Guitar Tricks Review
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- Published By: Guitar Tricks Inc., Multiple Teachers
- Website: www.GuitarTricks.com
- Pricing: $14.95
- For Skill Levels: Beginner-Advanced
For more than a decade, the Guitar Tricks website has been giving guitar lessons through online videos and producing great results. With more than 40 instructors and almost 4,000 instructional videos, the site has one of the biggest libraries available for guitar lessons. If you are just starting out or have 10 years of experience, the site is definitely worth looking at. With videos on chord progressions, alternate chord formations and many other topics, even the guitar master can use some of the information contained therein.
Features
Since music is constantly changing, so is Guitar Tricks. There are new videos added monthly with many genres of music. With more than 10,000 members at last count, there is a reason so many favor this site. Other instructional materials are included with all lessons such as tablature, exercises or charts and these can be seen on the site or printed out at your convenience. Most other sites only give you a few pages to print out with written instructions that mimic the online lesson. Most of the videos are made by the instructors, who are actually contracted workers. They love the guitar and teaching, and come from all walks of life. Some are professionals while others play in their spare time. Sometimes the older videos are at angles that are not conducive to learning, but for the most part all are well planned and executed and show different angles for ease of following. Newer videos are almost always shot in different angles so you are able to see well and use the video to actually see the proper placement of your fingers.
As a new member you can expect to get software to download that is to be used with the videos you download from the site; a digital online guitar tuner and a metronome for the computer. Remember that a metronome is good for beginners, as it is a time keeping tool that helps with timing when playing. You don’t have to download the videos, but this is an option in case you want to practice offline. Since the site lets you download the videos you want, there are no separate fees. The biggest pro to this site is that you don’t have to download and you can use it from all computers.
Ease of Use
Guitar Tricks offers their materials in genre form when searching for videos. There are additional areas such as beginner, which help you find all the lessons you need. There is an advanced tab for those who only need minimal instruction, and the beginner tab offers someone who has never picked up a guitar the chance to feel like an actual musician when they are done. This is a huge site with massive amounts of videos and lessons. There are great features for the site like saving lessons to use again later, but dial up users probably cannot see videos due to bandwidth requirements.
Support
Guitar Tricks offers the same support as most all other programs such as email and forums. But, this site allows you to actually contact the teachers and ask questions which most others do not allow.
Warranty
During the first 2 months of membership if you are unhappy, you can get a full refund.
Price
The cost of Guitar Tricks lessons is just under $15 a month, and can be paid by credit card or PayPal as well as checks.
Conclusion
One of the best guitar lesson sites available on the internet; not only the biggest but the lessons offered are actually interesting and keep you going. No matter the type of music you are looking for, you are sure to find it at Guitar Tricks. Not only do I recommend the site, but after taking their courses I might be good enough to teach on there too someday.