The most important lesson to learn from history is that we learn the lessons of history.

Playing the guitar can be (a) a marvel satisfaction of spending time or (b) frustration, confusion, loss of time.

If you just started playing the guitar is very unlikely you will be aware of the real problems behind the current problems of the new players, the problems ultimately stop their musical progress.

The shortest cut to the masses is the Guitar Hero game.

Here are some historical background for those who prefer to learn the lessons of history.

Musical instrument companies in their ongoing quest to find new ways to sell their products have always faced the problem of "how make the reduction of entry requirements for
people who want to get involved in music?

Translation That means that instead of people who have to develop skills to rise "to" the art of playing music, going to keep bringing the music of "Down" for everyone to be "in the game."

Short term, of course, this means more sales for companies. But how this all long-term effect?

Let's look at the big picture and how it affects the serious guitarist.

Originally, the recording industry employee professional musicians to back his new star "performers. Around 1957, as composers singer exploded on the scene, the option obvious to the record company was losing the services of professional musicians and let the new breed of singer-songwriter and guitarist do all the production.

The first problem was this new age "musician" may not (a) to further their instrument or (b) played in "time" (matters of rhythm erratic). In fact, these two issues in which the same things that had previously left amateur players off the roundabout and the way the professional musician.

Shortcut 1: With the advent of electronics and guitar tuner box rhythms of these two issues of not being able to tune your own instrument or play in time to overcome.

Longer-term questions: (a) to date, only 5% of the guitarists can tune their instrument "by ear", ie without an electronic tuner.

(b) The guitarist most never develop the basic ingredient of the music "your groove ', to learn a lot of' stuff '… scales, chords, sweep picking etc., but losing the most basic ingredient.

With solved problems for large companies moved to the next issue … "How can we overcome the problem of having to read music?"

Shortcut 2: guitar TAB to the rescue! Now, everyone can play right away … corporate sales of the music charts fired skyward, another success for large companies and another blow to the music.

Long-term issue: a world full of musically illiterate players, on the surface of the players seem to be making rapid progress, however, go deeper and is a serious case of "monkey see, monkey ago "!

Guitar TAB Show the tone of the note, but not to give the dimension of rhythm. As players learn through Guitar TAB does not know even the names of the notes they're playing to lose the opportunity to discuss alternative ways of playing songs (the guitar offers many guitarist options for reading and writing).

Onward and upward to solve the following problem, learning scales.

Shortcut 3: the pentatonic scale … a single scale for all.

Long-term question: boring music, music one of relief, where we can not say the player "A" player "B".

The pentatonic scale is a very useful, but like everything else it should be used sparingly.

Next problem … How can we make the chords so simple but nobody could play … Ah, the "chord power "is going to fix it!

Shortcut 4: The power chord – a chord that uses only two fingers so that anyone can play.

Long-term issue: the guitarists can not tell the difference in quality is, accordingly, the difference between major and minor chords, etc.

By now the guys in the boardroom had developed a formula to break the record sales of instruments.

Here is …

Instant instrument sales success formula:

TAB + pentatonic scale guitar chord power = + sales

But even wanted more!

Enter … Guitar Hero

Shortcut 5: The ultimate shortcut "Guitar Hero" … replace completely natural instrument!

Brilliant, what a concept … replace the tool for people who want to be 'cool' can seem to be able to play guitar without learning anything about music … and certainly not your fingers are sore.

Ultimately, if you want to play guitar, just start playing the guitar, it's that simple.

This is no shortcut to playing music … that's the whole point is a journey not a destination. The only shortcuts in the carnage.

The end result is … large companies have created many products for people seeking external quick fixes while guitarist / musician understand the whole point of learning music is to improve their quality of life by developing special skills, skills that will last a lifetime … and that nobody can take that away from you.

Mike Hayes develops systems and products to help you succeed in your guitar playing. Find out more about how to learn guitar fast with his popular free ecourse, available at: => http://www.guitarcoaching.com

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