Acoustic Guitar Lessons Made Easy

Back in my early guitar playing days I would just listen to my songs over and over and strum away and not really get them completely right, but it would always be close. It wasn't until I decided to start playing the acoustic  guitar that I finally realized that lessons would be a very smart decision. There were a number of people in my community giving acoustic guitar lessons but I really didn't know who to choose and I didn't have a lot of money to waste on the wrong instructor.

There was a friend of my Dad's that he had played a little bit with back when they were in high school. He wasn't even sure if he was still around the neighbourhood or if he even still played the guitar. I decided to search him out and see. As luck would have it, he still was in the community and although he didn't play anymore, he knew of a great instructor that gave acoustic lessons.

After getting the number of this instructor and calling him up I was off to my first lesson. This guy played many classical guitar instruments and was apparently one of the best in town. I was really excited to get started and learn. Our first session was about 2 hours; he spent the first hour getting me properly oriented on my finger positions and threw a little theory in as well. The second hour was spent finger picking the "E" minor scale slowly all the way up the neck.

This kind of instruction was usually 2 days a week and was scaled back to 1 hour sessions after I learned enough theory to stick with the practical side of it all. It must have been about 10 months when I felt I could continue on my own and save some dollars. I had met a few other musicians by this time that I could sit around and jam with and we all kept learning from each other.

My recommendations if you're serious about learning any instrument would be to seek out a quality instructor that has some recommendations behind them from other people. You want to get it right the first time. I was fortunate to find the guy I did, and the rest is history.