What Is The Format Of Your Online Guitar Lessons?

Your lessons consist of a variety of formats – all depending on the topic you will be learning.

- Some lessons will be in video.

- Others will be in audio.

- Some others will be text and/or tab lessons

Most of the time it will be some combination of the above.

Why combine lesson formats?

Simple:

You learn different topics faster in different mediums.

Take improvising for example.

When I teach you improvising, almost all lessons on this topic are in audio (not video).

Why?

Because video causes you to learn with your eyes. And in the case of improvising, your eyes distract you from learning with your ears.

You don’t listen as carefully to note choice, phrasing, vibrato, rhythm or the chords under the solo, because it’s so easy to become distracted by watching my hands instead.

The result?

You learn slower (which costs you time and money) and stay frustrated a lot longer.

Same with a topic like rhythm guitar playing.

You learn rhythm playing more quickly by listening to it. Your eyes will not tell you if you are playing in time, if your palm muting is tight and if your articulation is consistent.

Your ears will.

On the other hand, when you learn a topic like Music theory, you learn faster and more easily when it’s all written out for you in detail.

And of course, when I teach you guitar technique, video is critical. (So, many of your guitar technique lessons are in video format.)

Part of my job for you is to decide not just “what” to teach you, but also choose the best format to teach each topic to you for maximum results.

And as you practice your lessons, I’ll be here for you every step of the way.

For example:

Every week I hold live video office hours where you can get your questions answered by me directly.
I give you in-depth feedback on your playing (when you send me recordings), so you know how to overcome your toughest guitar challenges with less time and effort.
I give you unlimited support via email whenever you need it. I observe and pay attention to the questions you ask (and don't ask) and I can tell from your questions how well you are progressing.
I ask you to leave me your feedback about each lesson I give you. This helps me to keep the finger on the pulse of your progress and adjust your lesson strategy if/when it's needed. Plus, you can ask me questions right in your feedback form. I read it an reply to you with detailed answers.
You can ask me to change your lesson strategy at any time (for example: when your goals change or you have less time to practice in a certain month).

You get all of this personal help when you need it the most - in between your lessons.

Look at the results my guitar students are achieving:

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"When I came to Tom for online guitar lessons, I already had a decent overall level of technique and understood the basics of music theory pretty well. I had taken lessons with other teachers before, and went through several guitar method books that promised to teach me how to become a great lead guitar player. I learned all the materials in these books and courses and picked up some useful tips and knowledge along the way. Yet for some reason I still wasn't feeling like a musician. I struggled very much with writing my own songs, creating my own solos and pushing my guitar technique and speed to a higher level (especially sweep picking, alternate picking, and playing clean at high speeds).

When I started learning from Tom, the main thing that made him different from other teachers was that he was showing me how to excel in all aspects of my guitar playing by applying the skills that I already knew together with the new material that I was learning from him.

He made me aware of both strengths and weaknesses in my playing that I did not even know I had. From there he gave me the knowledge, tools and guidance to literally transform my guitar playing by enabling me to overcome things that were preventing me from becoming a truly creative and self-expressive guitar player. These were the kinds of things that none of my previous guitar teachers and books I studied were able to do for me.

After Tom made me aware of all the things I was missing in my guitar playing and provided me with the strategy and tools for solving them, I began to make very fast progress in all areas of my guitar playing.

I can now write my own music and can create lead guitar solos that I am happy and fulfilled with. I also have the technical skills to confidently and easily play anything that I want to express. I have overcome all of the lead guitar challenges that I struggled with before, and increased my guitar speed to virtuoso levels. More importantly, I have the knowledge and understanding of how to continually improve my guitar playing and musical skills to higher and higher levels to continue expressing myself with my music. Overall, I have definitely transformed in a huge way as a musician and as a person through my lessons with Tom Hess. I am grateful to him for guiding me towards becoming the guitarist I always wanted to be!"

Mike Philippov, Indiana, USA