Gibson's Learn & Master Guitar(Book and DVD)

Dear Amazonauts, I adhere to all the good reviews this product received. It is indeed a very good, if not excellent, 'private tutor' and you will not only learn a lot, but above all enjoy it a lot. Tiny complaint: this is not the DVD version with the bonus materials (this product is advertised on the manual and DVD's). I strongly recommend following the link included in the written material: you will have the chance to (legally, of course) download for free the bonus e-book (PDF) that has many more exercises - it's the e-book that comes with the bonus materials DVD's, I think. Now, the Windows Media Center / Media Player issue: On my Win7 machine, neither WMC or WMP would reproduce the first DVD. Simply use VLC (VideoLAN); I won't post the link, but Google it. With this alternative media player everything worked perfectly, as it did in my PS3 system. In sum, buy, learn and enjoy! Thank you for reading!

This is a brilliant resource of book, DVD's to watch & play along with & CD jam-along tracks to ensure you play at the right tempo. I endured 18 months of lessons at a local Yamaha school and didn't learn any of the items in the first 4 chapters! The standard edition is very good but I would recommend the extended version if you can stretch the budget. The bonus resource video play-alongs are gratis in the extended version. Whilst you can download the PDF printable resources off the Gibson website you miss out on the bonus videos and extra practice. Standard edition to be good; Extended edition to be better! I really like the extra features too with a tour of the Gibson factory being a highlight. If you want to be able to read music, play guitar fast and truly master this instrument there is no better resource for the beginner. Ensure you have a metronome to hand to check your consistency...guessing you are playing to time just won't cut it when you play with other musicians!

Starts from complete basics, I like the reasurrances that I'll get better. Gives the opportunity to relearn the basics of music as well as play the instrument. Having looked further into the accompanying book and DVD's, at the moment all seems a bit daunting. I like the jam along CD's. I've also aquired the supporting book of extra tasks and practice sessions. Determined to get somewhere with this instrument I use this as my main source of learning and use it for daily practice sessions. The programme is well put together and easy to follow, also includes some good DVD footage and insight into Gibson Guitars. Don't think I'll ever match the Tutor though !!!

I have bought a number of guitar tutorials in the past and they have been in book or video form, but none can compare to this. It,s great reputation is certainly justified if you are prepared to put the time and energy into astering guitar. The approach is slow and methodical and the aim is to teach properly by learning to read music as well as play it. This set of dvd's, cd's and book will on average take most players through their first year of playing and what a great start it is. Thoroughly recommended.

I have been learning to play the Piano with the Learn and Master course for about 5 years and it is truly brilliant so far I haven't progressed that far with this, it is excellent particularly as it is not encouraging tab dependance, the only thing is the music is a little US patriot boring so you will need to add a little extra to your repertoire to maintain interest. But realistically there is no reason why you could not become a guitarist from this course and that's what is important.

I find this set to be all I was after. The DVDs are so well structured, it almost feels as though you are really sitting down in front of your guitar teacher. At first, I wasn't sure I would be satisfied with it especially as it did sound a little too pricey. But I think if you really are serious about your desire to learn playing a guitar properly, than don't hesitate to spend a little more than the average DVDs out there which are not as good as this set!

at last I have found a method of learning, to play a guitar, that a seventy year old can understand and progress in performance levels to meet personal targets and provides satisfaction for me that I have always sought for since being a 12 yrs of age. Mind you have to practice , but if I can do it anyone can !! Ken Hughes

I am very glad I purchased this package. I'm 40 + and I've been thinking to play guitar for years. Because I had problems finding a good and willing teacher, I bought this package. The package includes a book a dozen DVDs and some playalong CDs. he pace of lessons is good for a beginner guitarist to follow. In the book and the lessons is also taken into account the fact that certain things are not immediately succeed, so you know that you don't have to become frustrated It is only a pity that the bonus tracks releatief expensive compared to the purchase of the package. JJ The Netherlands

Magnifique coffret livré parfaitement et plus tôt que prévu. commandé pour Noël et destiné à un professeur-musicien qui connait cette méthode. Je pense que c'est un beau cadeau pour les passionnés de guitare.

Si quieres aprender no solo a tocar sino a leer la música siendo principiante sin conocimientos previos este curso es de muchísima ayuda.

Good if you have a Gibson

Awesome! Been looking for this for a while, came well packaged

Diese DVD-Serie schafft es tatsächlich, jedem der gut Englisch spricht, eine Gitarre besitzt und einige Monate möglichst täglich übt, alles Notwendige über die Gitarre mitzugeben. Das fängt beim Stimmen der Gitarre an, über das Notenlesen, die Töne des Griffbretts, die einfachen offenen Akkorde bis zur Harmonielehre und dem Konstruieren komplexer Jazzakkorde. Dazu Play-Along CDs als Übungspartner und das Kurzlehrbuch plus evtl. Lehrbuchdownloads. Nur Üben muss man selbst, das ist der einzige Knackpunkt. Zumindest Laien, die als Kind einmal Gitarre nach Noten gelernt haben, sollten ihre Kenntnisse damit wieder auffrischen können. Komplette Anfänger könnten eventuell die Korrektur eines Lehrers benötigen, weil sie ihre Fehler nicht selbst erkennen und beheben können. Oder sie würden gerne Verständnisfragen stellen. Wer dagegen mit dem System klarkommt, der sollte sich dann auch noch die Bonus Workshop DVDs und The Song Hits DVDs bestellen. Das geht dann zwar mächtig ins Geld, ergänzt aber die Grundübungen um wertvolle Zusatzübungen und Informationen. Herr Krenz weiß was er tut. Das hat pädagogisch Hand und Fuß. Ob das auch für jeden Gitarrenlehrer aus den Kleinanzeigen gilt, ist die Frage. Und da kann man im Halbjahr schon mal ähnliche Summen los werden.