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Technical Overview
There are three popular (loosely defined) approaches to learning the guitar:
1. The technical approach - this would involve learning to read traditional sheet music (standard notation). This is a great approach. Unfortunately, it is a very demanding and time consuming undertaking, and therefore not realistic for the casual practitioner. Many students of guitar quit before they realize any real benefit from this approach, because it takes so long to get to playing real, fun music.
2. Song memorization approach - memorize accessible bits of popular songs, and in the course of seeing how the pros do it one might eventually pick up enough to figure out how the guitar works. The difficulty with this approach is the extreme limits that a beginner has with technique and knowledge, such that the dual challenges of remebering the fingerings and executing the techniques will severely restrict the range of accessible songs. The student will be limited to the chords and techniques available within the few songs he may have time to learn, and may never see the big picture that will allow expression of true paersonal musical artisanry.
3. Practical theory approach - master commonly used scale & arpeggio patterns, chord forms, and rhythm patterns, and couple those tools with a little music theory and one's own creativity. This is a much faster way to get to the fun of really making music, and especially appropriate for the teen or adult beginner with time constraints. This approach involves learning how the guitar works to express music rather than memorizing individual songs or burning out on the tedious repetition involved in learning standard notation. It will equip the student to tackle the technical approach or the song memorization approach on his own or with further advanced instruction. In the meantime he will be able to play well enough to enjoy it and to participate in a group if desired.
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