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Jamplay

Jamplay is by far my top pick for learning to play the guitar. This program highly impressed me when I saw it, and it’s hitting it big in the guitar world. Their website is a membership only service which broadcasts high-definition video guitar lessons. They have combined guitar instruction with interactivity… even allowing you to ask questions to their video instructors. As of this writing, they have over 19,200 + minutes of lessons in just about every style of guitar playing imaginable for both acoustic and electric guitars.

They feature 4-5 guitar instructors for each section to give you a selection in teaching methods, which is a big plus. They teach by "lesson set" instead of just flopping out a ton of small video clips. They start with the very basics like tuning your guitar, finger placement, and basic chords, and move on to finger-picking, palm muting, hammer ons, pull offs, and many more advanced topics as you progress through the lessons. I found this surprisingly good for the overall experience, because you can follow through these lesson sets just how you would with a normal guitar teacher.

Biggest thing is, it’s cheap as well because they get so many members. Would you believe it’s only $19.95 / month? You can get it even cheaper if you pay several months in advance. The only downside that I see to Jamplay is that because there are so many lessons to choose from… where do you start? It can seem overwhelming. But they have tutorial videos with suggestions on how & where to get started. So if you have the drive to start playing guitar, I highly recommend checking out Jamplay. Short of private guitar instruction (which is quite expensive), this is the best, most comprehensive system for learning the guitar fast.

Guitar Scale Mastery

Guitar Scale Mastery is a system for helping the intermediate guitarist learn and use scales to improve their musical knowledge. Learning the different scales is absolutely crucial if you wish to be a lead guitar player or improvise solos. Many guitarists find it difficult to learn this side of playing the guitar and this system promises a tried and tested method to learning the scales needed to become an advanced guitarist.

The Guitar Scale Mastery course is instantly available from the members site once you purchase. It’s been developed by an experienced, degree-qualified guitarist who plays a variety of styles and also teaches students to play the guitar. Before you sign up to the membership you are sent a free e-book on learning scales just for entering your email address. The course consists of 5 different sections which build on each other to help you learn many different scales. Essentially the first 3 sections teach you scales on 1, 2 and 3 strings respectively, the fourth helps you to train your ear and the fifth teaches you to apply what you’ve learned in order to make music. Each section comes with diagrams, tablature, and tips on mastering different aspects of learning the guitar scales. You are also provided with a number of practice exercises in each section to help reinforce what you have learned. Also included with the course are two extra bonus e-books. The first is a book on mastering the pentatonic scales which provides some music theory to help understand the scales and a lot of different exercises to help you practice them. The second is a book which teaches you about scale degrees and methods for visualizing them. This program is definitely for the intermediate and above guitar player. But learning the guitar scales are absolutely essential for playing those ripping solos. So if that’s your desire… to become a lead guitar player, you have to learn your scales, and this program is just the thing for you.