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Learning Guitar DVDs are a great way to learn how to play guitar. Online guitar guru can also be as effective but Guitar Training DVDs gives you more of a sense of ownership because you get something that is tangible.

Like online guitar guru and everything else, there are good ones and there are bad ones and it is affected on a few element. There are 3 main elements that make a good Guitar Training DVD;

1. The guitar gurus ability to teach
2. The structure of the guitar lessons
3. Video Quality.

Characteristics of a good guitar teachers in Guitar Training DVDs?

All three elements are important but the guitar guru is what makes or breaks the overall value of the Guitar Training DVD. Of course the Guitar Instructions structure and video quality play an important part in the overall user experience but they mean nothing if no one is delivering the lessons well – people tend to give up as a result of getting bored with the lessons.

guitar gurus should ideally have all of the following attributes:

1. Good communications skills
2. Ability to play the guitar well
3. Played professionally
4. Great personality
5. Understands what a beginner is going through when it comes to learning the guitar

While you don’t need a guitar superstar to teach you to play the guitar though it would be great especially if your level of playing is above that of an intermediate player, it is not necessary. Guys like Slash and Eric Johnson are legendary guitar players and they have at some point taught guitar lessons both online and/or on DVD.
I am convinced that great guitar players don’t necessarily make good guitar gurus or can make good Guitar Training DVDs. Just try youtube and search for Guitar Instructions by Slash and Eric Johnson and you’ll see that there are a lot of other people that could could probably do a better job.

Guitar Instructions Structure

Without a good Guitar Instructions structure, instead of learning guitar in a efficient way students tend to float around between lessons and hence have difficulty maintaining focus and progressing through to the next level and without quick progress, people also tend to give up.

There are many ways of structuring Guitar Instructions but I’m not an expert in structuring Guitar Instructions because I’m not even a guitar guru, I’m more of a lifelong student myself. It’s not possible to tell the quality of the Guitar Instructions structure from the cover itself.

You can tell if the structure of the Guitar Instructions is good if you go through the lessons yourself, it’s may be more of a personal experience. But you would want to know this before you buy the dvd, not after you bought it. The next best thing would be to look for reviews.

Video Quality

Video quality is critical in a way that if you can’t see what is being taught you can miss what is really important in the lesson or even not get anything out of the lessons at all. Very high quality video make the viewing experience pleasurable and increases the perception that the lessons are also of high quality, hence better learning experience.
The important thing is that you can see all the fingering and picking/strumming. The picture should be big enough to see when viewed with the 15” screen.

Other factors

Other factors that influence the quality of Guitar Training DVDs are audio quality and level of detail. Good audio quality almost always comes with good video quality and the lessons structure would usually take into account the level of detail required to be able to get the message across.