I know some people don’t even believe that the
Internet or World Wide Web exists. They think that it
is an abstract concept and that if asked to show it
to someone they would fail miserably. Well, whether
or not it exists I think that the collective consciousness
of humanity is evolving everyday because of the sharing
of ideas on the strange boxes called computers and the
electronic network that connects them.
Every time I go on the Internet these days I am surprised
by some new function that it has for our lives. My most
recent discovery has been on-line tutorials. Tutorials
are websites that have been created to help novices
and amateurs alike learn more in their areas of specific
interest. Just about any aspect of life seems to have
tutorial sites dedicated to it that will teach you want
you want to know. Of course some knowledge can cost
you money but you’d be pleasantly surprised to
see how much information you can get for free.
For example, I am interested in learning about how
to play the guitar. You should see how many sites
are out there, just look up guitar+tutorials on your
search engine (E.g.: Google). There’s all sorts
of great help from how to change your strings, hold
a plectrum properly, and tuning, to learning complex
chord scale systems and finger tapping on your electric
guitar.
There are often diagrams, photographs, and intensive
explanations relating to everything you ever wanted
to know. Some sites have video and audio to help drive
the lessons home. Life really has changed. In the
past you had to get lessons from a teacher, drive
to and from their house or music school, pay high
tuition fees, and buy books on chords and songs. Everything
is downloadable these days, and a lot of it is free.
Web designers could also probably learn a few things
from these guitar tutorial sites. The ways the guitar
teachings are expressed are often quite extensive
but done so in a very simplistic manner. It’s
a real one, two, three approach starting with verbal
explanations of exercises, followed by diagrams, and
then finally with audio and visual representations.
It is an extremely thorough way of teaching without
ever having to meet anyone in person.
However, a strange phenomenon is the fact that if
the site is good, the visitor does feel a connection
to the personality of the creator. Making the site
individual is a major factor in both achieving success
and touching a personal chord (no pun intended) with
people. Many of the sites have means in which you
can get direct contact with the site owner thus creating
an opportunity for real personal interaction and tuition.
Check out some of these sites:
www.alanhorvath.com/tutorials
www.ezfolk.com/guitar/Tutorials/tutorials.html
www.learnthat.com/courses/fun/guitar/
www.8j.net/~lwind/guitar.html
www.tutorgig.com/t/Guitar
Get connected to the teachers of the future. Find
a tutorial that helps you to follow your dreams.
About the author:
Jesse S. Somer
http://www.m6.net
Somer is a writer and guitarist learning about how
to learn more through the Internet.
