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Group Lessons vs. Individual


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In general, are group lessons as effective as individual lessons? I'm thinking about signing up for a group lesson on fingerboard theory.

 

Edit: I forgot the most important details - I'd classify myself as an intermediate guitarist. I've been playing for 20+ years, but haven't learned a lot of theory.

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Group lessons are just like any class you'd take on a subject at college. You can ask questions here and there, and some other students may ask something you didn't think of. The draw back, of course, is there isn't any one-on-one tutoring to make sure you understand all the details.

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and some other students may ask something you didn't think of.

That's a good point. I think we can all agree, however, that individual lessons are generally much more effective for teaching people. With that said, if these lessons you're looking into are only about music theory, than you're probably not losing much, if any, quality by enrolling in group lessons. Just make sure you don't neglect to ask all the questions you need! You don't want to fall behind the power curve ;).

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Poparad and Dubb make excellent points. I think one-on-one instruction is always going to be a better way to learn. You get immediate feedback and the instructor is going to go at your pace. You could always take the class to get started and then follow up with private lessons.

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