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Posted at 9:40:pm 11/08/11 by Tony Jones from USA
Review of Guitar Tricks - A User's Insight
There are a ton of programs and sites that promise to help beginner guitarists learn those ever
crucial foundations that will allow them to grow into talented and knowledgeable musicians. Most of
these sites also offer to ‘grow with you,’ which means progress as you progress.
In our Guitar Tricks review, we will discuss whether or not Guitar Tricks make true on those
promises.
First off, Guitar Tricks is most likely the easiest site that we ever had to use. The site is
divided into six basic sections; the home page, the instructor page, the lessons page, the songs
page, the jam page, and the forum page. Basically, every tool you will need to use is within easy
access, which makes navigation, even for those less internet inclined users, simple.
Guitar Tricks offers a twenty four lesson trial that will allot you to get twenty four free
lessons. While this may seem like a cheap sales gimmick, it actually helps users get a feel for the
site and the instructors so that they can better make their decision. Unlike some other paid sites,
you won't know what you are getting into until you sign up for a membership. Guitar Tricks allays
such issues by giving you access to 24 video lessons for you to try.
The lessons that Guitar Tricks teaches cover a variety of topics and genres, from finger picking
form, to blues guitar and rock and roll. With over two dozen instructors, each with their own
specialties and sets of lessons, you will have a choice of what face or voice you learn with.
The best part about Guitar Tricks is that you are learning from home. You can log on any time of
the day and learn what you please. There are no set schedules that you are forced to follow as with
local guitar teachers, and you pay by the month instead of the hour –or worse—the half hour.
This means that guitarists who work third shift, or simply prefer to play early in the morning
will have that opportunity. Insomniacs and night owls are in luck as well, as you simply log on
when you please and start learning.
The final great thing we can say about the site is an ode to the instructors. They are simply
great, with easy going attitudes that make lessons fun and easy. This aspect alone goes a long way
in separating Guitar Tricks from the rest of the online paid lesson world. However, that last bit
brings us to our negative portion of the Guitar Tricks review; cost.
As great of a site, and as user friendly as it is, there are similar resources that are
available elsewhere for free. There are tons of sites that cover similar grounds, and tons of
YouTube channels as well, for free. To be fair, paid video guitar lessons are usually filmed by
professionals whilst most free ones aren’t. The quality of the videos is definitely higher in
GuitarTricks.
On top of that, paid guitar lesson sites offers you more resources such as printable tabs,
lesson files and good organization of lessons. Now, the thing you should ask yourself before diving
headfirst into Guitar Tricks is whether or not you feel a sense of community and higher quality
lessons is worth paying.
While the site is fairly inexpensive, and does offer a professional feel and arrangement, you
have to truly consider your options fully before devoting a portion of your pay each month to it.
Treat the site as an investment. Would you invest in something that saves you the hassle of digging
through throngs of lower quality online guitar lessons, offers you a different experience in
learning guitar and regularly updated lessons library?
If so, then Guitar Tricks is right up your alley as your one stop solution, and you won’t regret
it. If not, you may want to look elsewhere.
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