Beginner guitarists have quite a few choices for how they learn to play guitar There are dvd courses, private lessons and of course online guitar lessons. Each method of instruction has good and bad points.

I believe that for a motivated self starter online lessons are likely the best guitar lessons out there.

Easy Access

Online guitar lessons are available more or less any where you can get access to the web. Since most guitar courses online will host their videos in three different files sizes (small, medium and large) you can choose to watch the video that will work best for the speed of your current connection.

Low Time Requirement

Generally speaking most online guitar videos are short snippets about a broad topic. This makes it easy for busy individuals to watch a short video clip rather then have to commit to a 30 minute lesson when they may not have the free time at that moment.

These shorter snippets of lesson content make them easy to digest in short periods of time. Only have 15 minutes to check out a lesson today? No problem since most of the lesson videos can be digested in that time frame.

You’re In Control

Something I always thought held me back from learning more on the guitar was the fact that I was willing to put in far more work then was required for my one guitar lesson a week. I would go to my lesson on Tuesday night and practice for a couple of hours both Wednesday and Thursday night, and by Friday I was ready for something new but I still have four more days to wait until my next lesson.

With online lessons you can learn as much or as little as you want in the available time you have.

If you’re excited to learn and have the time you can digest 3, 4 or even 5 lessons a week and practice them as well. Or if you’re strapped for time you can take an entire week off. The whole process is self paced and you’re in complete control of how quickly you learn.