has anybody bought the john mclaughlin tuition dvd this is the way i do it?

racefaceec90

and would it be suitable for someone who isn't musically gifted/theory numpty also?  http://www.johnmclaughlin.com/project/this-is-the-way-i-do-it/

i plan on buying it one day as it does look very good.

Hootsmon

John himself explains on the vid that the lessons are for the guitar players who read and are at quite an advanced stage already

you could "work your way up to the vids" bro

racefaceec90

ah maybe leave it for a while then (couldn't be further from advanced guitarist/music reading  tbh  

DrJazzTap

If I remember correctly isn't it very expensive? Obviously premium material from one of the best. I just remember seeing the price and my eyes watered a bit.

EricTheWeary

There was a clip somewhere. On the Guitarist Vault I think. Is there not a bit to preview on YouTube?

Gassage

I bought the Eric Johnson tutorial once. I was going really well with it for a bit too. Got as far as the bit where he taught you how to tune a guitar, then it became a little too complex.

Fretwired

Here you go:

racefaceec90

might give it a miss then (after watching those videos)

way over my head and skill level  

Misterg

What are you looking to achieve?

sweepy

Seems handy and a nice way to brush. Up on sight reading

racefaceec90

am looking to find an easy way to learn music theory (and i mean easy way to begin to learn it) along with beginning to improvise.   

sweepy

You can't go wrong learning the Major scale and the harmonised chords to start off with , helps with modes and working your way around the fretboard

Misterg

racefaceec90 said:

am looking to find an easy way to learn music theory (and i mean easy way to begin to learn it) along with beginning to improvise.   

Apologies in advance for the Justin Sandercoe fanboi bit:

It won't teach you to improvise, but as a raw introduction to music theory, centred around the guitar, I found his Practical Music Theory e-book to be really good. It's in a work-book format and takes you from knowing *nothing* to understanding the major scale, how common chords are formed, how to harmonise the Major scale & some common chord progressions, CAGED system, etc.

Unlike most of his stuff, he charges a tenner for this, but IMHO it is really good and leads you through things gently:

http://www.justinguitar.com/en/PR-010-PracticalMusicTheory.php

As regards learning to improvise, there's his (free) blues lead course:

http://www.justinguitar.com/en/BL-000-Blues.php

Worth a watch through.

There's also improvising built into aspects of his Intermediate course. (And then there's transcribing which I need to do more of...)

(I did apologise, didn't I....?)

The best thing about Justin's stuff, which is all high quality IMHO, is the structure behind it - The lessons form a complete structure, rather than just being random videos which seem to be all over youtube.