As an addendum to my math tutoring, I offer beginning guitar consultation and mentoring. As a self taught guitar player, I have navigated the vast array of options one must navigate to begin to learn the guitar. Based on my own experience, I offer beginning guitar mentoring that can save a great deal of money and time to anyone beginning the guitar. Of primary importance is guiding you to the best free online guitar course. More importantly, getting started with some guidance will help the beginning guitar player avoid mis-directions that are discouraging and frustrating. Just a few mentoring sessions can set you on a well directed path to learning and enjoying the guitar. Please note that this in NOT technical guitar instruction or lessons, but merely guidance, advice, and mentoring to organize your approach, identify useful technology, and utilize internet resources to begin learning the guitar.
Learning to play the guitar can seem overwhelming at first. There are a host of issues to discern:
- Finding a good beginning guitar at a reasonable price
- The best makes and models that are reasonably price
- How to purchase a quality guitar used and save money
- Learning to string your guitar
- What strings to buy that are easy to play and sound great
- Tools that make stringing the guitar go smoothly
- Learning to tune the guitar quickly and effortlessly
- The best electronic tuners to buy
- The best tuning apps for your phone
- Establishing your goals as far as style and music you want to play
- Preference of playing rhythm or melody
- Fingerstyle vs. playing with a pick
- Preferred genre of music
- Finding good instruction at a reasonable price and even for free
- The best free internet guitar instruction
- Organizing your music and notes
- Establishing a practice space and routine
- keys to good practice
- Finding the best online resources in the vast internet
- Know the best technology for capturing YouTube videos of instruction and songs
- How to makes MP3 audios from YouTube Videos to have in your music library
- Technology for manipulating MP3 of songs you are learning
- Slowing songs down to a comfortable speed as you learn to play the song
- Sectioning songs that will play specific measures as a loop
- How your smart phone can be an effective tool
- Guitar apps
- Tuning App
- Metronome App
- Learning chords
- Building a play list of songs you are learning
- Guitar apps
- The best resources for finding the music notation for songs you want to learn.
- And general encouragement to persevere and grow.
Please contact me if you would like to discuss my beginning guitar mentoring sessions.