tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post8023679453652193035..comments2024-03-27T23:06:03.736-05:00Comments on The Music Salon: Guitar Apps!Bryan Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-65045738410075889082018-03-17T09:41:39.839-05:002018-03-17T09:41:39.839-05:00Thanks, Dave! God, yes, YouTube is an incredible r...Thanks, Dave! God, yes, YouTube is an incredible resource. There are probably dozens of videos just showing various ways of playing the guitar part to "Save It For Later" by the English Beat to pick a song at random. You can also hear performances of virtually every classical piece there is. But like you say, at the end of the day, it is the musician slaving over the instrument that makes the progress.Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-85293875745835347222018-03-16T16:08:27.662-05:002018-03-16T16:08:27.662-05:00Thanks so much for the reply. Yes, I completely ag...Thanks so much for the reply. Yes, I completely agree. I will say that had YouTube existed when I was a teenager I would have made great use of it, and still do. But I was a highly motivated student and soaked up musical knowledge from every source I could. My best students do so now and grow from it, and the ones that don't stay right where they are. But that growth rests on learning to apply the information, and that's the grunt work that a student can only do for themselves.<br /><br />Enjoying your other posts, subscribing! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00404254849288389818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-10902525873150901982018-03-14T08:30:29.498-05:002018-03-14T08:30:29.498-05:00Thanks for the comment, Dave. I don't think I ...Thanks for the comment, Dave. I don't think I expressed my thoughts clearly enough here. I was trying to say that it was only the motivated students that were really going to benefit from the resources available. Which I think is not far from your view? I think that in addition to motivation and access to resources the student also needs to have some natural aptitude. Without that, they aren't going to get very far. That was the point I was trying to make.Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-4756507067412264082018-03-13T22:36:30.927-05:002018-03-13T22:36:30.927-05:00In response to your comment, yes, in fact, I did l...In response to your comment, yes, in fact, I did learn by ear both before, during, and after the years of sneaking chords out of the songbook. Your statement about real learning beginning and ending with the student is one hundred percent true, but your argument attacks a straw man. It's a little silly to suggest that a motivated student can't benefit from all the resources available, whether they come from a private lesson, YouTube, or their ears. It's not a zero-sum game.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00404254849288389818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-48895328159963210822018-02-09T00:01:42.229-06:002018-02-09T00:01:42.229-06:00Thanks for sharing this great blog! I love music a...Thanks for sharing this great blog! I love music and nowadays I am learning to play guitar from Adam Hawley video lessons. Helpful <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.musiclifeboat.guitarvideos" rel="nofollow">Guitar video lessons</a>!James Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07497397713719352765noreply@blogger.com