subject: Tips on Choosing Bluegrass Guitar Lessons [print this page] People who like country music are familiar with the bluegrass type of music. It is a basic kind of music and the songs are usually about the country life and nature. Bluegrass music is acoustic and rarely uses electronic instrumentation.
Bluegrass music is especially appealing to guitar enthusiasts because this type of music emphasizes melody and making notes, as well as good guitar picking and strumming. Playing bluegrass music can range from using basic chords to complex pieces that need a band of talented musicians with complicated music full of improvisations.
Most people believe that all guitar players should have bluegrass guitar lessons. Those who are already experienced and already capable guitar players are at an advantage. They can easily teach themselves using books and other instruction materials on bluegrass music.
Actually, learning to play bluegrass using books is a well-respected tradition. These instructional books are usually accompanied by disks (DVDs or CDs) and music sheets. However, beginning guitar players will find that some disks do not offer enough music pieces for them to pick up the bluegrass so the practice they get is inadequate.
For beginners, instruction (whether live, online or using instructional disks) on the basics of guitar playing is necessary. These different methods of instruction, though, usually have options for knowing the more advanced techniques of playing bluegrass. Recently released books on bluegrass music have disks with various tracks, which include those in slow and moderate tempo, ideal for beginner players and can give them ample practice.
When looking for a book to give bluegrass guitar lessons, look for the ones which give the basic lessons on guitar picking and strumming as well as other technicalities. It is important that these books make you play a bluegrass tune immediately, so that you can have results right away and be motivated by your progress. The tunes should also be written in both the music notation and tablature formats to make it easier for the learner.
Learning to play bluegrass music can offer many benefits:
1. It can improve your music listening skills and help you recognize the notes and chords in a song.
2. It can develop your skills in doing adlibs or improvisations in guitar playing.
3. It can help in mastering other musical genres, particularly the ones which benefit from improvisations such as jazz.
