[triplec]

I am thinking of buying Guitar principles. Wonder if anyone knows of it and whether it will help me with exercises. The principles for correct practise with guitar

[eddiez152]

I have only seen it on the web, read its statements, it seems like it has some good things to offer. Can't hurt to look at it.

[X4StringDrive]

Just my 2 cents triplec, but theres a whole lot right here. Me personally, I don't know if I could even read everything here let alone practice it. But variety is the spice of life.

[si16]

That book has been discussed here before. As far as I know it discusses aspects of playing such as posture, sitting position, tension, etc and doesn't really include any fingering or technical exercises.

If you use the search function you should be able to dig up some threads on it (try searching for Andreas).

[triplec]

Thanks for help Eddie

[triplec]

You are right 4string. There certainly is a lot of info here. I realize that now.

[triplec]

Thanks si16. I will use the search on Andreas. I am glad i didn't buy it, I will research it some more.

[AEngland77]

a little note here... I bought Rock Guitar For Dummies ( not because i am a dummy) but because the book is awesome, comes with a cd and everything- definitely give it a look.

AE

[triplec]

Originally Posted by AEngland77

a little note here... I bought Rock Guitar For Dummies ( not because i am a dummy) but because the book is awesome, comes with a cd and everything- definitely give it a look.

AE

Thanks for the tip. I will check it out.

[esrona]

I have when i started 4 years ago and it opens your eyes to problems you will run into while learning to play the guitar. It does not show how to play a song but is very clear on how to work with the tension side of playing. It's all about the technical side of playing and has lots of exercises to build your abilities upon. If you start out the "principled' way it might save you from learning wrong posture and such.
Good luck.

[jimbeaux]

I've been subscribed to the Principles free weekly newsletter for about a year, and I believe Esrona is right. If you are really pretty new to playing/learning, it would be a good way to build essential skills while avoiding a lot of the mistakes and bad habits that are so easy to acquire. Even though I'm kind of an early-intermediate player, I still might get the Principles book.

For a structured, each-lesson-builds-on-the-previous-lesson approach, which actually teaches you how to play blues and has a real song to learn in each lesson, I would suggest you check out "Blues You Can Use" by John Ganapes. It's the best course I've found so far.

I tried the scatter-shot approach to improving technical playing ability, learning some theory, learning some riffs, etc., but find that for me it would have been a better use of my time to have a more structured approach. BYCU was the best $15 I've spent so far.

For reference, I took lessons for about 2 years back in the stone age, using the Mel Bay books. Learned some sight reading up to about the fourth position, but not how to PLAY GUITAR. Determined to learn to play about a year ago after a loooong time of not trying at all, and I've learned more in the first 6 lessons of BYCU than in my entire past up to when I bought it. Plus, I can actually play a few blues-sounding songs now.

When I think I'm ready for it, I'm going to get Kirk's PlaneTalk course... just not there yet.