So I bought myself a guitar about two months ago and I have no idea how to play it. I know it’s a crazy gesture to buy something that you don’t know how to use but I have always wanted to learn how to play the guitar.
My husband told me about a software called Teach Yourself to Play Guitar Deluxe. He told met that his friend learned how to play the guitar by using this software and I should try it out. So I spent about $30 on Teach Yourself to Play Guitar Deluxe. That was a bit steep to me because I had found a cheaper software for $20. But Teach Yourself to Play Guitar Deluxe claimed to offer more features than the other software, so I just settled on Teach Yourself to Play Guitar Deluxe.
The first thing that I liked about Teach Yourself to Play Guitar Deluxe was that it was just like having your own personal music tutor. That was what I was looking for. I didn’t want to feel like I was being taught by a piece of software but a person. Teach Yourself to Play Guitar Deluxe teaches you how to play the acoustic guitar as well as the electric guitar. Teach Yourself to Play Guitar Deluxe offers you 60 songs to learn and practice from, whether you are into rock, blues, folk or whatever; Teach Yourself to Play Guitar Deluxe is capable of teaching you.
Teach Yourself to Play Guitar Deluxe taught me about music notation, which is something I had a small clue about, just needed to actually get a real idea of what it was.Teach Yourself to Play Guitar Deluxe also teaches you about tablature, scales and chords. Now when I first bought Teach Yourself to Play Guitar Deluxe I wasn’t trying to get all that deep into learning but somehow I did and I loved it!
Now the thing that used to tickle my mind was playing by ear. I never understood how people played by ear. It was amazing to me but after using Teach Yourself to Play Guitar Deluxe, I realized with training you can actually learn. I use to think that was a talent people were born with.
Even though I was excited about Teach Yourself to Play Guitar Deluxe, there were features that were missing and that were needed. I’m left-handed and there are NO left-handed instructions. That isn’t all that big of a deal because either I was going to learn, I had no other choice. But we all know that left-handed people are the minority and most things are made for right-handed people.
Teach Yourself to Play Guitar Deluxe also didn’t give rhythm lessons and it didn’t teach you how to run repetitive loops.There also is a missing music directory. You can’t just go on Teach Yourself to Play Guitar Deluxe, search through the 60 songs and pick one. You can only access the songs through lessons. That’s a bit off but at the same time I understand why it’s set up like that. Some songs are harder than others, so I’m sure they have the 60 songs in order from easiest to hard.
Teach Yourself to Play Guitar Deluxe has a screen where you take your lessons on. It’s a split screen. You’ll have a motion video and on the right side you’ll have a navigation window on the left side. The neat thing about Teach Yourself to Play Guitar Deluxe is that you can tune your guitar, search through the software, do some ear training and or adjust settings.
Teach Yourself to Play Guitar Deluxe teaches you how to play the guitar through a video with a professional instructor. I usually add on a game to make it a bit more fun for me because after a while I get a bit bored.
Installation was pretty easy to me. I didn’t have any issues installing and setting up. Which is good because I really thought it was going to come off funky when I first Teach Yourself to Play Guitar Deluxe . The only thing I didn’t like is that the disc has to be in your computer for the software to run. I have never had to experience anything like this before.
Whatever you lack in knowledge area of playing the guitar, you can learn on Teach Yourself to Play Guitar Deluxe. The videos are short just the way I like the, I want to learn slowly and I don’t want to feel as if I’m getting too much information all at once. I’m a true rookie when it comes to playing the guitar.
The major feature that I like about Teach Yourself to Play Guitar Deluxe is that it can record your lessons. So once you get done playing you can listen to what you did. I’ve listened to a couple and can say that Teach Yourself to Play Guitar Deluxe has really taught me pretty well.
For $30, you can get a lot from Teach Yourself to Play Guitar Deluxe . It doesn’t go in depth like some of the other guitar software out there but it can definitely get you off and running.
