Hi everyone. I came here from an advertisment on youtube. I found this site promising, but I would like to use my 6 free lessons first.
The snag here is I have some skills and dont know where lessons that fit me start. I don't want to waste free lessons on something too simple for me that could be boring. But I don't want to start with too hard lessons to understand also.
Where is the correct place to start? How to define my current level in scheme of this site's cources?
Any ideas?
Hi,
I've been playing guitar on and off for almost 20 years. When I joined I started with Lisa's Guitar Fundamentals course. Even though it was remedial for me she covers everything in such detail that she tied together concepts I've been missing forever. If any course feels too easy in the beginning, just wait. Every instructor here is a guitar wizard and will get you out of your comfort zone before you know it.
I'd also suggest trying a couple song lessons. They are fantastic here and are incredibly accurate to the recorded songs.
Have fun!
Chris
Hi Denis
Lisa's fundamentals are really fundamental. Great for someone like me who really had no skill set to begin with, but I would suggest that if you already know some basic chords and have some skill at chord transition as well as some basic theory, then maybe focusing on something else may be better for you.
I like Chris' suggestion of songs, or maybe you want to focus on a style like blues or something. But I am not sure what is open to you for the 6 free lessons. The songs are broken up into multiple lessons, so you may go through your 6 free lessons and not complete the song. Same applies to other courses, it sounds like the 6 free lessons are just to give you a taste of the competency of the site and instructors.
I think for someone to give you the best advice, and it will probably come from Christopher, it would really help if you laid out what you do have under your belt.
For instance, how may chords do you know and what are they, do you know the chords for each key? Do you know the associated major and minor scales etc etc. The more information you provide about your current level the better.
Good luck.
This year the diet is definitely gonna stick!
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I think for someone to give you the best advice, and it will probably come from Christopher, it would really help if you laid out what you do have under your belt.
For instance, how may chords do you know and what are they, do you know the chords for each key? Do you know the associated major and minor scales etc etc. The more information you provide about your current level the better.
Good luck.
Thank you! That's a good idea!
Here I am singing for you an playing some fragments of what I can. I thing it's the best possible illustration.
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=1-2UyyGbAhJNAsAT6urAt_N1uHsvuXUPK
As regarding notations Ican read chords, tabs with some concentration. I have some understanding of standard music notation, but need to work very hard to really read something there.
From keys I know minor and major. But theory is a thing I dealt with pretty long time ago.
Originally Posted by: denis.matiukhin
Here I am singing for you an playing some fragments of what I can. I thing it's the best possible illustration.
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=1-2UyyGbAhJNAsAT6urAt_N1uHsvuXUPK
As regarding notations Ican read chords, tabs with some concentration. I have some understanding of standard music notation, but need to work very hard to really read something there.
From keys I know minor and major. But theory is a thing I dealt with pretty long time ago.
I listened to the 1st song Denis, is it yours? Its very nice, I enjoyed it. You can clearly play and look very comfortable on the guitar. And you are way over my pay grade, so perhaps, if Christopher Schlegel doesn't see this thread, reach out to him directly by posting a new Thread with something like "Hello Christopher Schlegel please help". He is one of the instructors here and very helpful. Maybe have a discussion with him as to where you are at and what aspects you feel you can use some work on.
The reason this is important is that there is so much information on the site, many times it is just easier to have Chris point you in the right direction.
This year the diet is definitely gonna stick!
Checking out your videos, you're not too far from where I was when I started with GT. I'm sure that the instructors will have a much better sense of where you should start, but if it were me and I were you, I'd start at the beginning even though a lot of the initial stuff might be repetitious -- you'll fly through the stuff you already know so it won't take much time and, again, based on my experience only, I was able to hone and solidfy things and correct some of my bad self-taught habits (not saying you have those, but I sure do!) before moving on to new things. And I think it also serves to orient in terms of the methodology that GT uses for teaching, which is on and of itself something to get familiar with before moving on to new things. (Also Lisa is amazing as a teacher, which is no small thing.)
I am continually surprised at how much there is to learn in Fundamentals I and II even coming to them with a solid basic knowledge of theory, strumming and chords.
I hope that helps!
"I got this guitar and I learned how to make it talk."
Originally Posted by: denis.matiukhinHi everyone. I came here from an advertisment on youtube. I found this site promising, but I would like to use my 6 free lessons first.
The snag here is I have some skills and dont know where lessons that fit me start. I don't want to waste free lessons on something too simple for me that could be boring. But I don't want to start with too hard lessons to understand also.
Where is the correct place to start? How to define my current level in scheme of this site's cources?
Any ideas?
Watching your video, you can play. You have a command of chords, timing and do so without struggle. That is to say that you are not a beginner. I call that out because the answer is less about what we think you should trial but is more a question of; what do you feel you need to learn?
Circular question, I know....
But that is the key. You want to learn more though and that means you have a sense of what your shortcomings are. Watching yout videos and your abiity to play comfortable and sing along, you need very little with regard to how to hold the instrument or what chords are what. You have the ability to play rhythm to most any popular song.
What do you think are your shortcomings. Like many folks, that might well be with understanding scales and the like.
If you have any idea what 'I wished I knew (fill in the blank)', definately share and I'd think we'd find a good few lesson for you.
Jeff
Hi there,
So glad you're checking out GT for your guitar lessons.
If you know how to play a couple simple songs, and switch open chords easily, and you can easily run up and down a simple box scale pattern, you can start with either Guitar Fundamentals level 2 or if you want a challenge, go for the experienced lessons.
But of course, everyone is a little different!
For more info you can check out how difficulty is rated here: https://www.guitartricks.com/blog/Difficulty-Ratings-Explained
