If you search the net for information on how to play guitar, then you're sure to come across some of the downloadable 'learn guitar' courses that are currently on the market. There are quite a few of these currently available, but some are better than others. Of all the courses I have seen, Jamorama is the best. Here I offer my honest and unbiased review of this course, to help you decide if you want to invest in it, in order to become a great guitar player.
Firstly, let's take a look at what Jamorama is, and what you get in the deal. Jamorama is a complete guitar course aimed primarily at beginners. It teaches all the essential techniques using a combination of written materials, and video demonstrations, to make learning even easier. The main bulk of the course is contained within 2 volumes of written lessons, spanning over 250 pages and covering 44 chapters. In these lessons you'll be taught different chords, and how to combine these into chord sequences. You'll learn how to strum rhythmically in different styles, enabling you to play a wide variety of guitar music quickly and easily. The written lessons are accompanied by video demonstrations - 148 in total - showing you exactly how to play what's being taught in the lessons.
It doesn't stop there, though. You're also given more than 20 audio tracks to jam along to, giving you the opportunity to perfect what you've learnt in the course. By playing along to these jam tracks, you'll be able to feel what it's like playing in a band, and you'll really improve as a guitarist because of it. On top of the actual course itself, you are also given some excellent software to help you learn to read music, and recognise chord progressions by ear. If you can master these skills, then you'll find you can learn new songs after just one or two listens.
Using the course itself is dead easy. All the lessons are accessed via a neat software interface. All you have to do is choose weather you want to work from the beginners book, or the advanced book. Then, just select a lesson, and you'll be taken to the appropriate page. As you work through each lesson, simply click on the video or audio icon to open the corresponding file.
Ok, I've shown you what you get for your money, but what about it's effectiveness; does it actually work? If you ask me, the answer is yes, definitely. I'm confident you'll become a good guitar player using the Jamorama system. The video example included with the course, as well as the jam tracks really do make Jamorama a very effective method of learning to play the guitar. I'm quite sure that, if you put in enough work, and follow the course properly, you'll find that you improve much more quickly that you ever thought you would, and become an excellent guitar player in no time. Thanks to the way Jamorama is put together, and the inclusion of video and audio in the course, I think you'll find Jamorama to be not only an effective learning method, but also a very enjoyable one.
So then, overall I can honestly recommend Jamorama as one of the best available guitar courses on the web. It costs less than an hour's tuition with a private tutor, so if you really want to learn to play the guitar, then you should seriously check it out.
Firstly, let's take a look at what Jamorama is, and what you get in the deal. Jamorama is a complete guitar course aimed primarily at beginners. It teaches all the essential techniques using a combination of written materials, and video demonstrations, to make learning even easier. The main bulk of the course is contained within 2 volumes of written lessons, spanning over 250 pages and covering 44 chapters. In these lessons you'll be taught different chords, and how to combine these into chord sequences. You'll learn how to strum rhythmically in different styles, enabling you to play a wide variety of guitar music quickly and easily. The written lessons are accompanied by video demonstrations - 148 in total - showing you exactly how to play what's being taught in the lessons.
It doesn't stop there, though. You're also given more than 20 audio tracks to jam along to, giving you the opportunity to perfect what you've learnt in the course. By playing along to these jam tracks, you'll be able to feel what it's like playing in a band, and you'll really improve as a guitarist because of it. On top of the actual course itself, you are also given some excellent software to help you learn to read music, and recognise chord progressions by ear. If you can master these skills, then you'll find you can learn new songs after just one or two listens.
Using the course itself is dead easy. All the lessons are accessed via a neat software interface. All you have to do is choose weather you want to work from the beginners book, or the advanced book. Then, just select a lesson, and you'll be taken to the appropriate page. As you work through each lesson, simply click on the video or audio icon to open the corresponding file.
Ok, I've shown you what you get for your money, but what about it's effectiveness; does it actually work? If you ask me, the answer is yes, definitely. I'm confident you'll become a good guitar player using the Jamorama system. The video example included with the course, as well as the jam tracks really do make Jamorama a very effective method of learning to play the guitar. I'm quite sure that, if you put in enough work, and follow the course properly, you'll find that you improve much more quickly that you ever thought you would, and become an excellent guitar player in no time. Thanks to the way Jamorama is put together, and the inclusion of video and audio in the course, I think you'll find Jamorama to be not only an effective learning method, but also a very enjoyable one.
So then, overall I can honestly recommend Jamorama as one of the best available guitar courses on the web. It costs less than an hour's tuition with a private tutor, so if you really want to learn to play the guitar, then you should seriously check it out.
