shoud I add private lessons

I've been working with Guitar Tricks for about 30 days and made some progress. Do you think adding private lessons would be a good idea.

this is an answer only you can give, as lessons are a personal choice.
if your moving forward with this website then stick with it.
if your still having issues then maybe private lessons are a good idea.
this site is pretty good from what i can tell. i dont have full access yet.
only thing i would suggest with this site is a quality easy to read theory
and a chord book. both will help you either in private or on line lessons.
remember, neither private or on line lessons will be a be-all-end-all
to your learning. there is however pros and cons to both approaches.
good luck, i hope ive helped.

Originally Posted by: oteb441I've been working with Guitar Tricks for about 30 days and made some progress. Do you think adding private lessons would be a good idea.

Oteb, I did because it made my progress a little easier. I don't go every week but I do try to go every other week. Lessons can be a little pricey but for me I found it to be well worth it.

-Dogger

Hi oteb441..
Welcome to GT...
Some instructor here do recommend having a private insructor. They have a disadvantage of not being able to see what you are doing right or wrong.
In my case I have two problems that would have been caught in person. One, I tend to lose posture causing fatigue and a short practice. Secondly, I tend to roll my guitar to view finger placement which makes it hard to fret clean chords.
Check out your local Community College for group classes. This may be a less expensive choice and a chance socialize with your guitar peers.
There is also a chord finder at the top right corner of the site page..
Keep on Pickin'
Gordon

I started playing about a year ago and you may find it easier to work with an instructor to speed things up. You might be someone that is dedicated/disclipined enough to work on your weaker items and resolve the issue? Most of us enjoy practicing things we know, rather than things we don't.

My guitar teacher is very good at helping with the little nuances but as he always says, "I can show you the right buttons to press, but you still have to play it." Because you are just getting started, everything you learn at this point is probably new so the fun factor hasn't worn off. When frustration sets in and you don't have the personal interaction to help you through it, then you might be less likely to practice. Keep at it and remember to always have fun with it.

I've had my first guitar for a little over a year. I started with a bunch of DVD lessons and books. That showed me the basic chords but I soon hit a wall and needed some extra help. I took a dozen lessons but had to stop. I had a great instructor and there is no replacement for one on one. I found this site last week and its been good so far. Its nice to have it there 24/7 unlike an actual instructor. My opinion is if you can afford private lessons then go for it and use this site to help you between lessons until you get to where you can actually play songs.

Guitar Tricks is an amazing resource that is equally as inexpensive. Where as the amount of information is endless, you really can only do so much with an instructor that you are not directly interacting with. Because of that, I very much encourage people to use both GT and a private instructor. Take what you learn from one avenue and work it into the other. Having both is a great way to ensue you are doing things correctly and getting the message the right way.

Good luck! :cool: