Correct Application
Without someone to show you the proper way to execute finger patterns, chords, scales, arpeggios etc. You run the risk of learning incorrectly and creating some seriously bad habits. Even something as simple as holding the guitar. Hold it wrong and you’ll end up fighting with the instrument for the rest of your playing days. You’re doomed. There are chords and moves you will never be able to grab simply because you hold the guitar wrong!
Overcoming your musical barriers
There are very real obstacles and barriers that all guitar players experience and they occur at different stages of development. Ask any good guitar player and they will admit that they have conquered them but with some form help . In fact, many really good guitar players have walked away from the instrument entirely only to return to it with a fresh more educated approach.
Foundation
When you take lessons with a teacher, you get the added benefit of building the correct foundation. This helps you to learn important skills like technique that will ultimately benefit your playing and musical progress. Unless you are being taught the correct approach to these methods, how will you even know if you are doing things right?
For example, when you go online, you’ll find that lot’s of key signatures, timing charts, tabs, tunings and chord diagrams that you are relying on to learn a song are transcribed incorrectly.
But unfortunately as a beginner learning on your own how would you know? And if you actually learned the song all the way to the end, you’ll never be able to play it with another musician because it will be all wrong.
As any young guitarist probably already knows, anybody can post guitar tab to an internet site, whether they know what they’re doing or not. You listen to your favourite song, grab a pencil and write your version of it in tab form, hook up to the internet and publish it.
Speed up your learning curve
When you first start with music, it will most likely be a bit foreign and even unsettling. It takes some time to learn music, understand the fundamentals and mentally digest why notes, chords, and songs sound good together.
Working with a private guitar teacher helps you too quickly understand the fundamentals while making the learning fun. You will learn faster. This is huge. It is very important because it helps build your confidence and increases the likelihood of you continuing with your lessons.
The first step is the hardest
With guitar, there’s a phenomenon called the “First Month Hump.” During the first month, you’re at an important stage that determines whether you keep going or whether you call it quits. Everything is new. Some things make sense other things do not. And inside, you’re trying to decide whether the dream of making music is worth the fear of failing at it.
It’s at this stage where private instruction really starts to make a difference. With the help of a good program and instruction like what we give to our pupils here at Guitar Excellence, you see more improvement, which helps build your confidence and increases the likelihood of continuing.
Your lessons are customised to you, so you get to learn the things you’re most interested in. This naturally speeds up and helps to flatten your learning curve as well. You also have personalised attention that helps you fast-track through the First Month Hump and into the next phase of learning.
Staying motivated
Without a doubt, there will be times during the first few months when you feel disappointed with your playing. Perhaps you didn’t find time to practice, are still struggling to learn to read music, or you can’t quite figure out how to work your left and right hand with the proper timing. This is all normal and happens to all of us in some way or another. However, the hard and frustrating times are often the turning or quitting points in most musicians. The benefits of having lessons with an instructor is that you have the support of your guitar teacher and a community of other people learning at your level.
Accountability
Lessons with an instructor help you become accountable to yourself, to your instructor, and others. As a general rule, we always work harder when we know someone else is counting on us. By telling others what our goals are, we trigger something inside the mind that helps us give a little extra effort. A good program will help you set your first goal and then help you share that goal with others
Inspiration
A good lessons program helps inspire you by having people that believe in you. You get to hear stories of how other people are living their dream and can then apply their learning to your own situation. By taking lessons, you’ll tap into the wisdom of instructors that have been through your situation before. Teachers are willing to help you get to where you want to be.
Milestones
Part of the job of private instruction is to help you see yourself living your dream and discovering the music inside you. A good guitar instructor will understand your current skill level and help you set reasonable milestones for your growth.
Family
Parents find that music lessons for kids not only improve their children’s memorisation and small motor skills but strongly contribute to the building of their child’s self-confidence. This, in turn, helps children succeed not only in music but in school and other outside activities.
Both children and their parents find it truly rewarding when a child reaches a pre-set goal or milestone. Whether that is learning a new song, performing in front of others or just finding enjoyment in music.
Adults in their 20’s and 30’s see lessons as a creative outlet and something to help them de-stress after a long day, as well as other health benefits of learning music. For many, music lessons are the beginning steps of a career in live performance or recorded music. For others, music lessons are a way to express emotion or impress others with their new-found talents through a birthday, wedding, or special event performance.
Older adults find that music lessons are a great way to stay mentally active. Many will resume lessons for an instrument they played in the past to polish up their skills while others are interested in learning something brand new and acquiring a special talent. Music is known to be therapeutic and a great way to keep one’s mind young!
Here at Guitar Excellence, we offer many different types of guitar lessons in the comfort of your own home and online. Click below to see the different options and see how we can help you take your playing to the next level.
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