Customer Reviews

House of Blues Beginner, Acoustic Guitar

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The greatest thing about this dvd is that the teacher, teaches you how to play modern styles. I haven't checked out many beginner acoustic dvds, but i have looked threw many beginner guitar books. I think these modern ideas are much better than playing "Mary Had A Little Lamb" and "Old Mc Donald". With added booklet and online refrences you can advance more. Although you may want to get a few others books a dvd is important too I think. Well worth the money!

THIS IS THE BEST TEACHING DVD ON THE MARKET, THAT WE HAVE FOUND YET! WE HAVE BEEN PLEASED WITH THE RESULTS FROM DAY ONE . THE TECHNIQUE WILL NOT BORE YOU THE MUSIC IS GREAT AND THERE IS SO MUCH INFORMATION IN THIS DVD YOU ARE GOING TO BE GLAD YOU BOUGHT IT .

The DVD is beyond my expectations. Really excellent for beginning Acoustic guitars (From Scratch that is)

The instructor is very impressive and cool. One day I'll be better than him... I hope so

I bought the "Learn to Play Acoustic Beginner" by House of Blues along with the Guitar World Acoustic Rock DVD; do yourself and your wallet a favor and just get the former. In fact, it may be the best one I have. There is a small book showing you the tabs, strumming patterns, and how to follow along. It also includes links to download a tuner, metronome, and background tracks to practice along to. If you have an acoustic and are teaching yourself, this is the one to get for chords.

The instructor is easy to follow, unlike others where you end up trying to play catch-up. A note for beginners, when you are shown the chords, sit down and practice for 10-15 minutes before trying to play along. That's the way this is intended to work. And if you have a steel string acoustic guitar, you will need to practice a couple of weeks (two to four) before your fingers can handle the pain of learning acoustic.

I've been trying to learn on and off for a few months now and I would say this was a great place to begin looking. This DVD was very helpful and it goes along with a booklet you receive which makes tremendously easy to follow. You learn a lot of basic aspects of guitar playing (rhythm, strumming, finger picking etc.) You can certainly play a few songs by the end of this DVD.

You should try it at your own pace and refer back to the DVD for guidance. I'd recommend it!

Although I just started playing (about 6 months ago ), this was (is) very helpfull. What you see on the Dvd is also in the booklet. I suggest to start with this one.

This DVD is well worth the purchase if you want to learn how to play the guitar. It has easy to follow instructions.

I first watched this DVD after renting it from the library, and I absolutely loved it. The lessons are easy to understand and presented in a way that keeps your interested. I'm more of a visual guy and I learn better from people than books. I've had countless beginner books on how to play guitar, but I never stuck with them since they couldn't keep my interest and felt too "slow" for my learning style. While this DVD is not a magic pill fast track that will make you better overnight, it will keep your interest and make you feel like you're actually making progress with your playing.

I've been playing guitar for a couple of years, but I've been self taught; I didn't know much more than basic chords. Even though I watched the DVD with at least some experience, I still found it very helpful. I also like that it's not entirely restricted to just acoustic guitar: I played an electric guitar at the time and still found it helpful. And now I have an acoustic, which makes it sound even better.

So if you're a beginner and want to learn how to play, or someone who's strummed Green Day's "Time of Your Life" thousands of times over but never went farther beyond, I highly recommend this DVD. I plan on buying the beginner's electric guitar DVD made by the same guy, since I loved his lessons here so much.

Fairly easy to follow and great instructors. This makes learning the guitar "cool" by learning in your own home and a heck of a lot cheaper too than taking lessons!

There are lots of self-teaching DVD's out there, but this one is really great and easy to follow along.