Learning Guitar

flyswatter

Just a simple question. Whats the best way to learn? Teach yourself or get teached?

Rigsby

If you are starting from scratch I'd advise a few lessons to get you off to a good start. After that, it's whatever works for you, though IMO you learn much more from a teacher, as he/she can point out mistakes, keep you motivated, and pointed in the right direction.

The ideal thing would to combine the two i.e. books/the net ect plus a teacher.

Voodu Child

flyswatter wrote: »

Whats the best way to learn? Teach yourself or get teached?

There is no 'best' way.

It depends on your goals and what you want from the instrument, how much disposable income you have, how capable you are of researching/learning things on your own etc.

As Rigsby says, some kind of middle-ground is probably the best way to decide for yourself. Take a few lessons every now and then and you can decide how worthwhile they are for you.

A7X

Defo teacher. I was teaching myself for a long while without drastic improvement, and as soon as i got a good teacher (after a few auld lads that just teach u chords) my playing got much much better. If you teach yourself oyur on ur own and have to figure everything out and will take longer, and sumtimes it can be frustrating. So I'd recommend a teacher. http://www.registryofguitartutors.co.uk/tutors/tutors-non-uk.php have a look here and scroll down to eire and look for one in your area. I hope I'm a help.

flyswatter

Thanks for the link A7X, I just couldn't find a teacher in my area. But my brother is learning guitar so I think I'll give his teacher a call.

pug_

http://www.learnmusic.info/ is also a good resource if you are looking for a teacher. The links section of that site is also very useful.