Originally Posted by: Matteo Miller
You can find lots of additional free resources at my website if you want.

The production & instructional quality of your sample video lesson on "Chord Changes" is zero... you're actually teaching that poor guy the exact wrong way to learn chord changes.

K-log, you'll find lots of good resources here on this site... there are bottom feeders like this guy that use the forum as a way to promote their own sites. The real members here will happily steer you towards good texts, other sites with good info (watch some of the free lessons that Steve Vai offers... directly contradicts the method that buddy here is using in his free lesson).. all you have to do is ask. There's lots of sincere members that come on this site for no other reason that to help keep the stoke going for guys like you (and me) learning guitar.

I'd actually recommend NOT trying to find a guitar teacher at this point. Reason why? Guitar teachers are usually expensive... probably about a month of quality private lessons would cost you the same amount as an entire year membership for this site. Also, with video lessons, you can re-watch a lesson any time and as many times as you want... no going home and then wondering "now how did that riff go?". You can also progress at your own pace... guitar teachers usually want you to come every week, but what if you're not ready for your next lesson?

A couple of concrete suggestions for you.. first, DO check out the fingerpicking lessons if you don't know how to fingerpick. Reason why is I think they will give you a good feel on just how productive on-line lessons (good ones!) can be. Secondly, for your "wanting to understand" checkout a book called "The Fretboard Workbook":

http://www.amazon.com/Guitar-Fretboard-Workbook-Barrett-Tagliarino/dp/0634049011/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1323712707&sr=8-1

Its a really great workbook that will help you tremendously with understanding the how and why of scales, chords etc. If there is something your specifically after, just ask in the forum and someone will try to help you out.