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I recently caught with a guitar teacher friend of mine, who says he often gets asked by potential students to name a few good reasons why they should take lessons from him and not buy online guitar courses.

As learning guitar online is only a relatively recent innovation, he decided investigate - firmly believing he would find many disadvantages with online lesson plans. What he found instead was pretty alarming, at least from a guitar instructor’s point of view.

It seems that contrary to popular belief, guitar lessons online offer several advantages over conventional guitar instruction.

Some of the benefits that came to light were:

1. Convenience. Guitar students do their practice at home, with no requirement for lugging guitars around or driving to the teacher’s house or studio. This equates to more time practicing and playing the guitar.
2. Immediate start. As soon as the course is paid for, guitar lessons online can be downloaded instantly, and practice can be started any time.
3. High quality course material. Although most of the topics are familiar guitar teachers, online guitar courses contain new and innovative ways of teaching the material to students. Guitar teachers who are now using these methods find their students are advancing faster than before.
4. Cost savings. Many online guitar courses can be bought for under $200, while enrolling with a guitar teacher can cost anywhere from $25 to $40 per hour. Considering that most online courses can keep a student busy for 6-12 months, it is clear that the online option costs much less.
5. Lack of stress and pressure. Learning to play the guitar at home means no pressure from the teacher to constantly get it right. Students can repeat techniques as often as they like, and this can ease the way for younger students to gain confidence more quickly.

It is clear that guitar lessons online are catching on, which is not surprising considering some of their major advantages. No more dragging equipment around, less pressure and high quality learning material for a fraction of the cost to mention a few. In the words of my guitar teacher friend, “I hope they don’t find out, because I’m certainly not going to tell them! (Not unless I get my act together and create a new online guitar lesson course of my own of course!)”

So if you would like to check out a few of the best online guitar lessons you can get your hands on right now, this handy guitar lessons comparison chart might help.