immure

I am currently thinking about taking some guitar lessons to get a better playing perspective. Has anyone on here ever taken lessons through skype? I was wondering what are the advantages or disadvantages to skype lessons over regular lessons.

Hail

some friends took lessons via bandhappy and it went pretty well, but it runs in the ballpark of $50 a lesson if i remember right

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corza334

I've done it a couple times. Works great - unless you have a crappy connection.

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Quite impressive for a cripple.

immure

Thank you for the feedback. I think I'm going to sign up for one this weekend. I'll keep y'all posted how it goes.

axemanchris

What are people's experiences in terms of:

Latency: ie. playing something together between teacher and student?

Tone: can you help a person with their tone given the audio quality of Skype?

Other platforms: chatting with people over Google+ is WAY smoother than Skype, IMHO.

CT

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Could I get some more talent in the monitors, please?

I know it sounds crazy, but try to learn to inhale your voice. www.thebelcantotechnique.com

GuitarMunky

I've been teaching over Skype for the last 2 years @ DBGuitarLessons

My experiences is:

Latency...... you really can't jam together.

tone..... yes you can help a person with their tone

Compared to other chat programs I would say Skype is great, and more or less equally smooth.

I would recommend Skype lessons with a good teacher to anyone other than a very young absolute beginner. Teen & adult beginners are no problem.

It's pretty much the same thing as taking a lesson at a music store or a teachers house, except its much more convenient.