Guitar Instrucion Question

[pack-rat]

Guitar Instruction Question

Hey guys I value your diverse music backgrounds, from beginer to professional, manufacturer to repair and wholesale to retail and the knowledge that is imparted on this great forum.

I don't have a gear question per se however here it goes :

Problem: My son wants to play and I don't want to shell out the $$$ for lessons (though he is going to a week long beginer's guitar camp in July) and I am looking for a good quality book that comes with DVD that can start him out ( I can help teach him but I know I have lots of bad habits) and when it advances, I wouldn't mind learning a few things as well.

I am looking for a good quality instrucion book & dvd set to get my son going. I looked on the net and every book says it is the best. At the music shop most of the books are sealed.

My background: My music teacher the used Aaron Shearer books and I dug my old books out and gave them to him and we are covering the first book.

I classify myself as an intermediate player (I can site read music faster than I can read tab) and learned beginer's classical. I play in a band that does the occcasional office party gig but nothing big or full time.

My son's background: 10 years old and very motivated to learn and play. He has 2 years of piano and music theory. (children's so it is still rather rudimentary)

I have allways found that I learn better while teaching someone something.

Any recomendations on books/ dvd's and teaching techniques?

 

[Spudmurphy]

In the UK, a lot of the peripatetic music teachers around the local schools base their guitar lessons on a series of books called "the Guitarists Way" by Peter Nuttall and John Whitworth. ISMN M-708021-04-9

I have a 15 year old and I'm really pleased with his progress. Let your 10 year old find his own niche.

 

[Roxy]

The "Hal Leonard Guitar Method" Book/CD is good for learning how to read music. After finishing Book I, if my students are into the blues, I have them get Hal Leonard's "Blues Guitar" supplement (Book/CD) by Greg Koch. The Hal Leonard "Play Along" series (Book/CD) are great fun too.

To really learn the fretboard (notes, scales, triads, chords, arpeggios, chord progressions, and practice methods) I can't recommend high enough the DVD/CD set by Doug Doppler titled, "Diatonic Theory & Harmony." If you practice these lessons as taught, you will know the instrument. Doug studied with Joe Satriani for 3.5 years, and this is Joe's method of roadmapping the fretboard. Visit www.dougdoppler.com and follow the Guitar 411 link for details and lesson samples. He's a very good teacher. This is not a "Lick 1, 2,3, etc." lesson, or shred/technique lesson. Its about mastering the fretboard.

For more on practicing/chops, checkout John Petrucci's DVD "Rock Discipline" and the Book/CD "Wild Stringdom."

I also find Dimebag's "Riffer Madness" (Book/CD) very entertaining, well written (in Dime's lingo), and organized. Its a must if you're into Dime.

And lastly, I find blues/roots (Book/CD packs) by Dave Rubin are very well written, informative, and helpful. I think his work is published by Hal Leonard.

 

[louisgtr]

I've heard that the Fretboard Logic series by Bill Edwards is excellent. There's a link below, it's available in both book and dvd.

http://www.billedwards.com/frameset.html