Author: Fuzzy
Date: 2018-10-04 22:25
Please note: the following pertains only to video courses, and not live-video/streaming instruction.
My personal opinion on video courses is: If a person has already learned a different instrument to proficiency - then video courses are probably a great idea. However, for a student who has never reached proficiency before, and doesn't understand the dedication necessary, or the importance of certain details - video courses are sadly lacking.
I base this opinion on a very well-thought-out and well-put-together guitar course offered via online video (with a set number of "private instructions" available via Skype, etc.) I looked at the material, and was excited about it. I bought my beginning-guitar-enthusiast niece a half-year membership, and she excitedly jumped into the coursework. Within 2-4 weeks, her mother told me that my niece had "completed" the coursework, and that she ended up "knowing most of it" beforehand.
It is painfully obvious my niece knows none of the coursework, and (instead), simply found a few things of interest which she could use as "tricks" and "show-off" items for those around her. Here we are two years later, and she basically still knows those few tricks to show off.
In hindsight, it became obvious that she didn't understand the need to stick with the tougher concepts (or "boring" tasks), and would skip ahead. The lack of accountability to a teacher was a big deal. I don't think this would have occurred had she understood the importance of certain techniques/concepts (like, if she had already been proficient on another instrument).
She only contacted the instructor once, and didn't take any of the Skype opportunities offered to her.
She's a very bright girl, snappy, quick, and well ahead of her age group in logic/understanding. That said, the video courses were ill-suited for her as a first-time music student. (Her mother is proficient in piano, and did her best to stress the importance of not skipping over concepts.)
On the other hand, I tried a couple of the lessons/videos, and got a lot out of them.
Fuzzy
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