Review(s): DVD Fender Presents: Getting Started on Electric Guitar -- A Guide for Beginners
The formula for a successful beginning on guitar!
This is an exceptionally well-produced information-filled beginner course. The practice tracks (complete with looping feature) are exceptionally helpful at getting the beginner playing. Even though I've moved beyond this course, I still use the practice tracks for warming up and keeping me refreshed on the chords I learned from this DVD. I want to echo the positive comments made about Keith Wyatt. He manages to convey a sense that "you can do this." With the confdence that this DVD helped give me I've been playing for four months now and I am comfortable enough to actually play some simple rhythm guitar parts for my church band. After a month or six weeks the "Getting Started" DVD course does start to feel limiting. At 6 weeks I added the E-media Beginner Guitar course to my practice routine, and that has helped me to progress beyond the lessons on this DVD. I also added the Rock Shop method by Aaron Stang and really like that too. That being said, I still use the practice tracks on this DVD every single day. It's well worth the modest cost. I give full credit to Keith Wyatt and the Fender course for my successful beginning on the guitar.
Good guide for beginners
A friend got me started on playing electric and I've only been playing 6 months or so. The thing is, he showed me some of the basics, but he can't be around all the time to teach me everything. That's where this dvd comes in. It's a very well laid out dvd and very structured. It starts out with the very basics from tuning your guitar to how to hold your pick. It progresses from power chords to major triads and then regular chords and so on. I highly recommend this if you do not have the time or means to take lessons. It will at least give you a good place to start.
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A really good dvd. Covers the basics, has tracks to play along with to help your timing. Also helps you learn to read music. Easy to follow directions with visual aids shows you finger placement and which strings to pluck, you can't mess up.
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I purchased this dvd for my 8 1/2-year-old daughter. I viewed the first few lessons with her. This is a very well-made video and would probably be appropriate for a motivated older teen, or a younger child if the parent is willing to sit and explain everything the instructor is saying. It is simply too fast and too comprehensive for a younger child. My daughter found a Marcy Marxer dvd much easier to follow. We'll keep the Fender one for later. More Info about this DVD DVD Release Date: Released the 26 February 2002 Usually ships in 24 hours
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I've been playing guitar for many years and I'm almost totally self-taught (folk, classical, a tiny bit of jazz and some rock). I picked up this DVD just for kicks to see what I could learn. Turns out I'm learning a lot. Working through the DVD is strengthening the other playing that I do.
Features I especially like: songs all written by to demonstrate the techniques he's teaching, some variety in song style, some basic theory taught between the songs, songs played at both full speed and slower speed, split screen showing both left and right hands on the slower version, printed notes that go along with the ten songs.
Criticisms: too much volume difference between Paul's speaking voice and his guitar - get it right for his voice and the guitar's too loud. ... More Info about this DVD DVD Release Date: Released the 05 November 2002 Usually ships in 24 hours
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This DVD isn't very informative. What he teaches he teaches fairly well, but he doesnt teach you much. You can play all the riffs he teaches you and you still won't know how to play guitar. The other amazon reviews are obviously writen by the makers of the product as they are actually listed on the back of the dvd. What kind of DVD lists customer reviews from amazon on their product. Aside from that they sound pretty bogus. More Info about this DVD DVD Release Date: Released the 05 November 2002 Usually ships within 24 hours
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I got this dvd when I purchased my guitar, and it really helped me out, by teaching me the simplist thing such as stringing a guitar, reading tabs etc. Then, later on after I was more experienced I went back and learned some of the soloing and improvisational techniques. Very good start. More Info about this DVD DVD Release Date: Released the 25 January 2002 Usually ships within 24 hours
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