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I've only really had one guitar teacher, and it was
when I was a complete newbie about a year ago. He was
extremely technical, and used a lot of terminology I
just didn't understand. I tried to explain to him
that I usually didn't understand what he was saying
and that he was going too fast, but I think he was
just too busy impressing himself to pay attention most
of the time. Finding a good teacher must be the
trick, because everyone recommends it and at the same
time lots of people complain about it. But when I
went off on my own I didn't really progress at
all...then one friend would show me something and I'd
work on that, then another friend would show me
something, then I'd pick up tab for that song, and on
it went. I'm still a newbie, but I'm much better than
I was this time last year sitting in a room with that
particular teacher. He's probably the best player
I've ever seen this side of Dick Dale, but everything
really was "nuts and bolts" to him. He seemed to have
a very dispassionate and even a bit academic attitude
toward music in general. He made me feel like I was
in my senior math class again and not learning how to
play guitar. I just guess it takes all kinds, but I
seriously doubt that I'll ever have another teacher
unless it's a peer or bandmate.
~R
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