Guitar Tricks are one of the long time teaching systems. They have been doing it for a decade now, so you'd have to think they know what they are doing. It is probably the largest online video guitar training site on the internet. With 45 guitar instructors covering a wide variety of different styles and techniques, the site also boasts over 3000 guitar lessons in their huge database.
One of the massive benefits to members is that around 100 new guitar lessons are added onto the site each month. Know, that if you decide to join this community, you will be part of a massive group of people totalling over 10000 members. Whatever skill level you are at, complete beginner right up to veteran level, Guitar Tricks has something for you. Multiple guitar styles, skill levels, genres going back to past greats, you name it, it's there.
Most people like a sneak preview of something before they buy, which is why Guitar tricks has 24 free lessons you can check out. Once you do this, you will want to join, and at currently $14.95 a month it is a complete bargain. The lessons are so good and so well put together they are a joy to follow.
How the site is Organized:
The site has very diverse course material, and it can be viewed individually by category. If you try to imagine all the different major guitar genres, you will quicly see that they all have some representation. These include alternative, acoustic, funk, metal, jazz, blues and many more. One of our favourite sections is based on teaching music in the style of a particular artist. Further sections are setup to access chords, theory, exercises, techniques, beginners and reference section. The site has its own keyword search mechanism.
Site Features
Guitar Tricks has a full package with every vido lesson. This includes diagrams, tablature and exercises. You can also printout any material as you need to. Guitar Tricks also allows you to download the actual videos themselves! These lessons are set in the FLV format, not normally easily playable, but luckily Guitar tricks provides a simple FLV player. This means you can download your favourite lessons and follow them, without having to connect to the internet. ie. you can watch them away from your normal connected computer.
Guitar Tricks has a very large online community forum. It is a very useful place to share musical requests and recently acquired stuff. It is also a great place to pick the brains of the guitar instructors who are regularly logged in.
Guitar Tricks is an very affordable monthly subscription based website. It contains thousands of video guitar lessons and means that you can start from anywhere, and pick up right where you left off, entirely at your leisure. There's no lengthy wait for the course to download before you start.
Bonuses for new Members:
Guitar Tricks has a very generous bonus structure for all members. The following tools can be downloaded at your convenience:
Guitar Tricks Digital Guitar Tuner
Ultimate Metronome
Guitar Tricks FLV player to watch any downloaded videos
Jam Station - superb online jam tracks to play alongside