Online Guitar Courses – Why Guitar Teachers Hate Them!
Guitar teachers are starting to take notice of the growing number of online guitar courses now available for beginning guitar players. More and more they are being asked by potential students to advise on the suitability of this type of learning material.
On the surface, learning to play guitar from online lessons would seem to be second rate compared to learning from a conventional, real live guitar teacher. However, a closer look now shows a rather alarming fact for regular guitar teachers. It has now been shown that many of the online guitar courses now available offer advantages for guitar students over what is usually offered at conventional guitar lessons.
Some of the benefits that came to light were:
1. Immediate start. As soon as payment is made, online guitar courses can be downloaded instantly, and lessons can be started right away.
2. Convenience. Guitar students can sit at home and do their practice, with no need to pack up their guitar and drive to the teachers house or studio. This means more time practicing instead of driving.
3. Lack of stress and pressure. Learning guitar at home means no constant pressure from the instructor to get it right. This could make it easier for younger students to gain more confidence with their playing.
4. High quality course material. Although most topics are not new to guitar teachers, online guitar courses contain many new innovative methods for teaching the material to students. Many guitar teachers who start using these methods are finding their students are advancing faster than before.
5. Cost savings. Many online guitar packages can be purchased for less than $200. Lessons with a guitar teacher can cost anywhere from $25 to $40 per hour. Considering that each course probably contains enough material to keep the average student busy for 6-12 months, it doesn’t take a genius to work the much lower cost of the online option.
It is clear that online guitar courses are catching on, which is not surprising considering some of their major advantages. No more dragging equipment around, less pressure and high quality learning material for a fraction of the cost to mention a few. In the words of my guitar teacher friend, “I hope they don’t find out, because I’m certainly not going to tell them! (Not unless I get my act together and create a new online guitar lesson course of my own of course!)”
So if you would like to check out a few of the best online guitar lessons you can get your hands on right now, this handy guitar lessons comparison chart might help.
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