Practical Guitar Hints

[folderol]

Just found this browsing around the 'net.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_7feGF9TA8

[Oren]

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In this day and age, if you have a computer and the web, there is absolutely no reason to ever need a guitar teacher, even for the most advanced instruction.
It's all up there, demonstrated by the very best artists in the business.

[MarioD]

Will, good find!  He makes it seem so easy doesn’t he!

Oren, I will disagree with you about not needing a guitar teacher, at least at the beginning stages of playing.  I have seen a number of students come in who started by watching on the web and they had some very bad habits.  Of course that probably was not the fault of the vids but do to their practice routines. So I suggest that all starting guitarist, especially young ones, get a good teacher for a while then after you get the proper playing techniques then go to the web for further instruction.

[Oren]

Will, good find!  He makes it seem so easy doesn’t he!
Oren, I will disagree with you about not needing a guitar teacher, at least at the beginning stages of playing.  I have seen a number of students come in who started by watching on the web and they had some very bad habits.  Of course that probably was not the fault of the vids but do to their practice routines. So I suggest that all starting guitarist, especially young ones, get a good teacher for a while then after you get the proper playing techniques then go to the web for further instruction.

Oh, jeez, Mario, I forgot... you teach 

...and if you ever saw me play, you'ld have living confirmation of your point of view...
Looks to the casual observer like I'm desperately trying to strangle a snake. Ugly. 

[folderol]

Will, good find!  He makes it seem so easy doesn’t he!
Oren, I will disagree with you about not needing a guitar teacher, at least at the beginning stages of playing.  I have seen a number of students come in who started by watching on the web and they had some very bad habits.  Of course that probably was not the fault of the vids but do to their practice routines. So I suggest that all starting guitarist, especially young ones, get a good teacher for a while then after you get the proper playing techniques then go to the web for further instruction.

Oh, jeez, Mario, I forgot... you teach 

...and if you ever saw me play, you'ld have living confirmation of your point of view...
Looks to the casual observer like I'm desperately trying to strangle a snake. Ugly. 

Sounds like my playing style
I keep forgetting that I have more than two fingers on each hand