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- All major and minor chords.
-A short theory class
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-The most common "weird"
named chords.
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People ask me all the time, when
they are about to start, what kind of
guitar they should buy?
You have a few
choices, but let's
divide it into 2 basic categories:
Electric
Guitar or Acoustic Guitar.
In the "electric" category we can
find different choices to consider.
The first one is the style of music you want to play on your guitar.
Electric guitar is best for pop,
rock, blues, alternative,country,
metal but you should also consider that the learning materials that you
are going to find, related to electric guitars is more oriented to
scales, exercises, tricks and guitar solos. In other words, electric
guitar learning material is going to take more effort on your side.
There are also, different types of
electric guitars. Basic, with
tremolo, even 7 string guitars, smaller size for young children, etc.
In my newsletter I will be writing an entire article on electric
guitars. Register your e-mail for updates.
In acoustic
guitar, we have 2 basic
choices:
The "classical guitar" which comes with nylon strings and is your best
choice if you like to sing and just play chords or seriously
study classical music. The styles that better match
the classical guitar are: pop, soft rock, ballads, rhythm guitar
styles, bossa nova and classical of course.
The second
basic choice is "folk
guitar" or "Steel-string Guitar" which
is acoustic but comes
with steel strings. The sound is much brighter and louder than the
classical guitar (nylon strings). The down side is that steel strings
get corroded pretty fast if your fingers tend to sweat. As a result,
you will need to change strings more often (every 2 months or so, if
you are not a performing artist) but the benefit of a nice
bright
sound is worth it.
Pop, rock, blues, alternative and
country are the best match for the
steel-string guitar.
You can also find electro-acoustic
guitars.
They are the same as acoustic guitars with the extra feature of an
output connection to plug into an amplifier (amp) so you can
have a louder sound to perfom in public.
They come with nylon strings or steel strings.
Modern electro-acoustic guitars even include a tuner built in the body
of the guitar. This is a great feature to consider.
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My name is Alvaro Avila. I've
played guitar since I was 9 when my father taught me a few chords. When
I was 18, despite my mother's desires for me to become a
Doctor
or Lawyer, I joined the National University of Costa Rica to study
music.
I´ve been teaching for more than 20 years now, because I was
teaching even BEFORE I joined the Costarican University.
Private Lessons is my job.
I visit my student's homes to teach them how to
play guitar.
People call me every
week telling me that they are
friends or
family of one of my students and that they want lessons too, but I can
not help more than 1 person at a time because I don't
believe in group lessons.
There are music academies and
private teachers in my town, but the
phone keeps ringing and I am unable to help, because the afternoon has
a
limited number of hours.
I always have at least 5 people waiting for a spot but visiting homes
includes time waisted in traffic.
What this mean to you ?...
It means I must've
being doing something right all these
years.
What is , in my mind, the
difference between me, and other teachers or
academies ?
I believe it could be:
-My patience
-My respect for all people
-My SIMPLE explanations
-MY SYSTEM
-My sense of responsability to
my students... you decide.
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Alvaro Avila
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Music Teaching
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I play guitar, bass and Piano.
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