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Understudy View Member Profile	Nov 22 2007, 03:49 PM
Nov 22 2007, 03:49 PM	GMC:er Posts: 231 Joined: 11-September 07 From: United States, Florida	Interesting thread, and I really don't know the answer. All I can say, is that if I am self taught, I must be a really crappy teacher You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- Guitars Carvin DC-127 Ibanez RG-470 Accoustic Guitar Ovation Celebrity Amp Marshall VS65R Recording Gear Tascam Ministudio Porta 02 (Analog 4 track) Boss DR-220 Dr. Rhythm Digital Drum Machine Tuner Boss TU-12 Effects pedals Dunlop 535Q CryBaby, Boss CE-5 Chorus Ensemble, Boss CS-3 Compression Sustainer, Boss MT-2 Metal Zone, Boss DD-5 Digital Delay

leedbreak View Member Profile	Nov 22 2007, 04:03 PM
Nov 22 2007, 04:03 PM	GMC:er Posts: 803 Joined: 17-February 07 From: Alabama USA	Tried to Self teach, well there was my first mistake. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- - leedbreak Practice Makes Perfect, only when it is perfect practice :-)

DeepRoots View Member Profile	Nov 22 2007, 04:13 PM
Nov 22 2007, 04:13 PM	Get to da Chopper! Posts: 2.700 Joined: 18-March 07 From: South Wales, UK	when trying to self teach i heard about alternate picking, and the idea i had from the internet was "play down up down on a string".. okay i'm thinking lets go.... down-up-down <up a string> down-up-down <up a string> down-up-down etc... most of you will recognise that as economy picking, though for almost a year i thought i was getting great at alternate picking. As soon as i got some proper advice from a paul gilbert video i felt like a fool, and spent what seemed like forever trying to get that upstroke on the next string! See that was self taught- and it went so so so wrong for me- not only did i have to learn a new picking style i had to unlearn the old one, i really do think GMC is literally teaching us whatever we choose to learn and i'm glad i'm no longer making mistakes like i used to. ...who knows- maybe in 5 years i'll approach economy picking for the first time> or will it be the second??? You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!

Gerald View Member Profile	Nov 26 2007, 06:25 PM
Nov 26 2007, 06:25 PM	GMC:er Posts: 186 Joined: 7-November 07 From: US / OHIO	I feel that if you don't have another person literally teaching you on a regular basis, then you are self taught. GMC is great because it's at your own pace. It's lessons from more experience players broken down with tabs and videos, but it's still not that one on one interaction with another person. While this is a pay site, I wouldn't say that I'm paying all the instructors for lessons. I'd say that I pay a subscription fee for a site that has lessons from instructors online in addition to a forum to ask follow up questions. I think GMC does blur the line between purely self taught straight from a book or video and a live instructor, which is awesome. But at the end of the day I'd say I am a self taught player. I have taken some guitar lessons here and there when I use to play, but not for any great length of time. I feel that having an instructor is the fastest way to excel when learning material because you can have that direct and immediate correction or praise or pointer. Whereas learning even through GMC, if you fumble with something you utilimately are the one left trying to figure it out on the guitar even if you post a post with follow up questions. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!

krawetz View Member Profile	Nov 27 2007, 06:33 AM
Nov 27 2007, 06:33 AM	GMC:er Posts: 28 Joined: 29-May 07 From: Rhode Island, USA	I'd say it all depends on how you started playing before you came to GMC I personally beleive I'm self taught because i figured out hammer-ons pulloffs bending and sliding without an insturctor or anything. but if GMC is where you started than you were taught by Kris. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!

FretDancer69 View Member Profile	Nov 29 2007, 09:06 PM
Nov 29 2007, 09:06 PM	GMC:er Posts: 2.442 Joined: 11-June 07 From: Honduras	QUOTE (krawetz @ Nov 26 2007, 11:33 PM) but if GMC is where you started than you were taught by Kris. Remember that Kris is not the only instructor here... You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- Playing Guitar Since: December 2006

skennington View Member Profile	Dec 1 2007, 11:22 PM
Dec 1 2007, 11:22 PM	Learning Roadie - Never Give Up - Moderator Posts: 7.461 Joined: 25-November 07 From: Charlotte,NC USA	QUOTE (Testament @ Nov 19 2007, 02:04 AM) sure, but neither does taking an in-person lesson from an instructor. i've got a friend who's never taken a lesson in his life and he tells people he's self-taught. though i wouldn't consider using guitar pro to learn things as self-taught, just like i wouldn't consider reading scales and chords to be self-taught. not that it isn't harder to learn without an instructor, it most certainly is. honestly, i think the problem lies in the wording. if there was an in-between place that didn't have to be self-taught or taught by an instructor, things would be much clearer. i couldn't agree more. How about self-learned. Reguardless of where the info comes from, its up to you to absorb it and put it to the strings. Just my 2-cents! You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- *Show Off The Lessons You Have Learned Here On The REC Board And Receive Valuable Feedback from Our Instructors!* *Check Out The Virtual Bands* *Want To Join One, Or Maybe Form Your Own?*

drummingguitaris... drummingguitarist06 View Member Profile	Dec 2 2007, 01:15 AM
Dec 2 2007, 01:15 AM	GMC:er Posts: 140 Joined: 4-April 07 From: Birmingham, AL, USA	My personal opinion. I think I am self taught, because I have never received formal education. I was NOT self-taught on the drums, I had instructors...but the instruction this website provides is a reference tool, and it's based solely on how you want to use it, not having some guy breathe down your neck about everything you are doing, you simply learn from what you interpret. To me, using this website is just a massive reference, so I believe I am still self-taught. The self-learned, is a VERY good way to put it. I agree 100%. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! This post has been edited by drummingguitarist06: Dec 2 2007, 01:16 AM -------------------- -->Chris D.<-- *My Gear:* Fender DG-xxx Acoustic/Electric Crate GX-15 series Ibanez GRG170DX Electric w/ FR Trem My heart, imagination, hopes, and dreams. *My top 5 influences:* Stevie Ray Vaughan Carlos Augusto Alves Santana Saul Hudson (Slash) Eric Patrick Clapton Kirk Lee Hammett QUOTE thedarkblues06 wrote: jpast wrote: He wishes he was in the minority. Nothing like making out with guys to stick it to the man. (Pun intended) (Off-hand comment made about Pete Wentz wishing he was gay.)

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