Three Ways To Stay Focused When Following Online Guitar Lessons for Beginners

Studying the guitar on your own is rewarding, saves you the money you'd otherwise spend on an instructor and doesn't tie you down to a timescale set up by someone else.

As long as you can stay sharpened that is. We don't all have the self discipline to follow a do it yourself course of study all the way through and may even be better off going to an instructor who marks our progress each week and holds us on track.

I certainly feel it tough enough so I've come up with three sure fire ways to keep up that momentum and stay motivated. They work well for me and if you want to {learn} to play guitar and keep some money in your pocket then read on:

1. Present yourself timescales and deadlines to work to. For example order yourself that you intend to be able to play that song all the way through, or the main verse, or the chorus, or that solo by the close of the week. Don't beat yourself up if you can't fulfill the deadline but still give yourself a reason to practice a certain amount every day until this goal is satisfied - then go onto another.
2. Play your scales, arpeggios, chord progressions and exercises first then play the song you're on afterward succeeded by some messing about. It can get tedious exercising those all important exercises and very inviting to just skim them and move onto the fun part. Deal them like the green veggies you never wanted to eat up as a kid but had to if you wanted some of that nice dessert afterwards.
3. Watch your guitar heroes on video websites like Youtube, get day by day inspiration and also observe the song you're exercising on being played. It can get isolated and demoralizing when you're conditioning your skills so watch your guitar idols and remember that they were where you are right now and got to where they are by keeping on. 

These three methods are what keep me focused and building up my guitar skills when I could quite easily just stop exercising those tedious scales and go and do something more fun. A program and some direction will get you through the difficult times and see you playing like a professional maybe even faster than if you had paid out for a teacher.

Keep your eye on the prize, set real goals, stay inspired and you will get there.

Peter Webber runs an express online guitar lesson course of study at his site that centers on how to utilize online resources merged with goal setting and achievement tools to create a genuinely unique experience for the budding guitar player.