t taking lessons, the materials on this site should be enough to guide you through responsibly learning the instrument on your own.
The guitar is an instrument frequently self taught, and though this is a great fact, many players who teach themselves end up wasting years of their time by developing bad habits and slacking off on the more complex music theory. By using the free guitar lessons and articles here, you can get the best of both worlds; reliable information and helpful techniques, plus the freedom of learning the instrument on your own. The best part is, of course, that everything on this site is free.
Private guitar lessons can cost a lot over time, though with a good teacher they are worth it. For those times when you are unable to afford the time and money commitment of a private teacher, this site can serve as your vehicle for learning. You can go at your own pace, and rest assured that you are learning from the highest quality lessons.
We will continue to develop this site into its full potential as one of the best guitar informational resources on the net, so please submit any guitar lessons or articles that you think could benefit other players. Submitting an article here can help give your services as a guitar teacher publicity, help promote your music, or help get your name out there as a guitar authority. In fact, article publicity is one of the best forms of promotion on the internet, so its a win-win situation; you help players become better at the guitar, and you get your name out there (if you want to).
January 06 2010 | Guitar Teacher | No Comments »
There is a new site called the music lessons directory that is a free directory for music teachers and students to connect with each other. This can be used by private guitar teachers to promote their services and find more students to teach. Guitar students can also use this website to find local private guitar teachers.
This is a great new site because it is completely free where as other sites like it charge yearly fees for their members or a sign up fee. There is no reason not to get listed on a site like this if you are a private guitar teacher. Your business depends on the flow of students so you should want to take advantage of any free ways of getting your name out there to more students.
Private guitar teachers should apply to this site so that more students in their area can find them, and guitar students should start checking it out to find teachers in their area.
March 17 2009 | Guitar Teacher | No Comments »
If you are starting to learn how to play guitar a guitar blog can be a nice thing to maintain. The process of learning the guitar is a long one and it can be helpful to have somewhere to write down your thoughts or just document what you have been working on.
When you keep track of what you are practicing that can help you to keep practicing on a regular basis and make goals based on what you have been doing. If you have certain goals that you are working towards and you keep track of them while learning guitar, it lets you know how much you have progressed and what works and what does not. Guitar blogs can be a way to make sure you stick to your practice routine and the goals that you have set.
A guitar journal can also help you develop your thoughts about guitar playing and music in general. When you have to write something down you are forced to think about it more. It will also be helpful when you go back and see what you were working on and what you thought about it, and then you can relate that to where you are today.
Starting some kind of online guitar blog or journal is a good strategy for any player and can help you get the most out of your practice time.
March 01 2009 | Guitar Teacher | Comments Off
Being able to play and understand the electric guitar is important for many different styles of music. It can also be important if you are a composer or music producer. Film music composers are known to use the guitar in both their recordings and compositional processes. The guitar is a great instrument for composition because it forces you to arrange for a melody note to be on the top voice of a chord.
Besides the usual rock and acoustic styles that most people play guitar in, there are a great number of emerging music styles that the electric guitar is useful for. Electronic jazz is coming out of jazz and electronic music and is a style that people can produce and record on their own without a band. The electric guitar is needed for recording in this style because you can plug it into a computer without and expensive equipment.
The electric guitar is a great tool for music composition and production in a variety of styles and it is suggested that if you plan on being a music producer or composer that you know how to play this instrument at least at a basic level.
November 18 2008 | Guitar Teacher | Comments Off
I was in southern Spain a few years ago and was exposed to the rich classical and flamenco guitar tradition that exists in the area, especially in Granada. When I was on my southern Spain vacation in Granada I stopped by quite a few guitar shops where master guitar makers were at work on their latest project. They all made high quality hand made guitars that cost thousands of euros, much more than I could afford after paying for my southern Spain villa rental, but they did have some more low cost mass produced models in many of the shops.
Most of the guitar makers were really nice and let you play the less expensive models that were on display in the store. They were a lot more protective of the hand made instruments they were working on.
One guy told me that his instruments were too expensive for me when I asked about them. Another store wouldn’t even let me touch any of their guitars. I don’t know how they expect to sell anything they wont let anyone touch.
When I was walking by one of the custom shops one day I saw a professional flamenco guitar player talking to the builder. I had seen him perform a few days earlier so it was cool to see him around the city talking with the well known guitar makers.
Before I left southern Spain I bought a nice Spanish made classical guitar that is better than any reasonably price guitar ive seen here. It isn’t hand made, but I made sure it was made in Spain and it feels great to play. If you are a guitar lover, find some way to get to southern Spain at some point.
November 05 2008 | Guitar Teacher | Comments Off
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