Welcome to MyGuitarUniversity.com, the one stop shop for all of your guitar learning needs. Have you always wanted to play guitar, but just didn’t know how to get started? Have you tried learning from tedious lesson books from the guitar shop only to become frustrated and give up? Have you bought instructional “Beginner Guitar” videos only to find that they aren’t really written for beginners at all and do not make any sense?
The problem is that learning to play the guitar can be quite a challenge and most of the beginning courses out there are not really tailored to the true beginner. I remember vividly all of the questions and confusion that I encountered when first learning to play guitar. Too many instructors have forgotten what it was like or they just aren’t interested in really teaching guitar. I have taught private guitar lessons professionally to beginning students and have used that experience to put together a Beginning Guitar course that I know will work for you.
The other day I took a look at a “Beginning Guitar” video I found in a music store that claimed “you do not need to know anything because we are going to start from the very beginning.” I was quite amused to see them start by saying, “Let’s start with a G chord which is made up a major third and a perfect fifth.” That is a true statement by the way, but I am not sure that means anything to a beginning student. My lessons start with the true beginner in mind. You really don’t need to have any previous guitar playing experience to get started.
You must have a qualified instructor. If you cannot play, you cannot teach. I have been playing guitar for over 25 years. Over the years I have played in several bands as well as performed solo. Take a look at the flyers on this page from some of my past performances.
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Here is a flyer from a show I did in Houston, Texas. We were called Elephantmen, not “The Elephantman”, which is how we were introduced that night. Elephantmen would be short lived, but never forgotten (at least by the four members). |
Maybe you have tried learning from books before, but found that the lessons were absolutely boring. Let’s be honest. It is not a lot of fun to play by yourself when you aren’t really sure of what you are doing or what it is supposed to sound like. All of the lessons at MyGuitarUniversity.com come packed with examples. There are audio examples of every exercise so you can hear exactly what you are supposed to be playing. There are also plenty of instructional pictures and text to accompany the audio examples.
In fact, I have taken the lessons I used to teach privately and have converted all of them to web pages with embedded multi-media. Different students learn differently. Some prefer text. Some prefer pictures. Some prefer audio examples. With MyGuitarUniversity.com you get it all and more. Here is an audio example taken from one of the lessons.
Audio Example C1_3:
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One of the greatest things to do with a guitar is to play in a band with other members and most guitar players will end up doing this at least a few times in their lives. There is something surreal about playing live with others in a band that has to be experienced in order to be understood. For us true guitarists, nothing gets the heart pumping with excitement quite like playing live on stage with other members in a band.
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This is another flyer from a solo songwriter gig I did at B.B.Rovers in Austin, Texas. It was the first night Rovers offered live music and they still continue to have live performances and open mic to this day. |
With MyGuitarUniversity.com we keep the band concept in mind throughout the lessons. All of the audio examples have drum tracks to play along to. Most examples include multiple tracks with both the instructor playing along with the drum track and without the instructor playing so that the student can try it by themselves. Some later examples have tracks of both the rhythm and lead parts so that the student can get practice with both.
Finally, this is an educational site. If you have a question, ask. There is a link at the bottom of every lesson page that will email me directly. If something isn’t clear, ask. This is your site so if there is something missing that you would like to know, ask and I will try to include a lesson on that topic. New lessons are added weekly.
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I also do lots of home recording. This is from a CD called “Summer” I did a few years back in my home recording studio. I called my band Now In Blue. I say “band”, but I wrote and recorded all of the songs, played all instruments, and performed all vocals myself.
Some of the songs got a lot of plays on the internet. Here is top 10 list from mp3.com. As you can see, I had the number one song for a short time (click image to enlarge). |
Hearing is believing. Check out my Demos page. Here you will find some songs that I wrote and recorded for your listening pleasure. Check one out now.
Vibration
Music and lyrics by Robby Brewer
Copyright 2006
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Upon completing the guitar course you will be able to play songs like this and much much more. I also have a Home Recording class coming soon so after you learn how to play the guitar, you can start making your own CDs or mp3s to share with your friends and family.
Private guitar lessons are rather expensive. A typical private guitar lesson from a personal instructor only lasts half of an hour and can cost $20 or $30 dollars. You typically get one lesson a week. At MyGuitarUniversity.com you get access to all lessons for a full month for the same price or less as a single private guitar lesson! My lessons are both cost effective and convenient. Take a lesson whenever you want on your schedule.
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Robby Brewer
Founder and Life Long Student