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Just added a review of Elmore Music's Speed Learning System. The Speed Learning System is a comprehensive online guitar learning course and is basically all of Elmore Music's courses rolled into one package. You will get instant access to Elmore Music's 5 courses as well as 7 additional free bonuses which are valued over USD $ 659.70.

Read the full review here

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The online guitar tutorials market seems to be getting very competitive these days and we have been kept busy recently writing reviews of some really great courses. This of course means better deals for those learning guitar and it really is a buyers market out there. One of the products we have reviewed recently is , “50 Easy Songs To Play On The Guitar” and it is a great example of how publishers are giving away more and more free guitar lessons. Of course by doing this they are hoping you'll buy the full course but it just goes to show that if you want to learn the guitar then the internet is the place to look even if your budget is a big fat zero.

Elmore music's range of online guitar instruction products represent an excellent choice for the beginner and intermediate guitarist but these days you really are spoilt for choice as there are several great courses available. Based on our research the best selling guitar courses online include;

• Learn and Master the Guitar by Steve Krenz
• Jamorama and Jamorama Acoustic by Ben Edwards
• Amazing Guitar Secrets by Dan Denley
• Elmore music

Now some are more expensive than others and its worth noting that Learn and Master the Guitar by Steve Krenz is an 8 DVD set rather than an online guitar course (which tends to justify the cost) but all are professionally presented and well taught. Best of all more and more are giving away free lessons which not only means you get a great deal but you get a chance to sample the quality and teaching style of each product before you buy.

Several of these publishers also have new courses in the pipeline and we are looking forward to reviewing them in the near future. In the meantime check out the sites for yourself and most importantly enjoy playing the guitar!

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Just added a new review of "50 Easy Songs To Play On The Guitar" which has totally free guitar lessons as well as video lessons for Carlos Santana, Dire Straits, REM, The Eagles and Eric Clapton. If you just want to get the free lessons then your can subscribe for free here.

Enjoy!

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We have just added a free 12 bar blues guitar lesson for our email list subscribers. It's by Dan Denley from Lead Guitar Secrets and is a great beginners introduction to playing the blues. To access this free lesson as well as our main 5 part beginners guide to playing guitar simply join our free email list by entering your name and email address in the box on the right and you will be emailed instructions on how to access this area of the website.

We are working hard on getting you more free video lessons all the time so make sure you bookmark this section once your emailed the link.

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Just a quick update to let you know what's going on over here at LearnTheGuitarNow.com. Things have been really hectic recently but we are hard at work getting some new sections on the site. Most notably we are producing a section on guitar scales and theory that will help guide you through the basics.

We are also looking to expand our reviews section as we have been getting some great feedback from visitors. This will include a site of the month award that we will be giving to those guitar sites that are something special so stay tuned.

Finally those good people over at Learn and Master the Guitar look to be continuing their sale indefinitely. At $149 (approx £70) it makes this course unbeatable value for money so get in there!

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Learn and Master Guitar by Steve Krenz is ending its sale today so its your last chance to get the course for $149. This course really is superb and at this price its the best offer around at the moment so get it while you still can.

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Just a quick update here to tell you that we have added a review of Dan Denley's "Lead Guitar secrets". Dan already has two very good guitar courses available called "Amazing Guitar Secrets" and "Blues Guitar Secrets" which are excellent and if you liked those then you'll definitely want to check out this one.

It's a well put together course that, as the name suggests, focuses on lead guitar method. This is a highly popular area with guitarists who have already mastered the basics of rhythm guitar so we will be looking at some other courses that also feature lead guitar very soon.

In the meantime check out the full review of "Lead Guitar Secrets".

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FreeGuitarVideos.com is run by by Peter Vogl, Jody Worrell, Michael Doke and Billy Wilkie, all of which have fine CV's and plenty of experience in teaching guitar. The site features plenty of free videos on blues guitar as well as many video lessons on slide, jazz, country, acoustic and rock guitar. The site is well laid out and is a great example of how to offer good value content to visitors in conjunction with reasonably priced premium lessons. The premium lessons are well priced at $4.99 per lesson and usually range 15 - 20 mins whereas the free lessons are shorter at 5 - 10 mins.

I think this site will have a lot of regular visitors as a result of what they have to offer and here are some sample lessons from the site to get you started.

Blues soloing concepts by Jody Worrell



Beginning Double Stops, Slide guitar lesson by Michael Doke

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learning to play acoustic guitar is more popular than ever and we thought we'd help you in the right directions by providing a list of online lessons and resources.

How to change your guitar strings. It's amazing how many beginners struggle with one of the fundamental skills. This lessonjs will take you through how to restring your acoustic guitar.



Beginners Guitar Lesson focusing on the notes of the guitar and how to find them on the fretboard.



A nice acoustic guitar lesson on some simple chord changes



Learn Live Forever by Oasis on acoustic guitar. This will always impress everyone in the room, trust me.

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I've been really impressed recently with Mike Herbert's online guitar lessons. The quality of the videos is excellent and he has a nice down to earth teaching style that makes you feel right at home. His use of the split screen is well thought out and lets you see both is picking technique and fretboard work in real time which is both innovative and effective.

Mike's recently been putting a lot of his lessons on youtube.com and I thought you might find his new series on "Classical Gas" handy to have in one location. It's a five part series broken down into lessons around 10 minutes in length so its easier to digest.

If your not so interested in classical then check out his website, www.6-string-videos.com for some classic rock/blues lessons. Mike also has a cool new product called 20 Easy Strumming Songs For Guitar in which he teaches you some fantastic crowd pleasing songs using his renowned teaching method.

Classical Gas Lesson One



Classical Gas Lesson Two



Classical Gas Lesson Three



Classical Gas Lesson Four



Classical Gas Lesson Five



Classical Gas Lesson Six




Classical Gas Lesson Seven (NEW!)



We'll add the rest in the series as soon as they are posted.

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If your reading this blog entry then its a decent bet that you've already read one or two of our guitar course reviews. If your thinking of buying one of these courses then you'll want to check out Jamorama first as they have a really great offer on at the moment. You can pick up the instant download version of their best selling course and Jamorama Lead for $69.95.

Of course the decision is ultimately yours but its deals like this that makes Jamorama.com so popular and considering the current price we'd highly recommend this for beignners and intermediates.

Wishing you continued success in your guitar playing.

Gary Moyle.

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So you want to record some tunes eh? Where do I start I hear you ask. Well you have lots of options and here are some examples of what software recording solutions are available.



Audacity

Its a free download and maybe a good place to start if you have a limited budget. You also have options to download plugins and mp3 export capabilities. Although free to download you'll need an input device such as Line 6's POD or Guitarport.



Guitar Tracks Pro

Powerful home editing studio from Cakewalk that actually comes with a 32-track digital recorder and virtual mixing console; IK Multimedia's Amplitube LE a special edition of the leading guitar amp plug-in . The price is attractive aswell at $99 (£49)



Riffworks

Ideal solution for guitarists and incredibly easy to use based on this rather funny Riffworks demonstration video. You will need an interface device of some kind in order to use this but Line 6's POD or Guitarport should do the trick. Prices of RiffWorks Line 6 Edition with a GuitarPort start from $265.99 (£149).



Adobe Audition

Formerly known as Cool Edit Pro. This solution allows you to record, mix, edit, and master digital audio files with powerful tools that bring flexibility and control to your desktop studio. You can easily create music, produce radio spots, and restore imperfect recordings. You'll get professional results but comes in at $349 (£270) so its not the cheapest solution.

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There's not many songs over the last few years that really give me goosebumps and I'm always finding myself going back to the sixties, seventies and eighties to get my fix for a classic song. But "The Scientist" by Coldplay is a modern classic that gets me every time and a great one to impress the girls (or guys) with.

Here's the video lesson courtesy of NextLevelGuitar.com



I'm off to practice this one!

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Every once and a while whilst digging through the masses of guitar websites out there in the nether, we come across a gem of a site and FreeLicks.net is one of them. Its free to access and has lots of video clips and guitar tabs for many of the most popular rock riffs and solos.

Whilst not as polished as some of the online guitar courses we feature on the site (what do you expect its free!) it has plenty for the intermediate guitarist that wants to learn some popular blues/rock riffs and solos. Kristopher Dahl, the swedish guitar instructor certainly has the chops and has a great sense of humour. Just check out the following clip on youtube. I laughed my ass off!

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Well we have finally finished the new design of the site and we really hope you like it as it took ages!

Our main aim was to clean everything up and provide a stronger brand for the site aswell as giving you some extra features such as the Guitar Video section which will provide lots of Youtube guitar goodies and inspiration (Just check out the amazing Zakk Wylde guitar solo!).

We will be posting lots of new reviews soon including "Amazing Guitar Secrets"by Dan Denley and "Learn and Master Guitar" by Steve krenz. Make sure you also watch out for lots of free giveaways and guitar lessons. If you haven't already get on our email list and start receiving some free guitar lessons today!

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Just a quick post to wish you all a happy new year and I hope you all had a great Christmas! I don't know about you but one of my new year resolutions is to take some time out of my busy schedule and spend more time playing the guitar.

As part of this I'm planning to spend more time on LickLibrary and as luck would have it I received an email today saying they had just launched a brand new design. Having taken some time to look through the site I have to admit its looking very slick (Check out the cool video introduction!) and the site is also much easier to use and navigate around.

I really like te addition of LickSpace which is a community area of the site based on the successful mySpace principle and overall there is just loads of good quality content to keep you amused so its well worth checking out if your after something new to kick start your playing in the new year.

Check it out at http://beta.licklibrary.com

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Well the short answer, curiously, is yes and no. But before getting into how and why its important to understand how far we have come in terms of guitar learning methods.

You only have to go back around twenty years or so to the mid eighties when probably the only way to effectively learn the guitar was to go to a guitar tutor. The only other learning resources were restricted to a few music books with little or no tablature. This scenario probably rings a few bells with many guitarists who were learning at the time and who had no choice but to figure their favourite songs out by ear. I still know guitarists that have incredible ears as a result of having to do things this way. But it was time consuming and very frustrating to say the least.

I started learning the guitar in 1989 and by then guitar tablature was taking off in a big way and you could usually find your favourite album transcribed in tab. As I was self taught for over two years I really appreciated this insight into how to play tracks that I was never likely to figure out by ear. Just try learning a Joe Satriani or Steve Vai solo by ear and you''ll see what I mean!

Today with the growth of the Internet and high speed broadband we can look to online multimedia guitar courses as well as DVD's and CD magazines for an amazing range of tuition. Having the ability to watch an experienced player go through a track as slow as you like and as many times as you need in the comfort of your own home is invaluable. These range from complete learning kits such as Jamorama to membership based sites like Lick Library and Video Guitar Lessons which focus on guitar styles and songs. Perhaps the best thing about these courses, particularly the online versions is their price. Some are as little as the cost of a single guitar lesson.

So now we get down to the issue of guitar teachers. Now I was lucky to find a very good teacher after two years being self taught and I was able to go straight into learning scales, solos, chord theory and jamming techniques. As a complete contrast when my wife took up guitar she spent a lot of money learning three blind mice over the course of several weeks and as she'll confess it wasn't much fun. So experience's with guitar tutors can be mixed to say the least, especially when it comes to getting your money's worth.


I certainly don't want this article to be about the negative side of guitar teachers because as with anything in life you'll get good and bad experiences, that just the way it is. But I think there is a good way to use online guitar learning and traditional guitar teachers to get the most out of playing the guitar. I always remember my guitar tutor saying how nice it was to actually teach someone real technique rather than going through the basics each time so by getting to a decent level first you'll be guaranteeing a more rewarding experience for both of you.

So in conclusion you can save a lot of money buy buying a high quality online guitar course and getting your basic playing ability up to scratch before developing more advanced skills with an experienced and recommended guitar teacher. Learning guitar playing has never been easier with all the resources that are now available so what are you waiting for!

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We love reviewing online guitar courses and there are some really good ones out there on the market now. However very occasionally we come across a website that really blows us away and this one is no exception.

www.VideoGuitarLessons.com has really set the standard for online guitar instruction and we have just posted a review for you to check out.

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Hi Dudes,

Just added a review of the line 6 Guitarport. I've been a big fan of the Line 6 digital modelling amps and have had a 1x12 Spider for some time now. I personally think this is one of the best practise amps you can get so if your looking for a decent bedroom amp have a look over at Music Store UK. The rest of the series kicks ass too!

Anyway, this little piece of kit blew us away so check it out. Read the Guitarport review.

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