Welcome to Killer Guitar Lessons: Here's where you'll find lessons created by guitar players who are making their living playing guitar. Useful lessons and hidden secrets that explain one aspect at a time and explain it very well. That's the philosophy behind every lesson in the Killer Lessons Series. You'll get a handy PDF file with tons of pictures and useful information.
Here is a description from the first lesson in the guitar series...My name is Jody Whitesides, professional guitar player, composer and performer. A few years ago, I was just like you, learning to play guitar. My teachers told me "you need to develop callouses in order to play", or "just press harder until you get the buzz to go away." So learning to play an instrument meant experiencing pain. I went to a teacher who taught me scales, chords, arpeggios, how to read music and play songs. But the one thing missing in all those lessons was the secret on how to hold the instrument properly.
I wondered why most players looked like they were fighting their instrument? It was the rare musician who could move their fingers across the fret board without effort. After years of playing and teaching, I had a student who asked how I made it look so easy. I contemplated for a moment and realized I made a specific kind of use of my hand and fingers. When I explained it to them they suddenly "got" it - the secret. The student who was so excited said, "If I had known that 30 years ago, I would have become a professional guitar player without question." That student felt he learned more in 30 minutes, than in all his lessons combined. It made a massive difference in his playing. Now it can make a difference in your playing too.
I was on to something. From then on, I started all my students with this exciting lesson. I asked players who had taken lessons from other teachers if they were ever shown how to hold their instrument or use their hands...
100% of the time the answer was "No, none of my teachers ever explained it to me." After this one simple lesson they felt better about playing the guitar. In fact with most beginning students this lesson immediately helps them sound like an intermediate level guitar player just by playing more in tune. How is this possible you ask?
The one thing that causes a beginner to sound like a beginner is playing out of tune. Outside of actually tuning the instrument this lesson shows you how to achieve that crisp in-tune sound without having to develop a single painful callous on the finger tips. That's right, no callouses and no pain.
I believe if you're developing severe callouses you're playing incorrectly. Remember how your mom always told you to stand up straight and stop slouching? Well, this one lesson can show you how to achieve the correct hand and finger posture needed for amazing guitar playing. You'll be able to play for longer periods of time without pain.