Jamorama Review – Teach Yourself Guitar Using Online Lessons
If you’ve been looking to improve your guitar playing then Jamorama’s approach can help you.
My skill level in recent times had begun to level out. The novelty of going to get lessons had certainly begun to wear off and the sudden realization of just how few skills were being taught each week was becoming alarming.
My frustration with 1-to-1 lessons related to the cost and also the lack of progress that could be made in a short 30 or 60 minute lesson. In truth, I’d be lucky if I picked up 2 unique guitar skills in each class. Besides that, I’ve always thought it better to teach yourself guitar so that you can focus on the troublesome spots until you have succeeded at the guitar skill (e.g. picking styles).
I had heard it said before that learning through visual means (actually seeing for yourself how to play) is a key teaching method in any field so it struck me that I’d benefit from some form of video lessons that I could easily replay in order to understand techniques. After some searching online and evaluating reviews I chose Jamorama as a good starting point for my skill level.
The product’s learning method incorporates video lessons, eBooks and jam tracks. There is a natural progression through the lessons to build up the player from an absolute beginner to advanced level meaning I could skip over the simpler lessons and focus in on the more complex sections.
Alongside the lessons, Jamorama introduces their own jam tracks of songs. The concept here is that the jam tracks are to be played after certain lessons in order to apply the knowledge of the lesson. It’s a nice concept and it does provide some variety in the learning. The tracks themselves are recognizable tunes played by professionals and jamming along with some of the genres (jazz, hip-hop, etc) is something I wouldn’t normally try, but it was fun to do all the same.
The jam tracks introduce different playing styles and while some players will perhaps baulk at the idea of learning jazz riffs, or country picking styles, or hard rock hammer-on techniques, you ultimately becoming a better player on a technical level by giving these skills a try.
Along the way, key theoretical skills are taught such as mastering playing guitar by ear, understanding chord progressions and scales and how to read music. The theory, however, is always put to practice using the jam-along method to show how this knowledge can be applied (some other approaches promote practice drills to learn the guitar – Jamorama takes the approach that applying skills within a song is the best way to learn guitar).
In conclusion, I’ve been happy with the progressive improvements that Jamorama provides through its logical sequence of lessons. The interactive video media suits my learning style (replaying techniques or sections of lessons repeatedly) and the jam tracks have solidified the new knowledge in a simulated band setting. The bonus of learning some music theory has given me the confidence to understand popular tunes song structure and now forms a key tool in my own songwriting tool-kit.
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