Forget enrolling in music school, just download guitar software.
Forget about having to go through Craigslist to hire someone to give you private lessons.
Years ago this would have been bad advice, since the only tutorials available online were fuzzy webcam videos of some teenager in his mom's basement singing Green Day.
Online musical instruction has come a long way since then.
You can sift through YouTube if you like, there are tens of thousands of videos of kids singing into their webcams.
The quality of the video is better these days, but that doesn't mean you can get an adequate level of instruction from a bunch of wannabes.
It's true that private lessons will give you the detail, the one on one attention.
It's also true that private lessons will burn a hole in your pocket.
Who can afford private lessons in this economy? Still, a poor economy and a light wallet shouldn't stop you from getting private-lesson caliber guitar instruction.
There are cost effective methods available.
Instead of hiring a tutor, you can download guitar software now.
There are plenty available if you simply do a search, and they are very cheap.
Downloading your lessons means you make your own learning schedule too, and you can learn from home.
But are they any good, and do they actually work? Not all of them work, unfortunately.
As with anything you download, as with anything on the internet, not all programs are created equal.
But there are high caliber guitar learning programs available for download, you just have to know what to look for.
In fact some are not only cheaper than hiring someone for private lessons, they actually are better as far as scope, styles, and effectiveness.
The best two programs that you can download are Jamorama and MusicMasterpro, though I prefer the former to the latter.
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