Congratulations, you made it!
This is the final lesson in the Beginner Guitar for Adults Series. This is the end of our beginner journey together, but definitely not the end of your “learn guitar” adventure.
Being able to play guitar is one of the greatest joys in my life, and I want to encourage you to continue to pursue playing guitar and nurture this seedling that you've planted.
Like a plant it will need to be watered and cared for… or it will wither and die.
There are many options and paths you can take to learn to play guitar. I want to share a few of them with you and give you some ideas on how to keep going.
Private Guitar Instruction
One option you have when learning guitar is to find a private teacher in your local area. This can be a great option, but there are some pitfalls.
I’ve created an entire blog posts that will help you avoid some of those pitfalls as well as give you things to look for in a teacher, ideas on how to search for one, and even a checklist that you can download and use to evaluate possible teachers for yourself.
I include a link to that post and other resources at the bottom of this post.
Learn Guitar Anywhere & On Your Own Schedule
Another possibility is to find free guitar lessons or guitar tutorials online. There are many websites including this one, tomasmichaud.com.
One advantage of this is that they’re all free. The downside is, you’re not going to really have a guided path that you can take step by step. Also you won’t get the feedback to know if you’re doing something properly.
Best of Both Worlds
If you want to accelerate your path to playing guitar join my membership site Real Guitar Success. You’ll have access to hundreds of some of the best guitar tutorials on the web. You can choose either a step by step approach to learn guitar, or a choose your own adventure approach… depending on your needs and learning style.
You’ll also be able to ask questions during our live trainings, and get feedback anytime from either the community or myself. You can find out more about it at https://realguitarsuccess.com.
Many Roads One Journey
No matter which path you choose to learn guitar I encourage you to make time to practice a little bit each day. You can find some articles on my blog about how to set up a practice space, how to organize your practice time, and even suggestions on things to practice in the beginning stages.
I’d encourage you to set some goals and keep working towards them. Stay motivated.
Thanks again for joining me in Beginner Guitar for Adults. I hope I’ve inspired you to achieve your guitar goals. I wish you many years playing guitar for yourself and the enjoyment of others.
Bye for now.
RESOURCES:
How To Find An Excellent Guitar Instructor
My Guitar Instructor Is Unorganized. What’s The Best Solution?
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We would love to hear your comments and questions. What specific things are you struggling with while learning guitar?
Thank you so much for the wonderful lessons. Before I join your lessons program I felt that I was lost and I had no directions but once I joined and start Practicing your lessons I feel that I achieved a lot and for that I always be great full to you.
Regards.
Ray Razmdideh,
Ray Razmdideh,
Thank you very much Tomas for a great set of lessons. Was about to give up so went back to basics and found this very helpful. Thanks again.
I’m glad I could help Davie. -Tomas
Looking forward to receiving the step by step approach.
Tomas, I was wondering if you can tell me which three notes you play walking from a D7 chord to a C chord with the last strum in 4/4 time being strumming the C chord…. I’m trying to work on my walking up and down playing but tend to struggle a bit within aspect of things….Thanks..
Hi Rick,
There's many possibilities. The first that come to mind are the open D (4th string); then A – B – C on the 5th string to walk up to the C chord.
This lesson will help explain more: https://tomasmichaud.com/bass-note-walk-between-open-chords/