Originally Posted by: Slipin LizardThe 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.

You think so? I've used those methods to learn any chord change within minutes ever since the day I had to switch hands on my guitar. I learned the guitar twice, and the second time around, I was on steroids, precisely because I have so many different techniques of how to super-speed my guitar playing.

Anyway, why don't YOU explain how to change chord fluidly if you like? That way I can get more feedback, which could help to improve my video, if you're right. "Exact wrong way" doesn't help much, and doesn't hold much power anyway. It's just an attack which has no backing proof.

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 haven't found a Steve Vai video about chord transitions, do you think you could link me to one?

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?

If you want to make fast progress, you need to spend money. :) I didn't say it was going to be cheap!

Btw, a great guitar teacher WILL record your private lesson for you. I do that all the time, and it produces great results (when the student listens back to it).

Let's say you want to play baseball. You gonna go online looking for tips and tricks and go off to your backyard and throw the ball at a fence all day long?

OR.... you gonna go out, and join a team, and go 2-3 times a week to practice along with a game every weekend?

Once a week is barely any time at all. I would recommend going to a teacher THREE TIMES per week!!! Why not? We do it in sports without questioning.

I guarantee if it's a good teacher, you WILL be ready for the next lesson, not because you'll be learning new information, but because he will TRAIN you to use the skills you already have. It will help to let the information sink in better. There are plenty of other reasons why going multiple times a week to see a teacher is a great idea.