REVIEW - Learn Practice Play Vs Justin Guitar - Beginner Guitar Course Comparison
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- Опубліковано 19 чер 2024
- REVIEW - Learn Practice Play Vs Justin Guitar. Beginner Course Comparison.
I have played through both courses of online guitar lessons and provide a breakdown of them and how they match up.
0:15 Introduction
0:42 Cost
1:07 Target Audience
1:48 Amount of Content
2:23 What You Learn In Each Course
3:42 Ear Training
4:13 Popular Songs
5:38 Community
7:09 Length of Course
8:04 Final Thoughts
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If there are any courses you are interested in learning more about, let me know in the comments below.
I am interested in doing Griff Hamlin's course "Blues Guitar Unleashed". I bought this course ($167) but found it to be a little bit advanced so I decided to first do his "Beginning Blues Guitar" ($67) course which is conceived as the necessary prerequisite for BGU but have not finished that one yet either. Griff's UA-cam channel 'Blues Guitar Unleashed' provides lots of great free lessons as well which has helped me a lot. My focus right now however is learning songs from Justin's songbooks but I will get back to these courses eventually.
Mary Spender's finger picking course? Also, might be worth pinning this question.
Please review Brandon D'eon 's Course which costs around 1000 dollars but I don't find any reviews. He he speaks very highly of his course and I am intrigued. I am torn between that and Paul David's courses.
Complete Guitar System - Beginner to Advanced Erich Andreas . From Udemy. Is interesting and cost only 12,99$. I am taking this course.
interesting points ,if anyone else is searching for learn to play guitar online try Elumpa Simple Guitar Alchemist (just google it ) ? Ive heard some pretty good things about it and my partner got cool success with it.
I’m a fan of Justin, he made me a guitarist. I finished the beginner series but still auto pay each month (voluntarily) as I still feel like I owe him for the lessons.
He is very generous with his teaching so I can see why you do 👍
Same. I did the beginner course and some of the blues stuff. Pay for the theory course every few months. Haven't really used it yet but won't cancel cause I feel I owe him!
Me too bro. I have been paying for beginning course and theory for over a year and I don't use them that much. Just want to support him. He gives so much for free and he is just a great guy
Just want to edit that I used them a lot. They are very good but have passed them so I just pay to support him
I’ve said it several times, Justin is the best guitar teacher on the internet
I wouldn't say that. Paul, Tomo, Tim, Uncle Ben and others. But he's certainly the best organized and most consistently reliable/correct for total beginners.
What I totally love about Justin (learning through his course at the moment) is his motivational ability. He always encourages one to accept mistakes and not let them block you from making progress.
@@DASPRiD Exactly! I am in Module 3 and watching his lessons feels like a face to face experience. He is a great teacher, he always seems to anticipate the common feelings or thoughts of one as a beginner, and encourages all the way through.
I totally agree with you. To be fair, I haven't seen the others but I don't have to. I'm okay with Justin. Got my acoustic on the 27th of July and I am so happy I found him. The practice sessions with the video assistant are amazing. It really is like having a tutor with you. I love him!
i am 3 weeks into JustinGuitar and have been blown away by the quality of his instruction. He is a gifted teacher. I intend to donate after completion of each Grade (now the beginner course is grades 1-3, intermediate course is grades 4-6, and advanced is grade 7). ive watched some Paul videos on youtube and he seems good too, but i believed it would be hard for anyone to beat the quality of Justin's training. Your review has confirmed that for me. thank you for taking the time to share your opinions. I found it very beneficial
One thing I found very useful in Justin course was his teaching on timing & strumming patterns. So overlooked by beginners and so important to sound good. I completely recommend it.
I owned a music school for 15 years. I've watched Justin pretty much since the beginning and I've watched Paul as well.
Never investigated their sites or courses and this may sound untrue (I hope not elitist,) but I could tell from their regular videos that Justin would be the more accessible (not easier-nothing worthwhile is easy.) The reason being is that Justin is like the guy singing and playing in the bar, while Paul is more of the studio-type guy. Both have value. Justin thinks and communicates like a cover band guy: song based learning.
Paul is more abstract. Less people are going to be able to connect with that.
Paul's teaching you everything that goes into making a car. Justin says "drive" and along the way points out what the gear box does.
Agreed. Although PD is an obviously brilliant artist, I gather from his vernacular that he may be too far removed from my beginner level, for me to connect to. He's more like a highly desirable but unattainable God-tier.
Very helpful, MG, thank you! I have been learning the piano on my own from UA-cam for 4 months and feel inspired to try my hand at the guitar. Thank you for some good advice!
I did Justin's beginner course, but I paid for the content and so got extra material. If you can afford it, you should pay the man, or at least buy his apps or songbooks. I learned the fret board quickly from games on his app. Half hour live lessons are $25 per half hour around here, so either course is a bargain. Many of Justin's song lessons start out at beginner, but he often offers more sophisticated "twiddly bits" toward the end to challenge intermediate players like me.
Really worthwhile upload. I saw your progress video and it's clear you have made the journey from beginner to much better. This uoload gives those interested in a course somd valuable information.
I have only watched about three to four videos from you and I find they all are very informative thank you so very much
Useful review, thanks,.
I think the most important thing is to choose ONE course and stick with it, progressively, to the end.
After not having played the guitar for many years, my husband gifted me guitar a few months ago. I discovered Justin guitar by chance and I love both the beginner course and the music theory lessons. It is structured and easy to follow. The app is awesome too! I have since made my first ever cover because of his lessons!
I'm actually doing both courses simultaneously. They're quite different and therefore I find them complementary. Paul's course is expensive but I bought it hoping that I'll be introduced into the world of the guitar in a really comprehensive and structured way. My long term goal is to be able to improvise, solo, write songs and experiment with sound (I have an electric guitar). For me popular songs are just steps on the journey but I'm not learning with just the intention to play songs that already exist. My dream is to be free and fluent with the guitar.
I've been doing both courses for only a week (although I've known Paul's channel for much longer). I'm enjoying both of them. The approach and focus is definitely different and I totally have to admit that Justin has WAY more material and resources and I absolutely appreciate his communication skills as a teacher.
One more thing just came to my mind. It seems so obvious that the high priced course which offers a lot less content is a rip off. Well, there's one factor that people usually don't take into consideration. Devotion! If you pay nearly 200$ for a course, it's much more likely that you'll be devoted to working on it in a consistent and engaged basis. It's as if you were paying for your motivation. Of course the main reason, the main motivation is not in the fact of paying for the course. It's just an extra incentive in case you feel like giving up.
Justin has tons of lessons on developing solos and your own sound within the blues course. I play my own music all the time. I wouldn't say Paul has the upper hand there. I think Justin is the winner in all the categories
I am currently learning with Justin and am very happy with his lessons. Just a thought on the price: That Justin offers his lessons for free is fantastic for people who cannot afford to pay. I gladly pay for the app and also for his free lessons. As for the price of Paul's lessons, I feel that 200$ for lifetime access is not excessive. Imagine what you would have to pay for one-to-one lessons with a teacher, at least here in Switzerland one lesson of 45 minutes costs approximately 75$.
@AnnaPrzebudzona 2 years on - how did you find doing Justin Guitar and Paul David's courses in parallel? It would be interesting to hear pros and cons from you.
Terribly helpful review, mate. Thank you - Cheers!
Thanks for the review!
I started with Justins course in April of 2019 and finished the beginners course in 5 or so months, though I will admit that I wasn't a good student, since I couldn't stand ear training and kinda skipped those 😬 Don't judge me.
Halfway through his intermediate course I simultaneously started following his blues guitar course and my progression has slowed because of that, if you only count the rate at which I finish the course.
As someone who never was a good student in school, always cut corners and always had a problem with teachers, it's been surprisingly easy to follow his instructions for me (mostly) and to just keep practicing. He's friendly, approachable and persuasive. One of the reasons why I never had any drive in school was because teachers would never bother to explain why I should know algebra or trigonometry. Justin has a way of making you want to follow the course and to become better. He's great
I hate ear-training too. I once got 3% in a ‘sing a note’ test.
Thanks again for creating these detailed reviews. Just signed up to Justin's course. I'm finally gonna learn guitar! ❤ Liked, subbed and commenting to help your yt algorithm. Thankyou! 🙏
What I like about how Justin’s lessons and song lessons are laid out is that it’s really easy to find a song that’s got something I’m trying to tighten up to make practice more fun. For example, recently I was trying to tighten up my basic open chords and I very easily found a song that incorporated almost all of them. So not only am I better at transitioning to all those chords but I tightened up my strumming and learned a new song over the course of several hours which I really enjoyed.
Thanks for your review, it's always pleasant to find fellow guitarists sharing their experience during the so called "learning process" (a lifetime process, cause I can't imagine a musician saying "ok, I'm done. There's nothing more I can learn" 😁). Having said that, I'd like to point out that Justin's method is, as you correctly say, a good starting point for absolute newbies. But in my case, I was the other kind of learner that you mention. I was able to play up to an extent but my disorganised method (almost no method) made me nail some fairly hard pieces and then struggle to play certain chords. Until one day that I was looking for some song's tutorial I found Justin and he immediately gave me the impression of being a well organised and straight forward teacher, just what I needed. When I saw the amount of free stuff he offered on his site, I decided to start from scratch and now, 2 years later, I can play much better, very clean, with more "groove"... I owe him all that and I still keep progressing through his learning path. The only thing I haven't learnt from him was to shred, but that's not my thing. He is making me play the way I want and I'm super grateful for that. I bought his books, and some of his apps, but his help saved me the amount of money that I couldn't/didn't want to spend in lessons that surely would have ended up in me not playing any longer. So I know that my opinion is really, really biased but I take advantage to praise Justin whenever the opportunity arises. Thanks again for your review and keep up playing, it is a magnificent hobby! 🎸🎸🎸
Justin is the guy for the begginer. I'd recommend Justin's free course for 3-6 months before picking Paul's or Justin's. Paul is great really inspired me to practice finger style more though.
I'm using Justin's beginner course at the moment, but saw Paul's Travis Picking Pattern video, and actually started training that in parallel now, since I really loved it.
Thank you for taking your time and putting this information
First off, let me say THANK YOU for providing all this great information! I'm 58 years old and visually impaired. However, I've been playing the ukulele for a couple years, and after playing the baritone ukulele (tuned DGBE), my lifelong desire to play guitar really came to life!
So, I bought an acoustic guitar, and started to practice with Bernadette on UA-cam (I started my ukulele training with her. ) I may finish her 30 Day Guitar Challenge course, but I really feel like I need something more detailed, structured, and that will systematically move me towards being a decent guitar player. It sounds like Justin's course might be just the ticket!
I found your UA-cam channel after watching Paul's promo video about his course, where I almost took the $199 plunge. Your review has really helped educate me on what's available, and so I think Paul's course might be better for me down the road a bit.
I can't thank you enough for taking the time and effort to provide this very helpful information. All the best to you in your guitar journey!!
I actually finished with Justin's course a while ago and think about diving into Pauls as a complement. I feel like I learned a lot about chords and the important basics of guitar from Justin, but after entering the intermediate courses I struggle, because the learning curve gets steeper as you enter Blues Guitar. And my problem is that he teaches most soloing techniques with Blues, but I am just not that interested in blues that I want to finish 2-3 Blues modules in a row to progress. What Paul does in his course sounds exactly to what I missed. So in a sense both courses together might be perfect ;) But also I think it is generally not a bad thing to work on your basics and repeat them, because it makes your foundation more solid (I actually revisited some of Justins modules a few times).
The bottom line is that both of these guys seem to be equally charming and nice. Also, as mentioned in some other comments, the two actually seem to compliment each other. They are both excellent resources. I’d definitely subscribe to both channels ASAP.
Excellent review. Thank you.
Very informative comparison. Thanks!
You're welcome!
Outstanding & objective video. Thx. I’ve enjoyed following your journey as I just restarted 2 mos ago after a 30 year hiatus. Was having trouble with structure and productive practice lessons, whilst going down rabbit holes of learning lots of fun stuff. Looked at both courses and settled on JustinGuitar. Fantastic decision, as he has the right blend of very beginner materials but good structured practice sessions to reinforce fundamentals and speed up advancement.
I love Justin Guitar app, lot of tools to help a begginer lacking of talent like me, and I am already playing along with his tutorías and many songs 🥳 love it, love it, love it.
Very nice review, thank you. I may go with Justin then ‘progress’ to Paul. Love them both and Paul’s videos have simply gorgeous quality. Being bluesy minded I did already subscribe to a Steve Stine course, will likely give that the first try.
I started out with Justin’s lessons but now I love Steve Stine lessons. Espcially his soloing lessons.
Thank you for this!
Justin is an excellent teacher especially for a nubie guitarist, he keeps it fun and interesting and explains everything so simply
Thanks, that's very helpful. Seems like Justin Guitar is right for me. Might be playing around with the Fender Play trial, too.
I enjoy Justin's stuff for just getting a new song under my fingers. I find Paul to be my "guitar inspiration ".
Taking Justine’s beginner course now and it is perfect for me. Looked at the other course and was out off by the cost, lack of songs and felt that as a rank beginner it was too much for me.
I really like Paul and his channel; I did his beginner course but think I probably should have done the intermediate course. Not because I am really intermediate but I knew most of what was in his beginner course. My technique is terrible but his course didn't help to fix that. I have also done a lot of Justin's lessons which I also like. His song tutorials are usually very detailed which I really appreciate. I think I will work through the whole of Justin’s course over the next few months. Pauls course is good but $199 is too much it should be $99 or at least give you a discount if you went on to purchase the intermediate course.
Great video. Thanks very much.
You're welcome.
Thank you for your review.
Glad it was helpful!
Hi I'm Marcus I've just watched the video you did on u tube. Excellent discription explained very well I'm 54 tried doing it online struggling & getting no where really, saw this which opened my eyes, I'm disabled retired at 50 due to lot of medical reasons So I'm going to go with Justin guitar gonna have a look how to sort this out via email, thank you so much for the information from Marcus in Eltisley Cambridgeshire England UK
I’m in Paul’s LPP now and it is really helpful to me. I like it in that it’s ’holding my hand’ through what he’s got for me to learn so there’s little chance of me getting sidetracked and hitting a dead end. I’ve added Justin’s course too and am kind of switching back and forth - a lesson or two from Justin, one or two from Paul. Both very helpful. That said, if I had to only keep one it’d be Justin’s just for the amount of content. That’s my two cents at least. Hard to go far wrong with either.
Great review! Thank you.
A nice painting on that wall would really make your background more aesthetic.
Thanks for the review. I was thinking of doing Paul David’s course, but the cost was a bit too much for me. I’m trialing the Justin Guitar app, which is about $109 per year or about AUD $15 per month. I think Justin’s course is good for the total beginner. I’m an intermediate beginner. I can change chords and can do bar chords, but need to go back and build up a good foundation for going up to the next level (fingerpicking & soloing, getting to know the fretboard. I’ve been following Paul Davids and like his material, but I think he is aiming at the intermediate level guitar player.
justin did huge contribution in guitar learning community
Very helpful. My fam has been doing the Tony's Acoustic Challenge for 2-months. Also, just discovered the UA-camr Six String Fingerpicking's online program for $160. Drawn to his due to the library of strictly fingerstyle. Would like to get your perspective on either of those programs.
I keep seeing 3 ads in particular for music is win's course, ' breakthrough guitar ', and ' guitar mastery ' I think they're called. They each have UA-cam channels too. It would be great if you could compare those to these courses as well.
I had just here and there played around with guitar a bit over the years so I knew some chords but not much else. I finally decided to ante up and get serious about learning and practice, and I found Justin's course. I'd already had a lot of musical experience, but a new instrument was a serious challenge. Justin builds you from square one. I was seriously impressed how he built his syllabus, and gives the lessons for free. He really is an excellent teacher. Love his courses. Once I'm done with the beginner course, I'll definitely continue. Most of his lessons are free. I donate when I can, as I'd be paying for lessons if I took them locally.
It’s a really helpful video and a great contribution for those who need pointers. I use Justin iPad app (3 weeks in). He has updated content for it that has better produced videos compared to the old free ones. Overall, Justin is great. I would not however say all the lessons are equal in quality. The app is more intuitive and easier to navigate than the website that suffers from incremental growth, but the app is missing some linked content like showing how to play some songs for instance. Also some of Justin songs are over simplified IMHO. I already complemented some lessons with other YT content. Andy Guitar would be a good one to check. He explains very well how to play and sing the songs. His course is very close to what Justin does.
Interesting about the app, I have never spent enough time exploring it, thanks for the info. Yes he certainly over simplify's songs but many guitar teachers do. Even in Paul's course, you start with a simple melody and then build upon it throughout the course. Will definitely check out Andy's full beginner course and see what it is like in comparison.
Here’s the thing. Justin makes the learning journey really enjoyable. And that’s all you need really.
I learn everything from Justin, but Paul inspires me to pick up a guitar for the first time. Great teachers.
Jump started my guitar playing with Justin. I mostly learn through songs now. Have fun either way though.
I have been working on a few more songs at the moment. Do you work on more than one song every time you sit down to practice? At the moment I have two songs that I work on. Both of them challenge me which is great but sometimes I want to just play something easy. How do you manage the difficulties of learning songs above your current ability / skill set?
@@MidlifeGuitar sometimes I work on multiple songs at once. Mostly, I choose a song I'm really interested and spend a couple hours every day learning it. I see fairly rapid progress doing this. For the tougher songs I learn in smaller chunks generally over a couple months.
For the songs above my current ability I'll practice chord changes.
How do you learn the songs mainly? vids? tabs? by ear?
@@MidlifeGuitar a bit of both. Tabs for sure. I really like Jerry's guitar bar for his instuctive tabs and videos. www.jerrysguitarbar.com/
@@MidlifeGuitar hardly by ear.
I'd be interested in your views on Tony's Acoustic Challenge and Songnotes by David Potts.
The PRACTICE ASSISTANT on Justin Guitar is a great way to structure your practise routine
It is!
Worship Music Academy ($37.00) teaches you chords and gives you practice moving from chord to chord (with a metronome). It also gives you a list of 25 contemporary worship songs for you to practice. It has lessons broken down into 30 minutes a day of practice. This isn't all the course, I've only been doing it for about two weeks (about 10 lessons, or so)!
I love your glasses!
great video :)
Glad you enjoyed it
That sweater suddenly reminds me it’s winter in New Zealand 🙂
Yep, it has been pretty cold here on the South Island recently. I live in an old villa that has charm but is drafty. I open the fridge door to warm up 😂
What about Tomo's guitar course? Can you do a review on that?
Do either of these courses teach how to play by reading musical notation? How do they handle theory? I just started doing Justin's course, but I am intrigued by Paul Davids because I am far more interested in fingerstyle playing than I am in just playing cords. Thanks for the comparison.
Hi Luke, Love your Reviews I have used Justin's Beginners course and had considered David's, although David seems to get on my nerves at times. Another course which I found to be ok was Guitar Zero to Hero, by David Tran, Have you done a review on GZ2H before?
As you mentioned, Justin is amazing for beginning guitar but Paul is great for more advanced!!
I’m currently using Justin’s course it’s great I’m at the end of grade 1 and I won’t be moving on till I have met his passing requirements memorize 5 songs and play at least one of them in front of at least one person I also plan on making sure I improve on my chord changes
Should check out guitar gate. I think its great.
Thanks for the video! 8:11 You're right, they are much different. Justin seems to be good general foundation with possible good feedback. Paul seems to lean toward specialty or soloing (which is what I want), but no so much on feedback from guitarists who might know more.
Could you please make a video review of Beginner Guitar Academy? Also Lauren Bateman's 7-Level Guitar System? I'm looking at those two. Thanks!
What about Laura Bateman’s courses? Been seeing her pop up more here, and the art of guitar too. Please and thank you 🙏🏼
How about National Guitar Academy? They have a four-course package: ChordMaster, RhythmMaster, LeadMaster (?), and TheoryMaster....
Thank you
I think the fact Justin has gone about teaching himself guitar with his left hand to better understand things from a beginner's perspective is amazing and I feel helped refine the course it's also free which I think is why everyone should do it when starting out, I think also it's important to not just stick to only what's being shown in a module you, of course, gotta practice stuff in it but you can also if you are feeling up to it branch a little outside of it and find things you want to learn now or even on youtube or in his other grades
I have recently "joined" Justin's course and i have to say he's better than the real life teacher i had donkey's years ago (I'm 60 years old and started first when i was like 18 but lost interest then)
I have seen a few of Paul's videos as well but i will stick to Justin i think. Now that doesn't mean i won't watch (and learn) from other's videos as well, but for my main learning i will go Justin.
Cheers!
Hi check out Andy's Guitar or Active Melody and Tomo Fujita. Give us your review. Would be very interesting.
Your opinion about Justine and Paul's guitar course was great .
Thank you
Forget the rest
Matt "Lets play all" is the best!
After passing the beginner stage, you should go through "Guitar Super System" by Tyler Larsen(YT: Music is Win). I think that bundle course has everything a guitarist needs.
Thanks for the recommendation I will add it to the list to check out.👍
He’s a twat.
Justin also has awesome info for experts
Nice video comparison. I’m still working my way through Justin’s program mostly using the app. I’m on the dreaded F chord section. And still trying to get my chord changes up. For some reason the “D chord” is also a pain for me. I think Justin’s course (at least where I’m at) is more geared towards acoustic vs. electric. I’m on a electric and while I like to learn strumming... I’d also like an electric guitar focused program. I have been half-way working through Fender Play’s program. I got it free for a while and that’s the only reason I’m trying it. It’s hard dividing my time between Justin and Fender though. But I wonder if there’s some other “structured” electric guitar program out there.... Lots to learn and it all takes a while. Fun though. No pressure ever, just enjoyment! Cheers!!
Thanks Ryan, I'm glad to hear your progressing and those barre chords are a tricky beast, keeping working at it, you will get there! I think you are right about Justin's course in that it does seem to have a heavy acoustic bias with open chord strumming and not much related to learning licks, solos and mainly electric guitar techniques. I will keep looking for a dedicated electric guitar course for beginners but a lot of them tend to focus on acoustic.
It sounds like you might be interested in Andy Guitar’s electric starter course. I’ve not used it myself so I can’t give a personal review, but I’ve followed Andy’s other videos before and he’s a fantastic teacher. The starter course is £15 and I think he has some other electric guitar courses that follow on from that one. Hope this helps!
lauren thank you! I’ve seen his videos. But never looked at his website. I will do that!! 🙂
I feel the same way with Justin's course. I took lessons on an acoustic a while back but the only thing I remember is the chords. So I don't need to relearn those and I feel like Justin's course so far is all chords. I have an electric now and would like to learn riffs and lead guitar parts which means I need to work on learning the fretboard and finger dexterity. I'm not sure if that gets covered in later Justin lessons, but I hope it does because his first few beginner modules aren't geared towards electric playing.
The wolf poster in your practice room is amazing! Where can I get one of those?
It is cool, you can get them here www.fayehalliday.com/
Good job sir
Always remember, guitar playing is not a competition, it is a passion. Practice it without thinking who sounds better than you or if people will like it. You are the guitar!! Enjoy it for the enrichment it will always give to your life!!
Absolutely agree, it is a journey to enjoy for life.
@@MidlifeGuitar thank you so much. Your advice is a gem!
Not tried Paul's course but have seen some of his videos. I have paid for Andy Guitar beginner course, and Mike Kennedy's National Guitar academy Guitar Fire. I love Justin's videos and have also watched quite a few from Marty Schwartz, Lauren Bateman and Eric Andreas,
I have to say that they're all different.
For feel good factor I like Eric E as he makes me smile.
But overall for me I'd say Justin and Andy's (Paid) courses have given me the most. TBH I don't think I got tons of value from NGA Guitar fire. I love Lauren's facebook posts, but have not subscribed as many of her 'live' streams are during my night time as I am in mainland Europe.
Hey, comparison video is a great idea!! I'm wonder how will you compare these also: "Simply Guitar" by simply vs "Guitar Learning Game" by Deplike. SG (Simply Guitar) has a lot of lessons and GLG (guitar learning game) has 3D teacher and habit tracking! Let's show us which one is better :o
what happened to the good ol' Learn to Play the Bert Weedon Way ? Worked for me!!
A "True" review of Jam Play and Guitar Tricks and not a paid advertisement.
I have been avoiding those for a while 😂 Mainly because so many people push them as 'the' course to take and I'm over it. I want to play through some more courses so that when I actually come to review them I can give an honest answer based on a broad range of experience.
To be fair, I learned almost entirely on jamplay back in the day, and got good enough to get into music school after just a few years using their site. I think the trick with them is that you have to stay focused and choose one teacher and stick with them until you finish their lesson set, and then go on to the next lesson set, or to another teacher. They have SO MUCH content these days that it is easy to lose focus.
Full disclosure, I have done Justin's course but I must rely on your excellent review of Paul's course for comparing them. I think the Justin Guitar course is the clear winner here based not just on cost but the extensive content and maturity gained from years of refinement - including a recent newly updated version that I have not seen yet. A non-free course that I really benefited from was Dave Isaac's beginner course on JamPlay which cost me about $150 for a year and included access to many other courses. I do not see much value by the way in "Lifetime Access" to a beginner level course! I hope to have moved beyond that level early in my lifetime. Maybe Paul's Next Level Playing course will be of more value - looking forward to your review (if you choose to try it).
Paul's courses seem to assume you are at a certain level of playing. I think Paul is an awesome guitar player, but for me, Justin's stuff is more comprehensive and more geared towards building a solid foundation which enables you to move to more advanced stuff with confidence. And yea, the Lifetime Access to a beginner's course seems a bit weird! :)
Thanks Barry, and overall I agree with you. I will move to Paul's intermediate course at some point in the future and provide some feedback on it.
I'm considering paying a subscription for jamplay...you reckon it's worth it ?
@@AcidicDelusion I found it worthwhile just for Dave Isaac's courses but I have also benefited from several other teachers. It is likely that GuitarTricks offers just as much variety of instruction - I considered them as well but went with JamPlay. I like having more than one teacher to explore. They also offer discounts and special packages regularly to encourage you to renew. For value for the dollar however, you can't beat Justin Guitar.
I like Justin and have donated on a few occasions - he's an excellent teacher and communicates well. Davids and another similar UA-camr Mary Spender are ok but it's just too slick and 'lifestyle' - I guess they will sit well with the hipsters but I find them hard to watch after 5 minutes. I also really like Ben Eller and Adrian on 'Anyone Can Play Guitar'
I can see what you mean and I really like Adrian's lessons, always a little different from the norm and well explained.
@@MidlifeGuitar Jason Read Guitar Lessons is another good channel for unusual/quirky stuff and Signals Music Studio is excellent for getting to grips with the theory side of things. Great channel btw, good to see some 'older' folk on this journey - (I think I still just about qualify as 'midlife' 🤟)
thank you for the great comparison.
I'm also in the beginning of my guitar journey, and still looking for the best online teacher/course.
I stumbled upon the app "Yousician" last week.
Have you ever used it? I tried the free 7 days and I'm very ambivalent whether to buy it. It's very helpful in controlling the guitar but not sure if it's a good tool in the long run.
I haven't tried it but when I took lessons for about 2 years my teacher always recommended justin whenever I was curious about a song. He is really good for beginners in my opinion.
This and your review of Paul's lesson, I think is very fair. I completed Paul's course a few months ago from an absolute beginner but was a Paul fan already. I learn independently and don't like hand holding so though I took the risk (not really even knowing about Justin at the time) I really enjoyed the course. At first, I was a bit surprised by how short the videos were (that's it?) but over time, I referred back when I needed to and kept practicing. Each module I would go from "no way" to "I did it" by the end of the module. Not always too cleanly but enough to mark it as an accomplishment. I think this strategy is better for me as it forces me to want the lesson. I also got a fair deal lately on Fender play and am going through it. Wasn't expecting much but it is great too. Laid out differently with somethings oddly at their last level but I'm sure they have their reasons. Tons of songs, riffs, licks, for all levels so glad I took the plunge. Been entertaining getting Paul's next course but pretty sure it's above my head for now. Maybe next year.
Thanks, I try to be fair and objective and I appreciate you recognising that, particularly given you have played through Paul's course. I like your approach to learning and I know the feeling of learning something you never though even possible when you first see it. Funnily enough I have just signed up for fender play on their free 3 month deal to try it out so it will be interesting to hear how you get on with it.
It seems like people lean toward Justin.. Difficult choice.. I enjoy both.
Is Paul's course learn practice and play good for intermediate guitar players too? or should I purchase next level playing?
Since Justin’s is free, just get both! Best of both worlds! You can get that open chord and ear training practice and learn some popular songs from Justin’s course, while you practice the more creative and theory type stuff from Paul’s course.
The new offering by Paul Davids- Acoustic Adventures.
This is of interest because he has released a few previous courses and feedback from those which have contributed to this one so it might be as good as he promises?
I signed up for it a few days ago and currently working through it. Will likely do a review once I have made my way through most of it. It looks promising so far.
@@MidlifeGuitar That’s great.
Please do keep us posted of your journey.
I believe that there’s a 14 day money back no quibble guarantee which should give most people enough time to see if it’s for them.
I’m on the fence right now so am very interested in what your opinions are.
Best regards
JUSTIN GUITAR = LAYING THE RIGHT MUSICAL FOUNDATION. I prefer Justin's guitar lessons over any other online/offline guitar teacher. Justin is super encouraging and he relates very well with his audience. Justin offers so much knowledge for free which should be an inspiration for numerous other guitar teachers on UA-cam. I find Paul a bit pretentious when it comes to complete beginners. Thank you for this video! :)
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Hi, I've read above comments about you tube guitar learning. Has anyone compared Justin to Dave Tran? I'd be interested to hear some feedback on this. Thanks
I am a self learner on guitar. Played noise for 10years. Then one day I played music. Passion!!
I would think that it'd be good if you have the money do Justin's and after supplement with the other
Thanks for the comparison. I'm a follower of Paul and have known about Justin but probably should check him out again. Well, it's all about swapping watching YT for actual practice anyway.
hey! :) why does it take so much time to complete Justin's course? I was thinking about taking that one. I'm not a total newbie, I can play some parts of songs, whole songs, my chord changes are ok, but I was never systematic in my guitar playing and most of the time I was just playing around, trying to learn some cool parts, songs I like, sometimes I found a song to be too hard in the middle and I was giving up. If I can alredy do some parts from the training is it possible to speed it up? I'm in that weird plaace where I can already do some begginer/intermediate but for sure I'm missing some basic knowledge on some topics
I still think you should check out Justin's. You can preview the lessons and see where you fit in. Also, it's not bad to get a solid foundation. If you have a bit of knowledge, you should be able to get through some lessons fairly easily. For example, I don't have a lot of problems with strumming so I don't spend a lot of time on it though is ti practice it
Paul's course IMHO falls short on technique and context. For instance, in module 4 lesson 5 he introduces the C major scale without open strings in 7th position. Good, now we know the scale, what do we do with it? No context, no motivation. Then in the advanced exercise, i.e. playing the major scale in 3rds, different fingerings are used both ascending and descending, both non-standard compared to the fingers normally used in 7th position as ha actually recommends. This is because you have to play the 10th string on G and B strings after another. Paul does not say a single word about this. Justin uses different fingerings (finger roll) and explains precisely his approach. Much better.
Would you recommend doing Justin Guitars course first before doing paul davids course?
İ love Paul but Justin is THE best guitar teacher of all time imo. His content is endless and structured I'm bite sized pieces that can take your hand from somebody who hasn't even held a guitar to an advanced player. Also, his training is the most complete with theory, ear training, transcription and way more.
I love Paul as well, his videos are great but he gets way too technical and talks a lot about theory which I'm sure many of his subs don't actually get. i haven't done Paul's course I'll give you that but watched a tonnn of his vids so I bet I have a good grasp on his style.
In any case I can't imagine he can beat Justin in comprehensiveness, ease of understanding and structure. Not to mention all Justin does is basically FREE!! (mindblown) although I paid for his music course and bought all his apps.
TLDR, Justin all the way. No question.
Do you have a review of "Fender Play" anywhere?
Can you please review Tyler Larson’s guitar super system?
He's a hack.