Scenario 1: You want to buy guitar lessons but don’t even own a guitar. You have read many articles on the web about buying a guitar online. You are thinking about taking the time to go look at guitars at a local music store in your town. What you are worried about is whether you would know a good guitar if it hit you over the head.

Scenario 2: You want to buy a guitar and/or guitar lessons as a gift –  but you don’t have a clue about selecting a guitar and have no idea which lessons would be best. You fear that you might buy a used guitar that is just no good. Or you can’t decide which of the new guitars are good for a beginner.

If you fit either of these scenarios – read on, there is help for you!

This combination of guitar lessons AND a guitar will save you from searching all over your town (waste of gasoline!) or all over the web (waste of time). This also ensures that you won’t end up with a guitar so bad that you can’t learn to play it or  that will never help you learn to play well.

Now, you can get your guitar with some great guitar lessons at the same time. This is a sweet deal, and you can be sure you are getting a good instrument recommended by professional guitarists to learn to play guitar with. The lessons from Learn and Master Guitar are the top rated DVD guitar lessons, too. I would not hesitate to recommend this to anyone who is considering taking guitar lessons.

Let’s talk about the guitar’s features:

• Great quality with a very affordable price tag.
• Buy the Greg Bennett Guitar separately, or save money when you order Learn & Master Guitar and the guitar together
• A precision instrument, priced like a “starter guitar”
• With a solid spruce top and new Thunderflex™ bracing, this is more guitar than you bargained for.
• It’s the “loudest guitar you’ve ever heard” in its price range, it is super-easy to play and it ideally complements your Learn & Master Guitar course.

Now, about the guitar lessons:

These guitar lessons are going to rock your world. They will start by teaching you the most basic things you need to know to begin playing the guitar. The lessons are in videos and also there is a book to help you keep track of your progress. Plus you can go online and communicate with the other guitar students in this same course, as well as get input from the teacher.

If you have knowledge of some of the basics already, then you can get help moving forward to become more of an intermediate guitar player. This is yet another reason I wholeheartedly recommend Learn and Master Guitar.

To see the guitar or the entire package, go to the order page. There you will see that you can buy the guitar separately or with the DVD course.  What a great combination – an acoustic guitar plus DVD lessons. This could really be the gift of a lifetime for someone. Or for you, it could be the start of your becoming the rockin’ guitar player you’ve always dreamed of becoming.

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A great resource is Guitar Center where you will find some fine guitars (I saw an awesome acoustic-electric Martin for sale!) and they have Epiphone, Dean, Fender, Ibanez and a ton of other brands:

Musician’s Friend is just that – a really good friend when you need guitars and gear. There are some deals and rebates to be found – or just do what I do – go drool over the stuff you wish you could buy! Just because they have some great Gibson guitars you are not limited in your selection, you can actually buy other brands there too.

Music123 has the most comprehensive price guarantee in the industry.Their selection is great and it’s a cool website to buy acoustic or electric guitars and accessories, plus books, videos, and other instruments.  If you find a better price than theirs, click on their “Beat this Price” link which is beside every one of their products.

Or… check out their Music123 Outlet for deeply discounted prices (and these are not junk products, some really awesome high-end stuff have their prices marked down). There are also refurbished items, items with a slight blemish (scratch ‘n dent), and products that have been discontinued by the manufacturers.

Another place to look and compare prices is at Amazon. I set up a store there with a friend that you can see some of  the guitars for sale: GuitarEditions Amazon Store.

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I think the schools don’t understand that many people actually make a living in the arts – especially the visual arts and graphic design. I know some musicians can make it too. Sure, not all of them become household names or famous stars. But there are recording arts jobs that don’t require you to be famous – studio musicians, sound engineers, etc. Seems like the “traditional” education systems in America just don’t understand or support creative people.

That leads me to why I think anyone who wants to learn to play the guitar should have as much support as possible. I was lucky to have support (from parents and a little bit of help from music teachers). For those who don’t get encouragement for learning to play an instrument – now there is the world wide web! The Internet isn’t as good as a one-on-one, face-to-face meeting with a mentor or teacher, but it will have to do for many beginner guitar players.

This blog is here to help, too. I not only am trying to get people to stop putting off learning to play the guitar, but I am also trying to get homeschooling teachers (and possibly other teachers) to get really good guitar lessons for their students. There are courses available for anyone to teach – no guitar skills are necessary. So, a music teacher could be an expert trumpeter and still teach this course (because of the teacher’s guide that gives them a clear picture of what to teach and when to teach it).  So, if you think your teacher needs to add guitar lessons to the course curriculum, tell them to look at this review: Learn and Master Guitar – Homeschool Edition.

And I just found out that anyone who bought the regular course – Learn and Master Guitar – can upgrade to the Homeschool Edition for a very low price – $29.99 (the same goes for the Piano course, except that upgrade only costs $24.99). The upgrades will get you the 68 pg. Teachers Guidebook (with a 2-year scope and sequence). In addition, there are 2 Teacher Resource DVDs in the guitar edition and 1 in the piano.

And here is a cool “secret” to saving money. If you buy the regular edition and the upgrade, you pay less than buying the full student/home school version! (upgrade info)

Here is the product link if you want to teach yourself (the regular DVD program – not the Student/Teacher edition) – also this is less expensive than the Homeschool Edition – but you can upgrade it.  Learn and Master Guitar DVDs.  Upgrade to Homeschool Edition to get 68 pg. Teacher’s/Parent’s Guidebook, and 2 Teacher Resource DVDs: Upgrade Learn and Master Guitar.

Here is where you can find out more about the Guitar Lessons Homeschool Edition.

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For the complete interactive home study jazz guitar course that guarantees super-fast results: Play Jazz Guitar includes.

• Part One: Melody
• Part Two: Harmony
• Part Three: Playing over changes
• Part Four: Phrase development

Check out the bonus free lesson that introduces this course: Play What You Hear is a revolutionary way to learn. You can buy and download these lessons or order them on CD – a nice choice for any jazz guitar student.Find out more…

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This is one of the top guitar lesson courses available today. We are proud to offer this in our guitar lessons store! Not only because of the excellence of the course, but the trustworthy nature of the company that produced it. Keep in mind that if you buy this course and are not completely satisfied, you can request and receive 100% or your money back. But the better guarantee is that you will learn to play the guitar with this step-by-step, clearly designed set of 20 DVDs and the corresponding CDs, as well as printed materials. This course has it all!

Find out More or Order Now – Guitar Lessons

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1. DVD Guitar Lessons: Excellent program for beginners with an engaging teacher (Steve Krenz) and tons of bonuses. Read more…
2. Interactive CD Guitar Lessons: Choose from beginner guitar or intermediate jazz guitar with Chris Standring! Read more...
3. Online Guitar Lessons: Very popular beginner online guitar lesson courses, such as those from Jamorama – compared with other guitar courses. Read more…
4. Learn Jazz Guitar – Discover how to play jazz guitar with no restrictions! Learn to play virtually anything you hear (for intermediate guitar players)! Read more…

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Hal Leonard Taylor Swift – Fearless Piano, Vocal, and Guitar Songbook Standard - $16.99

Hal Leonard Hal Leonard Guitar Method Acoustic Guitar (Book) Standard - $14.95

For more books, see the Guitar Lessons for Beginners Amazon Song Books Store!

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Featured Chord Books from Musician’s Friend:

Rock House The Only Chord Book You Will Ever Need – Book/CDs 

Hal Leonard Johnny Cash Guitar Chord Book

Guitar Sheet Music

Guitar Center and Musician’s Friend have sheet music:

 

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We’ve got some recommendations about the following products:

* Guitar Chord Books
* Guitar Song Books
* Guitars and Guitar Accessories

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