Originally Posted by: ac9184511Hi, I'm new here, learning Chapter 2. I was previously learning from a teacher who focused more on finger movements and gave me so many exercises, taught me c major scale with different octaves on different positions of guitar.
Here we started with simple chords and strumming. There is no exercise yet for finger movements and I saw course structure there are none in the future as well. So I got confused, because I was thinking my teacher is training me for lead guitar and here I'll be trained for rhythm guitar.
Help me to understand the difference and sort out this simple dilemma.
The answer is a matter of methodology and none are wrong.
You find everything you need at Guitar Tricks. With regard to finger movements; while that is your teacher's method (and a good one too), practicing will be your introductions to finger movements.
However, within the lessons, there are sections on simple rhtyms as well as simple melodies. These are essentially the sae thing your teacher is doing. In Fundementals 2, there is introduction to scales the broaden out the 'lead' side.
Guitar Tricks is built with the benefit of giving you a substantial underpinning to your knowledge of playing. Why? Because they don't have to try to fit it in during a weekly half hour lesson. So you may look at the lessons and it may not seem evident that these skills are being developed but they are.
Also, try Lisa's Spider excersizes to work on finger movement.
With that; there is nothing wront at all with your teacher's method. It's pretty good, really. My wife is starting to learn and from a local instructor and that instructor is doing the same type of thing. I see the value in that approach.
